Quickest goal scored from opening bounce?

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GrahamClayton

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Does anyone have any verified and accurate records of the quickest goals scored from the opening bounce of a game?
 

Todman

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Nathan Burke got a goal from the opening bounce against Hawthorn at Waverley in the mid 1990's.
 

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NonPhixion

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Those stats seem a bit skewed because its timed when the clock stops. But if you look at the replays both Ablett in 2009 and Danger last year kicked the ball at 19:54 on the clock. So effectively if there was 6 seconds left in the game, the goal would have stood. Cant be possible to do it any faster than that.

I know it wasn't from the opening bounce but Hawthorn did something pretty unbelieveable against Collingwood in 2013. Clock was at 8:23 when they kicked it out of Full-Back and 8 seconds later the ball had left Franklin's boot on its way to a goal. That would have to be the fastest end-to-end goal without looking at any stats
 

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Woodville vs Port, SANFL 1983.
Paul Harradine boots a torp from well inside the centre square at Football Park straight from the bounce.
Malcolm Blight raises his arms as it sails through.
Approx 8 seconds as well.

 
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Those stats seem a bit skewed because its timed when the clock stops. But if you look at the replays both Ablett in 2009 and Danger last year kicked the ball at 19:54 on the clock. So effectively if there was 6 seconds left in the game, the goal would have stood. Cant be possible to do it any faster than that.

I know it wasn't from the opening bounce but Hawthorn did something pretty unbelieveable against Collingwood in 2013. Clock was at 8:23 when they kicked it out of Full-Back and 8 seconds later the ball had left Franklin's boot on its way to a goal. That would have to be the fastest end-to-end goal without looking at any stats
Fevola's goal in Round 2, 2003 is recorded at 12 seconds, but watching the video, the ball crosses the goal line at 11 seconds, and then the goal umpire signals at 14 seconds.
Archer's goal in Round 21, 2002 is recorded at 12 seconds. It seems a free kick was paid before the bounce and the game officially began when the kick was taken. The ball went through at 8 seconds and the goal umpire signals at 12 seconds.
Ablett's goal in Round 6, 2009 is recorded at 14 seconds, and the ball easily crosses the line at 9 seconds, while the goal umpire signals at 13 seconds.
Dangerfield's goal in Round 23, 2019 is recorded at 13 seconds, and the ball easily crosses the line at 9, maybe even a high 8, seconds. No idea when the goal umpire signals because the highlight video cuts to the next play after the goal.

If we're talking on technicalities and where the game "officially" starts if a free kick is paid at the centre bounce, you could argue that Glenn Archer's goal in 2002 was the fastest in history.
 
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