The ‘Kick Six’ is one of the most memorable plays of all time when Auburn beat No. 1 ranked Alabama by returning a missed field goal for a touchdown. Well, it just happened in the National Rugby League in Australia, and it was absolutely wild.
Let’s set the scene here: The Canberra Raiders are the best team in the league this season, and were on the verge of losing to the Penrith Panthers. A tied game led to GP1, which stands for the first “Golden Point” overtime. The first team to score wins, and Penrith had the best kicker in the sport Nathan Cleary teed up for a field goal. Cleary knocks these through all the time, heck, he’s the go-to kicker for the Australian national team.
The ball hit the uprights and the sound echoes through the stadium. Then the ball is caught by a Raiders player, two defenders fail to make the tackle, and we have a legendary footrace that results in one player with an impressive mullet, passing to another player with an ever more impressive mullet to score the try and win the game.
This is one of the most ludicrous, impressive, mullet-filled plays in sports.
