{"id":541574,"date":"2026-03-15T08:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/541574\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T08:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:01:15","slug":"liam-ryan-former-west-coast-eagles-star-produces-early-mark-of-the-year-contender-for-new-club-st-kilda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/541574\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Ryan: Former West Coast Eagles star produces early Mark of the Year contender for new club St Kilda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liam Ryan has wasted no time in taking to the skies for his new club, with the former Eagle producing an early Mark of the Year contender in St Kilda\u2019s clash with Melbourne.<\/p>\n

WATCH IT IN THE PLAYER ABOVE<\/p>\n

Ryan launched onto the shoulders of Changkuoth Jiath on the MCG wing in the third quarter of Sunday\u2019s clash, and while the ball spilled out upon his return to the ground, he did enough to be paid the grab.<\/p>\n

\"RyanCamera IconRyan rises for the grab. Credit: James Wiltshire\/AFL Photos<\/p>\n

The superb effort may have come at a cost, however, with the 2018 premiership Eagle sporting a heavily-strapped right shoulder after appearing to injure it while landing.<\/p>\n

\"RyanCamera IconRyan on top of Jiath. Credit: Quinn Rooney\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Ryan\u2019s knock was tested out early in the final term, with the forward crunched in a tackle by Melbourne\u2019s Daniel Turner and looking sore in the aftermath.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old has history when it comes to classic grabs against the Demons. He snared the 2019 Mark of the Year when he launched on top of Max Gawn in the western goalsquare at Optus Stadium, to the delight of a packed West Coast crowd.<\/p>\n

\"RyanCamera IconRyan marks over Gawn in 2019. Credit: Will Russell\/AFL Photos<\/p>\n

Melbourne have been the opposing club for five Mark of the Year efforts this century – the most of any club.<\/p>\n

Sam Darcy was awarded the prize against the Demons last year, with Isaac Heeney (2018), Matthew Lloyd (2008) and Ashley Sampi (2004) all doing the same across the past quarter-of-a-decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Ryan has wasted no time in taking to the skies for his new club, with the former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,588,85,26889,7067],"class_list":["post-541574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda-saints","tag-west-coast-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}