Ballaz a YouTube sensation
Hayden Ballantyne video a hit around the world
Video of the feisty small forward being whacked in the groin by the ball against Greater Western Sydney in round 17 last season has gone viral. It has been watched more than 672,000 times on the AFL's official YouTube channel!
Watch the incident on Docker TV’s YouTube channel
And it’s not just in Australia. The video has been watched in the United States more than 161,000 times – even more than in Australia, where it has had 112,000-plus views.
There have been more than 67,000 views in Poland, 38,000 in Germany, 22,000 in Canada, 15,000 in Mexico and 13,000 in France.
It is by some way the most-viewed video on the AFL’s channel. The final two minutes of the Hawthorn-Geelong round 19 match last season when Tom Hawkins' goal after the siren sealed the Cats' win has been watched almost 150,000 times to be in second place.