TAYLA Harris' iconic kick has claimed another accolade, with her subsequent tweet ending the year as the most-liked tweet in Australia in 2019.
Harris tweeted a photo of the award-winning picture, taken by AFL Media's Michael Willson, with the caption: "Here's a pic of me at work … think about this before your derogatory comments, animals."
The tweet ended the year with more than 62,000 likes, making it the most-liked tweet in the country.
We start with the most liked Tweet of 2019, and that honour goes to none other than @taylaharriss..
— Twitter Australia (@TwitterAU) December 9, 2019
With 62K likes and counting, Tayla's Tweet inspired people of all ages and genders to strive for equality throughout the sporting world:https://t.co/SQG6urRXOz
Harris also finished 2019 as the second-most tweeted about athlete in Australia, behind only French Open tennis champion Ash Barty.
Here are your most tweeted Australian athletes from 2019 #ThisHappened2019 pic.twitter.com/YC0eFQqN53
— Twitter Sports (@TwitterSportsAU) December 9, 2019
It came as Twitter revealed that 'AFL' was the most used sports hashtag in the country this year, with 'Big Big Sound' coming in at No.9 and 'AFLW' coming in at No.10.
The sports hashtags that lit up Twitter this year in 🇦🇺 #ThisHappened2019 pic.twitter.com/adNhjTMvvF
— Twitter Sports (@TwitterSportsAU) December 9, 2019
'Big Big Sound' followed a series of memes using Greater Western Sydney's theme song in the lead-up to the club's first ever Grand Final in September.
'AFL' was the only sports hashtag to make the top 10 of all most used hashtags in Australia.
