MERCURIAL Gold Coast utility Jared Brennan probably will say he meant it.

Eight minutes into the first term against Port Adelaide, in the right forward pocket at AAMI Stadium and close to the boundary line just inside the 50m arc, he laid the ball across his left foot at pace and kicked an audacious check-side high towards the goal square.

It floated and somehow made its way across the line for a goal.

Intentional? Maybe.

One of the goals of the year? Absolutely.