HAWTHORN has called it the pre-season mark of the year - but was it?

Nick Watson's stunning one-handed grab lit up Hawthorn's match simulation session on Thursday, with the young forward continuing his must-see heroics from his memorable debut season.

But less than two weeks earlier, a player at Hawthorn's fiercest rival took a mark that is at least the equal of Watson's, perhaps even better.

On January 11, Essendon's Sam Durham took an almighty hanger at a Bombers training session that stunned his teammates.

The 23-year-old came from deep and climbed on the back of teammate Kaine Baldwin to take a brilliant grab.

So whose mark was better? Watch the two clips and vote in our poll below.