Nathan Ross moved like we didn’t know a human could move

WE COULD say it was superhuman. We could say you’ve never see anything like it. But we’ll let you make up your own minds by checking out this freak try.

Just your casual Saturday afternoon on the wing.

NEWCASTLE fans have had nothing to smile about in 2016.

Their team sits bottom of the ladder with one win from 14 games, and it was looking like becoming one win from 15 when they trailed the Dragons 14-0 at Hunter Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

But every so often, something happens that restores your faith in humanity. Something that makes you think, ‘You know what, maybe the world isn’t the God forsaken hell hole I thought it was.’ Something that makes you realise God put a little bit more effort into some than he did into others.

For Newcastle fans, that “something” was Nathan Ross.

Now, we’re no scientists, and we’ll admit we’re not about to win the Nobel prize for physics, but we’re pretty sure the Knights winger broke a few laws that Einstein and Isaac Newton thought they had figured out once upon a time.

Just shy of the 30-minute mark, Ross picked the ball up about 15 metres out from the Dragons’ tryline after a couple of bat-backs from his teammates. He looked up, he ran, and then he flew.

Yep, we said it. He flew.

Don’t believe us? Check out the videos and pictures below and then try telling us Red Bull won’t be looking the sign the 27-year-old up to be the face printed on every can of the energy drink produced from now until the Armageddon.

No way! What. A. Try!#NRLKnightsDragons #NRL pic.twitter.com/Gz2qYmRlOR

— NRL (@NRL) June 25, 2016

Hot damn, Nathan Ross! #NRLKnightsDragons pic.twitter.com/7sgKEppsYa

— Jon Healy (@JonHealy) June 25, 2016

And Ross Dog might...fly?#NRLKnightsDragons pic.twitter.com/U79Wy3FGmL

— Sportsbet.com.au (@sportsbetcomau) June 25, 2016

Whoah. Just. Yep. Amazing. #NRLKnightsDragons #tryoftheyear pic.twitter.com/KDQ7obQESv

— Rob Morrison (@RMorrison9) June 25, 2016

Wendell Sailor knows a thing or two about scoring tries out on the flank — he did it plenty of times for Queensland and Australia — and he was in awe of Ross’ spectacular effort.

“Nath Ross, you are Superman,” Sailor said on Triple M NRL. “That’s the best winger’s try I have ever seen with the corner post in play.”

“I can’t believe that, that’s the best try I’ve ever seen,” said fellow commentator Anthony Maroon.

But as has happened far too often for supporters in the coal mining town this season, their smiles didn’t last long with Benji Marshall sparking St George Illawarra to a 30-18 victory over the cellar-dwellers.

The 31-year-old scored a try and set up three more as the Dragons won their third game from their past four — climbing back into the top eight — and handed the Knights a ninth-straight defeat.

The Dragons dominated the first hour and never looked like losing but coach Paul McGregor would have been disappointed to see them concede two late tries to an outclassed Newcastle side who never quit.

Newcastle conceded five tries to trail 22-6 at the break and should have been further behind, but Dragons five-eighth Gareth Widdop could manage only one conversion.

The Dragons targeted Newcastle’s brittle left edge early, running in three tries to skip to a 14-0 lead by the 16th minute. Right winger Kalifa Faifai Loa opened the visitors’ account in the second minute after the Dragons found wide-open spaces on their first possession of the game.

Marshall had a day out.

Back-rower Jacob Host, playing his fourth NRL game, charged on to a short pass from Widdop to score in the 10th minute and Widdop converted to extend the Dragons’ lead to 10-0.

When centre Euan Aitken took a Marshall pass to stroll over and score the Dragons’ third try for a 14-0 lead, Knights fans must have feared yet another blowout.

Trent Hodkinson’s sideline conversion of Ross’ try cut the deficit to 14-6 but the comeback was short-lived.

Marshall’s cut-out pass in the 35th minute set up a try for left centre Tim Lafai, then the New Zealander skipped away from Jacob Saifiti to scoot away and score in the final seconds of the half.

Tempers frayed in the 43rd minute when Dragons back-rower Joel Thompson resented a play-the-ball shove from new Knights winger Brendan Elliot and responded in kind.

From the subsequent penalty, Thompson trampled over the top of Sione Matautia and Dane Gagai to score and Widdop converted to stretch the lead to 28-6.

The offload by Knights forward Robbie Rochow and Gagai’s grubber kick set up a consolation try for Matautia in the 65th minute, which Hodkinson converted to trim the deficit to 28-12.

Former Raiders forward Mitch Barnett pushed through Tyson Frizell’s attempted tackle on the goal-line to score Newcastle’s third try in the 73rd minute and Hodkinson converted, adding further respectability to the scoreboard.

Ross conceded a professional foul in the 79th minute and finished the game in the sin-bin, gifting Widdop a penalty goal to end the scoring.

— with AAP