Carlton star Bryce Gibbs says he can barely believe some of the things Chris Yarran does on an AFL field, but it is getting easier the more it happens.

Yarran’s early contender for goal of the year, in the final quarter against Richmond at the MCG on Thursday night, will be hard to top.

The indigenous speedster somehow threaded his way along the boundary line, while managing to shrug off two opponents, before calmly splitting the sticks from an acute angle.

A tight tussle quickly became a Carlton avalanche and Gibbs said the magnificent major had proved a big team-lifter.

“It was. I was at halfback and I just looked at Lachie Henderson and we just laughed at each other,” Gibbs said.

“He does some things that you can’t believe sometimes.

“But as it’s going on in his career, it’s just becoming more natural to him and he does that sort of thing at training as well.

“I’m not too surprised that he has the ability to do it, but it’s great to watch.”

Yarran also scored a goal off three steps in the first term from just inside the 50m arc.

Coach Brett Ratten said the 21-year-old running defender was fast proving himself a big-game performer.

“What can you say? Not too many people can do what he did with the gaps he had to try to run through and then still score the goal,” Ratten said.

“He’s very talented, Chris, and he’s really grabbing his opportunity on the big stage to do some special things at certain times. That was one of them.”