Sydney premiership forward Barry Hall was left haunted for years by the flogging he copped at the hands of Darren Glass in the 2006 AFL grand final.

Hall entered the match in the hottest of form after kicking a combined 11 goals over the previous two games.

But the 289-game veteran had a day to forget in the premiership decider, booting 0.2 from just 12 possessions as the Eagles prevailed by a point.

Hall tried everything to shake off Glass that day, but he simply couldn’t get away from the star defender.

It took years for Hall to get over the disappointment of that performance.

But some of the old wounds might resurface this week after Glass made a startling admission about his own performance in that encounter.

“I didn’t feel like I played particularly well that game,” Glass said.

“I thought maybe Hally missed a couple of marks he should have taken, and missed a goal or two he should have kicked.”

Glass will reach his 250-game milestone in Friday night’s clash with North Melbourne at Patersons Stadium.

The 32-year-old rated Hall, Brisbane’s Jonathan Brown, Hawthorn’s Lance Franklin and Fremantle’s Matthew Pavlich as his toughest opponents over the journey.

But Glass could be set for a unique challenge on Friday night if he gets the job on Kangaroos cult hero Majak Daw, who booted six goals last week in just his fourth AFL match.

Sudanese-born Daw stands at 195cm and weighs 97kg, with his athleticism and speed making him a hard match-up for any defender.

Both West Coast and North Melbourne sit outside the top eight with 3-4 records, making Friday’s clash a crucial encounter.

The Eagles thrashed North Melbourne by 96 points in last year’s elimination final, but West Coast vice-captain Beau Waters doesn’t think the Kangaroos will have revenge on their minds.

“I’m not sure that retribution is something that really carries forward in the AFL. I doubt whether they’ll be talking about that,” Waters said.

Glass is yet to decide whether to play on next year, but teammates are urging the sixth-year skipper to re-sign.

The four-times All-Australian said team success was always his driving motivator, and he was proud of how the squad had bounced back from the 2010 wooden spoon.

Glass said he idolised champion West Coast wingman Peter Matera growing up, but he also loved the Eagles’ famed half-back line of John Worsfold, Guy McKenna and Glen Jakovich.