Goalkicker
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@Salacious-Crumb said in Goalkicker:
Can somebody pls refresh my (fast-fading) memory...
When DC started as AB he was a centre, but mostly a bench replacement... did he ever start a test match at centre? And if so, was he primary goalkicker? (Making me think a player doesn't have to be a 10 or 15 to shot for goal. Piri wasn't shithot as a goalkicker either, but we gave him the job when required.)
Also makes me think about how Frano Botica, who was a BB of his day, wasn't getting selected over Fox, who wasn't nearly the magician that Botica was but had a golden boot and a match-winner.
(Later irony of course Frano jumped code and became one of very best League kickers.)
The main difference between kicking in league and union, in league it's nearly all conversions , the long range penalties are almost non existent, can be a little misleading at times when comparing the two.
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@kiwiinmelb quite. But Frano was also a kicking machine when he came back to the real game
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@Bones he did.
Around that time, it was him, Halligan and Ridge were leading kickers in the NRL werent they?
Didnt Halligan set some record for consecutive kicks?
Still recall watching him kick goal after goal one time when Waikato hammered NOrthland in the NPC at Okara.
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@rotated From the match reports Evans only played once at fullback in 2007 RWC and McAlister and him shared the kicking - I assume McAlister kicked until he was replaced. The Portugal match he kicked all the conversions but he was playing at 10 that day.
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@Nepia said in Goalkicker:
@rotated From the match reports Evans only played once at fullback in 2007 RWC and McAlister and him shared the kicking - I assume McAlister kicked until he was replaced. The Portugal match he kicked all the conversions but he was playing at 10 that day.
Right you are - Evans kicked more but McAlister kidked first against Romania
.@taniwharugby said in Goalkicker:
Around that time, it was him, Halligan and Ridge were leading kickers in the NRL werent they?
Eion Crossan was in that upper echelon for his stint there too, he certainly wasn't there for his speed.