Kicking from a penalty : Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:00 pm  

We're terrible at it. Is it coached to only kick 15 yards when in your own half?

Re: Kicking from a penalty : Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:24 pm  

Philth wrote:

We're terrible at it. Is it coached to only kick 15 yards when in your own half?

I constantly bang on about this. It’s weird. We’re struggling to get off our ten and then you get a penalty and send it out on the twenty. It’s absolute madness and happens ALL the time. The Dave Lyon 50 yard penalty kick will come back into vogue soon enough I hope.

Re: Kicking from a penalty : Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:33 pm  

ratticusfinch wrote:

I constantly bang on about this. It’s weird. We’re struggling to get off our ten and then you get a penalty and send it out on the twenty. It’s absolute madness and happens ALL the time. The Dave Lyon 50 yard penalty kick will come back into vogue soon enough I hope.

Remeber Hesford used to place kick it out.

Re: Kicking from a penalty : Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:09 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Remeber Hesford used to place kick it out.

I do mate little mud tee ball on top and wallop either a gimmee 2 points or 50 yards further up the field.,..what a player...m.o.m in lancs cup final ..question for the older ones who did we beat that day

Re: Kicking from a penalty : Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:17 pm  

sir adrian morley wrote:

I do mate little mud tee ball on top and wallop either a gimmee 2 points or 50 yards further up the field.,..what a player...m.o.m in lancs cup final ..question for the older ones who did we beat that day

When territory is key it baffles me that a penalty kick is treated so nonchalantly. Lack of ingenuity is shocking, they can’t even think inside the box these days!!

Re: Kicking from a penalty : Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:50 am  

sir adrian morley wrote:

I do mate little mud tee ball on top and wallop either a gimmee 2 points or 50 yards further up the field.,..what a player...m.o.m in lancs cup final ..question for the older ones who did we beat that day

Saints. He was outstanding.

Re: Kicking from a penalty : Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:12 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Remeber Hesford used to place kick it out.

Bang on.
Considering the game is now obsessed with stats, I'm surprised most teams don't do this, so they can eek out the most possible yards, before they start a set of 6. Plus, it rules out the nonsense of kickers "not finding touch" when kicking from hands.

Re: Kicking from a penalty : Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:46 pm  

Didn't Ratchford kick to touch regularly at one time & get plenty of yardage ?

Re: Kicking from a penalty : Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:11 pm  

ninearches wrote:

Didn't Ratchford kick to touch regularly at one time & get plenty of yardage ?

Yes, He did but that`s in the past now.

I don`t want him anywhere near our starting 13 next season.

Now that it looks like Dwyer has signed for us after all, I can`t see how we fit Ratchford into our 17 either?

Re: Kicking from a penalty : Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:58 am  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

Bang on.
Considering the game is now obsessed with stats, I'm surprised most teams don't do this, so they can eek out the most possible yards, before they start a set of 6. Plus, it rules out the nonsense of kickers "not finding touch" when kicking from hands.

The way I remember it Hesford did this when it was a particularly windy day, not as a matter of course.
David Lyon’s had a howitzer of a kick.
I was always surprised at how far the ball was/is kicked in Union but wonder if it is down to the type of ball. Anyone shed any light on this?