Rugbys Big Kickers

[goodNumber10]

Found this on Youtube, don't recall it being Rugby Dumped or anything 62m(ish) kick in a high school game between Kearsney College and Westville:

[video=youtube_share;0nTIv-pJZmk]http://youtu.be/0nTIv-pJZmk[/video]

That is a big kick - i presume at altitude.

as always youtube comments are priceless...

Any bigger?

 

[dasNdanger]

Here's one:


The longest rugby kick has no video, but it was an 81-yard (74 m) kick made back in 1944: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/2372134/High-mighty-and-still-the-record.html


das

 

[Shaggy]

Here's one:


The longest rugby kick has no video, but it was an 81-yard (74 m) kick made back in 1944: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/2372134/High-mighty-and-still-the-record.html

das

Yes, I remember watching F.Steyn kick 3 long range goals in Hamilton, to beat the All Blacks in 2009 ... easily the best long range kicker that I've seen at a live match

 

[nickdnz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AN46GPFDAc - Luke McAlister 63m
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmXKC-sPL4g - Daniel Carter 62m
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPQ1zdy_UOc - Paul Thorburn 62m

Fran Steyn has a few from well over 60m. Don Clarke had a few too but I can't find many clips

 

[Shaggy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AN46GPFDAc - Luke McAlister 63m
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmXKC-sPL4g - Daniel Carter 62m
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPQ1zdy_UOc - Paul Thorburn 62m

Fran Steyn has a few from well over 60m. Don Clarke had a few too but I can't find many clips

Yeah, Don Clarke's were in the days before kicking tees, and when the grounds weren't as well cared for too.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Well I misread the ***le as rugby big knickers. Too early in the morning.

 

[Tony Manx]

Yeah, Don Clarke's were in the days before kicking tees, and when the grounds weren't as well cared for too.

...and with a heavier ball!!

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

Johan Goosen for Grey College vs Paul Roos Gymnasium
67,1 m penalty kick (in Bloem though)

 

[gaston le gaff]

when Clarke and thorburn were kicking was it leather balls or the man made material, i remember when i was at school and team kicker whose old leather ones used to get really heavy in the winter and 30yd passes did not exist never mind kicking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[goodNumber10]

Johan Goosen for Grey College vs Paul Roos Gymnasium
67,1 m penalty kick (in Bloem though)

is the first kick i posted at altitude?

 

[goodNumber10]

Well I misread the ***le as rugby big knickers. Too early in the morning.

Rugby knckers? Those Fetish websites are really getting out of hand.

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

is the first kick i posted at altitude?

I can't say for certain but I don't think so; both schools are Natal based and looking at the trees in the background I'd say it would be in Natal. The outside chance is that it is a game between the two at a schools tournament in the interior but my bet would be it's a derby between the two at one of their grounds though I can't really say as I don't tend to follow Natal school rugby.

 

[Da Grappla]

Marcelo Bosch has a pair of good shots too.

 

[Big Ewis]

One of my first uploads...

 

[racingmetro92]

Frans Steyn again

 

[iINDOMINUSxx]

the quality is bad but this is still massive

 

[Tony Manx]

when Clarke and thorburn were kicking was it leather balls or the man made material, i remember when i was at school and team kicker whose old leather ones used to get really heavy in the winter and 30yd passes did not exist never mind kicking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clarke was certainly the leather one and reckon Thorburn would be about the time of change over!

 

[profitius]

Young Connacht fullback Darragh Leader landing this one to win an A match.

 

[dasNdanger]

Well I misread the ***le as rugby big knickers. Too early in the morning.

You've been looking at that Dieux du Stade calendar again, haven't you?




das

 

[Shaggy]

One of my first uploads...

Haha ... I remember saying "There's no way you'll get that. You're dreaming" ... did you see me in the crowd shot after the kick ... I was one crying

I was looking for the video for the "other kick" that they refer to in your video (I can't find it online) ... it was the French fullback Pierre Villepreux successfully kicking into the Wellington wind (gale) at Athletic Park in 1968.

...and with a heavier ball!!

Yep TM, I remember dubbin on my rugby ball and boots when I was a kid, to try and waterproof the leather.

@GLG ... yes, the long pass was definitely out with those old leather balls wasn't it ... I remember they could be pretty difficult to kick them into touch on wet days