....in an official legit match.
Anyone know who?
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Last Saint to kick a bonafide drop kick...
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Re: Last Saint to kick a bonafide drop kick...
no
but the last one I ever saw live was Jezza at moorabbin
but the last one I ever saw live was Jezza at moorabbin
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Re: Last Saint to kick a bonafide drop kick...
Well, Jezza out does me. John McIntosh used to drop kick on either foot.
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Re: Last Saint to kick a bonafide drop kick...
I think Nicky "Cuz" Winmar launched a few over his career.
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Re: Last Saint to kick a bonafide drop kick...
Last one I remember drop kicking consistently was Cowboy
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You mean, deliberate, on field, game day, in match time?St Plugger wrote: ↑Thu 06 Aug 2020 8:02pm I think Nicky "Cuz" Winmar launched a few over his career.
Wow!
I expected maybe early 70s at the latest.
i heard Leigh Mathews once used it.
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Re: Last Saint to kick a bonafide drop kick...
Ron Barrassi coaching North during the 1970s observed how many drop kicks were actually fluffed.
Too many chaos balls.
He banned all his players from using the drop kick except Barry Cable.
Cable would kick drop kicks for goal on the run.
He was the last truly great drop kick.
Other coaches heard the message and saw the stats.
Within a couple of years a player would be dropped for trying the drop kick.
The drop punt, no better exponent than Peter McKenna, is far more reliable and creates the same back spin that stabilises the balls flight path.
Too many chaos balls.
He banned all his players from using the drop kick except Barry Cable.
Cable would kick drop kicks for goal on the run.
He was the last truly great drop kick.
Other coaches heard the message and saw the stats.
Within a couple of years a player would be dropped for trying the drop kick.
The drop punt, no better exponent than Peter McKenna, is far more reliable and creates the same back spin that stabilises the balls flight path.
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Re: Last Saint to kick a bonafide drop kick...
Good historical observation, Ace.
I still miss the drop kick, especially the stab pass.
But it was chaos -- 50% of them went anywhere.
I still miss the drop kick, especially the stab pass.
But it was chaos -- 50% of them went anywhere.
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Maybe Savage could learn it and he could be our wonder weapon?
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That's the advantage for Jezza when you are playing coach
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I know more than one or two dropkicks that I would really like to punt.
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Not a saints player but a nice piece from afl.com
https://www.afl.com.au/video/32505/myth ... 0484400001#
https://www.afl.com.au/video/32505/myth ... 0484400001#
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Re: Last Saint to kick a bonafide drop kick...
You are not allowed to change the government of Victoria that way.
You need to get a majority of the drop kicks to stop voting the wrong way.
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Re: Last Saint to kick a bonafide drop kick...
One of Alan Davis’ 10 against Collingwood at Moorabbin was a brilliant drop kick. Talk about nonchalant!
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Re: Last Saint to kick a bonafide drop kick...
Michael Gardiner in 2010.
So tepid were the Dockers, Saints ruckman Michael Gardiner found the time in the third quarter to drop-kick a goal from the goal square.
So tepid were the Dockers, Saints ruckman Michael Gardiner found the time in the third quarter to drop-kick a goal from the goal square.
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Ah..I think we have a winner!saintsRrising wrote: ↑Mon 10 Aug 2020 11:49am Michael Gardiner in 2010.
So tepid were the Dockers, Saints ruckman Michael Gardiner found the time in the third quarter to drop-kick a goal from the goal square.
Surely 2010 and Mr. Gardiner then. Cheeky that was. Reminds me of Joey’s “bounce” at the goal line to sap a second off the clock. Good job Saintsrising.
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Re: Last Saint to kick a bonafide drop kick...
The Argus, May 10th, 1897
The dropkick, which had well nigh been replaced
entirely by the crude, bull-headed punt, will, I
fancy, once more become the glory of the game, for
an observant onlooker could not fail to notice its
value on Saturday. As we get back to something
like the old lines, the rule that a good big man
always beats a good little one will once more be
respected, and physique become again a require-
ment, especially where coupled with pace.
Collingwood vs St Kilda Round One Match report
The dropkick, which had well nigh been replaced
entirely by the crude, bull-headed punt, will, I
fancy, once more become the glory of the game, for
an observant onlooker could not fail to notice its
value on Saturday. As we get back to something
like the old lines, the rule that a good big man
always beats a good little one will once more be
respected, and physique become again a require-
ment, especially where coupled with pace.
Collingwood vs St Kilda Round One Match report
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