My dad taught me and my brother the stab pass (and drop kick). I could actually knock kids over from 30m away and that was when I was in primary school. They were hard, fast and accurate if you did them properly. I could kick a drop kick well past the length of a torpedo.
I’d love Francis to start launching stab passess, he seems to read the game pretty well and loves to take a chance on his kick positioning.
Memory is a bit hazy too far back, but winding back a few decades, Hawker, Hawker, and Hawker. Superb field kick. Rioli a stand out from his era. In the current side, Langford, Francis, Ridley, and provided his head doesn’t drop, Merrett
Jetta receiving again first up on this clip . Surely this is the kick DJR was referring to.
Absolutely. Much of the crowd may have had a better view than Reimers but none of them saw that kick coming.
Pity Jetta had to fark up the mood with his typical indecision.
there was a guy called Lindsay McGie
he kicked from full back to the centre circle at windy hill every time
think he was a left footer
any one recall him?
served in the army
longest kick ever
Don’t think I can put them in order but from the following
Rioli
Caracella
Long
Lovett
Mercuri
Ramanauskas
Winderlich
Dyson
Wanganeen (was pretty young but remember thinking he could put it anywhere)
Worst
Limerick
Ever
Edited
There was a guy called Lindsay McGie
Playing full back, he needed to wee
So he bombed to the middle
And had time for a piddle
Clever old Lindsay McGie
Please do not ignore previous posts in the thread.
Ben Haynes was a lovely field kick. He had plenty of limitations, but was silky by foot.
which ones?
just read it now
you beat me to it Albert
apologies
well said
top 5 on the list
1 Mckenna
2 Zaharakis
3 Merrett
4 Tippa
5 Francis
Ridley in if he played more games
All time so hard
1 Long
2 Rioli
3 Mercuri
4 Goddard
5 Bewick
6 Fletcher
7 Wanganeen
8 Lucas
9 McKenna
10 Lovett
Outside of the more obvious picks…
Always thought Andrew Lovett kicking at full tilt was impressive.
I seem to remember Mark Mcveigh having a neat kick going in to the F50.
The short lived Paul Thomas impressed me with his short passing, from memory.
No particular order:
Mercuri
Hawker
Foulds
Rioli
Van der Haar
Fletcher
Walla
Wellman
Bewick
Long
Remember James Stewart’s kick to Tippa to sink Carlton and put us into finals?
He had quite a few good ones where he would mark/collect on the wing, swing around, and kick more than fifty metres to perfectly hit the guy sprinting back towards goal.
They were better than the TIPPA example, which didn’t require too much vision or skills challenge.
1: Mark Mercuri.
2: the rest