Pearce and Matterson! Hastings off the bench.

[Headless Chook]

Sorry should have clarifed, they were the fellas Cockadoodledoo referred to. Some of them kicked goals in games from acute angles as well. Well most didn't go on with footy careers due to lack of money, desire, parents expectations with education verses footy but seriously a first grade half should be able to slot a goal from near in front.

Nowadays they use bloody kicking tees now....the guys Cockadoodle refers to including himself would use a bit of dirt or dig a small hole in the ground and bang a leather ball over more often than not. He also was a damn good goal kicker for junior team he played in.

I preferred sand myself. When I was the leading goal kicker in Group 10 in 1994 kicking tees were just starting to come out but I stuck to the sand. Didn't want to do the ball boy out a job who's job it was to carry the sand bucket.

As for kicking goals in front, yeah piece of cake. The one's I hated when I kicked were the one 10-15m either side of the posts. They should be a gimme but they're not and everybody expects you to get them. The one's from the sideline, generally no pressure because they're a bonus if you get them. I am still dirty on the local news station though that showed only one of my kicks in that season, and it was the one I shanked that rolled along the ground....

[mightyrooster]

I preferred sand myself. When I was the leading goal kicker in Group 10 in 1994 kicking tees were just starting to come out but I stuck to the sand. Didn't want to do the ball boy out a job who's job it was to carry the sand bucket.

As for kicking goals in front, yeah piece of cake. The one's I hated when I kicked were the one 10-15m either side of the posts. They should be a gimme but they're not and everybody expects you to get them. The one's from the sideline, generally no pressure because they're a bonus if you get them. I am still dirty on the local news station though that showed only one of my kicks in that season, and it was the one I shanked that rolled along the ground....

Group 10 = Cowra magpies and Bathurst teams right? I know this area well.

[Headless Chook]

Group 10 = Cowra magpies and Bathurst teams right? I know this area well.

Yep thats the one. I was with Cowra at the time, coached at Orange CYMs and Bathurst Panthers later in life