Worst Kick of 2012?

So the new year is barely upon us, but already I feel we have a credible contender for 'Worst Kick of the Year'.

Step forward Phil Godman, with this horrible effort in the final leg of the 1872 cup http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b018vbjc/?t=13m47s

Godman is no stranger to the award though, he also won it in 2008 with this shocker against South Africa www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3qPQ2wnjsY#t=2m36s

Henson v Ospreys

Anything by Hook...has he kicked in 2012 yet?

Patterson in the World Cup

This was the best of 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t-ZERw4K8s

Barbarians v Australia. Twickenham Stadium. 26 November 2011

Wallabies James O'Connor had the ball stolen off his goal-kicking tee by Barbarians halfback Peter Stringer, Legend

Not sure about the worst though!

For a world class second row Matfield makes a dreadful kicker!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GSZbpCaO-4

Admittedly it's RL, but a stand-off*/fullback like Lockyer should do better than https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjJFFWfIdGk


*stand-off is Australian for fly-half. Which in turn is Welsh for 1st five-eighth

Brock James had a shocker at Ravenhill in November;

http://www.rugbydump.com/2011/11/2243/midweek-madness-brock-james-great-moustache-terrible-kick

He was a big factor in us winning that game!

that godman one was awful!

well its certainly not this one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpKsDsCJhv8

SafeAsMilk wrote:For a world class second row Matfield makes a dreadful kicker!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GSZbpCaO-4

Hahaha, I'd forgotten about that kick, always puts a smile on my face.

Seem to remember Jerry Collins did a similar kick in his last game?

Not 2012 but this is an absolute shocker from Dan Biggar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YVSTEjLa0U

I support Edinburgh but I was in stitches after that kick, it was so funny!

Artful_Dodger wrote:Not 2012 but this is an absolute shocker from Dan Biggar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YVSTEjLa0U

World class!

In terms of potential impact piri weepus attempts before donald duck nailing the eventual winning kick were awful. Had NZ lost that would have been the new choking factor for the next four years regardless of his warmup injury.

To be fair to Biggar, if you watch closely, you can see that the ball starts to fall over just before he kicks it so not really his fault

Irishhoneymonster wrote:To be fair to Biggar, if you watch closely, you can see that the ball starts to fall over just before he kicks it so not really his fault

Don't talk soft

UPDATE - following Godman's last minute match winning drop goal tonight against Racing Metro, all is forgiven.

I just watched Godman's kick from last night. Love how casual he looked afterwards as if to say "yeah, so what?" (SUBTEXT : Remember that awful kick of mine that's on forums worldwide though? That's all I'll ever be remembered for)