Last player to use a place kick or drop kick in a AFL game.

[CharlieMortdecai]

Lonergan? Reimers? Ran into an open goal and drop kicked a goal vs..... Tigers? Problem was he was getting tackled so the umpire called it incorrect disposal.

Don't remember the kicker or the tackler, but one of the collingwood players got pinged on Saturday night when he did a dropkick while being tackled. Not intentional, just didn't get his boot to ball until after it hit the ground.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

I have a memory of Dermie trying to set up a place kick when he was playing for the Pies (or perhaps the Swans), but the umpires wouldnt let him because they saw it as time wasting. Obviously the game was beyond doubt by then.

Yep, was about to say the same. Remember Dermie saying that technically it was still a legal kick at the time, and he thought he should have been allowed to take it

 

[Covertackle]

I guess you could, but by the time they bring one out the umpire would've called play on! Could you imagine Ahmed Saad calling for a place kick?

50 seconds. wow. Johnathon Thurston wouldn't miss many from 60m considering the height of the rugby cross bar. a 'T' could be run out pretty quick.

 

[Taylor]

Don't remember the kicker or the tackler, but one of the collingwood players got pinged on Saturday night when he did a dropkick while being tackled. Not intentional, just didn't get his boot to ball until after it hit the ground.

Dwyer tackled by Walters.

 

[DangerSloane]

I would have said dropping the ball but you never see that get paid anymore.

Correct. Thats why they made a variation to the rule and renamed it incorrect disposal. either way, He should ahve been penalised but its in the annals now so we move on.

At that time an attempted kick was a perfectly accepted mode of disposal (im almost positive it was in the rules too). A drop kick has always been correct disposal and there have been numerous occasions where players have been caught, wouldve been pinged but got away a kick that actually bounced before they kicked it.

 

[Dusty Covers]

Just out of interest does any know who the last player to use a place kick or a drop kick in VFL/AFL footy was.

Reckon Syd Jackson might have been the last to use a drop kick.

PS. - Mick Mcguane after receiving injections to the groin and dropping the ball a couple of times does not count.

Big Bill Stephenson from St Kilda was the last player to use the place kick regularly for goal in 1963 until forced into retirement by an horrific knee injury. He may have even been the first to use it in 1958 in a VFL game.

Just out of interest does any know who the last player to use a place kick or a drop kick in VFL/AFL footy was.

Reckon Syd Jackson might have been the last to use a drop kick.

PS. - Mick Mcguane after receiving injections to the groin and dropping the ball a couple of times does not count.

 

[Brasher]

Rod Jamieson's drop-kick is the last I remember and was not only deliberate but premeditated.

 

[Sherrinator]

50 seconds. wow. Johnathon Thurston wouldn't miss many from 60m considering the height of the rugby cross bar. a 'T' could be run out pretty quick.

The AR ball is a lot heavier and a different shape. Don't think Thurston's kicking style would work with it.

 

[LightTower4]

I have a memory of Dermie trying to set up a place kick when he was playing for the Pies (or perhaps the Swans), but the umpires wouldnt let him because they saw it as time wasting. Obviously the game was beyond doubt by then.

It was a reserves game (in the days when the 2's played curtain raisers) near the end of his career.
He was arguing with the umpire that if doing a place kick, no one is allowed on the mark.

 

[carnthedons]

Matt Dea tried one on the weekend and got pinged for dropping the ball

 

[Randomizor]

Matt Dea tried one on the weekend and got pinged for dropping the ball

Maybe he just dropped the ball?

 

[carnthedons]

Maybe he just dropped the ball?

Ball hit ground and then he kicked it immediately. It wasn't intentional but should've been classes legal disposal was my point

 

[pOleK]

Karmichael Hunt?

 

[JackFlash]

Players today wouldn't have a clue how to execute it, coaches don't like the margin for error, but if you connect on the sweet spot then it will go 60metres plus every time. With deliberate out of bounds such an issue, it might not be a bad option....you could could always use the miscue argument?
I did see Bruce Liindner use it sometimes down at Geelong in the 80's, but he was a prodigious kick.

 

[kickazz]

Ball hit ground and then he kicked it immediately. It wasn't intentional but should've been classes legal disposal was my point

The rules now have an explicit clause dealing with this particular scenario. HTB was the correct decision.

 

[kickazz]

The playing surfaces are in much better condition these days, making the drop kick a more reliable option than it once was.

I think if you are about 55-60 out with no pressure (kick takes longer to execute and has a slightly lower trajectory) on a dry day it could be a real alternative to trying to spot up a target in a congested F50

 

[Goggin Our Best]

I think the last player to kick drop kicks on a regular basis ( well after everyone else had stopped using them ) was Barry Cable of Nth Melb( around 75-79) - and they use to go like bullets - low and flat - actually a drop kick ( the Cable variety ) was very effective kick into a stiff breeze because it would penetrate the wind

Its interesting because Barassi was Nth Melb coach and he had previously banned the drop kick at Carlton around 70-71 because he was such a kill joy

But Cable was such a superstar ( unbelievably skilled player ) that he probably pulled rank over Barassi at Nth Melb - and used the drop kick - stab kick to great affect - and supporters delight

 

[Garlic muncher]

I played footy with Syd Jackson - Carlton TOTC ( suburban footy) and he was regularly using drop kicks in the early to
Mid 1980's

 

[kneecapper]

Round 13, 2016 - Kieren Jack had a drop kick to a goal assist (albeit accidental). You can see a replay after Nankervis kicks the goal here: http://www.afl.com.au/video/smart-r...05&eventType=Goal&seek=1812&videoQuality=high

 

[Billy ray]

Chris Mainwaring late in the 92 grand final. On the outer wing.

Maybe it was 94. One or the other.

 

[T G M]

I saw Robert Flower use a drop kick from full back, with kick out first quarter 1982 at the MCG v North Melbourne

 

[JackFlash]

I saw Bruce Lindner do a dropkick at KP in the late 80s...it was a beauty, must have traveled 70 metres.

 

[Gavin Excell]

I saw Robert Flower use a drop kick from full back, with kick out first quarter 1982 at the MCG v North Melbourne

Stab passes were the higher end version of drop kicks

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

For those under 50, footy boots used to have steel caps - as 'stab passes' were executed with the toe, not the top of the foot like a normal kick.

I'm not quite 50 myself so never played in the 'steel toe' era, but my dad kept a pair of his old boots.

Genuinely like old school work boots.

 

[T G M]

When was the last flat punt used as a deliberate set shot for goal?