: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:54 pm  

Can anyone remember Ben Walker (aussie) who played at the rhino's for a while? He had a very good kicking record and I remember him being interview about goal kicking. The interviewer asked reckoned he must practice for hours a day to be such an accompished kicker. To which Walker replied: "I don't practice at all. The sticks don't move, you can see where they are, just kick the ball towards them and over the crossbar, it's not rocket science"!
No doubt about it, one of the funniest things I ever heard!

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:21 pm  

steadygetyerboots-on wrote:

Can anyone remember Ben Walker (aussie) who played at the rhino's for a while? He had a very good kicking record and I remember him being interview about goal kicking. The interviewer asked reckoned he must practice for hours a day to be such an accompished kicker. To which Walker replied: "I don't practice at all. The sticks don't move, you can see where they are, just kick the ball towards them and over the crossbar, it's not rocket science"!
No doubt about it, one of the funniest things I ever heard!

Great Kicker, but Leeds have improved since he left.......

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:45 pm  

It might just be my imagination but it seems to me that every NRL side can boast a goal kicker with a success rate that we could only dream of at Cas.

Goalkicking is something that should improve with practise so if Dixon doesn't improve then I'd suggest he needs to put in more practise or he's someone who just can't kick under the pressure of thousands of spectators watching him in which case Cas need to give the job to someone who can.

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:33 pm  

Fair play to Dixon - great kicking display last night!

You can't knock 8 from 9 and quite a few of those were wide enough out to be missable. If he can kick like that more regularly he'll make himself indispensable. Thought he had a pretty good all round game in any event.

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:36 pm  

Cecil B wrote:

Fair play to Dixon - great kicking display last night!

You can't knock 8 from 9 and quite a few of those were wide enough out to be missable. If he can kick like that more regularly he'll make himself indispensable. Thought he had a pretty good all round game in any event.

I agree. Another improver. He tackled well last night.