John Eales' charge down kick

[Titch]

Question:

Please reply if you know that match where John Eales charged down and stopped a conversion? Also who the kicker was?

 

[Viking]

I remember steven larkham charging down an all blacks conversion. Dont re-call john eales doing it.

 

[Langthorne]

He did 'goal tend' a kick for Qld against, I think, Waikato. Can't help with details.

 

[RugbyReg]

not a chance Eales had the pace to charge down a conversion attempt. As for Lang above, yet he jumped up and caught a penalty attempt, and then booted the ball 40m down field.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

not a chance Eales had the pace to charge down a conversion attempt. As for Lang above, yet he jumped up and caught a penalty attempt, and then booted the ball 40m down field.

And as a consequence, I am pretty sure that they changed the laws of the game to prevent it happening again.

Superb athlete was our Nobody.

 

[Brumby Jack]

Larkhams was against Mehrtens I think

 

[#1 Tah]

Will Brock (Easts) charged a conversion down from right in front against Warringah I think.

 

[RugbyReg]

Lachie Turner's charged down a conversion attempt too. Forget against whom.

 

[disco]

Question:

Please reply if you know that match where John Eales charged down and stopped a conversion? Also who the kicker was?

Eales certainly did charge down a conversion as did Larkham against the AB's. Good question Titch as I know Eales has definitely done it & for some reason I keep thinking Ballymore.

 

[farva]

How many of our guys have had place kicks charged down?

 

[Nusadan]

I was often the one to attempt a charge down in my side in the old days...and at one time, the ball fell over just before the kicker was about to meet it, and my charge was well and truly underway...and instead of stopping, I kept on going, ref allowed it...and thus saved a goal there...

 

[Groucho]

How many of our guys have had place kicks charged down?

Giteau has been thwarted regularly by the posts moving left.

 

[DPK]

I was often the one to attempt a charge down in my side in the old days...and at one time, the ball fell over just before the kicker was about to meet it, and my charge was well and truly underway...and instead of stopping, I kept on going, ref allowed it...and thus saved a goal there...

Happened to Stephen Jones for the BI Lions in SA last year; a kick right in front, the ball fell off the tee before he could strike it and he was forced to try and snap a drop goal (but missed).

 

[Hugh Jarse]

The charge down happens so rarely that it might as well be struck from the Laws of the game.

Most teams do not even bother attempting to charge down nowdays.

 

[Brumbies Guy]

The charge down happens so rarely that it might as well be struck from the Laws of the game.

Most teams do not even bother attempting to charge down nowdays.

It's a lot harder with a opponent sprinting towards you putting pressure on the kick, it's not all about physically charging the kick

 

[Moses]

Lachie Turner's charged down a conversion attempt too. Forget against whom.

I've seen Lachie charge down at least two conversions. Once against Fiji for Australia A at North Sydney Oval, and another time in a Super 14 match at the Sydney Football Stadium, I think it was against the Hurricanes.

 

[Scarfman]

I'm sure Eales has done it. That's all I can remember though. Anyone?

 

[Gnostic]

The blurb from Fitzy's Biography on Eales makes reference to it.

ohn Eales is a giant of a man who stands almost 6 foot 8 inches tall. In rugby union he plays with the big men in tight forwards - in the lineouts, scrums, rucks and malls. This is a brutal world of strength, power and toughness. So why is Eales Australia's most loved player? Perhaps it's because although he talks the tough stuff on he can also be seen screaming across the field in cover defence, or charging down a kick (even once a kick at the goal), or saving a goal by leaping above the crossbar and tapping the ball back into the field of play, or leaping higher than any in the lineout, or diving like a sprawling gully fielder to snaffle a kick through on the full, or kicking goals himself from the sideline. John Eales' all round athleticism is unsurpassed. But there's more than this. Eales is an inspirational leader through his actions and his relentless determination. He is often one of the first chosen in the all-time allstar world teams of many. This book also traces the history of the Wallabies throughout the nineties and beyond - it's full of revelation and straight-talking.

http://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/John-Eales/Peter-FitzSimons/book_9780733310126.htm

Fitzy doesn't make errors on basic facts so we can be sure that it happened now just find the game. Anybody got a copy of Fitzy's book handy?

 

[RugbyReg]

well I stand corrected and dumbfounded but not the least bit surprised.

 

[Gagger]

Reg, this must be driving you insane