The two top point scorers in RU Guiness premiership last year were:

C P Total MC MP Totals % sucess rate
Glen Jackson 18 56 74 13 23 74 110 67.6%
Butch James 33 42 75 12 24 75 111 67.6 %

Kevin Sinfield 104 131 79.4%

14 - That's damn sight more than most yawnion games I see.

For numbers of kicked penalties have a look at the last Super14 final.
Eighty minutes of my life I wil never get back.

some good points but i think the real reason is that there is a specialist kicker in RU who is in the team to do just that and not much else a la American Football.

I bet there are kickers of equal or better standard in RL but due to other deficiencies in their game, these far outweight the ability to kick goals



......e.g. Deacon...

Morne Steyn - the guy who kicked the winning penalty against the B&I Lions has just missed a conversion from under the posts 10m out against Australia.