Quote Wires71="Wires71"Interesting article. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... cker-2025/ We had the 5th best kick stats last year at 78% (Thewlis' 76% boosted by Ratchford's 88% contribution) but it cost us big time in the Hull KR semi if you recall - losing 10-8 with 2 missed kicks. It's an area we can improve. I wonder if we we stick with Thewlis or whether Leyland will get the duties based on his impressive kicking so far?'" McGillvery was 100%.

Quote Wires71="Wires71"Interesting article. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... cker-2025/ We had the 5th best kick stats last year at 78% (Thewlis' 76% boosted by Ratchford's 88% contribution) but it cost us big time in the Hull KR semi if you recall - losing 10-8 with 2 missed kicks. It's an area we can improve. I wonder if we we stick with Thewlis or whether Leyland will get the duties based on his impressive kicking so far?'" McGillvery was 100%.

Goal kicks don’t win games, tries win games, but a missed kick can lose you one.

So kicking them goals win you games?

If we had a top kicker we may have made the grand final last year. Even if thewlis could have kicked at 50% we would have forced golden point.

Unfortunately Kull KR won the game by a conversion.

I think it will improve this year, we have Leyland added to potential kicking options, and i'm sure it's an area that will be focused on this year.
And yeah it definately is the difference at times between a win or lose.
I don't envy kickers though as it must be stressful, look at Ratchford with the kick that would have given him the record. He'd kicked many over before that from the same angle but fluffed it

76% is a pretty good percentage.

I want a kicker that kicks at 100% but nobody does. Not Sinfield at his peak, not Harry Smith, not Andrew Johns.

We should choose our kicker based on the best technique. A better technique is less likely to falter in a pressure situation. It strikes me that Thewlis has a pretty decent technique. If we stick with him, and his attitude to practice is right through his career, his percentage will get better (as Sinfield's did)

Brett Hodgson was a great kicker but Pat Richards was nuts pretty sure he could kick a goal from under his own posts lol

McGillvery did.

I think he's at a loose end now. Would you have him over Thewlis?

Quote just_browny="just_browny"76% is a pretty good percentage. I want a kicker that kicks at 100% but nobody does. Not Sinfield at his peak, not Harry Smith, not Andrew Johns. We should choose our kicker based on the best technique. A better technique is less likely to falter in a pressure situation. It strikes me that Thewlis has a pretty decent technique. If we stick with him, and his attitude to practice is right through his career, his percentage will get better (as Sinfield's did)'" All of those you mentioned would likely have kicked this. https://youtu.be/wsCqGQEmyWg?t=415

Quote just_browny="just_browny"76% is a pretty good percentage. I want a kicker that kicks at 100% but nobody does. Not Sinfield at his peak, not Harry Smith, not Andrew Johns. We should choose our kicker based on the best technique. A better technique is less likely to falter in a pressure situation. It strikes me that Thewlis has a pretty decent technique. If we stick with him, and his attitude to practice is right through his career, his percentage will get better (as Sinfield's did)'" All of those you mentioned would likely have kicked this. https://youtu.be/wsCqGQEmyWg?t=415

Quote Wires71="Wires71"All of those you mentioned would likely have kicked this. https://youtu.be/wsCqGQEmyWg?t=415'" It was a poor miss, but he's a 22 year old kid in his first season as a kicker for the first team, and looking at the only other realistic option in the squad - Leyland - his %'s were pretty poor last year too. If we sign a recognised kicker by all means Thewlis can step aside, but for now I think we stick with him.

Quote Wires71="Wires71"All of those you mentioned would likely have kicked this. https://youtu.be/wsCqGQEmyWg?t=415'" It was a poor miss, but he's a 22 year old kid in his first season as a kicker for the first team, and looking at the only other realistic option in the squad - Leyland - his %'s were pretty poor last year too. If we sign a recognised kicker by all means Thewlis can step aside, but for now I think we stick with him.

Ratchford was very "average" as a goal kicker when he came to Wire. He could kick the difficult goals but miss a lot of easier kicks.

His % rate improved when Wire recruited a RU specialist goalkicking coach and he has maintained that ever since.

I`m sure that Ratchford is helping Hayes and Leyland with their kicking technique, but for that little bit of extra gain and consistency in the pressure games maybe we should bring in a RU goalkicking coach for Hayes & Leyland.