The kids should have been able to kick from closer but i think that having the adults kick from the halfway line was fair. You cant just give away 9k. Lets be honest that the adults wernt the best of kickers and all had the ball at completely the wrong angle on the cone. I personally have kickd the sticks from the halfway line and i have not played rugby since school.

sign him up

They told us before the event that the 'golden boots' were just a gimmick and that if he managed to knock it over they would be giving us a voucher for JJB to buy some boots, hence why I told our young'n that I would buy him some seen as the club made it impossible

Still don't understand the logic?????

This is the problem with doing something like a themed day like this. If you can pull it off, great, if you don't have the resources and it looks a mess - rain or not - then it has the complete opposite effect. That said, why did we do this againt Wigan, who always bring a load across, rather than a Quins/Crusaders/Catalans?

because we would end up with a pee poor crowd and look like we can not even give it away

I just don't get giving away cheap tickets against a top side. Makes little sense.

I agree that the kids should have been allowed to take it a lot closer. After all, a pair of boots isn't going to break the bank.

The kicks for the actual gold on the other hand were fair to be taken from halfway. You can't just give 9k away for a kick from under the sticks! I entered the adults kicking competition expecting to have to take the kick from out on the touchline. When I saw it was from halfway I expected at least one person to win from three. I know I'd have give it a good crack!

i have also kicked from halfway, but that was downhill at stanley rangers with the hill giving me an advantage, daddy cool was the closest, decent effort with that suit on...

With his pace we could put daddy cool on the wing but at the moment we wouldn't get the ball to him.

Here's my slant on it (I took the second kick) - It was impossible in those conditions (and in fairness I wouldn't have kicked it if it was sunny anyway) and I knew as soon as the balls were on the half way line I had no chance. I asked the organisors to move it forward for the kids but with no luck. The quotes of "I could have done it easily" on here are great - If any of you want to have a go after the next home match for a sportsman's bet then I would be happy to arrange for you!!!

Where did i say i could have done it easily...?? I said i once kicked it from the halfway at stanley down the slope, i have played rugby for the last 8 years, and in that time i think ive managed one conversion from the halfway. I had my boots on and rugby attire as well that day...
I doubt i could do it in my jeans and pumps...

hes miss it poor lad

I was reffering to this quote rather than yours.

Still I got 2 new pairs of Wildcats socks, a baseball cap and a keyring and a free ticket. Perhaps not £3k gold bar (PS it wasn't real - was lead painted gold)