The Thorburn one is even more impressive when you think about how rugby balls those days weighed an absolute ton! No built in technology to make it more streamlined or aerodynamic. Just leather and I swear, a brick, inside 😂
It has to be the most impressive. I don't whether those leather balls weighed more than present day ones straight out the shop but they certainly soaked up a bit of water.
The first one is still to this day, the furthest anyone's kicked and probably will. Not only was he a monster power kicker but he had wind and location behind him for max distance, it's so crazy to watch it
I'm a South African and I've seen Frans Steyn kick monster kicks but that kick from Thorburn is something else. Everything was remarkable - the distance, the accuracy whilst the conditions were so horrid
I’ve never understood why we don’t see more drop goals. You take 3 points and the opposition then kicks posession back to you. If you miss you still have a posession territory battle from the opposition 22 .
You don't see many from New Zealand because there's this idiotic mindset here that they are not in the spirit of the game, and you only use them in an emergency.
@@CarnivorousMower what a load of absolute shite! The reason drop goals are not 1st thought in NZ is because attack is always number 1, hence a historic win record of 80% and 90% from 2010-now. Against the spirit🤭
Martyn Davies, a Welsh hero at Rugby Lions RFC used to give the ball some lick. Had to retrieve them from a street when I was a ballboy. And Dean Morgan our stand off was great from the hand. Glad we got Goff Davies as our coach in the mid 90's. He brought along some great Welsh players. Happy memories.
The Welsh kick by Thorburn with Scottsman Bill Murray commentating is the stuff of legends from Cape Town South Africa. 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🇿🇦
Yeah I remember when the Sharks beat us Lions at Ellis Park during Super Rugby, penalty at around 60 metres they gave the ball to Frans I said oh shit, we lost that game lol, he's a legend
I like the Bouthier defensive kick against England. He hits it and... next thing you know the French are charging and the English are retreating as far as the north of Scotland to try to catch it. Hilarious and ridiculous.
You missed Gavin Hastings’ penalty kicks against New Zealand in 1990 - two of them within a few minutes. The NZ crowd laughed when he lined up the first kick. They were silent when he lined up the second.
@@johanbarnard3435 But you can get more power into a drop kick than you can a kick from the ground, surely you understand that right? Adn when you say 75metres, that's including where the ball landed right, because I've not hear of him doing a drop kick from just outside his 22.
0:38 I swear it sounds like the commentator says "and Paul Pogba is going to attempt a goal!" I genuinely laughed, because I'd kinda love to see the actual Pogba play rugby and get flattened. That kinda made my afternoon, just picturing that. No personal offence to Paul Pogba, but he helped make dabbing a big thing, so watching a gigantic New Zealand front rower absolutely clean him out would be a bit funny.
Paul Thorburn kick was another level over the next best. I've kicked modern rugby balls and those from the Thorburn era. Can get double the distance on the new balls
Can people actually appreciate Marcelo Bosch, watch the kick in the vid and watch his other long range attempts on UA-cam, I have truly never seen someone kick a ball so effortlessly. he genuinely kicks it like a centrefield 5 metre conversion and suddenly the ball has travelled 65 metres. actually scratch that some players hit 5 metre conversions harder than he kicks 60 metre penalties. its ridiculous
@@fergus156 nope, curwin bosh was playing in a stadium 50m from the ocean and steyn in france. Only joburg/pretoria is at alititude, durban, cape town and east london stadiums are all next to the sea
Could put a good number of Naas Botha kicks in this too. Nice video, but not one Naas drop goal from his own 10, kinda takes away some credit from it. But I’m being a harsh critic 😂 Good selection otherwise
Try this DON CLARK NZ fullback 6 penilties aginst 59 lions couple of huge ones TINY NAUDA SAFRICA ithink he kicked the winner over68 yds wet leather ball against NZ
These long shots just highlight the pathetic nature of rugby union. Why not score a try? Both teams need to lose two players and get rid of the ruck and maul. It will make a much better game.
How can he be one of the most promising players when he hasn't played even a single test yet? He looks a handy club player with potential. He probably needs to pick 6 or 8. The positions are different. Thanks for the tip, i had a look
@@ieatbananaskins7926 but hes not been tested at the highest level. He might be a handy player but far to early to say yet in my view. McCaw was a pretty good player with a man of the match debut v Ireland at a similar age. Club rugby is not a goid guide for such a big call, in my view. Lets see how he goes after a few tests
@@joedennehy386 there was a time when Beauden Barrett was uncapped and people would’ve been saying the same thing and look at him now, Coombes is more than capable of performing at test level and I doubt that he’s going to have a similar experience as James Lowe Besides he’s been named for the Irish summer tests for when the Lions are gone, I predict that he’s going to be the main talking point of that tour, with a hat trick against USA and 2 against Japan
The Thorburn one is even more impressive when you think about how rugby balls those days weighed an absolute ton! No built in technology to make it more streamlined or aerodynamic. Just leather and I swear, a brick, inside 😂
I agree wholeheartedly, the other kicks were very good, but as soon as I saw the date stamp it was #1 for me
All this ^
It has to be the most impressive. I don't whether those leather balls weighed more than present day ones straight out the shop but they certainly soaked up a bit of water.
@@johnsy073
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL KICK.👍👍👍👍🏴🏴🏴
He kicked a concrete block over 60m
the frans steyn drop goal is just incredible
Frans Steyn!!!! World class!!!!
This video could have been only on his kicks.
Those dudes have hammies of steel wow
The first one is still to this day, the furthest anyone's kicked and probably will. Not only was he a monster power kicker but he had wind and location behind him for max distance, it's so crazy to watch it
I'm a South African and I've seen Frans Steyn kick monster kicks but that kick from Thorburn is something else. Everything was remarkable - the distance, the accuracy whilst the conditions were so horrid
I’ve never understood why we don’t see more drop goals. You take 3 points and the opposition then kicks posession back to you. If you miss you still have a posession territory battle from the opposition 22 .
You don't see many from New Zealand because there's this idiotic mindset here that they are not in the spirit of the game, and you only use them in an emergency.
@@CarnivorousMower what a load of absolute shite! The reason drop goals are not 1st thought in NZ is because attack is always number 1, hence a historic win record of 80% and 90% from 2010-now. Against the spirit🤭
@@jasonmcveigh9399 *cough* *cough* Ireland 🇮🇪 🤣
@@stephanroos1997 dropped from 90% to 89.68% win rate this series. Bloody hopeless😀
@@stephanroos1997 Foster is on skids
Paul Thorburn's kick! Leather ball, looked a bit of a moist day, old style boots......what a kick!
Martyn Davies, a Welsh hero at Rugby Lions RFC used to give the ball some lick. Had to retrieve them from a street when I was a ballboy. And Dean Morgan our stand off was great from the hand. Glad we got Goff Davies as our coach in the mid 90's. He brought along some great Welsh players. Happy memories.
Superb selection mate. Great content - thanks for taking the time to make them 👏👏
The Welsh kick by Thorburn with Scottsman Bill Murray commentating is the stuff of legends from Cape Town South Africa. 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🇿🇦
100% agree. Class of its own. Crazy!
I like the part when the guy kicked the ball, that was pretty great
And then he scored a goal. Most of the time.
#amazing
What about when they even did on grass oh my god🧐
I liked when it went in between the poles
You mean the very long kicks…
How about the big man paul miller place kick from 5 in from touch on his own 22 on the mighty brook clear it by 15 meters
Francis Steyn’s kick was speachless wow
Easily good from 70 metres that droppie
Now try these kicks in Ellis Park.... The ball flys for days up there. It's crazy when you experience it for the first time.
Yeah I remember when the Sharks beat us Lions at Ellis Park during Super Rugby, penalty at around 60 metres they gave the ball to Frans I said oh shit, we lost that game lol, he's a legend
I like the Bouthier defensive kick against England. He hits it and... next thing you know the French are charging and the English are retreating as far as the north of Scotland to try to catch it. Hilarious and ridiculous.
Great stuff again Andrew, cheers.
Great vid as usual keep it up mr forde
You missed Gavin Hastings’ penalty kicks against New Zealand in 1990 - two of them within a few minutes. The NZ crowd laughed when he lined up the first kick. They were silent when he lined up the second.
Haha, great player. I remember him when he toured down here. Big Gav could thump them off the tee/sand/mound and out of the hand!!
Scotland summer tour of NZ 1990 2nd test
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Francois Steyn never disapoints.
Great video and do u have any videos on Blitzboks Justin Geduld cause patience is our greatest thing❤🏉🔥🤝
I was at the Arms Park in '86 for Thorburns's massive hoof! Daly's kicks are all the more astonishing for the minimal approach.....Two steps?
That Henry Slade kick is 4 years old already? Shit me
Wait, what!, jeez
Best kick in the video for me.
Shout out to Bill Mclaren. Hands down the best commentator for rugby union.
Nice one again Mr Forde !!
I saw De Wet Ras knock a penalty over from his own 25m in a game between Free State and Ireland if I remember correctly in the 70`s
Morne Steyn dwarfs them all. All of his kicks went over with at least another 10m to spare
His kicks are pathetric compared to a 17 year old kid from East Yorkshire, kicked it from 81 yards out!
@tonyfranklin8306 Francois Steyn has done a 75meters drop kick. That's a drop kick which is much harder to get right
@@johanbarnard3435 But you can get more power into a drop kick than you can a kick from the ground, surely you understand that right? Adn when you say 75metres, that's including where the ball landed right, because I've not hear of him doing a drop kick from just outside his 22.
Waiting for the day Curwin Bosch will to take the place of Handre Pollard for South-Africa. Thanks good video as always.
0:38 I swear it sounds like the commentator says "and Paul Pogba is going to attempt a goal!" I genuinely laughed, because I'd kinda love to see the actual Pogba play rugby and get flattened. That kinda made my afternoon, just picturing that. No personal offence to Paul Pogba, but he helped make dabbing a big thing, so watching a gigantic New Zealand front rower absolutely clean him out would be a bit funny.
I just love South African commentary
Great video, I just think you forgot McAllister against racing in 2011 (63m).
Every second south african school boy kicks that distance easily.
Guys the longest goal kick ever was a 90m goal kick by Louis Moolman but I cant find any footage
Paul Thorburn kick was another level over the next best. I've kicked modern rugby balls and those from the Thorburn era. Can get double the distance on the new balls
I loved that kick, it was epic.
Could YOU PLEASE make a video of 10 minutes of Scotland being scotland
Wonder why we don't get these kicks anymore
Sad to not see the 66m goal kick from the young Emirates Lions player vs Bulls in this video
The power
Viljoen tapped that!
Great vid
Johan goosen kicked from 70 metres out at school
Frans Steyn was unreal
And Jhonny Vermeulen did it twice with the old leather rugby ball the Super Springbok in South Africa from hes own 22
Up the darragh leader
It is surreal watching rugga commentary in Dutch... Hy gaan hom uithalen... lmao
Can people actually appreciate Marcelo Bosch, watch the kick in the vid and watch his other long range attempts on UA-cam, I have truly never seen someone kick a ball so effortlessly. he genuinely kicks it like a centrefield 5 metre conversion and suddenly the ball has travelled 65 metres. actually scratch that some players hit 5 metre conversions harder than he kicks 60 metre penalties. its ridiculous
Brock James too, top 14 semi-final 2010
Is the Marcelo Bosh one from the Premiership final?
Nope just a generic premiership game
@@AndrewDavidForde thanks i just noticed the allianz park logo in the clip
Every guy kicked the ball
2011 world cup dagg had some massive kicks against australia
Frans Steyn is simply the best!
Why the the hell is MORNE Steyn not here!!?? WHY!!??? 😭😭😭
I’m the France vs England game I was like woah I can finally see the game
As a wasps fan I miss elliot daly
3:20 how the ball rolls after
They should give more points for a dropgoal kicked from your own half
A lot of South Africans on there. Good distance they find. I still think that Dan Carter is the best kicker ever though.
That's got a lot to do with altitude.
Lots of south africans because there stadiums are at high altitute
@@fergus156 nope, curwin bosh was playing in a stadium 50m from the ocean and steyn in france. Only joburg/pretoria is at alititude, durban, cape town and east london stadiums are all next to the sea
Francois Steyn vs All blacks??
Dan carter world class
Love to see those guys kicking old style i.e. no modern ball or with a tee. Then we can talk the best kicker.
So like Thornburn did ?
Go look in the South Africa archives a player Jhonny Vermeulen did it twice from hes own 22
I thought Riaan Viljoen had mistimed his kick - I'm sure it could have cleared 70m
We have Sacha Feinberg Mngomezulu 61 Metre Kick!
It’s written “Manuel Cardoso Pinto”
Manuel Cardoso Pinto (Portugal)*
Could put a good number of Naas Botha kicks in this too.
Nice video, but not one Naas drop goal from his own 10, kinda takes away some credit from it.
But I’m being a harsh critic 😂
Good selection otherwise
Facundo munilla in Spain vs georgia
The longest kick ever
It was not 66 m it was 62
I know just few things about rugby, some kicks were insane...honestly just some...but what made me sad is the lack of enthuziasm by the commentators
"15 Longest Kicks in Rugby History!" More like the 15 longest that there is actually footage of.
Indeed, but that title isn’t as catchy
No Tiaan Swanepoel mention?
I liked the one I mean he could of drop goal it another 10 20 meters
Pierre villepreux vs All Blacks wellington
Riaan Viljoen made it look easy
Steyn is the king
Darren lockyer drop goal??
Try this DON CLARK NZ fullback 6 penilties aginst 59 lions couple of huge ones TINY NAUDA SAFRICA ithink he kicked the winner over68 yds wet leather ball against NZ
longest rugby UNION kicks that were on TV, the goal and drop kicks aren't even the longest recorded in either code.
Can't exactly put up non recorded kicks though .
not first
Hi
These long shots just highlight the pathetic nature of rugby union. Why not score a try? Both teams need to lose two players and get rid of the ruck and maul. It will make a much better game.
Can you do a Gavin Coombes tribute - probably the most promising young player in the world right now
I'll try and get one posted on my second channel! Player tributes I'm posting on here are mainly of Lions and South Africans.
How can he be one of the most promising players when he hasn't played even a single test yet? He looks a handy club player with potential. He probably needs to pick 6 or 8. The positions are different. Thanks for the tip, i had a look
@@joedennehy386 because he's outperforming some of the best players in the world and is almost always guaranteed to score or set up a score
@@ieatbananaskins7926 but hes not been tested at the highest level. He might be a handy player but far to early to say yet in my view. McCaw was a pretty good player with a man of the match debut v Ireland at a similar age. Club rugby is not a goid guide for such a big call, in my view. Lets see how he goes after a few tests
@@joedennehy386 there was a time when Beauden Barrett was uncapped and people would’ve been saying the same thing and look at him now, Coombes is more than capable of performing at test level and I doubt that he’s going to have a similar experience as James Lowe
Besides he’s been named for the Irish summer tests for when the Lions are gone, I predict that he’s going to be the main talking point of that tour, with a hat trick against USA and 2 against Japan