Posted by Andy McGeady on October 15, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Also some breakdown data from Ireland vs France. Paul O'Connell did not go quietly into the night...
Category Sport · Tags breakdown, dartmouth, ian madigan, jonathan sexton, kicking, paul o'connell, peter o'mahony, princeton, prozone, rucks, rugby, rugby world cup, rwc2015, sean o'brien, stats, they saw a game
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 24, 2015 · Leave a Comment
I wrote about the flaws in Kicking Percentage for the Irish Times, and how some people are doing a better job at rating place kickers.
Posted by Andy McGeady on September 22, 2014 · 1 Comment
I went to Carton House to have a chat with Dave Alred, noted kicking and performance coach. We discussed goal kicking, baseball and the lost art of the spiral kick. And later I tried not to embarrass myself in a kicking session being watched by an Irish rugby great.
Category Sport · Tags BT Sport, carton house, dave alred, george ford, jonathan sexton, jonny wilkinson, kicking, paddy jackson, rhys patchell, rugby, setanta
Posted by Andy McGeady on July 17, 2014 · 8 Comments
The second in a series looking at goal kicking in rugby. A chat with Ken Quarrie, NZ Rugby Senior Scientist.
Posted by Andy McGeady on June 12, 2014 · 1 Comment
The first of a series of pieces on goalkicking in rugby
Posted by Andy McGeady on February 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Only six tries over the weekend with some dour matches. But the English gameplan was worth admiring. Less so the lazy commentary about the French.
Category Sport · Tags Australia, england, france, Ireland, italy, kicking, rugby, samoa, scotland, six nations, tackling, wales
Posted by Andy McGeady on January 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The number of tries scored will probably decide qualification for two teams in this weekend’s final Heineken Cup round – so why are teams persisting with wasting time by taking conversions? My piece for the Irish Times...
Posted by Andy McGeady on January 11, 2013 · 3 Comments
Leinster need to score a hatful of tries to give themselves a chance of qualifying for the Heineken Cup knock-out stages. In today's Scarlets preview I explore an idea that would give them a better chance of doing just that: refuse ALL kicks at goal. Yes, even conversions...
