KigoH kicks off
A new and exciting rugby goal-kicking competition called KigoH has lifted off in the Valke Rugby Union region.
The first match day took place at the Bosman Stadium on June 1 where players from Brakpan Rugby Club and East Rand Police battled it out with the boot.
The name comes from Ki (kicking), Go (goal) and H (resembling a rugby post), thus ‘KigoH’.
According to the founder and director of this new format Pieter Erasmus, the aim of the game is to see how accurate a team or individual can kick from 15 pre-determined locations on a rugby field, these positions being as follows:
Position one to five, on the 15m line, this is from the centre of the field to the corners at 45, 60 and 90 degrees from the post on either side of the field, points are awarded for the difficulty of the shot at the posts.
Kicks from the centre point are two points, four points just off centre and five points from the corners.
The total for these five kicks is 20 points.
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Position six to 10, on the 22m line and also five kicks are taken, same as 15m line, but here the points are four points in centre line, then six points off centre and eight points for the corners.
The points for these five kicks total 30 points for the 22m line.
Position 11 to 15, this is now from the 50m line (halfway) and also features five kicking positions, but here the points are worth 50 points as they are further out from goal and more difficult.
The three positions (15m line, 22m line and 50m line) add up to a total of 100 points.
East Rand Police showed complete kicking prowess and won the first game 21-12 over Brakpan.
The first and second best kickers from each team then kicked from all 15 positions in the second match.
East Rand Police again coming up trumps, winning 69-54 over their Brakpan hosts.
The best individual kicker on the day was Sidney van Huysteen from East Rand Police who achieved 54 points on his own in the second format.
He achieved nine successful kicks from the 15 positions, giving him a 60 per cent success rate, an impressive display from the left-footed ball-striker considering that it was windy as well on the Bosman field.
Erasmus hopes to grow this new kicking competition into something massive for the Valke Rugby Union’s clubs and for rugby in general.
In fact, you do not even need to be a club rugby player to play KigoH.
“This will not only be for rugby players,” said Erasmus.
“Anybody interested can apply to play this concept sport.
“We welcome schools, clubs and we will even have age group KigoH competitions for 30 to 40-year-olds and even over 50-year-olds”.
If you are interested in playing KigoH contact Erasmus on 073 424 6914 or email to pieter@kigoh.co.za.
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