Quote ="rover49"Surely the best kicker is the one who lands the best percentage of his kicks, if Thurston is the highest then you have to say he is the best.
I would qualify this to be only regular kickers who would be first choice and not a stand in kicker who takes thre a year.'"
I'd go along with this.
When all is said and done, no matter what the style, actually being successful and getting the points is what they are kicking for first and foremost.
I do think that the overhead catching in the Aussie game is helped by the same methods used in Aussie rules and I think that the Aussies having had a go at Aussie rules at some point when growing up are far more comfortable with an overhead catch from a cross kick than their British counterparts. Take Pat Richards for example.