Are drop-goals a dying breed?

[Sandstorm]

Can't remember more than a couple this whole season - I think Libbok knocked one over for the Stormers and I think I saw one in France.....?

The RWC is starting this week - do we think any 10s out there are even practising them? They have led to a few semi-important mmoents in history:

[_Os_]

Fuck me this is a brave thread to start on the eve of a RWC!

[assfly]

If we use them we'll be accused of killing the game.

[Lobby]

You missed this one. Although not a RWC, it was pretty important in giving the Lions a series victory.



Somewhat ironically, Guscott was one of the few backs in the team who never practised kicking drop goals

[LoveOfTheGame]

This one hurt

[_Os_]

This one hurt

Oof.

It's also why SS was a doos for starting this thread, tempting fate, ffs.

[PornDog]

Crowley scored one to win the URC semi final this year against Leinster

[Sandstorm]

Crowley scored one to win the URC semi final this year against Leinster

That’s the one I forgot!!

[petej]

Burns in the previous years prem final for tigers

[OomStruisbaai]

This one hurt

Oof.

It's also why SS was a doos for starting this thread, tempting fate, ffs.

Vok I'll never forgot that drop. I was on my way to Wales to watch that 99 final and this happened. At least saw the 3rd place vs All Blacks in stead and Wallabies vs France final.

[tabascoboy]

Rugby prop's amazing drop goal watched by 1 million as stunned opponents applaud him

[fishfoodie]

Awesome, awesome match, with the perfect finish

[Gumboot]

Zinzan Brooke kicked three drop goals in test matches:

vs England in the '95 RWC semi-final

vs SA in our first series win there in '96

vs Wales in '97



Incredible player.

[Uncle fester]

Ross Byrne got a brilliant one at the end of the Heineken Cup final this year to snatch the win for Leinster.

[fishfoodie]

Ross Byrne got a brilliant one at the end of the Heineken Cup final this year to snatch the win for Leinster.

I remember it well, I'd just finished the 2nd bottle of Absinthe, & the gorgeous redhead was enthralled by my wit, & I knew it would be a good night .....

[average joe]

They say he's been practising all week.

[lemonhead]

Awesome, awesome match, with the perfect finish

Honestly, while I watched every minute we did a lot of good work early first half and got nowhere near the whitewash. Moment of magic for Thomas and that strike salvaged everything.

Up to then was getting annoyed at how reductive we looked under peak Schmidt. Cue a very special year - momentum gets you a very long way.

[Niegs]

Would rather use that pen advantage to get a catch-and-drive in the corner, seemingly. In open play, can keep crawling to the line with the forwards or spin wide when defence overcommits to said forward one out play.

[fishfoodie]

Would rather use that pen advantage to get a catch-and-drive in the corner, seemingly. In open play, can keep crawling to the line with the forwards or spin wide when defence overcommits to said forward one out play.

It can be a very risky play.

First off you need a hooker calm under pressure, & you have to execute the catch & drive perfectly, as we're increasingly seeing the attacking side pinged for folding players in front of the catcher, & being held up now means giving back possession.

If your like Ireland, & you can get by with a penalty, they ran the phases, & it was only some extraordinary discipline by France that they didn't concede one in all those phases, & Ireland had to take the drop goal, or risk coughing up a penalty, or making a mistake themselves.

[Rhubarb & Custard]

You often need a few phases to work the ball into drop goal position, and that's quite a few chances the other side gets to force a turnover or penalty given many sides don't want the ball.

Once you don't action getting through the phases to take a drop you'd be less likely to try.

[Paddington Bear]

It’s a massively underused tactic if you have a decent kicker

[fishfoodie]

It’s a massively underused tactic if you have a decent kicker

I tend to agree, it's always good to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

It's probably good that SA can't find a decent kicker, as with their pack they'd clean up.

[Uncle fester]

Ross Byrne got a brilliant one at the end of the Heineken Cup final this year to snatch the win for Leinster.

I remember it well, I'd just finished the 2nd bottle of Absinthe, & the gorgeous redhead was enthralled by my wit, & I knew it would be a good night .....

And the way her twin sister Sally might look at you...

[Sandstorm]

Ford. Nice.

[Sandstorm]

Ok, now he’s taking the piss!

[Hugo]

Jannie De Beer eat your heart out!

[Sandstorm]

Pfft. Only 3?

[OomStruisbaai]

Ford in 5th gear

[C69]

Re OP


No

[Flockwitt]

Great bump

[Line6 HXFX]

You should only be allowed 2 (maybe 1) a game. Having it as a tactic and a way to win matches from the get go, can be pretty unstoppable. Rugby shouldn't be about that. But if your one drop goal is used to win a match at the death, fine.

[Niegs]

You should only be allowed 2 (maybe 1) a game. Having it as a tactic and a way to win matches from the get go, can be pretty unstoppable. Rugby shouldn't be about that. So if it is used to win a match at the death, fine.

Don't let teams get close. Sames with not giving away penalties if they have a great kicker / unstoppable driving maul. Or being sure of your handling when your scrum is shit.

Or maybe think out of the box and position a fast fcuker in a position to charge down/pressure.

[Line6 HXFX]

If you are only allowed one to win... in a close game, it will create tension, it is much more expected and be far more exciting.

If you are allowed unlimited drop goals, and incorporate these into your general play, rugby matches will be all about getting into position and kicking them, and yes they are pretty much unstoppable when done correctly, you have about as much hope as charging down a penalty as a drop goal.
It's not that I don't like them, it's just a shitty, cunty way to score.

[shaggy]

If you are only allowed one to win... in a close game, it will create tension, it is much more expected and be far more exciting.

If you are allowed unlimited drop goals, and incorporate these into your general play, rugby matches will be all about getting into position and kicking them, and yes they are pretty much unstoppable when done correctly, you have about as much hope as charging down a penalty as a drop goal.
It's not that I don't like them, it's just a shitty, cunty way to score.

Shittier and cuntier than cheating, such as feigning injury to get a player penalised and reduce the number of the opposing team, or continued scrum shenanigans to increase the penalty count?

Drop goals are legal, suck it up princess.

[Rhubarb & Custard]

If you are only allowed one to win... in a close game, it will create tension, it is much more expected and be far more exciting.

If you are allowed unlimited drop goals, and incorporate these into your general play, rugby matches will be all about getting into position and kicking them, and yes they are pretty much unstoppable when done correctly, you have about as much hope as charging down a penalty as a drop goal.
It's not that I don't like them, it's just a shitty, cunty way to score.

That's a lot of words to say you like shitty, cunty ways to score

[Lobby]

If you are only allowed one to win... in a close game, it will create tension, it is much more expected and be far more exciting.

If you are allowed unlimited drop goals, and incorporate these into your general play, rugby matches will be all about getting into position and kicking them, and yes they are pretty much unstoppable when done correctly, you have about as much hope as charging down a penalty as a drop goal.
It's not that I don't like them, it's just a shitty, cunty way to score.

That's a lot of words to say you like shitty, cunty ways to score

I'm just surprised that he didn't claim that only posh Tory teams use drop goals and that honest, toiling Wales under their Messiah, Gatland, would never resort to such underhand tactics. Of course, if it had been Wales who kicked three drop goals to create score board pressure, he'd be claiming it was a tactical masterstroke.

[C69]

If you are only allowed one to win... in a close game, it will create tension, it is much more expected and be far more exciting.

If you are allowed unlimited drop goals, and incorporate these into your general play, rugby matches will be all about getting into position and kicking them, and yes they are pretty much unstoppable when done correctly, you have about as much hope as charging down a penalty as a drop goal.
It's not that I don't like them, it's just a shitty, cunty way to score.

That's a lot of words to say you like shitty, cunty ways to score

I'm just surprised that he didn't claim that only posh Tory teams use drop goals and that honest, toiling Wales under their Messiah, Gatland, would never resort to such underhand tactics. Of course, if it had been Wales who kicked three drop goals to create score board pressure, he'd be claiming it was a tactical masterstroke.

Sorry but that is complete bollocks as much bollocks as his post tbf.
I will take Wales beating Fiji by doing what England did yesterday.

[Paddington Bear]

If you are only allowed one to win... in a close game, it will create tension, it is much more expected and be far more exciting.

If you are allowed unlimited drop goals, and incorporate these into your general play, rugby matches will be all about getting into position and kicking them, and yes they are pretty much unstoppable when done correctly, you have about as much hope as charging down a penalty as a drop goal.
It's not that I don't like them, it's just a shitty, cunty way to score.

That's a lot of words to say you like shitty, cunty ways to score

I'm just surprised that he didn't claim that only posh Tory teams use drop goals and that honest, toiling Wales under their Messiah, Gatland, would never resort to such underhand tactics. Of course, if it had been Wales who kicked three drop goals to create score board pressure, he'd be claiming it was a tactical masterstroke.

‘Does the drop goal vote Conservative?’ - the greatest thread in the history of the internet, shut down after 1,246 pages

[Lobby]

That's a lot of words to say you like shitty, cunty ways to score

I'm just surprised that he didn't claim that only posh Tory teams use drop goals and that honest, toiling Wales under their Messiah, Gatland, would never resort to such underhand tactics. Of course, if it had been Wales who kicked three drop goals to create score board pressure, he'd be claiming it was a tactical masterstroke.

Sorry but that is complete bollocks as much bollocks as his post tbf.
I will take Wales beating Fiji by doing what England did yesterday.

Its not a dig at Wales you twat, but your alter ego, Refry

[C69]

I'm just surprised that he didn't claim that only posh Tory teams use drop goals and that honest, toiling Wales under their Messiah, Gatland, would never resort to such underhand tactics. Of course, if it had been Wales who kicked three drop goals to create score board pressure, he'd be claiming it was a tactical masterstroke.

Sorry but that is complete bollocks as much bollocks as his post tbf.
I will take Wales beating Fiji by doing what England did yesterday.

Its not a dig at Wales you twat, but your alter ego, Refry

That's so 2005