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A drop goal not only looks spectacular, it's also a handy way of adding three points to your team's score from open play.
Just ask Jonny Wilkinson, who won England the Rugby World Cup with a drop goal in the dying seconds of the final against Australia in 2003. A drop goal is scored when a player kicks the ball from hand through the opposition's goal posts, above the crossbar. However, the ball must touch the ground between being dropped and kicked. So no cheating, otherwise the referee will have a few words to say to you.
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