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Steadying himself, he calmly dropped a goal which travelled 77.7 m (254 ft 11 in) from point of impact to where it landed in the stands. The kick was the highlight of an otherwise dour match and helped Brand's team to a 7–0 victory. [2] His drop goal was later described as "probably the best drop goal ever seen at Twickenham". [2]
This is a list of the leading drop goal scorers in rugby union test matches, with a minimum of ten test drop goals.Test caps are awarded by a player's national union, regardless of whether the opposition recognise it as such.
Most overall drop goals [21] [22] Drop Name Team Tournaments 14 Jonny Wilkinson England: 1999–2011 6 Jannie de Beer South Africa: 1999 5 Rob Andrew England: 1987–1995 Gareth Rees Canada: 1987–1999 4 Juan Martín Hernández Argentina: 2003–2015
In March 1989, Lydon scored a 61-yard drop goal in Wigan's 13–6 win against Warrington in the 1989 Challenge Cup semi-final at Maine Road, setting a world record for the longest successful drop kick in rugby league. [10] During his time at Wigan, Lydon helped the club win six league championships and five Challenge Cup finals.
He holds the national record of his country with 15 drop goals. He played four times at the Five Nations, in 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1988, being a member of the winning team the last time, ex-aequo with Wales. On 2 February 1985, he scored a record of 3 drop goals against England in a 9–9 draw, in a game for the 1985 Five Nations Championship.
The longest drop-goal attempt was attempted by Dixon in the final but landed 50 metres short. On 29 May 2016 he was selected as one of three un-capped loose forwards, alongside Highlanders teammate Liam Squire and Hurricanes flanker Ardie Savea, in the All Blacks' 32-man squad for a three-test series against Wales.
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A drop goal, field goal, [1] or dropped goal is a method of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league and also, rarely, in American football and Canadian football. A drop goal is scored by drop kicking the ball (dropping the ball and then kicking it as it rises from the first bounce) over the crossbar and between the posts of the goal posts .