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Drop-goal 'should be one point'
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<blockquote data-quote="sanzar" data-source="post: 124788"><p>Well the argument is a valid one if you think about it... Basically it's the only way to score points in the game (outside of penalties which is different) that doesn't require you to break the defence. All you have to do is be within their half and have if you have a really good kicker then you have 3 points! SA did it all through the '99 RWC and it made their games generally more booring as a spectacle (thus it was considered poetic justice that we knocked them out with one). And while you can claim that it's simply sour grapes on our part, you have to remember that Aussies generally watch league, a game that where we never had fears of losing, so the appeal for that rule change has been there for a while.</p><p></p><p>Also, saying "why screw with the system" is a little silly when you consider how much the game has changed in the last 20 years, let alone the last 100... Drop goals used to be the primary method of scoring points, but they slowly made tries worth more (they used to be worth nothing) because people enjoyed watching them more.</p><p></p><p>Personally I think that ones like that sideline kick are worth 3, but in general they're overvalued. I reckon they should be 2 points. A conversion is 2 points and it's MUCH harder to get a try than a drop goal, so why should the conversion be less than a droppy?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sanzar, post: 124788"] Well the argument is a valid one if you think about it... Basically it's the only way to score points in the game (outside of penalties which is different) that doesn't require you to break the defence. All you have to do is be within their half and have if you have a really good kicker then you have 3 points! SA did it all through the '99 RWC and it made their games generally more booring as a spectacle (thus it was considered poetic justice that we knocked them out with one). And while you can claim that it's simply sour grapes on our part, you have to remember that Aussies generally watch league, a game that where we never had fears of losing, so the appeal for that rule change has been there for a while. Also, saying "why screw with the system" is a little silly when you consider how much the game has changed in the last 20 years, let alone the last 100... Drop goals used to be the primary method of scoring points, but they slowly made tries worth more (they used to be worth nothing) because people enjoyed watching them more. Personally I think that ones like that sideline kick are worth 3, but in general they're overvalued. I reckon they should be 2 points. A conversion is 2 points and it's MUCH harder to get a try than a drop goal, so why should the conversion be less than a droppy? [/QUOTE]
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