I reckon Connoly is maybe a wee bit nervous of using the old "kick the ball upfield, but not out to touch" trick that the Wallabies tried a couple of times this year, not wanting to give SA the put-ins in the line-out. They did this in possibly the ugliest Tri-nations match in living memory, this year`s 20-18 Oz victory in Sydney. Now, if Frans Steyn starts putting over the drops from halfway if the Wallabies keep up this "tactic", then they are in serious shite.

Anyway, yes there is a lot of skill involved in the drop, remember that there is frequently a charging flanker coming straight at you, and not a lot of time to stick them over. If the drop was such an easy way of scoring points, why isn`t there substantially more?

That said, I still believe that the place for the drop is actually as a surprise weapon, not a first-choice mode of attack.