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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 434502" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>I don't think the Dropped Goal needs to be reduced in value, but if it were, then no lower than two, so that it can take you from one point behind to one point in front.</p><p></p><p>IMO, dropped goals can be discouraged by making them more risky, especially the long range one. It is currently a risk-free scoring attempt, often an admission that the opposition's defence is too good for you to penetrate without taking a risk. You have a 50/50 chance of getting the ball back as well as a gain in territory; the longer the range of the attempt, the greater the gain.</p><p></p><p>What I would do is change Law 22.8.....</p><p></p><p>[TEXTAREA]<strong>LAW 22.8 BALL KICKED DEAD THROUGH IN-GOAL</strong></p><p>If a team kicks the ball through their opponents’ in-goal into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead ball line, except by an unsuccessful kick at goal <span style="color: #ff0000">or attempted dropped goal,</span> the defending team has two choices:</p><p>To have a drop-out,</p><p>or</p><p>To have a scrum at the place where the ball was kicked and they throw in.[/TEXTAREA]</p><p></p><p>.....removing the bit in red, so taking away the protection afforded to the attempted dropped goal. This would add an element of risk to any dropped goal attempt; </p><p></p><p>The result would be that if a player attempts a dropped goal and it misses, and the ball goes dead in-goal or touch-in goal, the defending team would have the option of coming back to the place where the kick was taken, for a scrum with their feed. The longer the range of the attempt, the greater the chance you will miss, the more field position you are going to give up.</p><p></p><p> It would make these 60m plus attempts a much more risky propect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 434502, member: 20605"] I don't think the Dropped Goal needs to be reduced in value, but if it were, then no lower than two, so that it can take you from one point behind to one point in front. IMO, dropped goals can be discouraged by making them more risky, especially the long range one. It is currently a risk-free scoring attempt, often an admission that the opposition's defence is too good for you to penetrate without taking a risk. You have a 50/50 chance of getting the ball back as well as a gain in territory; the longer the range of the attempt, the greater the gain. What I would do is change Law 22.8..... [TEXTAREA][B]LAW 22.8 BALL KICKED DEAD THROUGH IN-GOAL[/B] If a team kicks the ball through their opponents’ in-goal into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead ball line, except by an unsuccessful kick at goal [COLOR=#ff0000]or attempted dropped goal,[/COLOR] the defending team has two choices: To have a drop-out, or To have a scrum at the place where the ball was kicked and they throw in.[/TEXTAREA] .....removing the bit in red, so taking away the protection afforded to the attempted dropped goal. This would add an element of risk to any dropped goal attempt; The result would be that if a player attempts a dropped goal and it misses, and the ball goes dead in-goal or touch-in goal, the defending team would have the option of coming back to the place where the kick was taken, for a scrum with their feed. The longer the range of the attempt, the greater the chance you will miss, the more field position you are going to give up. It would make these 60m plus attempts a much more risky propect. [/QUOTE]
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