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Drop goal

The last successful drop kick in a professional American football game was when Doug Flutie successfully drop kicked a football for an extra point in the New England Patriots' regular-season finale against the Miami Dolphins on January 1, 2006; prior to that, the last successful drop kick in a regular-season game was in 1941.



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2008 Bradford Bulls season

Bradford played Huddersfield Giants in the first game in July,in a controversial game where one player was sent off and four players sent to the sin bin the game was a very a close affair with Chris Thorman kicking a last minute drop goal and the Giants won 25–24 tries came from Michael Platt, Terry Newton, Andy Lynch, Simon Finnigan and the Goals came from Iestyn Harris who kicked (4).

Bridgend Ravens

The team secured the title after a 22-13 win over Neath RFC at the Brewery Field with two games to spare, tries from Sililo Martens, Jon Thiel and Gareth Cull, with the latter scoring a drop goal from 35 meters to seal the victory and the first title in over 20 years.

Iain Laughland

Iain Laughland (London Scottish) operating at stand-off, tried a drop-goal after John Douglas (Stewarts College F.P.), Norman Bruce (London Scottish) and Hugh McLeod (Hawick) had rolled out of the back of a line-out.

Malkhaz Urjukashvili

He is one of the best players and scorers for Georgia, holding currently 69 caps for his National Team, with 18 tries, 42 conversions, 41 penalties and 1 drop goal, in an aggregate of 313 points.

Rugby union in London

London was also home to the massive celebrations for the English rugby team when they returned home from Australia after winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup, where Jonny Wilkinson kicked a drop-goal in extra time.

Sam Tomkins

Tomkins made 34 appearances during the 2011 season: 28 in the Super League, 5 in the Challenge Cup, and one in the World Club Challenge, in which he scored a drop goal in Wigan's 15–21 loss to the St. George Illawarra Dragons.