Drop goal the original penalty. The team could then opt to attempt a penalty goal, giving them a second opportunity to score the three points. A drop goal is worth three points, and before 1948 it was worth four points. From time to time suggestions have been made by some rugby commentators to reduce the value of a drop goal, or to limit or discourage them in other ways. It is sometimes also referred to as a field goal; however the use of this term in rugby union is erroneous, and instead describes an archaic form of scoring a goal. A field
Jim Kearney (rugby union) as an All Black, Kearney scored 30 points for New Zealand (6 tries and 4 dropped goals) and 9 test points (1 try and 2 dropped goals). Jim Kearney (rugby union) James Charles Kearney (4 April 1920 – 1 October 1998) was a New Zealand international rugby union player. He was a member of the All Blacks in 1947 and 1949, playing in the First five-eighth position. Kearney was born in Naseby, New Zealand and educated at St. Kevin's College, Oamaru where he played rugby for the school. Kearney played for the Ranfurly club and represented Otago in 1939, 1941