Neil Hallett (rugby union) Esher Ealing Trailfinders Wimbledon Barbarians Surrey Neil Hallett (rugby union) Neil Hallett (born 1980) is a retired English rugby union player who played at either full-back, centre or fly-half who was most recently a player-coach at Wimbledon. An excellent kicker, Hallett is best known for his time at Esher where he scored over 1,300 points for the club in all competitions, and he is also one of the most prolific scorers in tier 3 history (2nd all-time as of 2016-17) with over 1,400 league points scored from his time spent with at four different clubs including Esher and Ealing Trailfinders.
Drop goal kick is unsuccessful, the offside rules for a kick apply and play continues until a normal stoppage occurs. Because of the scoring attempt this is usually from the kicked ball going dead or into touch. Defenders may tackle the kicker while he is in possession of the ball, or attempt to charge down or block the kick. World Rugby, the international governing body of rugby union, refers to this method of scoring in its publications as a "dropped goal", but this is commonly abbreviated to "drop goal". The drop goal is a relatively valuable method of scoring in rugby union,