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Why has the drop-goal gone way of the dodo?

PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

At the Parc des Princes one sunny Sunday afternoon, Jannie de Beer launched five of them on a sprialling trajectory between the English posts. From start to finish, the bombardment lasted exactly 32 minutes.
The Springbok fly-half-turnedevangelist struck more often in barely half an hour of that World Cup quarterfinal almost 20 years ago than the PRO14 has managed all season. The drop-goal seems to be hurtling out of fashion faster than a Mitchell Starc bouncer.
The figures for the Aviva Premiership and Top 14 are in the same ball-park as the PRO14,...

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