The drop kick is used in two different situations - to restart the game (either from the halfway line after a penalty goal or from the 22-metre line), or to kick for a field goal (worth three points).

Marcus Smith is using a breathing technique to enhance his goalkicking ... Apart from changing his boots and the kicking tee, Smith learned to control his breathing – a skill he will be using ...

England's Marcus Smith has revealed how an army breathing technique has enhanced his goal-kicking and taken away his "anger" after costly errors during the defeat to New Zealand in Dunedin in July.