The Joy of Six: drop goals in rugby union | Ian McCourt

From sealing the Lions’ only ever series victory in New Zealand to that winner from Jonny Wilkinson, there are few more dramatic ways to win a match in rugbyDespite the travel-induced exhaustion and some questionable refereeing, this was an embarrassing defeat for the Lions. They had stepped off a plane 58 hours earlier and now they were stepping off a pitch after losing 15-11 to Queensland. (They were in Australia to play two warm-up games before the tour of New Zealand.) Des O’Connor, the Queensland coach, was quick to apply salt to open wounds. “These Lions are hopeless,” he said. “They are…