Rugby league’s traditional one-point kicking score is the drop goal.
A drop goal is scored when a player drops the ball and kicks it as it rises from the ground, sending it between the opposition’s goalposts and above the crossbar. In modern rugby league, it is worth one point.
Teams commonly use a drop goal late in a close match to take the lead or force a draw. It may be attempted during general play, but the kicker must release the ball, allow it to bounce, and strike it immediately as part of the drop-kick action.
The term can cause confusion because rugby league has also used different historical scoring values. In particular, early rugby league rules awarded more points for some kicks than the modern one-point drop goal. The separate two-point field goal is a historical term rather than the usual modern score.