The Bulls were comfortable 41-22 winners over the Queensland Reds in Pretoria on Saturday, but the visitors came up with one of the moments of the match just short of halftime.Â*
The Reds had advantage as the hooter sounded, so as flanker Liam Gill found himself at first receiver, he decided that a drop at goal was on. He struck it sweetly and it rocketed over with plenty to spare. If that was good, his nonchalant reaction was even better.
"It was almost a brain explosion if it had missed, but we had advantage and I knew it was half-time so I thought I would step back, take the duties and have a crack," Gill said.
"I've put five years of practice into it so it was awesome to see it come off."
Gill has been Test capped 15 times but with a number of top talent to compete with - including David Pocock and Michael Hooper - he has failed to cement that regular starting position.
Perhaps if Bernard Foley gets overlooked, we might see him at number ten instead.
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Compilation of forwards slotting drop goals
You can see the kick as part of the match highlights above (0:52). There were also some great tries scored, so watch the whole video if you have the time.
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