penalty goal

Points from foul

A penalty goal is a score in rugby made by kicking the ball through the goalposts after the opposing team commits a foul.

Worth three points, it's taken from where the penalty was awarded: He converted the penalty goal from forty meters out.

The term also appears in other football codes with similar scoring mechanisms.

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penalty goaltry

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circumstances of award

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Score from solo rush

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