Every drop goal scored in Super League in 2024 after Salford Red Devils star nails fourth of campaign
Marc Sneyd kicks a drop goal for Salford Red Devils against Hull KR in Round 3 of the 2024 Super League season
A one-pointer flying over is one of the greatest sights in our game. Below is a complete record of every drop goal scored (so far) in the 2024 Super League season.
This will be updated as and when someone slots a single over the sticks throughout the campaign…
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1. Marc Sneyd (SALFORD RED DEVILS 17-10 Hull KR – March 2)
Sneyd – responsible for nine of Salford’s 17 points in their Round 3 victory against KR – kicked the first drop goal of the Super League season.
Having seen a 16-0 lead cut to 16-10, the half-back stifled any hopes of a Robins comeback with his one-pointer as the clock ticked past the 70-minute mark.
2. Jonny Lomax (ST HELENS 13-12 Huddersfield Giants – April 25)
In Round 9, Saints had come from 12-0 down on home soil to level things up at 12-12 against Huddersfield, with the Giants having raced into a two-score advantage by the 12-minute mark.
Captain Lomax stepped up from circa 35 metres out, and slotted over a drop goal with less than 30 seconds left on the clock to avoid the drama of Golden Point extra time.
3. Marc Sneyd (SALFORD RED DEVILS 17-12 Warrington Wolves – April 27)
39′ | SNEYDDDDDD!! Our number seven slots over a one-pointer with 60 seconds on the first-half clock.
👹 11-10 🐺 pic.twitter.com/ADPMLcYMON
— Salford Red Devils 👹 (@SalfordDevils) April 27, 2024
Sneyd’s second drop goal of the campaign also came in Round 9, just two days later, at home against Warrington. With a minute-and-a-half left on the clock in the first half – and the scores level at 10-10 – he sent the Red Devils in at the break with a narrow lead having sent a one-pointer over the sticks from around 29 metres out.
The 33-year-old also kicked two conversions in that game as Paul Rowley’s side ended up 17-12 winners.
4. Harry Smith (Warrington Wolves 18-19 WIGAN WARRIORS – June 1)
Warrington hosted Wigan in Round 13, exactly a week before the pair met in the Challenge Cup final. In a tighter contest than most expected with heavy rotation from the Wolves, Smith’s drop goal in the dying embers of the first half gave the visitors a 19-12 lead at the break.
The Warriors didn’t score another point in the second half, and had to hang on to a 19-18 scoreline in the closing stages, with Smith’s one-pointer ultimately proving the difference between the pair at The Halliwell Jones Stadium.
5. Marc Sneyd (Warrington Wolves 14-25 SALFORD RED DEVILS – June 14)
Marc Sneyd slotted his 50th @SuperLeague drop-goal in yesterday’s contest! 👌 pic.twitter.com/ud17pXMExh
— Salford Red Devils 👹 (@SalfordDevils) June 15, 2024
Sneyd’s third drop goal of the season came in Round 14 and brought his second of the campaign against Warrington. This one was at the HJ Stadium, and was also the 50th he’d kicked in Super League in his career.
Salford were already 18-0 up when the playmaker kicked a one-pointer from 20 metres out with less than 10 seconds on the clock until the break, making it 19-0. The game was won by then, but after three second half tries from the hosts, and one from Red Devils winger Deon Cross, 25-14 was the final score.
6. Jez Litten (Castleford Tigers 12-13 HULL KR – June 20)
Making it three drop goals scored in Super League in June, and six in the season overall, Litten earned KR’s victory at Castleford with his one-pointer five-and-a-half minutes from the end of the Round 15 clash.
The hooker had never kicked a drop goal in his senior career before, but stepped up when it mattered to send the Robins’ supporters into the international break on the back of a win.
7. Brodie Croft (LEEDS RHINOS 17-16 London Broncos – July 6)
The seventh drop goal of the 2024 Super League season was perhaps one of the least celebrated one-pointers ever, with Leeds getting out of jail in Round 16 at Headingley against bottom club London. The hosts put in a sub-par showing and twice had to come from behind to take the contest into Golden Point extra time.
Croft was the match-winner 84 minutes in with a one-pointer from around 25 metres out, but plenty of Rhinos supporters had already left the ground by then, less than impressed by what their side had served up.
8. Theo Fages (Hull KR 14-15 CATALANS DRAGONS – July 6)
We saw two Golden Point extra time games in Super League on the same day for just the second time ever, with Fages earning Catalans two competitions points at Craven Park with his drop goal in the game which followed. The Frenchman’s one-pointer came in the eighth minute of Golden Point, and also came from around 25 metres out.
Catalans had been 14-0 up at the break, but saw hosts KR mount a comeback, and after Robins loanee Jordan Abdull’s restart failed to go 10 metres late on, Willie Peters’ side levelled things up at 14-14 with a penalty. That took the Round 16 clash beyond the 80-minute mark, but half-back Fages came up trumps for the visitors in the end.
9. Moses Mbye (ST HELENS 17-16 Salford Red Devils) – August 8
The first game in Round 21 brought Golden Point drama, and Mbye proved the hero for hosts Saints with a one-pointer in the fifth – and final – minute of the first half in extra time.
In a game which was evenly contested throughout, the sides headed in locked at 4-4 come the break. Both grabbed two converted second half tries to take it past the 80-minute mark – and Mbye proved the match-winner.
10. Arthur Mourgue (Huddersfield Giants 22-23 CATALANS DRAGONS) – August 9
Just under 24 hours later at the John Smith’s Stadium, four minutes before the end of normal time, Catalans’ utility back Mourgue popped up with a drop goal which sealed a nail-biting victory away from home.
The Dragons had led 14-0 and 22-10, but were pegged back by Huddersfield and needed some magic from Mourgue to get the victory over the line.
11. Oli Leyland (LONDON BRONCOS 29-4 Hull FC) – August 17
In the first game of Magic Weekend (Round 22) at Elland Road, Leyland was on target with a one-pointer for London midway through the second half, extending the scoreline out to 17-4 and handing the Broncos a three-score advantage.
The half-back went on to score a try, and was responsible for 17 of the capital club’s points in a 29-4 success against Hull FC as Mike Eccles’ side earned their third win of the campaign.
12. Rowan Milnes (Hull FC 20-39 CASTLEFORD TIGERS) – August 31
After a weekend without a one-pointer, Milnes notched one for Castleford in the third game of Round 24, on target with the boot midway through the second half with the scoreline at 32-20 in the Tigers’ favour.
The half-back’s drop goal took it out to a three-score game and put the clash beyond hosts Hull, with team-mate Tex Hoy crossing for a try late on against his former employers which put the icing on the cake for Craig Lingard’s side.
13. Brodie Croft (London Broncos 20-21 LEEDS RHINOS) – September 1
Golden Point winner from @leedsrhinos‘ Brodie Croft for the second time this season 🥇#SuperLeague pic.twitter.com/3iYyt6Yvaw
— Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) September 1, 2024
The following day in the penultimate game of Round 24, Leeds were taken into Golden Point extra time by London for the second time this season.
And just as happened at Headingley 57 days prior, playmaker Croft was the match-winner, slotting over a drop goal to steal victory from the jaws of defeat in the seventh minute of Golden Point action.
14. Marc Sneyd (SALFORD RED DEVILS 27-12 Catalans Dragons) – September 7
Salford half-back Sneyd slotted over his fourth drop goal of the campaign in Round 25 as Salford beat fellow play-off hopefuls Catalans to strengthen their grip on a top six spot.
With just under two minutes remaining at the Salford Community Stadium, and with the Red Devils already 26-12 to the good, Sneyd put the icing on the cake with a one-pointer from circa 35 metres out which never looked like missing its target.