The idea provokes an unintended response from Harlequins, a cosmopolitan club a drop-kick away from Twickenham.
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However, the wing's drop-kick conversion attempt from right in front of the posts rebounded off the left upright.
Saints fly-half Geraghty sliced a long-range drop-kick wide before O'Gara saw his penalty drop short of the post.
O'Gara was forced to attempt a drop-kick for the conversion after the wind blew the ball off the tee.
Glasgow took the lead after 20 minutes, when Parks directed a drop-kick between the posts as Glasgow continued to press.
Wilkinson missed a drop-kick in the 26th minute and was just wide with a penalty attempt inside his own half soon after, while Beauxis botched another field-goal effort.
Morne Steyn finally levelled the scores on 36 minutes following an England infringement at the ruck, but the fly-half spurned the opportunity to take a three-point lead at the interval when he uncharacteristically dragged a 25m drop-kick attempt wide of the posts.
Varndell opened the scoring when Jeremy Staunton's drop-out kick fell straight to him in space and he seared away from the covering tacklers to cross in the corner.
But when David Wilson was sin-binned late on, Yachvili landed the resulting kick before Bath inexplicably declined a drop-goal chance under the posts.
Myler opened the scoring in the fifth minute when Kearnan Myall was sin-binned for punching, but he missed a relatively straightforward drop-goal opportunity and a penalty kick minutes later.
The visitors enjoyed plenty of possession in the second half but did not even earn a single kick at goal, two missed drop-goal attempts from long range by Derrick Hougaard the only time they threatened to get on the scoreboard.
Italy finished the stronger and worked Marcato into drop-goal position to seal the match with virtually the last kick of the game.
Goosen's boot got Treviso back in front, Ceri Sweeney looked to have snatched it with a drop-goal, but then came Goosen's calm final kick.
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Tim Howard was fortunate to see the ball drop out for a corner when he dropped Stephen McPhail's deep free-kick close to his own goal.
As the clock ticked well into the fifth minute of injury time the ball was passed back to Evans and, with the last kick of the match, the New Zealander scudded a low drop-goal between the posts.
An ironic cheer rang out from the Twickenham stands when Monye finally took a kick on the full, this time from a missed Fernandez drop-goal, while boos were heard soon after when Shane Geraghty kicked out on the full.
And, although Lennard failed with the kick, Tonga'uiha stepped up the plate in stoppage time to add the drop-goal that stretched his side's lead to 11-0.
There was a dramatic finish in which replacement fly-half James Arlidge and full-back Tovey each had drop-goal attempts charged down while the latter's final attempt drifted wide for Tom James to mark and kick off the field.
The ever-reliable Hodgson reduced the deficit with another penalty kick but Drahm soon made it advantage Worcester with a drop goal.
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