WATCH Bryn Gatland's drop goal wins NPC promotion
Friday 28 October 2016 23:08, UK
Warren Gatland's son, Bryn, showed nerves of steel to clinch an epic final for North Harbour
Some say that the drop goal is a dying art, however, North Harbour's Bryan Gatland proved that it can still be extremely useful when it comes to winning matches.
At the Forsyth Barr Stadium, North Harbour and Otago met for the Championship final and the two sides played out a match to remember.
North Harbour took an 11-7 lead into the second half and quickly built on that putting themselves 14-7 ahead. However, when Fletcher Smith converted Tom Franklin's try the game reached stalemate, at 14-14, with half-an-hour to go.
The deadlock remained until the 79th minute and after that Gatland put his name into the history books.
Otago's clearance kick went out on the full and from there North Harbour went through the phases and coolly set up Gatland's opportunity. The rest as they say is history….
Hit the video at the top of the page to watch the final move and drop goal in full glory!
