Do not appear to have one recognised goalkicker let alone a back up.

Me Neither

Maybe to enable the losing team if they score with little time left, kick as quick as possible to waste as little time as they can to ensure a faster kick off, and the chance to try and score again?

Least thats how i see it

speeds the game up.

it's madatory in some 7s tournaments, if you're losing by 8/10 with 30 seconds to go and get a try, drop the goal and have an extra 20 seconds less wasted time. decent option.

It might help us if we havent got a decent place kicker, although we would need to improve on our efforts against Cas in the cup

I thought you could always opt to kick the goal as a drop goal. It was just 1 point before but I assume has now been included as 2 points.