Fun With Two Or Three Points ...

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Why does it count for three points then, if it is not a try? It is an attempt to score, from behind the 3 point line.

Why? Because the rule says so. It does not say it is a try. It just says it counts as 3 points whether it was an attempt to score (a try) or not an attempt to score. If they wanted to be be a try, the rule would have defined it as such.