Rugby Law Quiz

1. Rugby Law Quiz Hosted by: Tony Adolph The quizmaster reserves the right to change his answers at anytime. No discussion will be entered in to though bribes are welcome.

2. Round 1

3. Must a player wear a mouthguard? Question 1

4. Can a player be offside in goal? Question 2

5. Is an offside attacker, standing eight metres from a defender waiting to catch the ball from a kick, put on-side when the defender catches the ball and passes it back to a team mate? Question 3

6. A player with both feet on the touch-line knocks the ball into the field of play before it crosses the touch-line. Is the ball in touch? Question 4

7. From a scrum the defending halfback passes the ball back to a team mate inside the 22 who kicks directly into touch on the defenders 10m line. Where should the lineout take place? Question 5

8. At a kick off the, players from the kicker’s team are ahead of the kicker. What should the referee do? Question 6

9. At a quick throw in the wrong team throws the ball in. Should the AR keep his flag up? Question 7

10. At the toss, may the referee toss the coin? Question 8

11. A player is cautioned for an intentional infringement. Must this player be temporarily suspended? Question 9

12. Ulaanbataar is the capital of which country? Question 10

13. Round 1 Answers

14. Must a player wear a mouthguard?Yes Question 1a

15. Can a player be offside in goal?Yes Question 2a

16. Is an offside attacker, standing eight metres from a defender waiting to catch the ball from a kick, put on-side when the defender catches the ball and passes it back to a team mate?No Question 3

17. A player with both fee on the touch-line knocks the ball into the field of play before it crosses the touch-line. Is the ball in touch?No Question 4a

18. From a scrum the defending halfback passes the ball back to a team mate inside the 22 who kicks directly into touch on the defenders 10m line. Where should the lineout take place?Opposite where the ball was kicked. Question 5a

19. At a kick off the, players from the kicker’s team are ahead of the kicker. What should the referee do?Option of either a scrum or a re-kick Question 6a

20. At a quick throw in the wrong team throws the ball in. Should the AR keep his flag up?Yes Question 7a

21. At the toss, may the referee toss the coin?No Question 8a

22. A player is cautioned for an intentional infringement. Must this player be temporarily suspended?Yes Question 9a

23. Ulaanbataar is the capital of which country?Mongolia Question 10a

24. Round 2

25. At a kick off the ball goes directly into in goal. A defender immediately kicks the ball directly into Touch in goal. Can the defenders now have a re-kick? Question 1

26. A player makes the ball unplayable by falling down, should this player be penalised? Question 2

27. The referee is unsure of the correct time during a game and the TJ is unsure also. Can he/she ask a spectator? Question 3

28. Is there a time limit to remove a seriously injured player from the field? Question 4

29. In a match the referee is unsure as to the length of the match for that grade. The teams’ coaches cannot agree as to the correct timing. Does the referee have the authority to declare the length of the match despite the coach’s objections? Question 5

30. During a maul may a scrum half make a dummy pass? Question 6

31. At a scrum where is the offside line for the players not in the scrum other than the scrum half? Question 7

32. A player is tackled in the act of claiming a mark. He is injured and is unable to continue. Can another member of his team take the mark? Question 8

33. During the scrum the referee calls ‘touch’, one of the props doesn’t do this. What is the sanction? Question 9

34. What was the name of Tonto’s horse? Question 10

35. Round 2 Answers

36. At a kick off the ball goes directly into in goal. A defender immediately kicks the ball directly into Touch in goal. Can the defenders now have a re-kick?Yes Question 1

37. A player makes the ball unplayable by falling down, should this player be penalised?Yes Question 2

38. The referee is unsure of the correct time during a game and the TJ is unsure also. Can he/she ask a spectator?Yes Question 3

39. Is there a time limit to remove a seriously injured player from the field?No Question 4

40. In a match the referee is unsure as to the length of the match for that grade. The teams’ coaches cannot agree as to the correct timing. Does the referee have the authority to declare the length of the match despite the coach’s objections?Yes Question 5

41. During a maul may a scrum half make a dummy pass? No Question 6

42. At a scrum where is the offside line for the players not in the scrum other than the scrum half? 5m back towards the goal line from the hindmost foot. Question 7

43. A player is tackled in the act of claiming a mark. He is injured and is unable to continue. Can another member of his team take the mark? No, Scrum, players team put the ball in. Question 8

44. During the scrum the referee calls ‘touch’, one of the props doesn’t do this. What is the sanction? FK Question 9

45. What was the name of Tonto’s horse?Scout Question 10

46. Round 3

47. At a line-out the non-throwing team don’t have a player within the 5m. What does the referee rule? Question 1

48. At a restart the ball is falling short of the 10m line when a player from the kicking team runs ahead of it and turns so that he is over the 10m line when he catches the ball though the ball has not crossed the plane. What does the referee rule? Question 2

49. What is Law 21? Question 3

50. A penalty is awarded to the blue team 15m from the green teams goal line. The captain elects to have a kick at goal and advises the referee and the tee arrives. The ref indicates a kick at goal to the defending team. The green team know this is a formality so congregate in in-goal. The kicker seeing this takes the kick but puts a cross kick to the right wing who catches it and scores in the corner. The referee awards the try. Is he correct in doing so? Question 4