Rugby Union: Positions and Phases
Positions, scrums, rucks and tries: brush up on the basics of rugby union in ten questions
What this quiz asks
- 1How many players per team are on the pitch in rugby union?
- 2How many points does a try score in rugby union?
- 3Which way can you pass the ball by hand?
- 4What is it called when you ground the ball in the opponents' in-goal?
- 5Which player wears number 9 and feeds the ball into the scrum?
- 6How is play restarted when the ball has gone out over the touchline?
- 7After a tackle, what is the gathering called where the ball is on the ground, contested on foot?
- 8How many points is a successful drop goal worth?
- 9Which players make up the front row of the scrum?
- 10What is it called when the referee plays on despite an offence because the wronged team benefits?








