Rugby League Rules! Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

Knock on means to knock the ball toward the oppositions dead ball line with the hand or arm, while playing at the ball. However, if, after knocking on accidentally, you regain or kick the ball before it touches the ground, a goal post, cross bar or an opponent, then it's not a knock-on!

Answer: When a player, not being held by the opposition, falls to the ground

A player in possession of the ball is tackled if:
- the ball-carrier is held by one or more opposition players and the ball or the hand or arm holding the ball comes into contact with the ground,
- the ball-carrier is held by one or more opposing players in a way that he cannot make further progress and cannot pass the ball,
- if the ball-carrier, held by an opponent, succumbs to the tackle and wants to be released in order to play the ball, and
- when the ball-carrier is lying on the ground and an oppositiont player places a hand on him.

Answer: When the ball is 'heeled' backwards by the tackled player

The tackled player has regained his feet where he was tackled and lifts the ball clear of the ground, faces his opponent's goal line and places the ball on the ground in front of his foremost foot; when the ball touches the ground it must be 'heeled' back by the tackled player. The ball is in play when it is 'heeled' backwards!

Answer: None of these

After a penalty has been given, and further misconduct by the offending team occurs, the Referee shall advance the mark 10 metres toward the offending team's goal line. A player is guilty of misconduct if he uses offensive language or disputes a decision by the Referee or Touch Judge. If 'dissent' was tolerated the Official's respect would be lesser. If misconduct persists after the mark has been advanced once, the Referee may sin bin/dismiss the offender but cannot advance the mark again.

Answer: When downward pressure has been exerted with the hand/s, arm or the body above the waist and below the neck

Grounding the ball means having placed the ball on the ground with the hand(s) or, having exerted downward pressure on the ball with the hand or arm, the ball itself has to be on the ground or, having dropped the ball and covered it with the body above the waist and below the neck, the ball itself has to be on the ground.

Answer: When it is relative to the ground and not the passing player

The direction of a pass is in relation to the player making the pass and not in relation to the ground. A player running towards his opponents' goal line may throw the ball towards a team-mate who is behind him but because of the passer's momentum the ball travels forward relative to the ground.

This is not a forward pass as the passer has not passed the ball forward in relation to himself.

Answer: The tackler/s being on top of the ball carrier

When the player carrying the ball is stopped and pushed back from the point of impact, the tackler being on top of the ball carrier would be deemed a 'dominant tackler'. The gain for being dominant would be that the tackler would be capable of pushing up off the tackled player instead of rolling quickly to one side.

This would enable the tackler to take up a position at marker and for his team-mates to be ready to defend.

Answer: a tackled player's momentum carries him into the oppositions in-goal where he grounds the ball

A try is scored when a tackled player's momentum carries him into the oppositions in-goal where the ball is grounded even if the ball has touched the ground in the field of play, provided that the ball crosses the goal line when the player is not in touch or touch in goal or on or over the dead ball line. If a tackled player slides along the ground, a tackle is deemed to have been effected where the slide ends.

Answer: A penalty kick is awarded in front of the goal posts

The rule in this instance applies to the kicker only. A foul on another player from the kicker's team is dealt with as an obstruction and a penalty is awarded where the ball bounced or was caught in the field of play, or ten metres opposite to where the ball first crossed the line in the event of the ball going into touch on the full or landing past the goal line on the full.

Answer: When a tackle has been completed and another player drops on the ball carrier

The so called "flop" is when a tackle has been completed and the player in possession of the ball is held by one or more opponents and the ball or the arm holding the ball comes into contact with the ground, and another player, not involved in the tackle, drops or "flops" on the ball carrier in order to slow the speed of the play the ball.