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WorksheetsRugby law 21: In-goal
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is wrong with this?
The ball is not grounded with the hands or arms.
The player has lost control of the ball.
The tacked player is off their feet playing the ball
Nothing.
Which of these are ways to ground the ball in goal?
by holding it and touching the ground with it; or
by stepping down on the ball like a trophy hunter and his prey.
by pressing down on it with a hand or hands, arm or arms, or the front of the player’s body from waist to neck.
By pressing down on it with a hand or hands, arm or arms, or the front/back of the player’s body from waist to neck.
A player may not pick up the ball in-goal and ground it elsewhere.
True
False
Neither true of false
How good is their mullet though?
If an attacking player grounds the ball in goal:
The referee should award a penalty to the attacking team on the 5meter from the grounding.
Play restarts with the attacking team kicking off.
The referee should check with the assistant referees and TMO to check it's validity.
A try has been scored.
When an attacking player holding the ball grounds the ball in in-goal and simultaneously makes contact with the touch-in-goal line or the dead-ball line (or anywhere beyond either):
a free kick is awarded to the defending team.
a line out is awarded to the defending team on the 5m line.
a try is awarded.
a 22-metre drop-out is awarded to the defending team.
What is a touch down?
Um... this is a rugby quiz you idiot. American football is almost as shameful as being a pro tick tock-er.
When a player touches the ball down in their opponents in-goal area.
When a player touches the ball down in their own in goal area.
When a player touches the ball in flight and it drops down.
If a tackled player is in the act of reaching out to ground the ball for a try or touch down, players may pull the ball from the player’s possession but must not
attempt to obscure the referees view of the ball.
fall on top of the tackled player.
kick or attempt to kick the ball.
make contact with the tackled player.
If a team kicks the ball through their opponents’ in-goal from the field of play into touch-in-goal or on or over the dead-ball line, the defending team can choose:
To have a drop-out anywhere on or behind the 22-metre line;
or to have a line out from the 22-meter line,
or To have a scrum at the place where the ball was kicked.
or have a free kick from where the original kick was taken.
In the event of an unsuccessful kick at goal or attempted dropped goal.
the defending team restarts with a 22-metre drop-out.
the attacking team get a scrum in line with the kick.
there is a restart from the centre line.
the referee should laugh and point at the kickers poor performance.
