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Try our Rugby quiz

Test out your Rugby knowledge and practice throwing in this fun quiz.
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You’ll need

  • Quiz questions and answers

Before you begin 

  • Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. There's also more guidance to help you carry out your risk assessment, including examples.   
  • Make sure all young people and adults involved in the activity know how to take part safely. 
  • Make sure you’ll have enough adult helpers. You may need some parents and carers to help if you’re short on helpers. 

Planning and setting up this activity 

  • Make sure you have a big, clear space to run this activity in, as people will need to move from one side of the space to the other. 
  • Set up three buckets on one side of the space. Label one bucket with ‘a’, one with ‘b’ and one ‘c’. 
  • Set up a throwing line that's 1m or 2m away from the buckets, depending on the level of challenge needed.  

Running this activity 

  1. Gather the group together in a circle and explain that they'll be doing a short quiz to learn about rugby.  
  2. Ask everyone to get into teams, with around three people per team, and give each team a ball.
  3. Explain that all the quiz questions will be multiple-choice, so as a team they need to choose their answer from the options given. They can choose their answer from three options, either ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’, by putting their team’s ball in the ‘a’, ‘b’ or ‘c’ bucket.
  4. After the question has been read out, the teams will have some thinking time. 
  5. After around 15 seconds have passed, the person leading the quiz should shout ‘Go’. 
  6. On ‘Go!’, one person from each team should take the ball to the throwing line and try to throw the ball into the correct bucket. Encourage people to throw the ball backwards, just like in rugby.
  7. Once everyone’s selected their answer, reveal what the correct answer is and give each team that got it right a point. 
  8. Everyone should collect their team’s ball and then move on to the next question. Make sure that the person throwing the ball changes each round, so everyone can have a turn.
  9. The team with the most correct answers at the end wins!  
  1. What shape is a rugby ball?  
    1. Rectangular
    2. Oval 
    3. Circular
  2. Where did rugby originate from? 
    1. The Olympic stadium in Athens, Greece
    2. A summer camp in California, USA
    3. A school in Warwickshire, England
  3. In 15-a-side rugby, how many people would you normally find in a scrum? 
    1. 8  
    2. 10 
    3. 6
  4. How do you pass the ball?  
    1. Forwards 
    2. Sideways and backwards  
    3. You can't pass the ball  
  5. in 15-a-side rugby, how many backs would you normally have on the field?  
    1. 6 
    2. 7 
    3. 8  
  6. In a line out, who throws the ball onto the field?  
    1. Hooker 
    2. Scrum Half
    3. Full Back
  7. How do you score in rugby? - NOTE: trick question, all of the above   
    1. Try 
    2. Conversion  
    3. Drop goal 
  8. How many points do you get for a try?
    1. 4
    2. 5
    3. 7
  9. What’s a maul in rugby?  
    1. A maul is when a player carrying the ball is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier’s teammates holds on to the ball carrier, so no-one is brought to the ground.
    2. Maul means foul, and the game is stopped by the referee as someone is breaking the rules.
    3. A maul is formed when the ball is on the ground, and at least one player from each team is in contact, on their feet and over the top of ball.
  10. What is a scrum?  
    1. A scrum is when the ball carrier is held by one or more opponents and is brought to ground.
    2. A scrum means of restarting play after a stoppage which has been caused by a minor infringement of the Rugby Laws (for example, a forward pass or knock-on) or the ball becoming unplayable in a ruck or maul.
    3. A scrum is formed if the ball is on the ground and one or more players from each team who are on their feet close around it. 

Reflection

This activity involved learning some of the rules of Rugby. Did anyone know these already? Has anyone seen Rugby played or played it themselves? Are there any other Rugby rules or facts that anyone knows? Allow space for the young people to share anything they may want about their interaction with Rugby. 

This activity also involved having to work as a team. Was it hard to agree on answer? Did you communicate well when you disagreed? What are some ways you could work together better next time? 

Safety

All activities must be safely managed. You must complete a thorough risk assessment and take appropriate steps to reduce risk. Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. Always get approval for the activity, and have suitable supervision and an InTouch process.

Active games

The game area should be free of hazards. Explain the rules of the game clearly and have a clear way to communicate that the game must stop when needed. Take a look at our guidance on running active games safely.

  • To make this activity easier, you could make the wrong answers sillier, so the correct answer is more obvious. 

  • To make this activity harder, you could include some more difficult questions, or you could have it as a race, so the first team to put the ball in the bucket wins. 

  • If someone does not want to participate in the physical side of this quiz, make sure to find another way for them to be involved such as being score keeper or the question reader. 
  • Ensure the space is designed in a way that works for all young people. This may include paying attention to where the buckets are placed, the type of ball used, or altering how the ball gets to the bucket.

All Scout activities should be inclusive and accessible.

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