Tag Rugby Laws questionnaire

  • Read the ITRA General knowledge Laws Questions, try and answer them by writing down the answers

 

  • Then go to the ‘answers’ section on a separate page and score your answers, giving 1 point for each correct question.

 

  • If you get 20 or less out of 24 (83%), re-read the questions + answers and try to understand how they are applied.

 

  • Then go back over and re-write the test again.  This time you should have 100% success.  If not, please consult the ITRA Referees Department (m) 086-3972822.  Or email Ruth: referee@tagrugby.ie   to get clarifications

QUESTIONS:

  1. Finish the ITRA tag line: “Run @.......

  2. What are the safety checks that an ITRA Ref must make before KO?

  3. The AliveOutside Spirit of Tag involves a new ‘toss’, explain what this is and which component beats which in the toss?

  4. The AliveOutside Spirit of Tag involves a new ‘hand shake’ for sportsmanship after game, explain the new hand shake?

  5. The referee always stands in line with the attacking or defending team?

  6. How many pts for a male & female try?

  7. How many metres back from a Roll Ball should the ref be?

  8. How many metres back from a Penalty should the ref be?

  9. At a Roll Ball, when is the ball actually ‘live’?

  10. How many seconds does a dummy-half have to play the ball?

  11. What happens if no attacker plays the ball when it is rolled back?

  12. If an attacking player’s shirt is out when they receive the ball, what is the sanction?

  13. If an attacking player receives the ball with less than 2 tags on, whether they are standing still or running, what is sanction?

  14. What is distance from try line & touch line that a Roll Ball is taken?

  15. How long is a sin-bin in AliveOutside Spring & Summer tag comps?

  16. How high can the ball be grubber kicked before bouncing in general play?

  17. What happens when a male player passes the ball back to a female player for 3pts AFTER they cross the try line?

  18. What is the call an ITRA Ref uses for a ‘simultaneous tag & pass’?

  19. Innocent, light accidental contact gets what sanction?

  20. Deliberate / Clumsy / Reckless heavy contact gets what sanction?

  21. What is the signal for 5th Tag, last play?

  22. How long is ‘advantage law’ played?

  23. When a player is sin-binned, what does the referee procedure on the pitch

ANSWERS:

  1. “Run @ spaces, not faces!”

  2. Check for jewellery, shirts tucked in, no long finger nails, no baseball caps, no spectacles or shades.

  3. Toss: Paper / Scissors / Rock.

    • Paper > Rock

    • Rock > Scissors

    • Scissors > Paper

  4. Hand Shake: Involves both teams lining up after final whistle in 2 lines, walking and shaking hands with all of opposition.  Sportsmanship!

  5. Defending Team

  6. Male try = 1pt, Female = 3pts

  7. 7m back from RB

  8. 10m back for Pen

  9. Only when the attacking teams ‘dummy-half’ touches the ball?

  10. 3 secs

  11. Ref blows whistle, ball is dead, and a turnover RB is awarded to opposition.

  12. Shirt out = Penalty

  13. Less than 2 tags = a tag continuation, so another ‘tag’ is added (e.g. were on ‘tag3’, now ‘tag4’)

  14. RB 5m from line

  15. Sin bin = 5min

  16. Grubber kick, no higher than the referees shoulder

  17. The referee dis-allows the try, brings the attacking team out 5m from try line and they play a RB with a tag continuation (e.g. were on ‘tag3’, now ‘tag4’).  They do NOT changeover possession, unless they were already on Tag5.

  18. “Ball away, play on!”

  19. Penalty, with a verbal warning

  20. Automatic Yellow card and a general individual and team warning to calm down

  21. Referee holds one hand in air with hand open showing 5 fingers, and calls “last tag, tag 5!”

  22. Advantage: until the referee deems there to be sufficient advantage to non-offending team, no exact time limit or distance involved, at referees discretion.

  23. A sin-binned player is told what they did wrong, given a YC, both tags are removed & kept by referee & the ‘binned’ player is told to stand behind opposition try line (not on touch line with their team!)

 


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