Law test

1 - Blue winger in possession deliberately knees the ball over the heads of the advancing White defenders, regains the ball and dives over in the corner. Decision?
Scrum Red ... Knock on as the knee is NOT the foot, so can't be given as a kick.

2 - Red have a scrum on the Blue 5 metre line, Reds No 8 picks the ball up and bumps into the referee, the opposition players are 2 metres away and are affected by the collision. The No 8 passes the ball to the No 14 who
scores in the corner. Decision?
Scrum Red 5 Metres !

3 - Can you make a tackle if you are on the deck?
No !

4 - At a restart from the halfway line Blue 10 drop kicks the ball and it travels over the 10 metre line but the wind catches it midair and blows it back to before the 10 metre line where blue 7 catches it. Decision?
Play on ! The only law is that the ball has to travel 10 metres, not land 10 metres !

5 -Red 15 is in his 22 and runs forward to kick left footed for touch. As he does so, his right foot is on his 22 metre line. He kicks directly into the arms of an opposition player who is standing with one foot on the touch line. The ball has not crossed the plane of touch. Who gets the put-in and where?
Lineout where the ball was caught by Blue .. Blue Throw in ! The 22 line is inside the 22, just as the Touch Line is in touch !

6 - The ball is passed to blue No 10 who is standing in in-goal, he clears the ball which crosses the goal line but is charged down by red No 7 and goes dead. As he charges the ball down and it goes dead, he follows through with an elbow and catches blue No 10 in the chin. Decision?

If the Elbow is deemed foul play, Penalty Blue 5m line (Yellow to Red 7)

If not, drop out 22!

7 -Blue No 10 kicks for the corner. The ball bounces inches from the corner and hits the corner flag. As the ball bounces, but before it hits the corner flag Red No 6 late tackles Blue No 10. Decision?

Penalty to Blue, 5 & 15 !

8 - The ball is kicked down the pitch and comes to rest just in front of the 22 metre line. Blue No 15 reaches forward and plucks the ball back into the 22 and kicks the ball to an opponent who has one foot in touch and catches it on the full. Whose put in and where?

Lineout to Red, from just inside Blue 22

9 - When can the defensive back line encroach the 10 metre law at the line-out before the lineout is over?

When the Lineout is on the 5 metre line !

10 - At what point does the scrum begin?

When the ball leaves the Scrum Halfs' hand

11 - A free kick is awarded 8 metres into in-goal (its a big ingoal). Where must the opposition stand?
Can’t award a Free Kick in goal .. Free kick would be awarded 5m line in line with the offence, oppostiton to be 15m from goal line.

12 - Blue 10 kicks off and the ball bobbles in front of the goal line, Red No15 reaches out and grabs the ball and grounds it over the goal line. Decision?

22 Dropout as the ball was still moving when he picked it up !

13 - Blue team throw in at the line-out 5m from their goal-line. They put four players into the lineout, three at the front and one on the 15m line.
They throw in. Blue No 6 who is standing on the 15m line catches the ball. His props bind onto him along with the Red forwards, thus
forming a Maul. Immediately four of the Blue forwards cross the goal line and start to drive the group of players ahead. Decision?

Penalty to Red, offside, as the lineout is not over !

14 - Blue out-half kicks a kick at goal. Red No 4 reaches up and palms the ball down before it can rise and go over the bar. Decision?

Presuming it was a penalty, award a new penalty 10m from the original kick. You can’t charge a penalty. Warn player!

15 - Can you charge down a freekick. If so, at what point?

Yes, immediately once the defender has retired 10 metres.

16 - Blue No 6 passes the ball to Blue No 13 who is 10 metres from the opposition line. As he passes to Blue No 14 who has a free run to the
line Red No 12 deliberately knocks on the ball before No 14 can catch it. Decision?

If the actions of Red 12 prevents a probable score (in the mind of the official) award a Penalty Try, & Yellow to Red 12.

17 -At an under 17 match blue team are awarded a scrum, the hooker successfully heels the ball to the back of the scrum and the number 8
controls the ball at the base and the blue team push 1m with the no. 8 controlling the ball at the base. Is this legal.

The ball must be released from the scrum immediately it reaches the No.8’s feet. Free Kick to Red.

18 - Blue No 6 has a blood injury and is replaced by No 19, who is sent off for Foul play after 10 minutes. NO 6 is ready to go back on after 14 minutes and Blue want to take off No 8. Can they do this?

No, (The  Blue 19 is deemed to have been sent off in lieu of Blue 6 !)

19 - The throwing in team at a lineout put 7 in the lineout. The defence say them only want to put in 5. Is this legal?

Yes ! The Throwing side determines the Maximum Numbers not Minimum.

20 - Blue No 15 is tactically substituted by No 22 after 50 minutes. This is the only substitution that has been made when after 60 minutes No 22 gets a blood injury and Blue want to put No 15 back on. Can they do this?

Yes a Substituted player can replace a player with a blood injury.