Quote ="justarugbyfan"Just saw some questions on the web which are involved in the match officials exam.
To see who knows the rules and for a bit of fun I thought I'd I'll put a couple on here.
1.Team ‘A’ drop out from their own 20-metre line. The ball travels up field, bouncing in the field of play and then proceeds to go dead.
How is play restarted?
2. Player ‘A’ is stood in the in-goal area. A member of team ‘B’ kicks the ball, which rolls into the in-goal area and hits the ‘A’ team player’s legs. The ball rolls forward and stops in the in-goal area. A team mate of ‘A’, who was standing in the field of play when the ball hit player ‘A’ runs back into the in goal area and proceeds to pick up the ball.
What is the Referees’ decision?
3. The ball is kicked down field by team ‘A’. A player from team ‘B’ is stood with one foot over the dead ball line and one foot in the in-goal area. Whilst the ball is still moving, player ‘B’ places his hand on the ball and touches the ball down in their own in-goal area.
How and where would play restart?
I'll post answers in a while'"
1. You need to clarify what you mean by 'dead'. Uf the ball goes touch in goal it is a drop out by the defending side. The ball has travelled 10 metres and bounced in the field of play.
If the ball goes into touch having travelled 10 metres and having bounced in the field of play it is a scrum to the kicking side If it doesn't go 10 metres before going into touch it's a scrum to the defending side on the 20?
2. Forward being which direction, towards player A's goal line or player V's goal line?
3. Irrespective of where his feet are, the touching down of the ball in goal by a defender results in a drop out. This is the case whether tha ball is already on the ground andtouched by a defender, or it is placed on the ground by a defender in possession.
Had the defender caught the ball on the full from a kick off, with one foot in goal and one fooy touch in goal, it would result in a 20m restart, unless you are Eorl Crabtree and the ref doesn't know the rules.
