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Rugby · Level 5: Upper-Intermediate · Sub-level 5.4

The Kicking Game

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 28 October 2026 · markdown

Kicking as tactics: territory, exits, contestable kicks, the chase, kick tennis, wind, attacking kicks, sharing the kicking, reading the opponents' kicks and kicking statistics.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Kicking for territoryTake a test

  1. Field position as a weapon.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Pressure near their line.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Territory before risk.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Kicks hand over possession.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Bad weather makes handling risky.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Squeezing the opponents.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Kick, then defend.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Catch, kick, chase, pressure.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Closer to their line, more pressure.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Kicking to pin them back.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 2Exiting your own halfTake a test

  1. Escaping your own 22.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Safe exits use the boot.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Exits must be safe.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. A carry sets up the kick.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Short exits invite attacks.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Nine and ten kick.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Exit without losing ground.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Catch, carry, kick, chase.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Touch-finders gain most.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Getting out of danger.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 3Contestable kicksTake a test

  1. High and catchable by chasers.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Possession regained high up.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Hang time and accuracy.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. High kicks invite contests.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Timing the contest.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Attack from high up.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Wings compete in the air.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Kick, chase, leap, regather.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. High kicks are most contestable.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Chasers compete.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 4The kick chaseTake a test

  1. A line traps the catcher.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Speed leads the chase.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Onside rules for chasers.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Edge control.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Pressure the receiver.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Controlled arrival.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Gaps invite counters.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Kick, onside, line, close.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Connected is best.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. A connected chase.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 5Kick tennisTake a test

  1. An aerial exchange of kicks.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Safety first.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Kicking quality decides it.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Someone changes the pattern.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. It can look dull.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Wait for the error.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Deep players kick back.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Kick, kick, kick, run.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Touch is safest.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Kicks exchanged.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 6Kicking with the windTake a test

  1. The wind helps the boot.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Wind cuts distance.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Run instead of kick.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Wind advantage at the finish.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Kickers aim off.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Reading the wind.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. More air, more wind.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Toss, check, choose, plan.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. High kicks drift most.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Reading conditions.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 7Attacking kicksTake a test

  1. Space is behind the line.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Kicking over to the far wing.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Grubbers into in-goal score.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Kick and chase in sync.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Flat defences leave space behind.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Kicks give the ball away.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Backs kick in attack.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Ten, see, kick, score.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Short to long.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Diagonal to the wing.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 8Sharing the kickingTake a test

  1. Kicking options everywhere.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Half-backs and full-back.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Back three kick back.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Specialist place-kickers.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Both feet covered.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Everyone may kick.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. The ten kicks most.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Ten kicks most.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Box kick, return, field, touch.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. The main kickers.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 9Reading the opponents' kicksTake a test

  1. Read the kicker.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Facing touch means touch.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Anticipation.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Extra cover against kicks.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Patterns guide positioning.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Back cover costs line numbers.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Central position covers most.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Watch, guess, move, catch.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. More players, more cover.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Body shape gives it away.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 10Kicking statisticsTake a test

  1. Ground made with the boot.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. How often kicks come back.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Kicking style.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Landing maps show tendencies.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Exit quality.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Kicks versus position.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Contest kicks not working.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Regain best, counter worst.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. List, map, count, plan.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Landing map.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Sources

World Rugby handbooks and coaching material, union and competition records; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered Laws belong to the Laws category.

  • General rugby union reference100