# The Kicking Game · Rugby Level 5: Upper-Intermediate

Rugby · Level 5: Upper-Intermediate · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/rugby/level-5/the-kicking-game/)

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

## Test 1: Kicking for territory

- Field position as a weapon. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Pressure near their line. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Territory before risk. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kicks hand over possession. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Bad weather makes handling risky. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Squeezing the opponents. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kick, then defend. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Catch, kick, chase, pressure. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Closer to their line, more pressure. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kicking to pin them back. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 2: Exiting your own half

- Escaping your own 22. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Safe exits use the boot. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Exits must be safe. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A carry sets up the kick. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Short exits invite attacks. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Nine and ten kick. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Exit without losing ground. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Catch, carry, kick, chase. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Touch-finders gain most. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Getting out of danger. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 3: Contestable kicks

- High and catchable by chasers. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Possession regained high up. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Hang time and accuracy. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- High kicks invite contests. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Timing the contest. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Attack from high up. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Wings compete in the air. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kick, chase, leap, regather. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- High kicks are most contestable. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Chasers compete. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 4: The kick chase

- A line traps the catcher. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Speed leads the chase. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Onside rules for chasers. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Edge control. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Pressure the receiver. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Controlled arrival. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Gaps invite counters. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kick, onside, line, close. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Connected is best. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A connected chase. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 5: Kick tennis

- An aerial exchange of kicks. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Safety first. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kicking quality decides it. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Someone changes the pattern. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- It can look dull. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Wait for the error. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Deep players kick back. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kick, kick, kick, run. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Touch is safest. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kicks exchanged. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 6: Kicking with the wind

- The wind helps the boot. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Wind cuts distance. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Run instead of kick. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Wind advantage at the finish. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kickers aim off. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Reading the wind. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- More air, more wind. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Toss, check, choose, plan. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- High kicks drift most. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Reading conditions. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 7: Attacking kicks

- Space is behind the line. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kicking over to the far wing. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Grubbers into in-goal score. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kick and chase in sync. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Flat defences leave space behind. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kicks give the ball away. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Backs kick in attack. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Ten, see, kick, score. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Short to long. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Diagonal to the wing. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 8: Sharing the kicking

- Kicking options everywhere. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Half-backs and full-back. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Back three kick back. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Specialist place-kickers. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Both feet covered. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Everyone may kick. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The ten kicks most. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Ten kicks most. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Box kick, return, field, touch. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The main kickers. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 9: Reading the opponents' kicks

- Read the kicker. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Facing touch means touch. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Anticipation. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Extra cover against kicks. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Patterns guide positioning. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Back cover costs line numbers. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Central position covers most. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Watch, guess, move, catch. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- More players, more cover. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Body shape gives it away. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 10: Kicking statistics

- Ground made with the boot. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- How often kicks come back. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kicking style. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Landing maps show tendencies. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Exit quality. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Kicks versus position. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Contest kicks not working. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Regain best, counter worst. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- List, map, count, plan. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Landing map. (Source: General rugby union reference)

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

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