# Rugby League and the Other Codes · Rugby Level 7: Upper-Advanced

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Rugby league and the football codes that came from rugby: the 1895 split, league positions, the six-tackle set, the play-the-ball, scoring, set pieces, competitions, players who switched codes, American and Canadian football, and union and league compared.

## Test 1: The 1895 split

- The 1895 split. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The George Hotel, Huddersfield. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 'Broken-time' payments. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Northern Union, renamed in 1922. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Renamed in 1922. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- League cut numbers and added the play-the-ball. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumbria. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1895, 1922, 1972, 1996. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1871, 1895, 1996. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The Huddersfield meeting. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 2: League teams and positions

- Thirteen-a-side. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Number 1 is the fullback. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Thirteen is the loose forward. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Stand-off = fly-half. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Second-rowers sit behind. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Hookers often play dummy-half. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Stand-off and scrum-half. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1, 6, 9, 13. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 15, 13, 7. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A league side. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 3: The six-tackle set

- The six-tackle set. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Four tackles from 1966, six from 1972. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Last-tackle kicks. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Six tackles make a set. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Completion rate matters. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Hit-ups gain ground. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Extra chances. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Carry, carry, shape, kick. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The count rises. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Five tackles made. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 4: The play-the-ball

- The play-the-ball. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Dummy-half picks it up. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The ten-metre retreat. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Speed of ruck in league. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Wrestle and slow. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- No rucks in league. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Possession is kept. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tackle, rise, play, pass. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- At the ruck, ten metres at kick-off and play-the-ball. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- League restart. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 5: Scoring in league

- Four points. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Two points. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Two points. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Field goal, one point. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- One point. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Golden-point thinking. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Union try is five. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Score, kick, restart. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 4, 2, 1. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- One point late on. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 6: League set pieces

- Three-two-one. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Mostly uncontested. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- No lineouts in league. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Long kick-offs are typical. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Rewarded kick to touch. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Nothing to train. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Drop-out from the line. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Feed, out, pick, attack. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Play-the-ball is constant. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- League scrum. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 7: League competitions

- The NRL. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Origin since 1980. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Catalans Dragons play in Super League. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Wembley's Challenge Cup final. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- France 1954, the first World Cup in either code. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Union's came in 1987. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Grand Final. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1954, 1987, 1993. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Two states, two countries, many nations. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Queensland maroon, NSW blue. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 8: Switching codes

- Robinson switched codes in 2000. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A famous code-hopper. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- He joined Widnes in 1989. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Union was amateur until 1995. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Professional union drew league talent. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- League defence and attack. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Contested ball is new. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Sign, learn, play, select. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Lineouts are newest. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- League to union. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 9: Codes grown from rugby

- Walter Camp reshaped the rugby game. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Camp added the line of scrimmage. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A set restart. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Canada's game came from rugby. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The Grey Cup. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Aussie rules began separately in Melbourne. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Touchdowns echo tries. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1871, 1895, 1906. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 15, 13, 11. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Line of scrimmage. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 10: Union and league compared

- Union contests the ball. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The six-tackle set. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Set shapes. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Retreat changes the line. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Defence expertise. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Five against four. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Less set-piece time. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Order of a set. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 9, 13, 15. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Ruck against play-the-ball. (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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