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Rugby · Level 7: Upper-Advanced · Sub-level 7.3

Touch, Tag and Beach Rugby

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

The light forms of the game: touch rugby and its six-touch count, touch skills, social and mixed touch, tag rugby, tag in schools, beach rugby, other non-contact games, why they matter and moving on to contact.

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 1What touch isTake a test

  1. A light touch stops the carrier.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. It grew from rugby league training in Sydney.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. A safe training game.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Six-a-side.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Every touchdown scores one.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Rugby skills without contact.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. FIT runs the world game.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Tap, pass, beat, score.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Touch is lightest; tag pulls a belt.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. The touch replaces the tackle.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 2The touch countTake a test

  1. The six-touch count.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. The rollball.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Roll it back to restart.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. The half collects it.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Change of possession.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Defenders go back a set distance.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Count management.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Touch, roll, pass, change.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. The count rises.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. The rollball restart.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 3Touch skillsTake a test

  1. Passing drives touch.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Evasion wins touch.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. A joined line.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Loop runs create overlaps.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Skills without contact.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Short, sharp running.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Keep options alive.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Pass, loop, return, break.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Passing is constant.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Footwork beats the touch.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 4Social and mixed touchTake a test

  1. Mixed teams are common.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. After-work sport.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Long summer evenings.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Easy to start.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Mixed rules set numbers.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Interchanges keep pace high.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Lifelong sport.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Sign up to finals.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Pace eases with age.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. After-work mixed touch.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 5Tag rugbyTake a test

  1. Pull the tag.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Velcro tags on a belt.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Stop and pass.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Show and return.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Safe first rugby.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Contact is removed.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Ready to pass.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Pull, show, pass, replace.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Tag first.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Tag pulled.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 6Tag in schoolsTake a test

  1. Easy to run in schools.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Core rugby ideas.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. More touches, more fun.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Development first.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Learn everything.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Step into contact gently.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Families stay with the club.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Tag to youth.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Small sides for the youngest.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Tag in schools.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 7Beach rugbyTake a test

  1. On the beach.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Small pitches on sand.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Soft sand saps energy.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Keep it fast and close.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Short, intense games.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Off-season fun.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Barefoot on sand.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Register to final.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Soft sand is hardest.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Rugby on sand.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 8Other non-contact gamesTake a test

  1. Kids' non-contact rugby.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Belts replace tackles.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Different needs, different games.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Easy entry.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Gentle return.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Contests for the ball go.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Fast play.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Plan, invite, start, repeat.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Touch needs a ball; tag needs belts.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. NZ non-contact rugby.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 9Why light forms matterTake a test

  1. Lifelong participation.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Low cost entry.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Confidence for families.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Play on after contact.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Size matters less.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. More people in the club.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Contact must be learned separately.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Light to full.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Touch needs only a ball.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Touch anywhere.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 10From tag to contactTake a test

  1. Contact skills come first.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Step by step.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Safe first contact.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Habits from tag.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. In contact, play continues.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Choice keeps players.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Readiness through practice.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Slow progression.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Gradual increase.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Contact begins.

    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