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
A light touch stops the carrier.
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It grew from rugby league training in Sydney.
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A safe training game.
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Six-a-side.
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Every touchdown scores one.
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Rugby skills without contact.
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FIT runs the world game.
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Tap, pass, beat, score.
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Touch is lightest; tag pulls a belt.
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The touch replaces the tackle.
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Test 2The touch countTake a test
The six-touch count.
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The rollball.
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Roll it back to restart.
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The half collects it.
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Change of possession.
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Defenders go back a set distance.
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Count management.
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Touch, roll, pass, change.
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The count rises.
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The rollball restart.
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Test 3Touch skillsTake a test
Passing drives touch.
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Evasion wins touch.
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A joined line.
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Loop runs create overlaps.
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Skills without contact.
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Short, sharp running.
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Keep options alive.
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Pass, loop, return, break.
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Passing is constant.
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Footwork beats the touch.
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Test 4Social and mixed touchTake a test
Mixed teams are common.
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After-work sport.
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Long summer evenings.
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Easy to start.
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Mixed rules set numbers.
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Interchanges keep pace high.
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Lifelong sport.
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Sign up to finals.
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Pace eases with age.
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After-work mixed touch.
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Test 5Tag rugbyTake a test
Pull the tag.
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Velcro tags on a belt.
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Stop and pass.
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Show and return.
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Safe first rugby.
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Contact is removed.
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Ready to pass.
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Pull, show, pass, replace.
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Tag first.
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Tag pulled.
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Test 6Tag in schoolsTake a test
Easy to run in schools.
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Core rugby ideas.
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More touches, more fun.
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Development first.
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Learn everything.
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Step into contact gently.
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Families stay with the club.
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Tag to youth.
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Small sides for the youngest.
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Tag in schools.
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Test 7Beach rugbyTake a test
On the beach.
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Small pitches on sand.
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Soft sand saps energy.
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Keep it fast and close.
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Short, intense games.
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Off-season fun.
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Barefoot on sand.
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Register to final.
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Soft sand is hardest.
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Rugby on sand.
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Test 8Other non-contact gamesTake a test
Kids' non-contact rugby.
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Belts replace tackles.
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Different needs, different games.
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Easy entry.
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Gentle return.
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Contests for the ball go.
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Fast play.
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Plan, invite, start, repeat.
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Touch needs a ball; tag needs belts.
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NZ non-contact rugby.
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Test 9Why light forms matterTake a test
Lifelong participation.
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Low cost entry.
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Confidence for families.
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Play on after contact.
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Size matters less.
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More people in the club.
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Contact must be learned separately.
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Light to full.
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Touch needs only a ball.
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Touch anywhere.
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Test 10From tag to contactTake a test
Contact skills come first.
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Step by step.
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Safe first contact.
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Habits from tag.
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In contact, play continues.
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Choice keeps players.
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Readiness through practice.
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Slow progression.
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Gradual increase.
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Contact begins.
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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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