# Touch, Tag and Beach Rugby · Rugby Level 7: Upper-Advanced

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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.

## Test 1: What touch is

- A light touch stops the carrier. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- It grew from rugby league training in Sydney. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A safe training game. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Six-a-side. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Every touchdown scores one. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Rugby skills without contact. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- FIT runs the world game. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tap, pass, beat, score. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Touch is lightest; tag pulls a belt. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The touch replaces the tackle. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 2: The touch count

- The six-touch count. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The rollball. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Roll it back to restart. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The half collects it. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Change of possession. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Defenders go back a set distance. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Count management. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Touch, roll, pass, change. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The count rises. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The rollball restart. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 3: Touch skills

- Passing drives touch. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Evasion wins touch. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A joined line. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Loop runs create overlaps. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Skills without contact. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Short, sharp running. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Keep options alive. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Pass, loop, return, break. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Passing is constant. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Footwork beats the touch. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 4: Social and mixed touch

- Mixed teams are common. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- After-work sport. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Long summer evenings. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Easy to start. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Mixed rules set numbers. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Interchanges keep pace high. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Lifelong sport. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Sign up to finals. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Pace eases with age. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- After-work mixed touch. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 5: Tag rugby

- Pull the tag. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Velcro tags on a belt. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Stop and pass. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Show and return. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Safe first rugby. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Contact is removed. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Ready to pass. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Pull, show, pass, replace. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tag first. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tag pulled. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 6: Tag in schools

- Easy to run in schools. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Core rugby ideas. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- More touches, more fun. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Development first. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Learn everything. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Step into contact gently. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Families stay with the club. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tag to youth. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Small sides for the youngest. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tag in schools. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 7: Beach rugby

- On the beach. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Small pitches on sand. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Soft sand saps energy. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Keep it fast and close. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Short, intense games. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Off-season fun. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Barefoot on sand. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Register to final. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Soft sand is hardest. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Rugby on sand. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 8: Other non-contact games

- Kids' non-contact rugby. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Belts replace tackles. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Different needs, different games. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Easy entry. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Gentle return. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Contests for the ball go. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Fast play. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Plan, invite, start, repeat. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Touch needs a ball; tag needs belts. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- NZ non-contact rugby. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 9: Why light forms matter

- Lifelong participation. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Low cost entry. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Confidence for families. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Play on after contact. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Size matters less. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- More people in the club. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Contact must be learned separately. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Light to full. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Touch needs only a ball. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Touch anywhere. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 10: From tag to contact

- Contact skills come first. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Step by step. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Safe first contact. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Habits from tag. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- In contact, play continues. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Choice keeps players. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Readiness through practice. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Slow progression. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Gradual increase. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Contact begins. (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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