Rugby · Level 7: Upper-Advanced · Sub-level 7.2
Women's Rugby
10 tests · 100 facts · updated 28 October 2026 · markdown
The women's game: its early days, girls' pathways, building teams, women's fifteens and sevens, coaching women and girls, kit, women in officiating and leadership, growing the game and the club around it.
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 1Early daysTake a test
She played at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen.
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Portora Royal School, where her father taught.
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Public opposition stopped it.
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Charity games filled grounds.
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Utrecht, 1982.
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Lack of support held it back.
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Both tournaments are now 'Rugby World Cup'.
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1887, 1891, 1982, 2016.
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Clubs were rarest.
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The 1887 Enniskillen story.
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Test 2Girls' pathwaysTake a test
Mixed mini rugby is common.
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Matching players safely.
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Belonging keeps players.
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Schools open the door.
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A route to higher levels.
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Try it out safely.
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Late starters can thrive.
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Club to country.
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The pyramid narrows.
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Mixed play at the youngest ages.
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Test 3Building a women's teamTake a test
Bring new players in first.
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Skills first, contact later.
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Opportunity was limited.
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Steady games and training.
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Partners help growth.
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Smaller squads can still play.
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Taste, train, play, compete.
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Fewer players first.
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A first open session.
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Test 4Women's fifteensTake a test
One set of laws for all.
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Same ball as men.
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Handling and width.
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Driving mauls score.
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Technique keeps scrums safe.
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Professional support.
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Same skills, different space.
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Throw, catch, maul, score.
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Gradual professional growth.
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Driving maul.
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Test 5Women's sevensTake a test
Men's and women's sevens debuted together.
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Olympic funding followed.
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Cheaper to build.
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Same as men's sevens.
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Shared tournament weekends.
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Sevens opens doors.
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Find, train, compete, step up.
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Olympics draw most.
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Olympic sevens.
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Test 6Coaching women and girlsTake a test
Know the players first.
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Build up step by step.
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Clear explanations help.
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Coach the group in front of you.
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Belonging matters.
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Fit affects comfort.
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Develop your own coaches.
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Safe progression.
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Slow to fast.
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Tackle progression.
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Test 7Kit and equipmentTake a test
Mouthguards protect teeth.
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Fit and comfort.
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Support matters.
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Same footwear as men.
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Caps protect ears, not brains.
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Good fit matters.
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Jewellery can injure.
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Safe preparation.
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Mouthguard first.
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Kit that fits.
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Test 8Officials and leadersTake a test
Merit decides.
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Every role is open.
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Better decisions with diversity.
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Start local.
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Pass knowledge on.
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Support and a route up.
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You can't be what you can't see.
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Step by step.
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Field, touchline, booth.
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Officiating on merit.
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Test 9Growing the gameTake a test
Planned growth.
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Marketing and stadiums.
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Exposure brings money.
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Audience attracts sponsors.
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Time to improve.
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Build from the base.
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Access is the barrier.
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Base to top.
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Union money comes first.
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Big crowds now.
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Test 10The women's game at the clubTake a test
Equal naming, equal status.
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One club, all teams.
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Depth shows health.
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The game keeps people.
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Beginners' groups welcome adults.
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A milestone.
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Start, train, play, compete.
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More players take longer.
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Inclusive club culture.
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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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