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Rugby · Level 9: Master · Sub-level 9.4

The International Game Grows

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

How rugby became a world game: rugby at the Olympics, Argentina, Japan, the Pacific Islands, Italy, Georgia and Romania, South Africa's isolation and return, the birth of the World Cup, North America and rugby on every continent.

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 1Rugby at the OlympicsTake a test

  1. France won at home in 1900.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. A Wallaby touring side.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. USA twice.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. The hosts were beaten.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Dropped after 1924.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Too few entries.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Sevens from Rio 2016.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Twelve, three, two.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Paris 1924.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 2ArgentinaTake a test

  1. A happy mistake on the 1965 tour.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. 1965.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Hugo Porta.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Bronze in France.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Tri Nations became four.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Regular top tests.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Rugby grew in football's shadow.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1965, 2007, 2012.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Best to worst.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. The Pumas.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 3JapanTake a test

  1. Keio, 1899.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Brave Blossoms.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. 52-8 in Belfast.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. The Brighton Miracle.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. A last-minute try.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. The first in Asia.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Asia's first.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1899, 1991, 2015, 2019.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Quarter-final first.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. The Brighton Miracle.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 4The Pacific IslandsTake a test

  1. Flying Fijians.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. 16-13.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Siva Tau.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Sipi Tau.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Cibi.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Economics.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. 38-34 in Nantes.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1991, 2007, 2023.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Fiji is largest.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Pacific traditions.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 5ItalyTake a test

  1. Italy joined in 2000.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. 34-20 in Rome.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. The blues.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. The Veneto.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Results in the 1990s.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Moved from the Flaminio in 2012.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Benetton and Zebre.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1910, 1947, 2000.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. 2000, 1910, 1883.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Rome, 2000.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 6Georgia and RomaniaTake a test

  1. Lelos.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. A traditional ball game.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Powerful scrums.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. In Australia.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Stejarii, the Oaks.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. The tier below the Six Nations.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Results in Rugby Europe.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1987, 2003, 2007.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Top to lower.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. The Lelos' scrum.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 7Isolation and returnTake a test

  1. Apartheid isolation.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. 1981 protests.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. A light plane bombed the pitch.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Gleneagles, 1977.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. After apartheid's end began.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. A new nation.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. The 1995 World Cup.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1977, 1981, 1992, 1995.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Most to least.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. 1981.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 8The birth of the World CupTake a test

  1. 1987.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. 1987.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. New Zealand beat France in the final.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Amateur worries.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Sixteen invited teams.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Invitations.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. The board voted in 1985.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1985, 1987, 2019.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. 24, 20, 16.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. 1985.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 9North AmericaTake a test

  1. USA Eagles.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Canada's best.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. The USA hosts both.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Competition for players.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Olympic sevens.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. 1920 and 1924.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. On the west coast.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1920, 1991, 2031.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Rugby is smaller.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. USA 2031.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 10A world gameTake a test

  1. Over a hundred members.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Los Teros.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. The Wolves.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. 24-23.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Los Cóndores.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Namibia, regularly.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Regional growth.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1999, 2007, 2023.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. 1871, 1899, 1926.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. A global game.

    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