# The International Game Grows · Rugby Level 9: Master

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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.

## Test 1: Rugby at the Olympics

- France won at home in 1900. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A Wallaby touring side. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- USA twice. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The hosts were beaten. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Dropped after 1924. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Too few entries. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Sevens from Rio 2016. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Twelve, three, two. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Paris 1924. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 2: Argentina

- A happy mistake on the 1965 tour. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1965. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Hugo Porta. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Bronze in France. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tri Nations became four. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Regular top tests. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Rugby grew in football's shadow. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1965, 2007, 2012. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Best to worst. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The Pumas. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 3: Japan

- Keio, 1899. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Brave Blossoms. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 52-8 in Belfast. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The Brighton Miracle. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A last-minute try. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The first in Asia. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Asia's first. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1899, 1991, 2015, 2019. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Quarter-final first. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The Brighton Miracle. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 4: The Pacific Islands

- Flying Fijians. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 16-13. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Siva Tau. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Sipi Tau. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Cibi. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Economics. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 38-34 in Nantes. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1991, 2007, 2023. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Fiji is largest. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Pacific traditions. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 5: Italy

- Italy joined in 2000. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 34-20 in Rome. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The blues. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The Veneto. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Results in the 1990s. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Moved from the Flaminio in 2012. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Benetton and Zebre. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1910, 1947, 2000. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 2000, 1910, 1883. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Rome, 2000. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 6: Georgia and Romania

- Lelos. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A traditional ball game. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Powerful scrums. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- In Australia. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Stejarii, the Oaks. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The tier below the Six Nations. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Results in Rugby Europe. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1987, 2003, 2007. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Top to lower. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The Lelos' scrum. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 7: Isolation and return

- Apartheid isolation. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1981 protests. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A light plane bombed the pitch. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Gleneagles, 1977. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- After apartheid's end began. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A new nation. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The 1995 World Cup. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1977, 1981, 1992, 1995. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Most to least. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1981. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 8: The birth of the World Cup

- 1987. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1987. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- New Zealand beat France in the final. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Amateur worries. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Sixteen invited teams. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Invitations. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The board voted in 1985. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1985, 1987, 2019. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 24, 20, 16. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1985. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 9: North America

- USA Eagles. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Canada's best. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The USA hosts both. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Competition for players. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Olympic sevens. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1920 and 1924. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- On the west coast. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1920, 1991, 2031. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Rugby is smaller. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- USA 2031. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 10: A world game

- Over a hundred members. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Los Teros. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The Wolves. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 24-23. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Los Cóndores. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Namibia, regularly. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Regional growth. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1999, 2007, 2023. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- 1871, 1899, 1926. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A global game. (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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