SERRS LAW TEST 2004

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SERRS LAW TEST 2004
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QUESTION 1 Blue 14 kicks downfield, but Red 6
charges-down the kick. During the charge-down,
the ball bounces forward off of Red 6's arm. Red
8 runs up from behind Red 6, gathers the ball,
and runs ahead. What do you do?
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A. Nothing play on. B. Award a scrum, with Blue
throwing-in, where the ball hit Red 6's arm. C.
Award a scrum, with Red throwing-in, where the
ball hit Red 6's arm. D. Award a scrum, with
Blue throwing-in, where Red 8 gathered the ball.
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QUESTION 2 Red 14 kicks ahead. Red 8 was in
front of 14 when he kicked and begins
retreating. Red 8 is five meters from Blue 9.
Blue 9 catches the ball and passes off to 10.
Red 8 tackles Blue 10. What do you do?
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• Nothing play on.
• B. Award a penalty kick to Blue where Red 8
  tackled Blue 10.
• C. Award a scrum, with Blue throwing-in, where
  Red 14 kicked the ball.
• D. Offer Blue the option of either B or C.

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QUESTION 3 Punching or striking is dangerous
play and results in a penalty kick. BLANK is
a/are form/s of punching or striking.
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A. hitting with the fist, arm, or elbow B.
hitting with the shoulder or head C. hitting
with the knee D. all of the above E. A and B
only
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QUESTION 4 Red has the ball just in front of
their goal-line. The Red ball-carrier is tackled
by Blue 3 and the ball is lost backwards into
Red's in-goal. Blue 3 lands in touch-in-goal
after the tackle, but reaches into in-goal and
puts a hand on the ball. What do you do?
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A. Award a try to Blue. B. Award a scrum, with
Blue throwing-in, five meters from the goal-line
and in line with where the ball was grounded. C.
Award a scrum, with Red throwing-in, five meters
from the goal-line and in line with where the
ball was grounded. D. Award a drop-out to Red a
drop-kick taken anywhere on or behind the
22-meter line. E. Look to your touch judge
Parker for help.
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QUESTION 5 A player who has been cautioned and
temporarily suspended who then commits a second
cautionable offense within the Foul Play Law
BLANK sent-off.
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A. should be B. may be C. could be D. must
be E. wants to be D. will never be
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QUESTION 6 Blue kicks and the ball bounces into
touch at Red's 22-meter line. Red 14 throws the
ball in from between his 22-meter line and his
goal-line. The same ball was used and the throw
was straight and went at least five meters. Red
12 catches the ball and runs ahead. What do you
do?
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A. Nothing play on. B. Award a line-out to Blue
where the ball went into touch. C. Award an
option of a line-out to Blue where the ball went
into touch or a scrum, with Blue throwing-in,
fifteen meters from where the ball went into
touch. D. Award a free kick to Blue fifteen
meters from where the ball went into touch
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QUESTION 7 Red kicks at a drop-out and Blue 12
receives the ball. Blue 12 is immediately held
by Red 5 and a maul forms. The ball does not
emerge. What do you do?
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• Nothing play on.
• B. Award a penalty kick to Blue.
• C. Award a scrum, with Blue throwing-in.
• D. Award a scrum, with Red throwing-in.

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QUESTION 8 There are a minimum of BLANK
players in a ruck and BLANK players in a maul.

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• 2, 3
• B. 2, 4
• C. 3, 2
• D. 3, 3

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QUESTION 9 Time expires after a scrum has been
awarded to Blue. What do you do?
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A. Allow the scrum and end the match the next
time the ball becomes dead. B. Allow the scrum
and end the match at the next penalty. C. Allow
the scrum and end the match at the next free
kick. D. Keeping playing everyones having fun.
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SECTION 2
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QUESTION 1 The responsibilities of arriving
players at or near a tackle are BLANK.
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A. to be on their feet when they play the
ball B. to play the ball only from behind the
ball and from directly behind the tackled player
or tackled player closest to those players'
goal-line C. to be on their feet when they play
the ball as well as to play the ball only from
behind the ball and from directly behind the
tackled player or tackled player closest to those
players' goal-line D. none of the above
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QUESTION 2 A line-out is awarded to Blue. Just
before the throw-in, the Blue receiver runs
forward and joins the line-out. Another Blue
line-out player takes the throw-in and a maul
forms. What do you do?
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A. Nothing play on. B. Award a penalty kick to
Red, opposite the place of infringement and on
Blue's off-side line. C. Award a penalty kick to
Red, opposite the place of infringement and on
the line-of-touch. D. Award a penalty kick to
Red at the 15-meter line.
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QUESTION 3 The maximum dimensions of the field
of play are 100 meters long by 70 meters wide and
the minimum dimensions are BLANK.
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A. 70 meters long by 50 meters wide B. 70 meters
long by 40 meters wide C. 80 meters long by 50
meters wide D. none because there are no minimum
dimensions
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QUESTION 4 BLANK can be penalized for
obstruction.
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• Any player
• B. Any attacking player
• C. Only defending players
• D. Anyone except the ball carrier
• E. The referee

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QUESTION 5 The hindmost feet of the hindmost
players in a ruck are behind their goal-line, but
the ball is not. The off-side line for the
defending team is BLANK.
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• a line through the hindmost feet of the hindmost
  players
• B. a line through the ball
• C. the goal-line
• D. there is no off-side at that point

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QUESTION 6 Blue 8 is running towards Red's
goal-line and strikes a corner flag post as the
goal-line is crossed. Blue 8 grounds the ball
just over the goal-line and near the
touch-in-goal line, but never stepped onto a
touch-line or touch-in-goal line. What do you do?

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A. Award a try to Blue. B. Award a scrum, with
Blue throwing-in, five meters from the goal-line
and in line with where the ball was grounded. C.
Award a scrum, with Red throwing-in, five meters
from the goal-line and in line with where the
ball was grounded. D. Award a drop-out to Red a
drop-kick taken anywhere on or behind the
22-meter line.
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QUESTION 7 The Blue ball-carrier runs towards
Red's goal-line and is tackled there. The
ball-carrier dives forward into in-goal, but the
ball is dislodged from his grasp and falls
straight down. The ball lands on the ground with
the Blue player on top of it facing up. The ball
is under his back. What do you do?
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A. Award a try to Blue. B. Award a scrum, with
Blue throwing-in, five meters from the goal-line
and in line with where the ball landed. C. Award
a scrum, with Red throwing-in, five meters from
the goal-line and in line with where the ball
landed. D. Award a drop-out to Red a drop-kick
taken anywhere on or behind the 22-meter line.
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QUESTION 8 Throughout the match, you repeatedly
penalized Red for infringements at the scrum.
After the last incident, you issued a general
warning to the Red team. A scrum is now set, with
Blue throwing-in, and you observe Red 3
voluntarily kicking the ball out of the tunnel.
What do you do?
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A. Penalize Red 3 and award a penalty kick to
Blue at the mark for the scrum. B. Reset the
scrum, with Blue throwing-in. C. Reset the
scrum, with Red throwing-in. D. Award a free
kick to Blue at the mark for the scrum. E.
Yellow card for Red 3, and a penalty kick to
Blue at the mark for the scrum.
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SECTION 3
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QUESTION 1 A Red player kicks the ball from his
own 10-meter line and it bounces downfield where
a Blue player, with one foot in the field-of-play
and one foot in touch, catches the ball that has
not crossed the touch-line. What do you do?
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A. Award a line-out to Blue where the ball went
into touch. B. Award a line-out to Red where the
ball went into touch. C. Award a line-out to
Blue opposite where the ball was kicked from. D.
Award a line-out to Red opposite where the ball
was kicked from.
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QUESTION 2 A Red player grubber kicks the ball
and it rolls towards the touch-line. The ball
crosses the touch-line in the air as a Blue
player chasing the kick dives and lands across
the touch-line while flicking the ball back
infield. He never held the ball. What do you do?
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A. Nothing play on. B. Award a line-out to Blue
where the ball went into touch. C. Award a
line-out to Red where the ball went into
touch. D. Award a line-out to Blue opposite
where the ball was kicked from.
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QUESTION 3 From a scrum five meters from the
Blue goal-line, Red breaks through and scores a
try. After you award the try, but before the
conversion kick is attempted, Blue objects
stating that Red had too many players. You count
and there were sixteen Red players in the playing
area. What do you do?
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A. Instruct Red to remove one player from the
field, disallow the try, and restart play with a
penalty kick to Blue at the mark of the previous
scrum five meters from the goal-line. B.
Instruct Red to remove one player from the field,
allow the conversion kick (the try stands), and
restart play with a penalty kick to Blue at the
center of the half-way line. C. Instruct Red to
remove one player from the field, disallow the
try, and restart play with a penalty kick to Blue
five meters from their goal-line. D. Instruct
Red to remove one player from the field, allow
the conversion kick (the try stands), and restart
play with a Red drop kick to Blue from the center
of the half-way line.
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QUESTION 4 Same situation as question 3 but
your referee touch judge catches the 16th Red
player on the field, and comes out to tell you
before the kick for goal. What do you do?
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A. Instruct Red to remove one player from the
field, disallow the try, and restart play with a
penalty kick to Blue at the mark of the previous
scrum five meters from the goal-line. B.
Instruct Red to remove one player from the field,
allow the conversion kick (the try stands), and
restart play with a penalty kick to Blue at the
center of the half-way line. C. Instruct Red to
remove one player from the field, disallow the
try, and restart play with a penalty kick to Blue
five meters from their goal-line. D. Instruct
Red to remove one player from the field, allow
the conversion kick (the try stands), and restart
play with a Red drop kick to Blue from the center
of the half-way line.
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QUESTION 5 Red 6 is running forward with the
ball and is tackled by Blue 5. Red 3 and Blue
1 arrive simultaneously and make contact over
the ball. Red 7 also arrives and, from behind
the feet of Red 3, binds onto the players with
his head lower than hips. The ball does not
emerge. What do you do?
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A. Nothing play on. B. Award a penalty kick to
Blue where the ruck occurred. C. Award a scrum,
with Blue throwing-in, where the ruck
occurred. D. Award a free kick to Blue where the
ruck occurred.
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QUESTION 6 Blue is awarded a free kick for a
mark, eight meters deep in their in-goal. Where
must Red retire to?
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A. They must retire to the other side of Blue's
goal-line. B. They must retire to a line two
meters from Blue's goal-line. C. They must
retire to a line five meters from Blue's
goal-line. D. They must retire to a line ten
meters from Blue's goal-line.
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QUESTION 7 Blue 12 is on his way in for a try
running down the touch line. The Red fullback in
pursuit reaches out and grabs the back of the
Blue players collar and brings him to ground.
Blue 11 in support picks up the ball and grounds
it in goal about 15 meters from the touch in goal
line for a try.
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A. Try where Blue 11 grounded it B. Knock-on
Red scrum C. Penalty try Blue under the
posts D. Try where Blue 11 grounded it, and
yellow card the Red fullback E. Non of the
above, Blue knock-on
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QUESTION 8 At a Red kickoff, a Blue jumper
goes up for the ball and knocks it forward to a
Blue prop who is standing in front of him. The
Blue prop is then tackled by a Red player. What
do you do?
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• Red scrum, Blue knocked-on
• B. Penalty Blue, the prop was tackled by an
  offside player
• C. Penalty Red, Blue prop offside
• D. Advantage Red on Blue knock-on
• E. Advantage Red on Blue prop offside

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QUESTION 9 With Blue on attack, the Blue wing
kicks the ball to 5 meters from the Red goal
line. With Blue and Red players in chase, the
blue wing center kicks the ball under the posts
in Reds in goal for the Blue fullback to score.
In desperation the Red fullback kicks the ball
over the dead ball line to keep Blue from scoring
a try.
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A. Penalty try Blue B. Yellow card for Red
fullback delaying the game C. 5 meter scrum
Blue D. 22 Drop out Red E. 5 meter scrum Red
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QUESTION 10 The Blue wing is going in to score
a try down the left touch line. Referee Graeme
Payne being fleet of foot is running next to him.
Once in Reds in goal the Blue wing turns to
center the ball for a try, when he trips over
Graeme, and falls to the ground and knocks the
ball on before he can ground it.
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A. Blue penalty try for referee interference B.
Red 5 meter scrum for the Blue in goal
knock-on C. Blue try where he went down D. Blue
5 meter scrum E. Graeme leaving the pitch after
a Blue spectator hits him with a bottle for
tripping his player
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QUESTION 11 With Blue on attack, the blue
fullback kicks the ball forward. The ball comes
to rest 3 meters short of Reds goal line. The Red
fullback places 1 foot in goal, and 1 foot in the
field of play, then stretches to grab the ball
and brings it in goal, and touches it down.
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A. 22 Drop out Red B. 5 meter scrum Blue C.
Penalty Blue 5 meters from Red goal line for the
Red player not playing within the spirit of the
game D. Penalty Red for the Blue fullback not
getting the ball into Reds in-goal with the
kick E. Red scrum back at the 50 the ball went
in to goal at a kickoff.
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QUESTION 12 Before the match started Ken Muir
placed all the field marking flags on the pitch.
The halfway, one at each 22, at the goal lines,
and dead ball lines. With Blue on attack the Blue
fullback kicks the ball toward the right touch
line. With the goal line flag post at the back
corner of the painted goal line, the ball crosses
just in front of the flag pole, but hits the flag
on the pole on its way into touch.
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A. Ball hits the flag touch in goal. 22 drop
out Red B. Lineout 5 meters off the goal line
Red ball C. The flag post should be at the front
of the goal line, so the ball would have hit the
post making it touch in goal. 22 Drop out Red D.
Round of beers on Muir at the pub for not putting
the goal line flag posts at the front of the goal
line. E. Lineout 5 meters from the goal line a
Blue throw-in. It was a penalty kick for touch
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QUESTION 13 With Blue on attack, the Blue 8
running with the ball is tackled by Red 5. John
Meyers who is the ref watches as a ruck ensues
and the Red team pushes the Blue team back
leaving the Blue 8 on the wrong side of the
ruck. After Blue 8 wont release the ball Red
7 starts to put the boots to him, and
accidentally hits him with a boot to the head.
Blue 5 sees this and punches Red 7 in the face.
While John is blowing his whistle Alex Rocca who
is one of the touch judges comes on to the pitch
to stop any fights that might start. While Alex
is stepping in between two players, he catches
Blue 5 with an elbow that breaks his nose. Blue
8 who is getting up off the ground goes to throw
a punch at Red 7 for the boot to the head, but
catches Alex instead and knocks him out cold.
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• Pull a Muir and get in your car and drive home,
  leaving your flags at the pitch in disgust
  because the players didnt want to play rugby.
• B. Red card Red 7 for the boot to the head of
  Blue 8. Warn Blue 5 not to retaliate. Yellow
  card Alex for throwing an elbow and replace him
  with Karl Mesloh. Yellow card Blue 8 for
  knocking out your touch judge.
• C. Try to explain to both coaches why your touch
  judge was involved in the fight, and broke one
  players nose.
• D. Red Card Red 7 for boots to the head. Yellow
  or Red card Blue 5 for punching Red 7. Yellow
  card Blue 8 for not releasing the ball and
  starting all of this, and throwing a punch at Red
  7. And finally find a touch judge to replace
  Alex who is still out cold.
• E. Red Card Red 7 boot to head, Yellow or Red
  Card Blue 5 for the punch, Red card Blue 8 for
  knocking your touch judge out cold, and warn
  everyone else not to do anything else, including
  Alex when he finally wakes up.