Q 01/05

How many players does each rugby league team have on the field?

A) 15

B) 11

C) 13

D) 12

Answer · why

C) 13

The Northern Union cut teams from 15 to 13 a side in 1906, dropping two forwards to open up play.

Q 02/05

Rugby league was born in 1895 in which town, when clubs broke away from the Rugby Football Union?

A) Huddersfield

B) Warrington

C) Bradford

D) Manchester

Answer · why

A) Huddersfield

Huddersfield hosted the breakaway meeting of 29 August 1895 at which Yorkshire and Lancashire clubs formed the Northern Rugby Football Union, the body...

Q 03/05

What was the central issue behind the 1895 split from rugby union?

A) The number of players per side

B) Disputes over the shape of the ball

C) Whether to allow Sunday matches

D) Payments to players for lost wages

Answer · why

D) Payments to players for lost wages

Payments to players for lost wages, known as 'broken time' money for missing Saturday shifts, were the sticking point; the RFU insisted on strict amat...

Q 04/05

At which West Yorkshire establishment was the Northern Rugby Football Union founded on 29 August 1895?

A) The Queen's Hotel

B) The George Hotel

C) The Station Hotel

D) The Crown Hotel

Answer · why

B) The George Hotel

The George Hotel, a Victorian coaching inn beside the town's railway station, hosted the 1895 breakaway meeting; Stockport negotiated its membership b...

Q 05/05

How many points is a try worth in rugby league?

A) 5

B) 4

C) 3

D) 6

Answer · why

B) 4

A try has been worth 4 points since 1983, when it was raised from three to reward attacking play; a conversion or penalty goal adds two.