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 in 1906, the same year it replaced the ruck with the play-the-ball.

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

Twenty-two clubs met at the George Hotel on 29 August 1895 to form the Northern Rugby Football Union.

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

Northern working-class players wanted 'broken time' payments for missing Saturday shifts; the RFU insisted on strict amateurism.

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

Stockport negotiated their membership by telephone; within fifteen years more than 200 RFU clubs had followed.

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 conversion adds two, a penalty goal is two and a drop goal is worth just one.