Where do you give it?
Wed, 28 Dec 2005 09:47
Christmas plays against New Year in this week's match. You, having been abstemious through this period of excess, are the referee, alert, unbiased and untroubled by the festive crowd who sing carols throughout the match.
In each of these you have made the decision. What you now have to do is say where the next phase of play will take place. It's not hard at all. In fact its gift-wrapped with tinsel.
1. To'o'o Sicks, the New Year flyhalf, kicks a long kick down the middle of the field where the ball is caught by Jean Gillbels, the Christmas fullback, who drops the ball. But when Sicks kicks you see that his right wing, Neville Annay, is seven metres ahead of him. Annay starts running after the ball. You decide he is off-side.
You penalise New Year
a. where Annay started running
b. where Sicks kicks
c. where Gillbels catches the ball
2. Red Holly-Berry, the Christmas hooker, throws into a line-out. His lock Noel Shepherd, standing at No.2 in the line-out about seven metres in from touch, leaps high and catches the ball but as he comes down he knocks on.
You will award a scrum
a. 7 metres from touch
b. 15 metres from touch
3. To'o'o Sicks, the New Year flyhalf, kicks ahead. After he has kicked, Killer Herod, the Christmas flank, tackles him late. The ball bounces seven metres in from touch and rolls a further eight metres before going into touch on the Christmas 22
You penalise Christmas for the late tackle and offer New Year an option of a penalty where Sicks kicked or
a. where the ball landed, seven metres in from touch
b. where the ball landed but 15 metres in from touch
c. on the
Christmas 22 but 15 metres in from touch
4. To'o'o Sicks, the New Year flyhalf, drops for goal but misses. Jean Gillbels, the Christmas fullback, catches the ball and dots down. After he has dotted down Neues Jahr, the New Year flank, tackles him and then punches him.
You send Jahr to the sin bin and then penalise New Year
a. five metres from the Christmas line
b. in the middle of the Christmas 22
c. anywhere along the Christmas 22
d. in the middle of the half-way line
5. There is a scrum six metres from the New Year line. Old Langzine, New Year's veteran scrumhalf, passes back to To'o'o Sicks, the New Year flyhalf, who is in his in-goal. Under pressure from Killer Herod, the Christmas flank, Sicks knocks on. Frustrated he kicks Herod.
You send Sicks off and then penalise New Year
a. five metres from the New Year line
b. in the middle of the New Year 22
c. anywhere along the New Year 22
d. in the middle of the half-way line
e. with a five-metre scrum
6. There is a scrum six metres from the New Year line. Old Langzine, New Year's veteran scrumhalf, passes back to To'o'o Sicks, the New Year flyhalf, who is in his in-goal. Under pressure from Killer Herod, the Christmas flank, Sicks knocks on. Herod then punches Sicks.
You send Herod off and then penalise Christmas
a. five metres from the New Year line
b. in the middle of the New Year 22
c. anywhere along the New Year 22
d. in the middle of the half-way line
e. with a five-metre scrum
7. Red Holly-Berry, the Christmas hooker, throws into a line-out. His lock Noel Shepherd, standing at No.2 in the line-out about seven metres in from touch, leaps high and catches the ball. Holding onto the ball he comes to ground and a static maul forms round him. Res O'Lewshin, the New Year centre, charges up level with the line-out about 17 metres in from you. You see that he is off-side.
You penalise New Year
a. on the line of touch, 15 metres in from touch
b. on the line of touch, 17 metres in from touch
c. ten metres towards the New Year line, 15 metres in from touch
d. ten metres towards the New Year line, 17 metres in from touch
8. There is a ruck 2 metres from the New Year goal-line. The ball is coming back to New Year but Chris Ferry, the Christmas scrumhalf, goes off side.
You penalise Christmas
a. 2 metres from the New Year line
b. 5 metres from the New Year line
9. Seven metres from the New Year line, Sy Lynt-Knight, the Christmas centre, gets a pass. He cannot hold onto it as it hits his hands and goes forward but still in the air. He tries again to catch the ball and again juggles it forward. He tries a third time and again juggles the ball forward over the New Year line where it goes to ground and Lynt-Knight falls on the ball.
You award a scrum for the knock-on
a. 7 metres from the New Year line
b. 5 metres from the New Year line
10. You penalise Christmas 45 metres from their goal-line. Res O'Lewshin, the New Year centre, kicks for goal. The kick is on target but losing height. Noel Shepherd, the Christmas lock is standing under the crossbar, just in the field of play. He leaps up and catches the dropping ball.
You penalise Christmas
a. 45 metres from their goal-line
b. 35 metres from their goal-line
c. 5 metres from their goal-line
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