Rugby Handout by FreePubQuiz.co.uk Total: /25 1) Rugby World Cup winners Craig Green, John Kirwin and Michael Lynagh have all played for which European team? 2) As of 2016, who was the last English player to captain the British Lions? 3) Which rugby club did Ian McGeechan play for? 4) Which team from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan held a place in the top-tier of English rugby union from 1986 to 1997? 5) When Brodie Retallick won the World Rugby Player of the Year in 2014, who was the only European nominee on the shortlist? 6) The 2019 Rugby World Cup final will be held in which Japanese city? 7) Who was the most capped Welsh rugby union player until he was overtaken by Stephen Jones in September 2011? 8) In the 2007 Six Nations which club supplied England’s entire back row of forwards? 9) Who scored the last four-point try in international rugby (it was also this player’s 44th and final Test for his country)? 10) Who was first ever England player to get sent off at Twickenham? 11) Which English side did All Blacks Gary Whetton, Alan Whetton, and Mike Brewer all play for?
12) Name Ireland’s oldest ever international?
13) Newlands Stadium is located in which city? 14) Who scored England's only try in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final? 15) Who was the head coach of Ireland in the inaugural 2000 Six Nations?
16) Name the only South African to have won two Rugby World Cups? 17) England's Richard Cockerill had a famous fierce rivalry with which New Zealand hooker? 18) Who scored the final try for the Lions on their 2013 tour of Australia? 19) What were Newcastle Falcons previously called before their name change in 1996? 20) Nelson Mandela famously wore the Springboks jersey during the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final - what number did he have on his back?
Rugby Handout by FreePubQuiz.co.uk
ANSWERS: 1) Treviso (Benetton Rugby Treviso) 2) Martin Corry (took over the captaincy in the match in which Brian O'Driscoll was spear tackled in 2005) 3) Headingley 4) Orrell 5) Jonathan Sexton 6) Yokohama 7) Gareth Thomas 8) Wasps 9) David Sole (Australia v Scotland in a Sunday match on June 21 1992 at Brisbane's Ballymore Ground. Scotland were beaten 37-13.) 10) Lewis Moody 11) West Hartlepool 12) John Hayes 13) Cape Town 14) Jason Robinson 15) Warren Gatland 16) Os du Randt 17) Norm Hewitt 18) Jamie Roberts 19) Newcastle Gosforth 20) Number 6 (the same as that of Springbok captain, Francois Pienaar) 21) Michael Hooper 22) Rhys Webb 23) Mike Brown 24) Vern Cotter 25) Fran Cotton
Tiebreaker Question:
How many England caps did Martin Johnson win? Answer: 84