Advantage
3 situations. Each one is drawn on the pitch in the app; the call and the rule behind it are below.
A foul is committed and the team that was fouled is clean through on goal. What should happen?
Hold the whistle and let the advantage run. The umpires may hold the whistle rather than take the advantage away.
A foul is committed and the foul has left the fouled team with nothing. What should happen?
Blow the whistle straight away. With no advantage to protect, the whistle goes.
A foul is committed and the referee rules that there was no foul. What should happen?
Restart with a throw-in towards the nearest boards. A throw-in towards the nearest boards, from where the ball was.
Make the call yourself
Every one of these is drawn on the pitch in the app, and you make the call before you see the answer.
Every rule here is stated in our own words, with short quoted extracts from the HPA Blue Book 2026 and Green Book 2025 and a link to the book itself. Polo Rules Test is an independent study aid and is not affiliated with the Hurlingham Polo Association. In any dispute the published rulebook governs.