Back line
16 situations. Each one is drawn on the pitch in the app; the call and the rule behind it are below.
The ball crosses the back line close to the goal after an attacker hits it over the back line. What is the call?
A hit-in to the defending team. The attacking side put it out, so the defence gets a hit-in.
The ball crosses the back line out towards the corner after an attacker hits it over the back line. What is the call?
A hit-in to the defending team. The attacking side put it out, so the defence gets a hit-in.
The ball crosses the back line close to the goal after a defender hits it over their own back line. What is the call?
A Penalty 6, the Corner 60. A defender put it over their own line, so it is a Penalty 6, the Corner 60.
The ball crosses the back line out towards the corner after a defender hits it over their own back line. What is the call?
A Penalty 6, the Corner 60. A defender put it over their own line, so it is a Penalty 6, the Corner 60.
The ball crosses the back line close to the goal after a defender hits it and it deflects off their own pony. What is the call?
A Penalty 6, the Corner 60. Off their own pony still counts against the defender: Corner 60.
The ball crosses the back line out towards the corner after a defender hits it and it deflects off their own pony. What is the call?
A Penalty 6, the Corner 60. Off their own pony still counts against the defender: Corner 60.
The ball crosses the back line close to the goal after a defender hits it and it deflects off a team-mate’s stick. What is the call?
A Penalty 6, the Corner 60. Another defender’s stick keeps it with the defending side: Corner 60.
The ball crosses the back line out towards the corner after a defender hits it and it deflects off a team-mate’s stick. What is the call?
A Penalty 6, the Corner 60. Another defender’s stick keeps it with the defending side: Corner 60.
The ball crosses the back line close to the goal after a defender hits it and it deflects off a goal post. What is the call?
A Penalty 6, the Corner 60. A post is named in the rule, so it is still a Corner 60.
The ball crosses the back line out towards the corner after a defender hits it and it deflects off the boards. What is the call?
A Penalty 6, the Corner 60. The boards are named in the rule, so it is still a Corner 60.
The ball crosses the back line close to the goal after a defender hits it and it deflects off an attacker. What is the call?
A hit-in to the defending team. Off any other player it is only a hit-in, not a Corner 60.
The ball crosses the back line out towards the corner after a defender hits it and it deflects off an attacker. What is the call?
A hit-in to the defending team. Off any other player it is only a hit-in, not a Corner 60.
The ball crosses the back line close to the goal after a defender hits it and it deflects off the umpire. What is the call?
A hit-in to the defending team. Off the umpire it is a hit-in.
The ball crosses the back line out towards the corner after a defender hits it and it deflects off the umpire. What is the call?
A hit-in to the defending team. Off the umpire it is a hit-in.
The ball crosses the back line close to the goal after a defender hits it and it deflects off the umpire’s pony. What is the call?
A hit-in to the defending team. Off the umpire’s pony it is a hit-in.
The ball crosses the back line out towards the corner after a defender hits it and it deflects off the umpire’s pony. What is the call?
A hit-in to the defending team. Off the umpire’s pony it is a hit-in.
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.