Rugby

Rugby

Rugby is a competitive sport played in teams with a oval shaped ball. where the object of the game is to score by carrying the ball across the goal line.

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breakdown

Sports; Rugby

Where play momentarily halts, for example at a collapsed maul or a ruck.

bullocking

Sports; Rugby

Pronounced 'bollocking' by most commentators and with usually the same effect, a bullocking run is usually made by a forward with the ball in hand, scattering tacklers as he goes.

bust

Sports; Rugby

When a player is able to break a tackle and run into open territory, he is said to have made a bust. The bust may mean only the breaking of the tackle or as much as a complete break up the middle.

When a team is losing by many points they can get desperate to catch up. A tactic they might use is a catch-up footie and is usually used during the last 20 minutes of a game. This tactic is typified ...

caught napping

Sports; Rugby

When a team that is playing defense is caught unaware of what the offense is doing and so can't defend correctly.

center spot

Sports; Rugby

The spot that designates the center of the pitch. It is on the halfway line.

changing the angles

Sports; Rugby

When one player comes into the backline at a different angle to the rest of the backline players it is said he is changing the angles. The goal of changing the angles is to disrupt the opposing ...