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Rugby (disambiguation); Rubgy

rugby         
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Rugby or rugby football is a game played by two teams using an oval ball. Players try to score points by carrying the ball to their opponents' end of the field, or by kicking it over a bar fixed between two posts.
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rugby         
(also rugby football)
¦ noun a team game played with an oval ball that may be kicked, carried, and passed by hand, in which points are won by scoring a try or by kicking the ball over the crossbar of the opponents' goal.
Origin
C19: named after Rugby School in England, where the game was first played.
rugby union         
  • alt=Facing right a group of seven men, in blue and white hooped jerseys, bind together and crouch to form a scrum. The eighth player stands behind them observing the off-picture opposition.
  • alt=An avenue of trees leads to a large iron lattice tower, in which an oversized rugby ball hangs within the lower sections.
  • Belgium]] in a World Cup qualifier, April 2006
  • Griffins RFC Kotka, the rugby union team from [[Kotka]], [[Finland]], playing in the Rugby-7 Tournament in 2013
  • alt=An oil painting of four moustached men, two wearing orange and white striped jerseys and shorts, the other two wearing blue and white striped jerseys and shorts, contesting a rugby ball within an avenue of trees.
  • alt=Two rows of opposing players, green to the fore, white behind, each aiding a jumping player from their team by lifting him towards an off-picture ball travelling overhead
  • alt=A black and white photo of a rugby field in which three men in military uniform, one of whom is King George V, present a silver trophy to a rugby player dressed in black kit. Behind in a line are the rest of the team.
  • Diagram of a rugby union playing field showing the various marked lines and distances
  • alt=A wide shot of an old English school with a central tower, with a sports pitch in the foreground.
  • A standard rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers
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  • alt=A child running away from camera in green and black hooped rugby jersey is being tackled around the hips and legs by another child in opposition kit.
  • alt=Two opposing formations of eight men, in white and black to the left, red and black to the right, push against each other in a crouched position; behind them stands another player and the referee
  • alt=Two teams of players, one in yellow the other in blue, play a form of rugby on a sunlit beach; the central yellow player runs forward, towards the right of picture, clutching the ball with one hand, close to his chest.
  • When codifying [[Australian rules football]] in 1859, [[Tom Wills]] drew inspiration from an early version of rugby he learnt at Rugby School.
  • Hindú]] playing the [[Torneo de la URBA]] final match, 2007
  • alt=A group of thirteen supporters pose together, nine standing in back row, four seated at front, some wearing rugby jerseys and others sporting traditional Japanese costumes and Japanese flags.
  • alt=A female player in yellow and green kit and wearing a white scrum cap, jumps to collect a ball while supported by teammates.
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TEAM SPORT, CODE OF RUGBY FOOTBALL
Rugby Union Football; Rugby union footballer; Rugby Union; Rugby union football; Ten man rugby; Fifteen-a-side; Rugby union player; Rugby union tour; Rugby union tours; Rugby union scoring; Union rugby; Rugby union playing field
¦ noun a form of rugby played in teams of fifteen, traditionally strictly amateur but opened to professionalism in 1995.

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Rugby

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Pronunciation examples for rugby
1. In rugby
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2. Rugby football?
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3. British guys playing rugby
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4. to World Rugby.
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5. There's a rugby player--
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Examples of use of rugby
1. Join the MOSCOW DRAGONS RUGBY CLUB, Moscow‘s expat rugby team!
2. Rugby league is a 13–player–a–side game similar to 15–a–side rugby union.
3. Join the MOSCOW DRAGONS RUGBY CLUB, Moscow"s expat rugby team!
4. I have been there to see the rugby, but unfortunately rugby is not an Olympic sport.
5. The boxing and rugby–loving marine represented the Royal Marines at rugby union.
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