rugby field

collocation in English

meaningsofrugbyandfield

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rugby
noun[U]
uk
/ˈrʌɡ.bi/us
/ˈrʌɡ.bi/
a sport where two teams try to score points by carrying an oval ball across a particular line or kicking it over and between an H-shaped set ...
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field
noun
uk
/fiːld/us
/fiːld/
an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals, usually surrounded by ...
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(Definition ofrugbyandfieldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We used to like our inter-team quarrels on therugbyfield.
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I am also amused to hear of his prowess on therugbyfield.
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We wish you success, except, again, on therugbyfield.
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I was taken from therugbyfieldacross a road, put into a car and driven to hospital.
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Perhaps that is the best thing about him, apart from his feet, which won renown on therugbyfield.
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It has sponsorship and money; it is engaged in business activities, but certainly not with a view to profit, on or off therugbyfield.
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Nobody would argue with that—it is there on everyrugbyfieldand in every representative opportunity we have.
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He brought to it many of the skills that he had shown on therugbyfield.
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The red dragon project will proceed on course—both on and off therugbyfield.
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I know that was for chasing tangible objects round therugbyfield.
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That is quite apart from anything that might happen on the football pitch orrugbyfield.
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Over the years there has been considerable rivalry between these two towns, not least on therugbyfield, but certainly in regard to industrial development.
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I suggest that when one moves from the football field to therugbyfieldthe rules change because they are two different games.
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One sees it on therugbyfield.
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The school is well resourced with netball courts, arugbyfield, and a covered swimming pool, heated with solar panels.
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The university maintains a beautiful playground,rugbyfield, tennis lawn and basketball court.
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In the late 1990s, the rugby club added temporary tip up seating on the hockey side of therugbyfield.
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There are outdoor basketball courts and arugbyfield.
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With numbers too small to form a competition, players learnt the skills and played scratch matches amongst themselves using arugbyfield.
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