rugby match

collocation in English

meaningsofrugbyandmatch

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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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match
noun
uk
/mætʃ/us
/mætʃ/
mainly UK
a sports competition or event in which two people or teams compete against ...
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(Definition ofrugbyandmatchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, it is a little like reporting arugbymatchthat one has left at half-time.
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It was only because there was nobody in charge of therugbymatchwho had the medical knowledge that the mistake was made.
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Will he have the confidence to go out to therugbymatchthat you know he has always enjoyed?
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For example, a proper cricket orrugbymatchcannot be played within curriculum time.
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Consider the situation after an ill-tempered football match orrugbymatchin which there have been many fouls.
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One was taught at school that the first thing one did on losing arugbymatchwas to give three cheers to the winners.
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The issue is about a boy paralysed in an accident in arugbymatchwho will never walk again.
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From the balladeer of the medieval court to the songs heard today at arugbymatch, folk music provides a lively guide to our social development.
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That case, of a 17-year-old injured in arugbymatchthrough no fault of his own, was tragic and there was no doubt that legal aid was vital.
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We do not lose everyrugbymatch.
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The encounter is known as one of the most prestigious and looked forwardrugbymatchin the country.
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During arugbymatchfor his regiment he broke his neck.
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He died from head injuries sustained in arugbymatchin 1984.
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Shikoyi sustained a spinal injury during arugbymatchand died a few days later.
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At the time, this was a world record attendance for arugbymatchof either code.
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He also played rugby football, and an injury sustained during arugbymatchled to his premature death in 1898.
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The firstrugbymatchwas not until the next year (1929).
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In 1892 another sporting milestone was reached when this school played its firstrugbymatch.
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When her left hand was permanently damaged in a car accident that occurred while returning from arugbymatchwith her boyfriend, she switched to singing as her main subject.
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