rugby player

collocation in English

meaningsofrugbyandplayer

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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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player
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpleɪ.ər/us
/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/
someone who takes part in a game ...
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(Definition ofrugbyandplayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We heard of the tragic case of the youngrugbyplayerwho went to hospital and was, regrettably, misdiagnosed, with fatal consequences.
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I did not have him down as arugbyplayer, and it was interesting to hear that he is one.
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Many problems have been mentioned — for example, the unfortunaterugbyplayer, the yapping dog in the house next door and the marauding packs.
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He was an excellentrugbyplayeras well, so that was especially tragic.
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He is an excellentrugbyplayer, so why should he not be rewarded for his skills and for the fact that he, like many others, entertains vast numbers of people?
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He is a formerrugbyplayer.
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It is rather as if he were arugbyplayerwho had spent a long time during the match in the scrum and had seen the opportunity for an opening.
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Before turning to football, he was a keenrugbyplayerand athlete.
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It is not his skills as arugbyplayer, but his coaching skills that he is infamous for.
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Both of his parents were university teachers, but his father was also a professionalrugbyplayer.
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At the close of his international career he was 35 years and 305 days old, a ripe old age for an internationalrugbyplayer.
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Apart from playing tennis, he was an amateurrugbyplayer.
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Ruan is regarded as a very skilfulrugbyplayer.
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He was an unconventional and hardrugbyplayer, known for his violent play.
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I literally slid into the group, like arugbyplayercharging into a ruck.
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He became arugbyplayerin college and graduated in 1989.
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Ultimately though his natural ability as arugbyplayerhas provided more positive career notes than negatives.
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He was an activerugbyplayer, horse rider, and horse trainer between 1942 and 1962 and has won several trophies.
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Having been an amateurrugbyplayerhimself, he said he a could not be associated with the professional code.
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Although a talentedrugbyplayerhe chose soccer as his preferred sport in his mid teens.
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