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Rugby

[ ruhg-bee ]

noun

  1. Usually rugby. Also called rugger, a form of football, played between two teams of 15 members each, that differs from soccer in freedom to carry the ball, block with the hands and arms, and tackle, and is characterized chiefly by continuous action and prohibition against the use of substitute players.
  2. a town in Warwickshire, in central England.
  3. a coeducational preparatory school in Rugby, England, founded in 1567.


rugby

1

/ 藞谤蕦伞产瑟 /

noun

  1. Also calledrugger a form of football played with an oval ball in which the handling and carrying of the ball is permitted
  2. another name for Canadian football
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Rugby

2

/ 藞谤蕦伞产瑟 /

noun

  1. a town in central England, in E Warwickshire: famous public school, founded in 1567. Pop: 61聽988 (2001)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Rugby1

Probably earlier than 1835鈥40 Rugby fordef 1; Middle English Rokeby, Rookby, Old English Rocheberie, possibly earlier Hr艒caburg, Hr艒ceburh (unrecorded) 鈥淗roca's fort,鈥 influenced by Old Norse 产媒谤 鈥渢own, settlement鈥; borough ( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Rugby1

C19: named after the public school at Rugby, where it was first played
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"In rugby environments it is very easy to get confidence confused with arrogance. For all the stick he gets, I don't actually think he is an arrogant person."

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"Probably some of the boys were quite shocked with how I was when I first joined up with England," Pollock told BBC's Rugby Union Weekly.

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The SFA rule change will bring it into line with other sports such as rugby, swimming and athletics, which restrict women's competition to players that have not gone through male puberty.

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The SFA rule change will see the governing body bring football into line with other sports like rugby, swimming and athletics.

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Director of rugby Rob Baxter will oversee the club's coaching for the remainder of the season.

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