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In New Zealand, the scrum-half is still referred to as the "half-back", the fly-half is referred to as the "first five-eighth", the inside centre is called the "second five-eighth" and the outside centre is simply known as "centre". [14] In America and Canada the number 8 is known as "8-man". [15] [16]
0-9 22 The 22 m line, marking 22 metres (72 ft) from the tryline. 89 An "89" or eight-nine move is a phase following a scrum, in which the number 8 picks up the ball and transfers it to number 9 (scrum-half). 99 The "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa, (the 99 comes from the British emergency services telephone number which is 999 ...
A halfback, half back, or half-back may refer to: Stand-off, in rugby league football; Halfback (rugby league) Half-back (rugby union) Fly-half (rugby union) Scrum-half (rugby union) Half back (association football), an obsolete position Centre-back; Wing half; Halfback (American football), a type of running back
A rugby league forward pack consists of six players who tend to be bigger and stronger than backs, and generally rely more on their strength and size to fulfill their roles than play-making skills. The forwards also traditionally formed and contested scrums ; however, in the modern game it is largely immaterial which players pack down in the scrum.
Broken-time payments compensated players for time missed from work due to rugby. The payments were an issue which led to the schism of rugby football in England, and were the original payment system of the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. Bust A bust, or tackle bust, is when a player breaks through an attempted tackle. Bumper bars
Second five-eighths, or sometimes second five-eighth, [1] is a name used in New Zealand to refer the rugby union position commonly known elsewhere as the inside centre or number 12. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It traditionally described a playmaking type of 12 with good passing and kicking skills as opposed to the strong hard runner and tackler in that ...
This is a category of rugby league players who play or played as halfbacks (also referred to as scrum-halves). Pages in category "Rugby league halfbacks" ...
The following rugby union players have played as half-backs: Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. R.