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# rugby

«rugby» in Mova's school dictionary: **a team game played with an oval ball, which players can…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (rugby — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Rugby is a team game played with an oval ball, which players can kick, carry and pass backwards; they score by putting the ball down over the other team's line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rugby/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sport, rugby is very popular in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and France. A try (touching the ball down over the try line) scores points; a conversion kick or penalty kick over the posts scores more. You may only pass the ball backwards. There are two main kinds: rugby union (15 players) and rugby league (13 players). New Zealand's team is the All Blacks, who perform the haka. Rugby got its name from Rugby School in England. Children often start with tag or touch rugby, without tackles. Phrases: «play rugby», «rugby ball», «rugby match», «touch rugby», «rugby union», «rugby league».

### examples

- We play rugby at school in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rugby/#x1)
- A rugby ball is oval, not round. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rugby/#x2)
- In rugby you can only pass the ball backwards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rugby/#x3)
- The All Blacks are New Zealand's rugby team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rugby/#x4)
- She scored a try in the rugby match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rugby/#x5)
- Younger children play tag rugby without tackling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rugby/#x6)
- Rugby players wear mouthguards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rugby/#x7)
- Ireland beat England at rugby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rugby/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: «play rugby», not «play a rugby». In the USA, American football is a different game, though it grew from rugby. A «try» in rugby is a score, not an attempt. Points: a try is worth 5 in rugby union and 4 in rugby league; a conversion is 2.

### In the corpora

- [The Māori are the first people of New Zealand, and the New Zealand rugby team performs a haka before matches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/9/)
- [A mouthguard protects the teeth in sports like hockey, rugby and basketball.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/6-skating-and-sports-safety/13/)
- [In rugby you learn safe tackling from a coach, wear a mouthguard and tackle below the shoulders.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/8/)
- [In rugby the ball may be passed only backwards or sideways; a forward pass is against the rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/10/)
- [Girls and women play football, rugby and boxing, and many play for their countries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/378-maddie-the-tomboy/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rugby» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rugby/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.