"eighth-man" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: eighth-men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|eighth-men}} eighth-man (plural eighth-men)
  1. Alternative form of eighthman Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: eighthman
    Sense id: en-eighth-man-en-noun-vEKbZhU9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2003, Joel Alswang, The South African Dictionary of Sport, →ISBN, page 207:",
          "text": "The formation can be either: 1) Three players in the front row, four in the second row and one in the third row: loosehead prop, hooker, tighthead prop, flanker, lock, lock, flanker, eighth-man or 2) Three in the front row, two in the second row and three in the back row: loosehead prop, hooker, tighthead prop, lock, lock, flanker, eighth-man, flanker.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Jaco Louw, The Girlfriend's Guide to Rugby, →ISBN, page 77:",
          "text": "If a player is on the ground you can try to rip the ball from him, but you can't go off your feet and dive on him. The ex-All Black eighth-man, Murray Mexted (who is a commentator today) described this rule best in one of his commentaries: \"I think this rule is hard to apply because the moment you see a man on the ground the first thing you want to do is go down on him.\"",
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          "ref": "2013, Michael Jenkins, Making Champions - How South Africa's sporting heroes are made, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Throughout his school career, he only ever played eighth-man.",
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