jackal

→ Japanese: ジャッカル (jakkaru)

→ Korean: 자칼 (jakal)

→ Malay: jakal
Indonesian: jakal

→ Thai: แจ็กคัล (jɛ̀k-kal)

From French chacal, chacale, checale, schakal, ciacale, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šağâl), borrowed from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, “jackal”).

(rugby union) A player who steals the ball at the tackle.


pool

1. From French poule (“collective stakes in a game”). The French word "poule" in this context is an abbreviation of "poulain, pouliche" (foal, filly), and referred to races with female horses under 3 years old. It then became used by punters to designate bets on that race, and started to be used from the racetrack to the stadiums.
2. The OED suggests that this may be a transferred use of poule (“hen”), which has been explained anecdotally as deriving from an old informal betting game in France - 'jeu de poule' - Game of Chicken (or Hen, literally) in which poule became synonymous with the combined money pot claimed by the winner.

bor

pull (accents with FOOT-GOOSE merger or full-fool merger)

(rugby union) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.


breakdown

en-noun

breakdown (countable and uncountable, plural breakdowns)

sınma

failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature

England beat Georgia in their Pool B World Cup match in Dunedin but the stuttering nature of the performance will be of concern to manager Martin Johnson. Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.

2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41 – 10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2022-08-13:

When players appeal to the referee, as they so often do, for penalties at breakdowns when the supposed offender is being deliberately pinned down by their own teammates, they should understand they do their sport a small but significant disservice.

2019 January 2, Robert Kitson, “This must not be the year when rugby union trashes its finest qualities”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2022-08-21:

(rugby union, countable and uncountable with the) The short period of open play immediately after a tackle and before and during the ensuing ruck.


phase

From New Latin phasis, from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “an appearance”), from φάω (pháō, “to shine”); compare phantasm and see face.

vaihe

rugby union: period of play between breakdowns

When Romania did manage to string together some phases midway through the first half, England's discipline held firm, although on the whole it was a less focused display from the Six Nations champions in the second half.

2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:

(rugby union) The period of play between consecutive breakdowns.


Test match

(rugby union, field hockey) An international match between the teams of two nations.

rugby union; field hockey; rugby union; field hockey


lineout

Turner looked assured, picking out his men at the lineouts, while Redpath was seeing plenty of the ball and also looked the part as the Scots probed for opening.

2021 February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, in The Scotsman:

(rugby union) A set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.

(rugby union) The lineup of players in a lineout (sense 1).


blindside

The blindside packs down at the scrum on the blindside.

However, after an inside pass from Moody to Tom Croft and a surge from the England blind-side, number eight James Haskell was eventually pinged from in front of the posts for not releasing.

(rugby union) The blindside flanker, a position in rugby union, usually number 6.


ruck

rook (most accents without the foot-strut split)

From Middle English ruke, from Old Norse. Compare Icelandic hrúka, Swedish ruka.

меле

contest for possession of the ball in Rugby

(rugby union) The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum.


ruck

en-verb

ruck (third-person singular simple present rucks, present participle rucking, simple past and past participle rucked)

rucks (present singular third-person)
rucking (participle present)
rucked (participle past)
rucked (past)

(transitive, rugby union) To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.

rasclar

to contest possession of the ball in a game of Rugby


All Blacks

the national rugby union representative team of New Zealand


full house

→ Japanese: フルハウス (furu hausu)

→ Portuguese: full house

→ Russian: фул-ха́ус (ful-xáus)

(rugby union) A single player scoring a try, conversion, penalty goal and drop goal in the same match


engine room

(figurative) The source of power in a team or other group.

(rugby union) The pair of locks in a team.


Azzurri

(rugby union) the Italy national rugby union team


WR

(rugby union) Initialism of World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby union.


drop goal

(rugby union, rugby league) A goal scored by kicking the ball through the goal from open play, after the ball has touched the ground.

rugby union; rugby league; rugby union; rugby league


dump tackle

(rugby union, rugby league) A legal form of tackling when the player wraps his arms around the ball carrier's thighs and lifts him a short distance in the air before forcibly driving him to the ground.


openside

The openside packs down at the scrum on the openside.

openside flanker
openside flanker#English

(rugby union) Short for openside flanker.


Five Nations

(Europe, rugby union) an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament.


Six Nations

Six Nations Championship
w:Six Nations Championship

(Europe, rugby union) Ellipsis of Six Nations Championship. (an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of Italy, France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the successor to the Five Nations tournament.)


Wallabies

(rugby) the national rugby union representative team of Australia


back five

Wales chose to bring their back-five into the game early on with Andy Powell, Sam Warburton, Dan Lydiate and Bradley Davies making inroads into the England defence.

2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC:

(rugby union) Collectively, the backs (the 2 wings, fullback, outside centre and inside centre).


garryowen

After the Irish Garryowen Football Club, named from Garryowen, Limerick.

England had an early opportunity with a line-out deep in French territory after a clever grubber from Foden only for Lionel Nallet to burgle back possession, and they then tore into France again as Alexis Palisson was smashed backwards after taking a garryowen and Manu Tuilagi thundered into Morgan Parra.

2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:

(rugby union) A high short punt onto or behind the defending team.

Garryowen Football Club
Garryowen, Limerick


ワラビーズ

[β̞a̠ɾa̠bʲiːzɨ]

豪代表ワラビーズは3 位となった。

2022 November 24, [ラグビー･チャンピオンシップ、ワラビーズは3位／豪州ラグビー通信], NichiGo Press:


オールブラックス

[o̞ːɾɯ̟bɯ̟ɾa̠k̚kɯ̟sɨ]

南半球の4カ国による「ラグビー･チャンピオンシップ2 02 2」、混戦を制したのはNZ代表オールブラックス。


captain's run

ON the Friday before an international these days, most rugby teams have a light training session supervised by the captain. The Australians call it the captain's run, and in light rain in Cardiff yesterday morning John Eales led his team-mates through their moves, the last physical preparation for the quarter-final against Wales at the Millennium Stadium this afternoon.

1999 October 23, John Hopkins, “Australia dismiss Henry's praise”, in The Times, number 66653, London, page 39:

"It's been a very difficult week," admits Solomons. "We had a light run on Tuesday, what I would call a 'flush out', and a captain's run today. That's really all we could do."

2002 October 18, Alan Solomons, quoted in Gerry Thornley "Ulster must lift their game" The Irish Times p. 21

After that, the rest of the week was a breeze — I even did the full wrestling session with the lads on the Wednesday, went through the 'captain's run', which is always a bit light-hearted anyway, and then it was just a case of running through the game plan and various plays.

2007, Paul Sculthorpe, Sculthorpe: Man of Steel, Random House, →ISBN, page 7:

2016 June 14, Damian George, Netball: Superstition part of match-day routine Otago Daily Times
8.45am - Head to stadium for captain's run
9am - Captain's run
"We always do a walk through. Wendy [captain Wendy Frew] runs it. ["]

Finn Russell juggles rugby balls during the Scotland captain's run at Twickenham Stadium ahead of their Six Nations match against England

2023 February 4, “Sacked coach Eddie Jones launches cunning trick to stay in the heads of English players ahead of crucial Six Nations Championship”, in Daily Mail, picture caption:

2023 February 4, Luke Yates, quoted in James O'Brien, "Huddersfield Giants captain Luke Yates outlines reasons for renewed optimism ahead of new season" Yorkshire Post
"We'll have fewer short turnarounds so we'll have fresher bodies; a lot of times last year we were playing, two days off then the captain's run and playing again.["]

photo opportunity
photo opportunity#English

(originally rugby union, Australia) a team training session led by the captain rather than the coach, typically held shortly before a match, often at the match venue, sometimes incorporating a photo opportunity


RUFC

(rugby union) Initialism of rugby union football club.


bore in

bore in (third-person singular simple present bores in, present participle boring in, simple past and past participle bored in)

bores in (present singular third-person)
boring in (participle present)
bored in (participle past)
bored in (past)

(rugby union) For a prop to turn in on an opposing prop, in a forbidden move.


scrum up

scrum up (third-person singular simple present scrums up, present participle scrumming up, simple past and past participle scrummed up)

scrums up (present singular third-person)
scrumming up (participle present)
scrummed up (participle past)
scrummed up (past)

(rugby union) To force an opponent upward during a scrum, in a move that is forbidden.