Below you will find example sentences with "rugby union". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Rugby Union in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: rugby
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 31
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.2 words

Words in this phrase

rugby union

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • rugby can mean: A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are sc... Frequent word
  • union can mean: The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a glittering rugby union resume five 1× a talented rugby union player and 1× australia wants rugby union to have 1× bicester rugby union club is 1× cricket and rugby union 1× horse racing rugby union rugby league 1× kenya rugby union chairman oduor 1× league to rugby union converts from 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

bicester rugby union 1× despite a glittering 1× gangla explains that 1× gatland said he 1× in 1995 the 1× in response to 1×

Common sentence endings:

across the island 1× after the game 1× all played here 1× and andy farrell 1× and rugby union 1× at the sport 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

league 6× team 5× football 4× ball 3× club 3× national 3× women 3× used 2× six 2× south 2× country 2× uganda 2×

Related phrases

soviet union rugby world african union credit union rugby league union pacific union congress european union rugby club rugby championship

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around rugby:

rugby world 20× rugby league 20× rugby club 20× rugby championship 18× super rugby 17× world rugby 16×

Just before it in the phrase index:

rugby team rugby league rugby football rugby club rugby championship royal navy

Just after it in the phrase index:

rugby world rukh khan ruling apc ruling coalition ruling communist ruling party

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

rugby world rugby league rugby club rugby championship rugby team rugby football

Same ending:

soviet union african union credit union european union student union teachers union

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "rugby union" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 25.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a glittering rugby union resume five, a talented rugby union player and, league, team and football stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with soviet union, rugby world, african union, rugby world, rugby league and rugby club, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with rugby union

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

RUGBY UNION: United Rugby Championship, Dragons v Cardiff – S4C 1700. (10 words)

Rugby league, rugby union, soccer and touch football are all played here. (12 words)

Vivienne played her club rugby with Jindabyne in the ACT Rugby Union competition. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

In response to the claim made by Curry to the referee, South Africa’s national rugby union, SA Rugby, released a statement saying: ‘We are aware of the allegation, which we take very seriously, and are reviewing the available evidence. (40 words)

She is a talented Rugby Union player, and the current Captain of the Women’s Pirates Rugby team, plays with the Central North Women’s team and was selected for the NSW Country Women’s team. (36 words)

Six Nations Rugby Special pundits Jonathan Davies and Chris Ashton choose their top three rugby league to rugby union converts from a list featuring Sonny Bill Williams, Jason Robinson, Shaun Edwards and Andy Farrell. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Rugby ball seeAlso A Gilbert rugby football as used in rugby union A rugby ball, originally called a quanco, is a diamond shape ball used for easier passing.

Six Nations Rugby Special pundits Jonathan Davies and Chris Ashton choose their top three rugby league to rugby union converts from a list featuring Sonny Bill Williams, Jason Robinson, Shaun Edwards and Andy Farrell.

The South African Rugby Union, simply known as SA Rugby these days, recently confirmed the long-time inevitable news of the country’s club rugby season being cancelled for the year.

The GIR program was conducted by Kasasa Yayiro, the Rugby Manager at the Uganda Rugby Union and Tim Iraka, the Rugby Development Officer of Western Uganda.

In 1995, the Irish Rugby Football Union commissioned Coulter to write a politically neutral anthem for Ireland’s national rugby union teams, drawn form across the island.

The Japanese rugby union team made history by reaching the last 8 of the Rugby Union World Cup for the first time.

Bicester Rugby Union Club is currently playing rugby at Whitelands sports complex on the edge of the town.

In response to the claim made by Curry to the referee, South Africa’s national rugby union, SA Rugby, released a statement saying: ‘We are aware of the allegation, which we take very seriously, and are reviewing the available evidence.

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Rugby league, rugby union, soccer and touch football are all played here.

Saunders made the switch to rugby league in 2023 after a successful career in cricket and rugby union.

She is a talented Rugby Union player, and the current Captain of the Women’s Pirates Rugby team, plays with the Central North Women’s team and was selected for the NSW Country Women’s team.

Despite a glittering rugby union resume, five games guiding Lebanon in 2022 and a stint as an assistant at the Sydney Roosters represent the sum total of Cheika's coaching experience in rugby league.

Gatland said he had spoken with Welsh Rugby Union executive director of rugby Nigel Walker and WRU chair Richard Collier-Keywood in the changing room after the game.

RUGBY UNION: United Rugby Championship, Dragons v Cardiff – S4C 1700.

Vivienne played her club rugby with Jindabyne in the ACT Rugby Union competition.

Gangla explains that most rugby fields are privately owned hence rugby union has no control over them.

Kenya Rugby Union Chairman Oduor Gangla,speaking at the same function said, “Rugby has three important pillars and that is how we as KRU look at the sport.

Rugby Australia wants rugby union to have its own State of Origin-type series.

Storm Ciara also disrupted Sunday’s sporting programme, as horse racing, rugby union, rugby league and football fixtures, including the Premier League match between Manchester City and West Ham in Manchester, were all postponed.

The Argentine Rugby Union has announced six of its national team players have returned positive tests for the virus and had been placed in isolation, casting further doubt on the already unlikely Rugby Championship.

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