Wondering how to use Rugby in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as rugger or football.
Rugby in a sentence
Rugby meaning
- 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 scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.
- The form of the game known as rugby union (see the usage note).
- Ellipsis of rugby shirt (“a shirt of the kind worn by rugby players, usually short-sleeved and with a buttoned opening at the neck like a polo shirt, but with a stiffer collar”).
Using Rugby
- The main meaning on this page is: 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 scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar. | The form of the game known as rugby union (see the usage note). | Ellipsis of rugby shirt (“a shirt of the kind worn by rugby players, usually short-sleeved and with a buttoned opening at the neck like a polo shirt, but with a stiffer collar”).
- Useful related words include: rugby football, rugger, football, football game.
- In the example corpus, rugby often appears in combinations such as: the rugby, rugby world, rugby union.
Context around Rugby
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 17 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rugby
- In this selection, "rugby" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, world, united, super, world, union and football stand out and add context to how "rugby" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a gilbert rugby football as, a super rugby mini series, rugby world, rugby union and rugby league. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rugby" sits close to words such as feelings, nigerians and playoff, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rugby
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
United Rugby Championship outfit Benetton Rugby have reached a European semi-final after beating Connacht Rugby. (16 words)
Bicester Rugby Union Club is currently playing rugby at Whitelands sports complex on the edge of the town. (18 words)
Former World Rugby vice chairman and French rugby boss Bernard Laporte (right), with Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan and Sir Rod Eddington. (22 words)
It’s true that Cheika lifted Australia to the Rugby World Cup final in 2015, but the subsequent Rugby World Cup cycle was not a happy period for Australian rugby, and that’s something to weigh up if the Wallabies job becomes available again. (44 words)
Top League Cup to be staged before Rugby World CupJapan's top-flight and second-tier rugby teams will compete for the Top League Cup ahead of this year's World Cup, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced Thursday. (39 words)
According to the President of Ghana Rugby, Mr Herbert Mensah, these series of matches is the first step towards the realisation of a vision he has been sharing with Rugby Africa and other rugby nations in the region. (38 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.
Dr Are noted that the federation will invest in grassroots rugby, establish a rugby league as well a university rugby as part of their future plans.
Former World Rugby vice chairman and French rugby boss Bernard Laporte (right), with Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan and Sir Rod Eddington.
It’s true that Cheika lifted Australia to the Rugby World Cup final in 2015, but the subsequent Rugby World Cup cycle was not a happy period for Australian rugby, and that’s something to weigh up if the Wallabies job becomes available again.
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.
United Rugby Championship outfit Benetton Rugby have reached a European semi-final after beating Connacht Rugby.
Super Rugby mini-series planned in NZ as sport resumption nearsNew Zealand Rugby announces plans for a Super Rugby mini-series, with the country potentially lowering its Covid-19 alert level on Monday.
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.
According to the President of Ghana Rugby, Mr Herbert Mensah, these series of matches is the first step towards the realisation of a vision he has been sharing with Rugby Africa and other rugby nations in the region.
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.
Top League Cup to be staged before Rugby World CupJapan's top-flight and second-tier rugby teams will compete for the Top League Cup ahead of this year's World Cup, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced Thursday.
Meanwhile, Chairman of World Rugby's African association, Rugby Africa, Abdelaziz Bougja expressed his excitement on the great rugby displayed by both teams.
On the eve of a ground-breaking Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 in San Francisco, World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont is anticipating a compelling and very special event that will further rugby’s global appeal.
Bath Rugby falnker Sam Underhill has been added to England’s Rugby World Cup squad in France as an injury replacement for Jack Willis.
Bicester Rugby Union Club is currently playing rugby at Whitelands sports complex on the edge of the town.
Boys and girls rugby players train at D.W. Poppy Secondary early this spring, in advance of this year’s high school rugby season.
Bulls director of rugby Jake White is heading to Cape Town with more experienced troops for his team’s United Rugby Championship battle against the Stormers this weekend.
Effectively the winner of this week’s Test will have one hand on the Rugby Championship trophy but importantly another step for both teams on the road towards the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France in September-October.
Flags for all countries competing in the Rugby Six Nations were pinned to the ceiling so I reckon they must have been showing Rugby World Cup games, at least while there was Northern Hemisphere interest anyway.
Harry is an avid rugby fan and while patron of the Rugby Football Union attended most of England's home matches at Twickenham.
Phrases with rugby
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Common combinations with rugby
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: