How do you use Rugby in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like football, plus the exact meaning.
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”).
Synonyms of Rugby
Example sentences (20)
The girls received the Nerdy Banana Beach Rugby Trophy and the boys received the Peter Glackin Beach Rugby Trophy.
Right Here for Rugby will see Gallagher Premiership Rugby clubs at the forefront of bringing new audiences to matches.
The damning report on schools rugby released by the Rugby Football Union this week leaves little open to interpretation.
The half marathon is hosted by Keswick Rugby Club, with all proceeds going to the running of grassroots rugby in Keswick.
Director of Springbok Rugby Rassie Erasmus has heralded transformation as the bedrock of his Rugby World Cup-winning squad.
Bicester Rugby Union Club is currently playing rugby at Whitelands sports complex on the edge of the town.
Harry is an avid rugby fan and while patron of the Rugby Football Union attended most of England's home matches at Twickenham.
For it is not only school and varsity rugby that has been forced to wait until next year before reopening, but club rugby too.
Saunders made the switch to rugby league in 2023 after a successful career in cricket and rugby union.
Gangla explains that most rugby fields are privately owned hence rugby union has no control over them.
Boys and girls rugby players train at D.W. Poppy Secondary early this spring, in advance of this year’s high school rugby season.
Successful completion of assigned tasks will lead to the issuance of Level Two coaching certificates for Rugby Sevens by World Rugby.
He started his rugby career playing at the Milo Kaji Rugby from the U9 right up to the U14 grade.
Bath Rugby falnker Sam Underhill has been added to England’s Rugby World Cup squad in France as an injury replacement for Jack Willis.
The crisis has reopened the debate over whether Australian rugby has the playing talent or fan base to support five Super Rugby teams.
SA Rugby are hoping to set up a new company with US-based Ackerley Sports Group to help look after the rugby body’s commercial matters.
Rugby practice for Arran Junior Rugby Club members resumed this week with another enthusiastic turnout at Glenkiln indoor arena, Lamlash.
The flanker and loose forward joined the Parisian rugby club after the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Today, the league submitted its affiliation application and fee for 2025 to the PNG Rugby Football League (PNG RFL) Community Rugby League.
In London, Devlin played rugby for Harlequins Rugby Club together with the legendary Pio Bosco Tikoisuva, Ratu Isoa Gavidi and Tevita Tamani.
Phrases with rugby
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with rugby
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the rugby 44×
- rugby world 35×
- rugby union 31×
- rugby league 24×
- of rugby 20×
- rugby club 20×
- rugby championship 18×
- super rugby 17×
- world rugby 16×
- rugby team 13×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word rugby. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.