rugby tackle
Bring them down
A rugby tackle is a method of bringing down an opponent by wrapping your arms around their body or legs and driving them to the ground.
Unlike American football tackles, rugby tackles must wrap—no shoulder-only hits allowed.
The term extends to any forceful takedown outside the sport: Security made a rugby tackle on the pitch invader.
Rugby's ground-level contest
conversion · penalty · drop goal · offload · knock-on · sin bin · advantage · set piece
Player on the edge
- hookerSex worker, informally
- propSupport or stage item
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- number eightThe digit past seven
fullback · wing · center · fly-half · scrum-half · blindside
Causing to fall
- wrappingOuter covering material
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- one-on-oneDirect, between two
- jackalWild African dog
ruck
Rugby's ground-level contest
try · conversion · penalty · drop goal · offload · knock-on · sin bin · advantage · set piece · collision
flanker
Player on the edge
number eight · fullback · wing · center · fly-half · scrum-half · blindside
bringing down
Causing to fall
- wrappingOuter covering material
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- one-on-oneDirect, between two
- tackleshorse collar