scrimmagers
Rugby's pushing players
Scrimmagers are people who engage in scrimmages—practice games or rough, disorganized struggles.
In sports like football and rugby, scrimmagers are players participating in practice sessions or competing for the ball in close-contact plays.
The term can extend to anyone involved in informal skirmishes or tussles: The scrimmagers fought for position near the goal.
Toward what lies ahead
- packGroup or compress
- hookerSex worker, informally
- propsTheater accessories or praise
- locksSecurity fastening devices
flankers · number eight · ruck · maul · scrum · lineout · binding · engagement
Fellow squad members
- drillsRepetitive training routines
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- practice squadReserve training roster
- contactCommunication or physical touch
tackling · blocking · offense · defense · huddle · playbook · coach · whistle
Those who engage physically
- brawlersPeople who engage in fistfights
- combatantsThose engaged in warfare
- tusslersThose who scuffle
- scufflersThose who wrestle messily
wrestlers · grappler · roughhouser · competitors · opponents · aggressors · challengers · contenders
forwards
Toward what lies ahead
locks · flankers · number eight · ruck · maul · scrum · lineout · binding · engagement · pushover
teammates
Fellow squad members
- drillsRepetitive training routines
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- practice squadReserve training roster
contact · tackling · blocking · offense · defense · huddle · playbook · coach · whistle · pads
fighters
Those who engage physically
- brawlersPeople who engage in fistfights
- combatantsThose engaged in warfare
- tusslersThose who scuffle
scufflers · wrestlers · grappler · roughhouser · competitors · opponents · aggressors · challengers · contenders · sparring
- line of scrimmageFootball's pre-snap boundary
- scrimmage lineFootball's starting boundary