rugby

[ˈrʌɡbi]

Definition:
1. A form of football played with an oval ball.

'rugby' example sentence:

1. The ANC are attacking rugby because it is the soft underbelly of South African sport.
2. David had been on a pub crawl with pals from his rugby club.
3. I don’t care who wins the flower show or the Rugby World Cup.
4. The revivor of the modern Olympics introduced rugby union to the Summer Olympics at the 1900 games in Paris.
5. Named after Rugby school, where the game was first played.
6. What the heck does Rugby have to do with software development?
7. The players can advertise baked beans, but not rugby boots.
8. In his younger days he played rugby for Wales.
9. His eye was drawn to an old picture of a young man in a rugby uniform.
10. Rugby isn't played with a round ball.
11. The running of Welsh rugby was left in chaos yesterday after a vote of no confidence in the game's overlords.
12. He was rugby tackled by a policeman after breaking through police lines.
13. In Rugby League, Australia trounced France by sixty points to four.
14. Some speakers argued that boxing was less dangerous than rugby.
15. Australia's rugby union side enjoyed a record-breaking win over France.
16. The most difficult thing in a fast game of rugby is to change course midstream.
17. I ghosted his weekly rugby column for the Telegraph.
18. Lining a corridor is a wall of photographs spanning his rugby days.
19. He designed a church at Flecknoe, near Daventry, south of Rugby.
20. They hope to host concerts and cricket and rugby matches.
21. He used his column to spout ill-informed criticism of the Scots rugby team.
22. Australian rugby league enjoys a huge following in New Zealand.
23. Rugby and volleyball are also popular sports.
24. There were mixed fortunes for French rugby teams on tour.
25. Rugby's a rough game at the best of times.
26. Also rugby and handball have their adherents.
27. He skippered the second Rugby XV.
28. He had been the golden boy of Welsh rugby.
29. The rugby tour was a disaster both on and off the pitch.
30. The happy pair were spotted at a rugby match between England and Italy in 2007.
31. They have played an expansive style of rugby.
32. We need to let men know about alternatives to the style of football or rugby they played when they were 20.
33. The team has accustomed itself to the pace of first division rugby.
34. Rugby League football; Northern Union football;
35. The media have a mania about rugby union.
36. Rugby is my least favourite sport.
37. The hallowed turf of Twickenham is the venue for the Middlesex Rugby Sevens Finals.
38. While his interest in these sports began to wane, a passion for rugby developed.
39. The international rugby season is in full swing.
40. Australia's rugby union team for the return clash with New Zealand is weakened by injury.
41. When he was done, he looked like he'd been brawling with an entire rugby side.
42. The Pan Americano is the premier rugby competition held in the Americas.
43. The next Rugby World Cup will take place in three years' time.
44. New Zealand is at the top of the pecking order of rugby nations.
45. He rugby tackled her and stole her bag.
46. The popular sports are rugby league and football.
47. Rugby players don't often question the referee's decisions.
48. He has the physique of a rugby player.
49. Ballymore rugby union ground has been shortlisted as a possible home for Queensland softball.
50. At school I boxed and played rugby.
51. Kids from six years old play mini rugby at the club.
52. Mark was mainly interested in sport at school, playing rugby as well as soccer.
53. Rugby players must be rugged.
54. In rugby circles, there is nothing but criticism for the coverage of sport on terrestrial TV.
55. The Treviso team was an effective advertisement for the improving state of Italian club rugby.