橄榄球英语词汇

Rugby Vocabulary

By Tom Nicholls

Left

Central

Right

“

What

’

s your position?

”

Attack (US: Offense):

Attacker/Forward

(general)

Striker - Centre Forward

Inside Forward

Defence: (US: Defense)

Defender

(general)

Full

or Left/Right

Back

Centre Back Sweeper

Goal:

Goalkeeper

(Goaly

–

for short)

Key In Game Vocabulary:

Try

(Placing ball

behind the goal line)

Foul

(when a player

breaks the rules)

Kick Off (KO)

(the 1st kick)

Conversion

(After scoring a

try, the team can score

extra 2 points by kicking

ball through goal posts)

Forward Pass

(Illegal Move,

Ball is throw forward to

another player)

Drop Kick/Goal

(Kicking

between the goal posts during

play)

Knock-on

(Illegal Move, Ball id

dropped/lost, moves forward

and is collected by another

player of the same team)

Pass

(Throwing the

ball backwards to

another player)

Tackle

(take the ball

from an opponent)

Scrum

(8 Forwards

bind together and

interlock to fight for

the ball)

Left

Central

Right

Areas of play:

Attacking half

(Forward of

halfway line including 10m

and, 22m and 5m lines)

When has the ball

crossed the line?

When the ball or

player carrying the

ball, touches the line,

no matter how light a

touch.

Defensive half

(backwards

of halfway line including 10m

and, 22m and 5m lines)

Extra In Game Vocabulary:

Yellow Card:

A player commits a

foul.

Red Card:

Shown to a player if

he/she commits a serious foul

Haka:

New Zealand 'All

Blacks' pre-game war

dance

High Tackle:

Illegal tackle

made above the live of

sholders.

Late Tackle:

Illegal Move,

Tackling a player who has

already passed the ball.

Line Out:

Both teams line up to

catch the ball thrown in

from the side-line.

Touch:

Ball going outside

the field lines

Offside:

A player is caught

forward of the imaginary line

between the two teams

Turnover

:

One team looses

possesion as the other team

gains the ball.

Wheel

: Scrum moves

through 90 degrees

Penalty Kick:

Free kick at the goal

posts, 3 points if successful

Ruck:

A ruck is formed when the

ball is on the ground and two

opposing players meet over the

ball.

Sent off:

A player is shown a red

card or asked to leave the pitch.

Sin Bin:

Player must remain for

10mins after received a yellow

card