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Wiktionary
- n. rugby - the half backs are the scrum-half and the fly-half
Examples
“Centered around the dynamic and potent quartet of strikers Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, attacking half-back József Bozsik in 50's.”
“Stefan Ratchford, Warrington's close-season signing from Salford who started the game as Myler's half-back partner, made a positive first impression, and there were two tries for the young Bridgend-born three‑quarter Rhys Evans.”
The Guardian: Elbow injury puts Richie Myler's season with Warrington in doubt
“England have reunited their Six Nations title-winning half-back combination of Ben Youngs and Toby Flood, while Shontayne Hape takes over from Mike Tindall at inside centre.”
The Guardian: Rugby World Cup 2011: Lewis Moody returns to captain England
“Youngs, like his England half-back partner , wasnot given time to brood on a humbling Six Nations denouement in Dublin.”
The Guardian: Bath 6-37 Leicester | Premiership match report
“England must rekindle the flickering verve that was most evident when, inspired by Foden and Ashton and their half-back pairing of Toby Flood and Ben Youngs, they beat Australia in Sydney and at Twickenham last year.”
The Guardian: Ben Foden: 'England happy to play pantomime villains at World Cup' | Donald McRae
“But the four new signings will all be in contention for Wakefield's first home game of the season against Salford on Sunday week, when Kear also hopes that the Maori half-back Jeremy Smith will have received a visa to face his former club, and the young prop Ben Gledhill should also be fit.”
The Guardian: Wakefield Trinity insist they will not be Super League whipping boys
“Sean Lamont will start at inside-centre in a midfield combination with Joe Ansbro, while Mike Blair will partner Ruaridh Jackson at half-back, the Glasgow Warriors fly-half given the first opportunity at No10, displacing Dan Parks.”
The Guardian: Rugby World Cup 2011: Scotland at near full strength against Romania
“A lot will depend on the antipodean half-back pairing of Luke McAlister and Luke Burgess, who seems to have settled into Byron Kelleher's boots.”
The Guardian: Harlequins face toughest test of Heineken Cup hopes against Toulouse | Shaun Edwards
“I decided I would create an ownership group and name it after that boat ride, and that failed half-back pass.”
The Huffington Post: Liz O'Connell: Last Mango Racing, These Saints Go Running
“Buffet came up with a half-back pass that he called "the Last Mango" and Saints quarterback Drew Brees and Giants Running back Tiki Barber were designated to run the play.”
The Huffington Post: Liz O'Connell: Last Mango Racing, These Saints Go Running
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hyphenated halfs
are a lot of these halfs half-thought-out?
half-cocked, half-breed, half-bath, half-assed, half-a-buck, half-baked, half-dead, half-asleep, half-back, half-clothed, half-done, half-dozen and 74 more...
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