Definitions
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- noun sports, cricket A
reserve player on a team; a member of theback row or back bench
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Lismore match will be a huge chance for youngsters such as backrower Jake Schatz, winger Dom Shipperley, hooker James Hanson, prop James Slipper and fullback Aidan Toua to show they have Super 14 roles to play after all their training enthusiasm.
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The Lismore match will be a huge chance for youngsters such as backrower Jake Schatz, winger Dom Shipperley, hooker James Hanson, prop James Slipper and fullback Aidan Toua to show they have Super 14 roles to play after all their training enthusiasm.
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With only a few new additions to their squad, most-notably England backrower James Haskell and All Blacks hooker Andrew Hore, the Highlanders will field a relatively familiar side in 2012.
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The 13-Test All Blacks backrower is suited to the free-flowing nature of Super Rugby, where he is able to play a little wider out.
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Radike Samo may be 35, and more of a man mountain than a whippet, but a shortage of backs means Wallabies coach Robbie Deans is likely to play the backrower on a wing against Russia this weekend.
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NRL: Melbourne Storm will contest the NRL finals without gun backrower Adam Blair for the rest of the year after he faced the NRL judiciary last night.
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Williams used his huge size and strength to increase the Kangaroos' lead after Rangi Chase kicked early in the tackle count to hand the ball back to the Kangaroos, and the Manly man ran over the top of Wests Tigers backrower Chris Heighington to score.
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He finished last season as the fourth-highest Fantasy backrower with 396 points and should give the top five a shake again.
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The rangy backrower is hard to handle on the fringes and will be directed by halfback Cooper Cronk at smaller opposition defenders.
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NRL: Melbourne Storm will contest the NRL finals without gun backrower Adam Blair for the rest of the year after he faced the NRL judiciary last night.
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