rugby-like

Deaths and injuries subsided as football abandoned its rugby-like origins and became a distinctively American game.

How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football John J. Miller 2011

Rather than a rugby-like collision, this catcher leans in and gets a mouthful of knee, which apparently cost her 2 teeth.

YouTube’s Top Home Plate Collisions | YepYep - Your Daily Waste Of Time 2008

Since his return to the game he has worn a special, rugby-like cap to avoid another fracture.

Euro Stars: Ten to Watch in the Tournament 2008

While the rest of Georgia celebrated Easter on April 4 at home around the dinner table, one village in western Georgia marked the day with a rugby-like scramble that effectively blocked traffic for hours on the country's East-West national highway.

EurasiaNet 2010

They become cramped spaces of rugby-like scrums of people trying to queue for a seat, the bathroom, a snack, a friend they see in the distance, and, when the film ends, a convenient exit.

GreenCine Daily craig@greencine.com 2010

It's a honking, rugby-like scrum that revs up to a slow crawl when the light turns green.

FOXNews.com 2010

Campbell, who in turn started a series of last-gap rugby-like pitches to try to keep the play alive.

canada.com Top Stories 2010

It's a honking, rugby-like scrum that revs up to a slow crawl when the light turns green.

SFGate: Top News Stories By NIRMALA GEORGE 2010

The match carried on at a slower pace, with the Italian side suffering in part from the consequences of numerical inferiority and unable to do more, and Ireland attacking to their hearts 'content but without achieving anything other than a collection of rugby-like scrums.

Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2009

United were heading for another swift conter-attack when Green knocked the ball past Nicholls on the right wing and was simply taken out with a cynical, almost rugby-like challenge.

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