Sport. Chiefly Rugby, Association Football, Hockey, and Hurling. The area beyond the boundaries at either side of the field of play, in which the…

Rugby. An act of running over an opponent's touchline with the ball.

Rugby. A score awarded for successfully performing a particular manoeuvre, typically forcing the opposing team to ground the ball on or behind its…

Rugby. An act of grounding the ball behind the try line; spec. (a) an act of grounding the ball on or behind the opposing team's try line, as a…

An act of touching the ball on the ground on or behind one's own goal line as a means of preventing the opposing team from scoring a try; a point or…

Rugby. The right of attempting to kick a goal, obtained by carrying the ball behind the goal-line and touching it on the ground. Cf. try at goal n.…

Rugby. = minor point n. at compounds 2. Now historical and rare.

a point or score awarded for successfully performing a particular manoeuvre, typically forcing the opposing team to ground the ball on or behind…

Australian and New Zealand. Rugby. A drop goal; a drop-kick at goal.

a goal (opposed to minor point, i.e. a try).

a try awarded to a side by the referee when a touchdown is prevented by an offence by the opposition.

Rugby. The action of scoring a goal by converting a try; also, a goal scored in this manner.

Rugby. In full pushover try. A try in which one side in a scrum pushes the ball over the opponents' try line before touching down.