Garryowenn.
/ˌɡarɪˈəʊən/ Rugby.
= up and under n.
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drop1845
drop-kick1857
punt-out1861
free kick1862
poster1862
goal kick1870
dropout1882
touch kick1887
touch-finder1898
fly-kick1906
grubber kick1950
grub-kick1951
tap-kick1960
up and under1960
chip kick1965
Garryowen1965
box kick1972
chip and chase1976
1965 Times 12 Apr. 4/6 Instead of the garryowen and swift follow up they preferred the diagonal kick.
1974 Sunday Tel. 9 June 35/1 He achieved a rather better contact than he did with his earlier Garryowen.
1978 Times 31 Oct. 8/1 All Munster rugby men are praying..that he will be on target..as a hoister of garryowens, under which his forwards will advance like the hounds of hell.
1985 Guardian 4 Mar. 23/4 MacNeill pumped up Garryowens whenever he had the chance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1965