a method for bringing the ball back into play after a tackle, in which the tackled player is allowed to stand up and kick or heel the ball behind him or her to a team-mate
Examples of 'play-the-ball' in a sentence
play-the-ball
He's a play-the-ball-down kind of guy.
Globe and Mail (2003)
In union, there are no pauses for the play-the-ball.