Curious rugby phrases used by the curious rugby set

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Sealing off. Exit strategy.

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hands went backwards
No attempt to mitigate
drift defence
unable to establish a platform at set piece
a bit of claret
The 10 is taking the ball with a lot of depth
The game will be won and lost at the breakdown

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Not really a curious phrase but what is the obsession with using ‘Big’ Joe McCarthy nearly every single time he goes for a ball? Has he self esteem issues and has to be assured that he is indeed of necessary size to be an international second row?

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The lads in The West End on O’Curry Street used to come out with those back in the day

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A lad passes the ball to someone else = “good hands”.

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A lad plops the ball to one of his teammates = “magnificent offload”

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A big Scotch mullocker trundles toward the line before collapsing…

He was deemed ‘1st cab off the rank’…He moved with all the grace of a walrus giving birth to a lawnmower….

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Cheat lines anyone?

Tyres weren’t fully pumped

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