rugby

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a sport where two teams try to score points by carrying an oval ball across a particular line or kicking it over and between an H-shaped set of posts:

Tom plays rugby every Saturday.

He's built like a rugby player (= he is very big and strong).

a rugby team/ball/game

a game played between two teams using an oval-shaped ball that is kicked or carried to goals at either end of a field