ruck
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"We were just slightly off it around our physicality, first time tackles, speed around the ruck – the basics where you need to be at it at this level," said Adams.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Last weekend, South Africa's powerful ground game had slowed England's ruck speed, pouring sludge in their attacking gears.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
In reaching into the ruck it was like Beirne had also reached into their soul, and in that act came a moment of clarity.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Dupont quickly made amends, spinning off the back of a ruck in midfield, stiff-arming hooker Tolu Latu onto his back and scooting through a huge gap to score.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
It would be as if you pushed against the edge of a rug hoping to raise a ruck at the opposite end.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Those passages of play are coming quicker and quicker, with 62.8% of rucks completed in under three seconds in last year's competition, up 10% on the 2020 competition.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Defensively, England put nobody in the rucks and they were actively backing away from competing for the ball.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
Two rucks later he is in trying to jackal for the ball as a full-back because he is annoyed he hasn't caught that kick.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025
Zander Fagerson hit 32.5 rucks per 80 minutes on average this autumn.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024
They seemed to be all bills, and Father sighed as he looked them over, his forehead puckered into rucks and lines.
From The Fairies and the Christmas Child by Lilian Gask
Max Malins impressed with his first international tries while Ellie Genge carried, rucked and scrummaged tirelessly before powering over for England's third.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2023
She focused on her boots, the crisp prints of the ash she’d tracked onto the pale-blue carpet, and on his sock feet with the skinny hairless shins visible where his pajama pants had rucked up.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2022
If the ice is rucked up into jagged ridges, I can proceed with caution.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2022
Three days later, when we caught up again in Manchester, Iowa, the bus was strewn with cups of cold coffee, the veneer was covered with dust and the shades were all rucked up.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2016
The only light comes through the Venetian blinds and leads in strips across the rucked covers, the comforter.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
At first, rucking lives up to this reputation: It sucks.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2023
But: “by definition, rucking is moving from point A to point B with a backpack,” said another Redditor.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2023
Like most endurance exercises, rucking also improves cardiovascular health, and can be less stressful on joints than running.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
In rucking, Rose and Uttech found community that they missed after serving in the military.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
Her mouth expressed disapproval by rucking down on the sides, which was all very attractive but also irritating.
From Ultima Thule by Mack Reynolds
