ruck
Example Sentences
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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
White's opportunism at the side of the ruck was what did it, the scrum-half too quick, too sharp, too lethal for the French cover.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 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
After just three minutes, the towering Josh Lord ambled through a huge gap in a ruck before nonchalantly popping the ball off to scampering scrum-half Roigard.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
A snatch of turfy drumming, then I went flying over a ruck and the ground booted the air out of me and I got a glimpse of a leaping dog's flank.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
