scrum half

noun

1. a player who puts in the ball at scrums and tries to get it away to his three-quarter backs
2. this position in a team

Example Sentences

Rightly or wrongly Gordon thought the opposite scrum half was not putting the ball in straight.

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Again, Hooker (3rd XV) is a very useful scrum half, but slow in attack.

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The Court missionary thought that a position could probably be obtained for her as scrum-half at a West End bargain-counter.

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He had played scrum-half for —— College in '98; and had prepared for ordination.

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Yes, I know you're going to say it's a scrum-half, but can't you make it easier?

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