front row

British  

noun

1. rugby Union

   1. the forwards at the front of a scrum

   2. ( as modifier )

      perhaps the finest front-row forward in the world

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Example Sentences

The Titans were family, and to this day he remembers that Wilhite’s father attended practice just about every day, sitting in the front row, wearing that trademark white bucket hat.

From Los Angeles Times

Elsewhere, there is an all-new front row with Ellis Genge and Luke Cowan-Dickie recalled alongside Asher Opoku-Fordjour, who makes only his second Test start.

From BBC

He was seen in the front row of around 60 men clad in black, who held up a banner that said "Abolish the Jewish lobby", Australian media reports.

From BBC

Last month, she sat in the front row for the Schiaparelli show at Paris Fashion Week, she said, and struck up a conversation with a woman next to her who was from one of the wealthiest families in Monaco.

From The Wall Street Journal

And it’s both interesting and heartbreaking to see that decades later she still feels the need to defend her choice to leave public life — even more so because we learn that her mother, Beverly, who ran her fan club and was often in the front row at her live shows, didn’t understand why her daughter would leave behind so many “golden opportunities.”

From Salon