play-the-ball

noun

1. rugby league a method for bringing the ball back into play after a tackle, in which the tackled player is allowed to stand up and kick or heel the ball behind him or her to a team-mate

Example Sentences

From the play-the-ball, Alan Hunte, Goulding and Phil Clarke worked possession right to Betts, who fed Davies on the halfway line with a long way to go.

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"I'd noticed that Mullins had got caught up in a little tussle with Alan Hunte at the play-the-ball," Davies recalls.

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Kevin Naiqama went over for a consolation try but when Connor had another unnecessary pop at Thewlis at the play-the-ball, he was sin-binned.

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At the other end Amir Bourouh was sin-binned for slowing the play-the-ball, Martin kicked the penalty, and Lisone's strength did the rest.

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That must then be replaced for the next play-the-ball.

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