touch-in-goal

American

[tuhch-in-gohl] / ˈtʌtʃ ɪnˈgoʊl /

noun

Rugby.

the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.

touch-in-goal British

noun

rugby the area at each end of a pitch between the goal line and the dead-ball line

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Richard Wigglesworth’s hanging kicks disconcerted Toulon after the scrum-half recovered from a shaky opening when he found touch on the full before being charged down by Burden near his own line, fortunate the ball bounced towards touch-in-goal rather than away from it as Sébastien Tillous-Borde went to touch it down.

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