push-over try

push-over try
pushˈ-over try noun (rugby)
One scored after the attacking side in a scrum has pushed the defenders back until the ball is able to be touched down behind the try-line
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Main Entry:push

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push-over try,
British. Rugby. a try scored in the midst of or as the direct result of a scrummage: »

Two scrums followed, and from the second the visitors achieved a push-over try (Sunday Times).


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