tap-penalty
Look at other dictionaries:
tap penalty — tap kick or tap penalty noun (rugby) A light kick which starts play from a penalty, with the same team keeping possession of the ball • • • Main Entry: ↑tap … Useful english dictionary
tap kick — or tap penalty noun (rugby) A light kick which starts play from a penalty, with the same team keeping possession of the ball • • • Main Entry: ↑tap … Useful english dictionary
Penalty (rugby) — In rugby football, the penalty is the main disciplinary sanction available to the referee to penalise players who commit deliberate infringements. The team who did not commit the infringement are given possession of the ball and may either kick… … Wikipedia
tap-kick — /ˈtæp kɪk/ (say tap kik) noun Rugby Football a form of penalty kick in which a player kicks the ball only a short distance and then picks it up …
Playing rugby union — A typical passage of rugby union takes the following form. One team will initially gain possession of the ball, either from the kick off, a restart kick or a set piece (scrum and line out, see below). Although the team in possession may choose to … Wikipedia
List of rugby union terms — Rugby union is a team sport played between two teams of fifteen players. It is known for its rich terminology. This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of rugby union. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in … Wikipedia
Glossary of rugby league terms — This list of rugby league terms is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of rugby league football. The sport has accrued a considerable amount of jargon to describe aspects of the game.[1] Many terms originate from the Laws of… … Wikipedia
List of rugby league terms — Rugby league is a team sport played between two teams of thirteen players. This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of rugby league. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in… … Wikipedia
Touch football (rugby league) — Touchis a field game also known as Touch Football (particularly in Australia), Six Down (in South Africa) and Touch Rugby. In games of Touch, which originated from the sport of rugby league, touching an opposing player replaces a tackle, reducing … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
