Lineout

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.

    "Turner looked assured, picking out his men at the lineouts, while Redpath was seeing plenty of the ball and also looked the part as the Scots probed for opening."

  2. 2
    The lineup of players in a lineout (sense 1).
  3. 3
    An out produced by catching a line drive.

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"Turner looked assured, picking out his men at the lineouts, while Redpath was seeing plenty of the ball and also looked the part as the Scots probed for opening."

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