Tap-tackle
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A tackle made from behind the running ball-carrier, where the tackler dives to touch the player's ankle and trips him up.
"France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down."
- 1 to tackle with a tap-tackle
"Farrell drilled home a 46-metre penalty and should have had another when Pollard, attempting to jink his way out of defence, was tap-tackled by Anthony Watson and penalised for not releasing."
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More examples"France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down."
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