fly-half

See also: flyhalf and fly half

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Noun

fly-half (plural fly-halves)

(rugby) A rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.
- 2024 April 27, Alastair Telfer, “England beat France to seal Grand Slam hat-trick”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Fly-half Holly Aitchison has had a mixed tournament with the boot up until this match, with Mitchell saying in the week he had no concerns over her kicking and being proved correct in Bordeaux.

Synonyms

outside half, stand-off half, stand-off, out-half, first five-eighth

Translations

rugby position

Afrikaans: losskakel
Catalan: mig d'obertura (ca) m or f
Czech: útoková spojka f, útokovka (cs) f
French: demi d’ouverture (fr) m
German: Verbindungshalb m
Italian: mediano d'apertura m
Maori: topatahi
Polish: łącznik ataku m
Spanish: medio de apertura m
Swedish: uthalv c

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