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  • space and time for the backs. Backs are usually smaller and faster, though a big, fast player can be of advantage in the backs. Their roles require speed...
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    the forwards. They were further differentiated into half-backs, three-quarter-backs, and full-back. Specialised roles for the scrum also evolved with "wing-forward"...
    69 KB (7,488 words) - 16:47, 29 May 2024
  • halfback, half back, or half-back may refer to: Stand-off, in rugby league football Halfback (rugby league) Half-back (rugby union) Fly-half (rugby union)...
    628 bytes (111 words) - 07:20, 25 January 2024
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    Midfielder (redirect from Wing half back)
    left or right forwards. Left or right-sided defenders such as wing-backs or full-backs are generally not called wingers. In the 2−3−5 formation popular...
    68 KB (6,572 words) - 14:15, 8 June 2024
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    five main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, defensive midfielders, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common...
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    of the two half backs in a team, partnering the scrum-half. Sometimes known as the pivot or second receiver, in a traditional attacking 'back-line' (No...
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    durable player, quite tall and well-built. Along with their half-back flankers, centre half-backs are the first line of defence, but also key players in winning...
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    In defence, there were full-backs, known as the left-back and right-back; in midfield, left-half, centre-half and right-half; and for the forward line there...
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    The role of the half backs who wear the 5 (right) and 7 (left) jerseys is less defensive than that of the corner-backs. The half-backs operate most often...
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  • the great centre half-backs have proven to be equally creative in attack as well as reliable in defence. Notable centre half-backs from over the years include:...
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    the backs and the forwards is that the backs are expected to have superior kicking and ball-handling skills, especially the fly-half, scrum-half, and...
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    many years during his career. He was often compared to other diminutive half-backs such as Roger Millward and Allan Langer. Burrow married his wife Lindsey...
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    duty of standing the furthest back in defence, behind the forwards (8-13), half backs (6 and 7) and the three-quarter backs (2-5). Fullbacks are therefore...
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  • Half & Half is an American television sitcom created by Jeffrey Klarik and executive-produced by Yvette Lee Bowser through her Sister Lee Productions...
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  • – 10 May 2021) was an Indian international footballer who played as a half back. Franco was born in 1937 in Colvale in Goa, Portuguese India, moving to...
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    centre-backs, and the two wing-backs are oriented more towards the attack. Because of this, the most central midfielder tends to remain further back in order...
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    forwards. The Scots played two full backs, two half backs and six forwards. The English played only one full back, one half back and eight forwards. Since three...
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    starter in the 2010 ITM Cup, and established himself as one of the top half-backs in the competition and earning a Super Rugby contract.[citation needed]...
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    Three half forwards (one centre half-forward, two half-forward flank) Three centres (one centre, two wing-men) Three half backs (one centre half-back, two...
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    21–12. There was little rest for the two Cardiff half-backs when on 7 February 1970, they were called back into the Wales team for the first match of the...
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