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Match the description with the correct word and make a sentence using it.

1) act of taking the ball over the try line and grounding it to earn five points.

TRY

2) card shown to a player being cautioned and sent off the pitch for ten minutes.

TELLOW CARD

3) move the ball forwards in order to score.

ATTACK

4) kick for goal after scoring a try, for two extra points.

CONVERSION

5) kick in which the ball is dropped to the ground before being struck with the foot.

DROP KICK

6) illegal pass thrown to a position ahead of the player who threw it.

FORWARD PASS

7) successful kick between the goalposts that earns two or three points.

GOAL

8) horizontal bar that connects the goalposts.

CROSSBAR

9) an infringement of the laws; illegal play.

FOUL

10) line across the pitch 50 metres from each try line.

HALFWAY LINE
11) formation of forwards into which the ball is thrown to restart play after the ball goes
into touch.

LINEOUT

12) foul of knocking the ball forward, towards one's own goal.

KNOCK ON

13) free kick awarded by the referee that can be used to kick for goal.

PENLALTY KICK

14) stop a player from running with the ball by wrapping arms around him and bringing him
to ground.

TACKLE

15) red-card penalty for which a player must leave the pitch for the rest of the game.

SENDING OFF

16) line at each end of the pitch on which the goalposts are erected.

GOAL LINE

17) players from one team link arms, bend over and push forward against a similar group
from the opposing side.

SCRUM

WORDS:
crossbar sending off
goal drop kick
forward pass foul
knock-on lineout
goal line / try line try
conversion yellow card
attack tackle
halfway line penalty kick
scrum

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