fly-half

See also: flyhalf and fly half

English

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Noun

fly-half (plural fly-halves)

1. (rugby) A rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.

Synonyms

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

Translations

rugby position

• 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