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penalty try — noun (rugby) A try awarded when only an offence by the defending side has prevented a try being scored • • • Main Entry: ↑penalty … Useful english dictionary
penalty try — /ˈpɛnəlti traɪ/ (say penuhltee truy) noun Rugby Football a try which is awarded when the referee judges that a try would have been scored by the attacking player but for illegal interference …
penalty try — noun Rugby a try awarded to a side when a touchdown is prevented by an offence by the opposition … English new terms dictionary
Try — This article is about the use of the word in rugby football terminology. For the method of scoring in American and Canadian football, see Convert. For other uses, see Try (disambiguation). Shaun Perry scoring a try for England against the All… … Wikipedia
Penalty (rugby) — In rugby football, the penalty is the main disciplinary sanction available to the referee to penalise players who commit deliberate infringements. The team who did not commit the infringement are given possession of the ball and may either kick… … Wikipedia
Penalty shootout (association football) — Penalty shootouts, properly named kicks from the penalty mark, are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament) following a draw in a game of football. Kicks during a shootout… … Wikipedia
penalty — pen‧al‧ty [ˈpenlti] noun penalties PLURALFORM [countable] 1. a punishment for breaking a law or rule: penalty for • There will be increased penalties for dumping oil at sea. • The offence carries a maximum … Financial and business terms
try — vt tried, try·ing [Anglo French trier to choose, sort, ascertain, examine judicially, from Old French, to choose, sort] 1: to examine or investigate judicially no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United… … Law dictionary
penalty shoot-out — penalty shoot outs N COUNT In soccer, a penalty shoot out is a way of deciding the result of a game that has ended in a draw. Players from each team try to score a goal in turn until one player fails to score and their team loses the game.… … English dictionary
Penalty kick — A penalty kick is a type of free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards (approximately eleven metres) out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.A penalty kick is… … Wikipedia
