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touché en terre

English translation: grounding the ball

02:11 Jul 25, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Rugby
French term or phrase: touché en terre
A rugby question:

Dans le cas ou vous êtes dans votre en-but, si vous aplatissez le ballon avec la touche Z, un touché en terre se produit.

Is this an in-touch?
Michael McCain (X)
France
Local time: 14:43
English translation:grounding the ball
Explanation:
I suppose you already have 'essai' for a try, so this should be 'grounding the ball'.


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Note added at 41 mins (2005-07-25 02:53:23 GMT)
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http://www.irb.com/Playing/training/Understanding Rugby.htm

irb.com is a useful link for rules and regulations.
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Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:43
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4 +6grounding the ball
Nick Lingris


  

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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
touché en terre
grounding the ball


Explanation:
I suppose you already have 'essai' for a try, so this should be 'grounding the ball'.


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Note added at 41 mins (2005-07-25 02:53:23 GMT)
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http://www.irb.com/Playing/training/Understanding Rugby.htm

irb.com is a useful link for rules and regulations.


Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:43
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 8
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agree  Gina W
36 mins
agree  Charlie Bavington: Rule 22 :-) That said, I'm not sure whether the asker means "touché A terre" (grounding) or "touché en BUT" (touchdown). There is no "touché en terre" in the French version of the laws :-)
42 mins
  -> My French reference was: http://www.chez.com/spiderugby/regles.html But, frankly, rugby is not a Greek man's cup of tea.
agree  Bourth (X): Yes. "touché à terre" (in the goal area, by a defender)
6 hrs
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
9 hrs
agree  Timothy Barton: Yes. Can't possibly be a try, as it says "dans VOTRE en-but". So "if you ground the ball...".
1 day 15 hrs
agree  amritha
2 days 2 hrs
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