NOUN
  1. (rugby) an act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play
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How To Use throw-in In A Sentence

  • By kicking deep, and applying follow-up pressure, the intention was to force the opposition to concede the throw-in.
  • From the throw-in exchanges were intense as both sides sized each other up with uncompromising tackles.
  • I would also like the team awarded a penalty and gaining ground to be given the line-out throw-in.
  • By kicking deep, and applying follow-up pressure, the intention was to force the opposition to concede the throw-in.
  • The pitch cut up badly while shortly before throw-in we had a heavy shower of hailstones.
  • The home side kept up the pressure and following a Brian Kenny throw-in Padraig Murphy took possession and as he moved infield he sent a pile driver to the net in the 65th minute.
  • And will tolerate such mistakes as the O'Driscoll try and the cup final throw-in.
  • The first-half descended into a scrappy affair with bookings for Cork's Alan Carey and Derry's Paddy McLaughlin for misjudged tackles while Darren Kelly was carded by referee Dick O'Hanlon for throwing the ball away after Cork were awarded a throw-in.
  • Pulis would likely take grave offence if you suggested he'd been up to anything as underhand and fancy as tiki-taka but the increasing use of silky wing play has helped move the side away from a reliance on Rory Delap's long throw-ins and sundry other set plays, all arrowed towards the big men in the box. Stoke City Premier League 2011-12 team guide
  • He called four foul throw-ins, invoked the six-second rule against a keeper who had just come on as a substitute and found himself being exceptionally whistle happy.
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