Glossary of rugby union terms player without showing a yellow card. Glossary of rugby union terms Rugby union is a team sport played between two teams of fifteen players. It is known for its rich terminology. This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of rugby union. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in italics. 22 The 22 m line, marking from the tryline. 89 An "89" or "eight-nine move" is a phase following a "scrum", in which the "number 8" picks up the ball and transfers it to number 9 ("scrum-half"). 99
Chris Cook (rugby union) Welsh. Cook scored the game's first try, and his first in a Premiership campaign, within two minutes. Chris Cook (rugby union) Chris Cook (born 16 April 1991) is an English rugby union player, who currently plays at scrum-half for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership. A product of the Bath Rugby academy, Cook made his Aviva Premiership debut as a substitute against Sale Sharks. He spent the first half of the 2013-14 season playing for Bath's "A" team, before being loaned out to promotion hopefuls London Welsh. Cook returned to Bath for the 2014-15 season on a new one-year deal,