Meanings
plural fly-halves
- ball gamesA rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.
Fly-half Holly Aitchison has had a mixed tournament with the boot up until this match, with Mitchell saying in the week he had no concerns over her kicking and being proved correct in Bordeaux.
2024 April 27, Alastair Telfer, “England beat France to seal Grand Slam hat-trick”, in BBC SportSynonyms: outside half, stand-off half, stand-off, out-half, first five-eighth
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.
Translations
Afrikaans losskakel
- losskakelrugby position
Catalan mig d'obertura
- mig d'oberturarugby position
Czech útoková spojka, útokovka
- útoková spojkarugby position
- útokovkarugby position
French demi d'ouverture
- demi d'ouverturerugby position
German Verbindungshalb
- Verbindungshalbrugby position
Italian mediano d'apertura
- mediano d'aperturarugby position
Māori topatahi
- topatahirugby position
Polish łącznik ataku
- łącznik atakurugby position
Spanish medio de apertura
- medio de aperturarugby position
Swedish uthalv
- uthalvrugby position
Welsh maswr
- maswrrugby position
Cite this entry
fly-half. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fly-half
“fly-half.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fly-half. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fly-half,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fly-half.
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