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loose head
loose head n. Rugby (the position of) the prop forward in the front row of a scrum closest to the scrum half as the ball is put into the scrum; cf. tight head n. at tight adj., adv., and n.2 Compounds 3.
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full back1875
goal kick1875
No. eight1876
goalkicker1879
three-quarter back1880
handler1888
three-quarter1889
heeler1892
scrum half1894
lock forward1898
standoff1902
five-eighth1905
hooker1905
threes1905
flying half1906
loose head1907
standoff1908
fly-half1918
fly1921
inside half1921
outside half1921
scrum1921
inside centre1936
flank forward1937
out-half1949
prop1950
prop forward1951
number eight1952
flanker1953
tight head1959
back-rower1969
second rower1969
striker1973
packman1992
1907 ‘Old International’ Rugby Guide 62 It was discovered that on the flank of the row where the ball came into the scrum there was a head overhanging the side of the scrum. This head was given the appellation of ‘loose head’.
1917 in P. Jones War Lett. (1918) 259 We used to spend hours arguing over anything, from free-will to the ‘loose-head’.
1927 W. W. Wakefield & H. P. Marshall Rugger 166 Some hookers prefer to have the weight on the loose-head side.
1927 Daily Express 14 June 2/3 The ‘loose head’ (the system of playing more than three players in the front row of the scrummage).
1960 C. Venables Instr. to Young Rugger Players iii. 37 When the two scrummages are formed they pack down and, of course, the heads of the two front rows are interlocked. But, with three men in each row, this clearly means that one man in each row will have his head free. This is known as the ‘loose head’ and it is on that side that the scrum half will put the ball in, for the good reason that his own hooker will be nearer to the ball than the hooker on the other side.
1960 E. S. Higham & W. J. Higham High Speed Rugby xiv. 191 The loose-head prop puts the inside foot forward.
1960 E. S. Higham & W. J. Higham High Speed Rugby xiv. 195 We will refer to the hooker who has the loose head..as the ‘loose-head hooker’.
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