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30 September 2011

Essential vocabulary

Here's some Rugby vocabulary, gleaned from S4Clic, which has some great Rugby coverage, and Wicipedia, which shows the ingenuity of the Welsh to translate even a Hawaiian word such as wiki into their own tongue.

WelshEnglish
cic gyntaf kick off
cosbipenalty
dacl peryglusdangerous tackle
tirterritory
cam drafodforward pass
caistry
yr EidalItaly
IwerddonIreland
LloegrEngland
prif carlwr / mewnwrscrum half
eilyddionreplacement
Leiniauline out
dacl peryglusdangerous tackle
cerdyn gochred card
Seren y gemStar of the game
Sgor terfynolFinal score
DreigiauDragons
GweilchOspreys
GleisionBlues
buddugoliaethvictory
colliloss
Isdeitlau SaesnegEnglish subtitles
BlaenwyrForwards
Olwyr / CefnwyrBacks
DyfarnwrReferee
HanesCaps
CymruWales
Y LlewodThe Lions
Oed, Pwysau, TaldraAge, Weight, Height
SaflePosition
Safleoedd Rygbi'r Undeb
Blaenwyr
Prop pen rhydd (1)
Bachwr (2)
Prop pen tyn (3)
Clo (4 a 5)
Blaenasgellwr (6 a 7)
Wythwr (8)
Cefnwyr
Mewnwr (9)
Maswr (10)
Canolwr (12 a 13)
Asgellwr (11 a 14)
Cefnwr (15)
Positions in Rugby Union
Forwards
Loose head prop (1)
Hooker (2)
Tight head prop (3)
Second rows / Locks (4 and 5)
Flankers (6 and 7)
No 8 (8)
Backs
Scrum half (9)
Stand off or Fly half (10)
Centres (12 and 13)
Wingers (11 and 14)
Full back (15)