Rugby Touch and Rugby League / Whutupōro, Pā Whutupōro, Rīki

accidental offside Noun

tūhapa heipū (takenga mai: heipū - to come upon)

advantage Noun

huanga

ankle tap Noun, Transitive Verb

tuaraparapa ~tia (takenga mai: tua - to fell, cut down; raparapa [whatīanga raparapa] - ankle)

attack, take up (the ball) Noun, Transitive Verb, Adjective

kōkiri ~tia

attacker Noun

kaikōkiri

attacking line Noun

rārangi kōkiri

attacking team Noun

kapa kōkiri

back (rugby, league etc) Noun

tuarā (kupu kē atu: takamuri)

backrow (rugby) Noun

ripamuri (takenga mai: ripa - row, rank, line)

ball and all tackle Noun, Transitive Verb

rutu tāhere (takenga mai: rutu - tackle; tāhere - to ensnare, tie up)

ball carrier (sport) Noun

kaikawe pōro

banana kick Noun, Intransitive Verb

whana panana

bind (rugby) Noun, Transitive Verb

paihere (takenga mai: paihere - to bind together in a bundle)

blindside flanker Noun

poutaha kūiti (takenga mai: kūiti - narrow, confined)

blitz defence, rush defence Noun

kaupare kokoti (takenga mai: kokoti - to ambush)

box kick Noun

whana pouaka

break, cut through (rugby, league) Noun, Transitive Verb

wāwāhi ~tia ~tanga (takenga mai: wāwāhi - to breach, break open, split)

breakdown (rugby) Noun

aponga (takenga mai: apo - to grasp greedily, grab)

bust (league) Noun, Intransitive Verb

pūrere (takenga mai: pūrere - to flee, escape)

bye (e.g. in a sports tournament) Noun, Intransitive Verb

whakanā (takenga mai: whakanā - rest, remain still)

cannonball (league) Noun, Transitive Verb

ruturepo (takenga mai: rutu - to tackle; repo - cannon)

captain Noun

kaitaki (kupu kē atu: kaiurungi, kāpene [kupu mino])

catch on the full Noun, Transitive Verb

hopu kau ~tia (takenga mai: hopu - to catch; kau - without hindrance, unreservedly) (kupu kē atu: hopu rere)

centre, outside centre Noun

topapū (takenga mai: topa [topatahi] - first five-eighth; topa - to soar, swoop; pū - centre)

charge down (rugby, league) Noun, Transitive Verb

kokoti ~a ~nga (takenga mai: kokoti - to interrupt, cut short, ambush)

chest pass Noun, Intransitive Verb

maka poho

chip and chase Noun

whana rewa me te whaiwhai

chip, chip kick Noun, Intransitive Verb

whana rewa (takenga mai: rewa - be elevated, up high) (kupu kē atu: whana aweawe)

close victory, close win Noun

toa iti (takenga mai: ewhai ana i tā te oraitimō te narrow escape) (kupu kē atu: toa tata)

collapsed maul Noun

kaunuku hinga

collapsed scrum Noun

kakari hinga

compete, competition, contest, tournament Noun, Transitive Verb, Adjective, Intransitive Verb

whakataetae ~tia (kupu kē atu: tātāwhāinga, tauwhāinga)

competitive spirit Noun

wairua whakataetae

completion rate, completion (league) Noun

whakatutukinga

contact sport Noun

hākina tukituki (takenga mai: tukituki - to batter, ram, bump)

contend, compete, vie, event, competition, match Transitive Verb, Noun

tauwhāinga ~tia (kupu kē atu: taupatupatu, whakataetae, tauwhaiwhai, tātāwhāinga)

conversion kick, conversion (rugby, league) Noun

whana turuki (takenga mai: turuki - come as a supplement, follow)

count (in a game) Noun

kaute (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: tatau)

counter attack Noun, Intransitive Verb

taupaepae

counter ruck (rugby) Noun

āpitinga taupae (takenga mai: āpiti - to fight at close quarters; taupae [taupaepae] - counter attack)

cover defence (e.g. in rugby) Noun

kaupare turuki (takenga mai: kaupare - defend; turuki - reinforcement, supplementary or in support)

crash ball (rugby, league) Noun, Intransitive Verb

oma tukituki

crooked lineout throw (rugby) Noun

maka tūtira kotiti

crouch (rugby) Noun, Intransitive Verb

tuohu

crusher tackle (league) Noun, Transitive Verb

rutu kōnatu (takenga mai: rutu - tackle; kōnatu [kōnatunatu] - crunch, crumble, mince)

cut out pass, skip pass Noun

maka whakahipa (takenga mai: whakahipa - to pass by) (kupu kē atu: makawhiti, maka tōhipa)

deadball area (eg. hockey, rugby) Noun

rohe poimate (takenga mai: rohe - area; poi - ball; mate - dead) (kupu kē atu: rohe poihemo)

deadball line Noun

pae poimate (takenga mai: pae - boundary line; poi - ball; mate - dead) (kupu kē atu: pae poihemo)

deceptive of foot, dodger Noun, Adjective

wae māminga

deceptive run, dodging run Noun, Intransitive Verb

oma karokaro

decoy Noun, Transitive Verb

tīmori ~tia

defend, defense Noun, Transitive Verb, Adjective

kaupare ~a (kupu kē atu: ārai)

defending team Noun

kapa kaupare

defensive line Noun

rārangi kaupare

dive pass Noun, Intransitive Verb

maka whakaangi (takenga mai: whakaangi - to hurl oneself, fall through the air)

double movement (sport) Noun

neke tārua

draw (competition format) Noun

tātaitākaro (takenga mai: tātai - to arrange, set in order; tākaro - game, sport)

draw and pass (e.g in rugby) Noun

whakawai me te maka

draw, tie (result of a game) Intransitive Verb, Noun

takarite (takenga mai: taka - to come around - as a date or period of time; rite - same, similar) (kupu kē atu: haupārua, kaute ōrite)

drift defence Noun

kaupare pāpaka (takenga mai: pāpaka - crab)

drive forward, up the guts (e.g. in rugby) Noun, Intransitive Verb

kōkiri pokapū (takenga mai: kōkiri - to rush forward, attack; pokapū - direct route, middle, centre)

drop kick, drop goal (rugby) Noun, Intransitive Verb

whana taka

dropped ball Noun

takapōro

dummy half (e.g. in touch) Noun

tūtei (takenga mai: tūtei - sentry, scout)

dummy run Noun, Intransitive Verb

oma māminga (kupu kē atu: oma tinihanga)

dummy runner Noun

kaioma māminga (kupu kē atu: kaioma tinihanga)

dummy, dummy pass Noun

maka tinihanga (takenga mai: maka - to pass, throw [a ball]; tinihanga - to deceive, trick) (kupu kē atu: maka māminga, maka whakataruna)

dump (the ball) (e.g. in touch) Noun, Transitive Verb

tātuku ~a (i te pōro) (takenga mai: tā - to dump; tuku - to release, let down)

elite competition Noun

tauwhāinga ikeike (takenga mai: ikeike - high, lofty)

engage (rugby) Noun, Intransitive Verb

porotūtaki (takenga mai: porotūtaki - to join, meet) (kupu kē atu: whakapāpā)

extra time Noun

wā tāpiri (takenga mai: tāpiri - additional, extra)

falcon (league) Noun

kuru takataka (takenga mai: kuru - throw; takataka - head)

fend, fend off, push back Noun, Transitive Verb

pārai ~hia (kupu kē atu: papare)

field position (rugby, league etc) Noun

wāhipapa (takenga mai: wāhi - place, location; papa [papa tākaro] - playing field) (kupu kē atu: tūpapa)

final round, final, championship round Noun

whiringa toa

finishing position Noun

tūranga mutunga

first five, first five-eighth, flyhalf (rugby), standoff (league) Noun

topatahi (takenga mai: topa - [whakatopatopa] - to give commands; topa - to dart, swoop; tahi - one)

first half Noun

haurua tuatahi

five metre line Noun

pae rima mita (kupu kē atu: rārangi rima mita)

flanker (rugby) Noun

poutaha (takenga mai: pou - pillar; taha - side)

fleet footed, quick, swift Intransitive Verb, Adjective

māngi (kupu kē atu: hohoro, parahutihuti, waetea)

forward (rugby, league, soccer etc) Noun

takamua (takenga mai: takamua - to the fore, front)

forward pass Noun, Intransitive Verb

maka whakamua

front row (rugby) Noun

ripamua (takenga mai: ripa - row, rank, line)

fullback (rugby, league, soccer) Noun

hiku (takenga mai: hiku - rear of an army on march, rearguard) (kupu kē atu: whurupēke [kupu mino], haika)

fulltime Noun

wā mutunga

game sense Noun

aroā tākaro

goal post (rugby, league) Noun

poupiro (kupu kē atu: poutūmārō)

golden point Noun

piro kōura (takenga mai: piro - to score; kōura [kupu mino] - gold)

goosestep (rugby, league etc) Noun

kūhī (takenga mai: kūhī [kupu mino] - goose)

grapple tackle Noun, Transitive Verb

rutu mamau (takenga mai: rutu - tackle; mamau - te grasp, grab, wrestle)

grubber kick Noun

whana nuku (takenga mai: whana - kick; nuku - the ground)

grubber kick Noun

whana ripi (takenga mai: ripi - to skimalong the surface) (kupu kē atu: whana porotete, whana nuku)

half time Noun

wā haurua

halfback, scrumhalf Noun

poutoko (takenga mai: pou - pillar; toko - support) (kupu kē atu: hāwhepēke [kupu mino])

hand-eye coordination Noun

(te) reretahi o te karu me te ringa

held (in league) Noun, Neuter Verb

mau

high kick, up and under, bomb Noun, Intransitive Verb

whana rangi (takenga mai: rangi - sky) (kupu kē atu: whana tike)

high tackle Noun

rutu kakī (takenga mai: rutu - tackle; kakī - neck) (kupu kē atu: rutu māhunga, rutu teitei)

hook (rugby, league) Transitive Verb

tīkape ~a

hooker (rugby, league etc) Noun

waekape (takenga mai: wae - foot; kape - hook out, rake out) (kupu kē atu: wae tīkape, kaikape)

hospital pass (rugby) Noun

maka hōhipera

injury time Noun

wā whara

inside back (rugby) Noun

tuarā roto

jackal, jackalling (rugby) Noun, Transitive Verb

ketuketu ~a (takenga mai: ketuketu - to scratch around, fossick, ferret out)

kick tennis (rugby) Noun

whana tauutuutu (kupu kē atu: whana tēnehi)

knock on (eg. rugby, league) Noun, Intransitive Verb

taka whakamua

knock out (competition format) Adjective

putarere (takenga mai: puta - exit; rere [ohorere] - suddenly)

late tackle Noun, Transitive Verb

rutu tōmuri

leading position, top place, first place Noun

tūranga tuatahi

league, rugby league Noun

rīki (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

left wing Noun

paihau mauī

line speed (e.g. in rugby) Noun

horo koke (takenga mai: horo - speed, swiftness; koke - to move forward)

lineout (rugby) Noun, Intransitive Verb

tūtira (takenga mai: tūtira - to line up, form a file) (kupu kē atu: whakarārangi)

lineout jumper Noun

kaipeke tūtira

lineout throw Noun, Intransitive Verb

maka tūtira

link (player) (e.g. in touch) Noun

(kaitākaro) taukaea (takenga mai: taukaea - rope, thread used to fasten fishhook to line) (kupu kē atu: kaitūhono)

lob pass Noun, Intransitive Verb

maka tīkoke (takenga mai: tīkoke - high, lofty) (kupu kē atu: maka perepere)

lock (rugby), second row (league) Noun

pouwhītiki (takenga mai: pou - pillar; whītiki - to tie, bind, gird) (kupu kē atu: kaiwhītiki)

loose forward Noun

takamua wātea

loosehead prop Noun

poumua wātea (takenga mai: wātea - open, unencumbered) (kupu kē atu: poumua waho)

manager Noun

kaiwhakahaere

mark (in touch), touch zone Noun

wāhi pā

mark (rugby) Noun, Transitive Verb

māka ~hia (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

mark, oppose (in sport) Transitive Verb

āpititū ~tia (takenga mai: āpititū - to fight at close quarters)

marker (league) Noun

āpititata (takenga mai: āpiti - to fight at close quarters; āpiti - to mark, oppose; tata - close)

maul (rugby) Noun, Intransitive Verb

kaunuku (takenga mai: kaunuku - to move steadily; kaunuku - the centre of an army when formed for a rush; kaunuku - large splitting wedge) (kupu kē atu: mōro [kupu mino])

mental training, mental strengthening Noun, Intransitive Verb

whakapakari hinengaro

middle Noun, Adjective, locative

waenga

middle row, second row Noun

ripawaenga (takenga mai: ripa - row, rank, line)

minor infringement Noun

hara iti

motor skill Noun

pūkenga nuku (takenga mai: nuku - to move)

mouthguard Noun

maruniho (takenga mai: maru - to protect; niho - teeth) (kupu kē atu: ārai waha)

national competition, nationals Noun

whakataetae ā-motu

no-hands tackle Noun

rutu ringakore

non-contact sport Noun

hākina tukikore (takenga mai: hākina [hākinakina] - sport; tuki - to ram, bump, crash into; kore - negative, nil)

number eight (rugby), back row (league), loose forward (league) Noun

poumuri (takenga mai: pou - pillar; muri - at the back) (kupu kē atu: nama waru)

offload pass (rugby) Noun, Intransitive Verb

maka tuku (takenga mai: tuku - release, let go) (kupu kē atu: tuku)

offside Noun, Intransitive Verb

tūhapa (takenga mai: tū - to stand; hapa - fault, foul, infringement)

open side (league, rugby etc) Noun

taha takiraha (takenga mai: takiraha - wide flat extended open space)

openside flanker Noun

poutaha wātea (takenga mai: wātea - to be free, unencumbered) (kupu kē atu: poutaha takiraha)

opposing team Noun

kapa hoariri

outdoor sports ground, outdoor playground Noun

papa tākaro tūwaho (takenga mai: tū - to stand; waho - outside) (kupu kē atu: papa hākinakina tūwaho)

outside back (rugby) Noun

tuarā waho

over the mark (in touch) locative

tua o te wāhi pā

overlap (rugby) Noun

inaki

overpowered, defeated, overwhelmed, vanquished Intransitive Verb

pari te ihu (kupu kē atu: mate, hinga)

overwhelming victory, run away victory, huge win, blowout victory Noun

toa haukerekere (takenga mai: toa - to be victorious; haukerekere - to overwhelm, trounce, defeat)

paid, professional Adjective, Intransitive Verb

whaiutu (takenga mai: whai - to get, obtain; utu - payment) (kupu kē atu: ngaio)

penalty try Noun

piro tautuku (kupu kē atu: piro whiu, piro hāmene)

penalty, penalise Noun, Adjective, Transitive Verb

(whaka) whiu ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: hāmene, tautuku)

phase (rugby) Noun

tūārere (takenga mai: tūā [tūāoma] - stage of a journey; rere - to go into action, rush, run)

pick and go (e.g. in touch) Noun, Intransitive Verb

kokorere (takenga mai: koko - to scoop up; rere - to flee, go into action, rush)

place kick Noun, Intransitive Verb

whana tū-ā-nuku (takenga mai: tū - to stand; nuku - ground, earth)

play (specific movement in a game) Noun

tūtākaro (takenga mai: tū - manner, type, sort; tākaro - to play)

play the ball (league, touch) Noun, Transitive Verb

pīrori ~hia ~tanga (takenga mai: pīrori - to roll [a ball])

player Noun

kaitākaro

player of the day Noun

whetū o te rā (kupu kē atu: kaitākaro o te rā)

player recruitment Noun, Intransitive Verb

taritari kaitākaro

playing season Noun

kaupeka tākaro

point (scoring unit in a competition) Noun

whiwhinga (takenga mai: whiwhi - to get, obtain)

practice, train Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective, Transitive Verb

whakangungu ~a (kupu kē atu: whakapakari, whakawai)

process Noun

tukanga (takenga mai: tukatuka - to start up, proceed, move forward)

professional athlete, paid athlete Noun

kaipara whaiutu

prop (rugby, league) Noun

poumua (takenga mai: pou - pillar; mua - in the front)

punt kick (rugby) Noun

whana kau ~tia (takenga mai: whana - to kick; kau - without hindrance, unreservedly)

pushover try Noun

piro pana

qualifying round Noun

whiringa uru

red card Noun

kāri whero

referee, umpire Noun

kaiwawao (takenga mai: wawao - to part combatants)

replacement (player), reserve, substitute, sub, interchange (league) Noun, Adjective

(kaitākaro) whakahiri (takenga mai: whakahirihiri - assist, relieve)

right wing Noun

paihau matau

rip (rippa rugby), strip (the ball) Noun, Transitive Verb

kōwhaki ~na (takenga mai: kōwhaki - to pluck, tear off)

rippa rugby Noun

whutupōro kōwhaki (takenga mai: kōwhaki - to pluck, tear off)

roll back, roll ball Noun, Transitive Verb

pīrori whakamuri

rolling maul (rugby) Noun

kaunukunuku (takenga mai: kaunuku - maul; nukunuku - move repeatedly, move about)

round robin (tournament draw) Noun, Adjective

whiringa whakapau (takenga mai: whiringa - round, heat [in a tournament]; whakapau - exhaustive)

round, heat (stage of a competition) Noun

whiringa (takenga mai: whiriwhiri - to select, choose)

ruck (rugby) Noun

āpitinga (takenga mai: āpiti - to fight at close quarters) (kupu kē atu: hōkari, kakari, paraketu)

rugby, rugby football, rugby union Noun

whutupōro (takenga mai: he kupu mino) (kupu kē atu: hutupāoro, rakapī, hutupōro)

scoop (touch, rugby) Transitive Verb, Noun

koko ~a

screwed scrum, wheeling scrum Noun

kakari takahuri

scrum (rugby, league) Noun

kakari (takenga mai: kakari - to battle, skirmish, clash)

scrum feed Noun

whāngai kakari

scrum infringement (rugby) Noun

hara kakari

second five, second five-eighth, inside centre Noun

toparua (takenga mai: topa [topatahi] - first five-eighth; rua - two)

second half Noun

haurua tuarua

second place, runner-up position Noun

tūranga tuarua

secure the ball, ball security (rugby, netball etc) Noun, Intransitive Verb

whakangita (i te) pōro (takenga mai: whakangita - to make fast, secure) (kupu kē atu: tiaki [i te] pōro)

seed, seeding, grading (sport) Noun, Transitive Verb

māhiti ~tia ~nga (takenga mai: māhiti - to sort, separate, grade, select)

self-belief Noun

whakapono whaiaro

semi-final, penultimate round Noun

whiringa whāiti

set piece, set play (sport) Noun

tūtākaro whakarite (takenga mai: tū - manner, type, sort; tākaro - to play; whakarite - to arrange, organise)

sevens (rugby) Noun

(whutupōro) takiwhitu

short lineout Noun

tūtira poto

short pass, pop pass Noun, Intransitive Verb

maka poto

short side, narrow side (league, rugby etc) Noun

taha kūiti (takenga mai: kūiti - narrow)

sidestep Noun, Intransitive Verb

wheta (takenga mai: wheta - move rapidly to avoid a blow, feint, dodge)

sin bin Noun

pae hara

skill, skilled, expert Noun, Adjective, Intransitive Verb

pūkenga

skills training Noun, Intransitive Verb

whakapakari pūkenga

social aspect, social dimension Noun

taha whakawhanaunga (kupu kē atu: taha pāpori, taha pori)

spear tackle Noun, Transitive Verb

rutu huripoki (takenga mai: huripoki - to turn upside down, invert)

spin pass, spiral pass, torpedo pass Noun, Intransitive Verb

maka tāwhiro

split (pā whutupōro) Noun, Intransitive Verb

mawehe (takenga mai: mawehe - to be separated, parted)

sports field, playing field, playground, court Noun

papa tākaro (kupu kē atu: papa hākinakina)

sports injury Noun

whara hākinakina

sports nutrition Noun

taiora hākinakina

sportsmanship, sportsmanlike behaviour Noun

whanonga tapatahi (takenga mai: tapatahi - principled, upright)

starting lineup, starting team, run on team Noun

aroākapa (takenga mai: aroākapa - front rank, front row [of kapa haka etc])

steal (the ball) (e.g. in rugby) Noun, Transitive Verb

tāhae (pōro) ~ngia (kupu kē atu: whānako [pōro], kōwhaki [pōro])

stratagem, ploy Noun

nuka

strategy Noun

rautaki

strengthening plan Noun

mahere whakapakari

swerve, veer Noun, Intransitive Verb

tataha

tackle Noun, Transitive Verb

rutu ~a ~nga

tackler Noun

kairutu

tactic Noun

rauhanga

tag belt, tassel belt (rippa rugby) Noun

tātua kihukihu (takenga mai: kihukihu - thrum, tassel)

talent, natural talent Noun

pūmanawa

tap kick Noun

whana iti

teacher, coach Noun

kaiwhakaako (kupu kē atu: kaiako, pouako)

teamwork Noun, Intransitive Verb

mahi tahi (ā-kapa) (kupu kē atu: tākaro ngātahi)

technique Noun

tūkawe (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort, type; kawe - to carry)

ten metre line Noun

pae tekau mita (kupu kē atu: rārangi ngahuru mita)

tight forward Noun

takamua ita

tight-head (scrum) Noun

kakari whānako (takenga mai: kakari - scrum; whānako - to steal)

tighthead prop Noun

poumua ita (takenga mai: ita - tight, firm) (kupu kē atu: poumua roto)

time out Noun

wāhiki

total (of points), final score Noun

tapeke

touch Noun, Transitive Verb

pā ~ngia ~nga

touch rugby, touch football Noun

pā whutupōro (kupu kē atu: pā whutupaoro, pā pōro)

touchline, sideline Noun

paetaha

trainer, strength trainer Noun

kaiwhakapakari

training plan, training programme Noun

mahere whakangungu

trophy, championship award Noun

tohu toa

try, score, goal (in a game) Noun, Intransitive Verb

piro

tryline, scoreline Noun

paepiro

turnover, change of possession, handover, change over (e.g. in touch) Noun, Intransitive Verb

tukupōro

twenty two metre line Noun

pae rua tekau mā rua mita (kupu kē atu: rārangi 22 mita)

two person overlap Noun

inaki pūrua (takenga mai: pūrua - double)

unsportsmanlike Adjective

taurekareka (takenga mai: taurekareka - dastardly, dishonourable) (kupu kē atu: tūtūā)

utility player Noun

kaitākaro rakarau (takenga mai: raka - adept, skilful; rau - many)

vice captain Noun

kaitaki mātāmuri (takenga mai: mātāmuri - secondary)

win, winner, victory, victorious, champion Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective

toa

wing, winger Noun

paihau (takenga mai: paihau - wing)

wrap, loop (touch), double round (rugby) Noun, Intransitive Verb

tāwhana

yellow card Noun

kāri kōwhai