Sekirov Dictionary

tap-tackle

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

A tackle made from behind the running ball-carrier, where the tackler dives to touch the player's ankle and trips him up.

verb1

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to tackle with a tap-tackle
- Farrell drilled home a 46-metre penalty and should have had another when Pollard, attempting to jink his way out of defence, was tap-tackled by Anthony Watson and penalised for not releasing. — 2019

forms

tap-tackled · tap-tackling · tap-tackles

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