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Three-quarters

- (R.) The players, formerly three, but now more often four in number, who stand between the half-backs and the full-back, waiting to take a pass from the former, or to save a rush of the opponents.

Throw-in.-[See RULE 12 (R.) and RULE 5 (A.).] Thrown forward, or Forward. - (R.) The appeal against a pass which has been propelled by hand or arm in the direction of the opponent's goal-line.

Time.-(R.) Usually 35 or 40 minutes each way. (A.) Usually 45 minutes each way.

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