stand-off half

noun

1. a player who acts as a link between his scrum half and three-quarter backs
2. this position in a team

Example Sentences

While he lay in his bed or wandered in the woods he would become Daniel once more, a Daniel at Elfrey, a prodigious Daniel, who surpassed all records in popularity, played stand-off half for the school at the age of fourteen, endured the most tremendous swipings without a moan or a movement, and was irresistible at every game he took up.

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