touch-in-goal

[ tuhch-in-gohl ]

noun

, Rugby.

1. the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.

touch-in-goal

noun

1. rugby the area at each end of a pitch between the goal line and the dead-ball line

Example Sentences

Richard Wigglesworth’s hanging kicks disconcerted Toulon after the scrum-half recovered from a shaky opening when he found touch on the full before being charged down by Burden near his own line, fortunate the ball bounced towards touch-in-goal rather than away from it as Sébastien Tillous-Borde went to touch it down.

From The Guardian