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Pb03 Posted 19 years ago
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a converted try ?
Hi everyone,
I don't understand the meaning of "converted try" in a phrase below.
The term is from rugby.
Does that mean "some extra scores"?
(In a dictionary, it says that "convert" means "to score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the endzone.")
I don't know it refers to rugby but if it is, the phrase below doesn't make sense to me.
Because unlike the definition of the dictionary, in the phrase the situation happens before touchdown.
Or does that mean some try to change a situation from being lost to being won?
I really don't get it.
If anybody would know the meaning, would you care for some explanations for me?
Thanks!
pb
ex)
a converted try followed by a touchdown
I don't understand the meaning of "converted try" in a phrase below.
The term is from rugby.
Does that mean "some extra scores"?
(In a dictionary, it says that "convert" means "to score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the endzone.")
I don't know it refers to rugby but if it is, the phrase below doesn't make sense to me.
Because unlike the definition of the dictionary, in the phrase the situation happens before touchdown.
Or does that mean some try to change a situation from being lost to being won?
I really don't get it.
If anybody would know the meaning, would you care for some explanations for me?
Thanks!
pb
ex)
a converted try followed by a touchdown
Top answer
Hi, 'A 'try' is the rugby term for a 'touchdown'. Clive
- Hi, 'A 'try' is the rugby term for a 'touchdown'.
- Clive
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Hello Clive,
Thanks for your comment!
Still I have some questions and am wondering if you or anybody would give me a hand again.
If the try means 'touchdown', does the phrase, "a converted touchdown followed by a touchdown" make sense?
I don't know about rugby at all and need to know the meaning so... it really bothers me.
What is the meaning of "conve
Thanks for your comment!
Still I have some questions and am wondering if you or anybody would give me a hand again.
If the try means 'touchdown', does the phrase, "a converted touchdown followed by a touchdown" make sense?
I don't know about rugby at all and need to know the meaning so... it really bothers me.
What is the meaning of "conve
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Hi again,
If the try means 'touchdown', does the phrase, "a converted touchdown followed by a touchdown" make sense?
I don't know about rugby at all and need to know the meaning so... it really bothers me.
What is the meaning of "converted" in the original phrase "a converted try followed by
If the try means 'touchdown', does the phrase, "a converted touchdown followed by a touchdown" make sense?
I don't know about rugby at all and need to know the meaning so... it really bothers me.
What is the meaning of "converted" in the original phrase "a converted try followed by
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It's also possible that the touchdown wasn't related to the conversion. I can imagine a match report where they say 'Fullchester Rugby club stormed ahead with a converted try followed by a touchdown." One person scored the conversion and another scored the touchdown later in the match.
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