Definition of "openside" []

• , the space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare blindside. (noun)
• Short for openside flanker, a position in rugby union, usually number 7. (noun)

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• "Elsom, flyhalf Matt Giteau and recalled openside George Smith are the senior figures in an Australia line-up every bit as makeshift as England's."
• "Deans has made two other changes to his starting side, recalling openside flanker David Pocock for George Smith and naming Digby Ioane at outside centre after he was a late withdrawal, with a shoulder injury, from the side that lost to Scotland."
• "Force of nature: South Africa have recalled openside Schalk Burger"