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Definition of "tighthead" [tighthead]

  • Prop who plays on the right-hand side of the front row of the scrum (noun)

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Use "tighthead" in a sentence
  • "The hooker Scott Lawson and the tighthead prop Euan Murray join Jacobsen in the front row, while alongside Brown in the back row are Ross Rennie and Alasdair Strokosch."
  • "Cole and his fellow tighthead Martin Castrogiovanni have committed to the Tigers."
  • "While Northampton pride themselves on having assembled a scrum that even Leicester would covet, there was only one winner once the Tigers and England tighthead Dan Cole came on."