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<blockquote data-quote="C A Iversen" data-source="post: 268426"><p>Wairarapa Cullen: "I think the only positions we have different (cooler tongue.gif ) names for are: 9. halfback (think you all call it scrumhalf?), 10. first five eigths, 12. second five eigths and 13. center. I wouldn't have a clue why 10 and 12 are called waht they are though."</p><p></p><p>I think I can explain this. There are 8 forwards and 7 backs in the game. The halfback (9) is called this because in old fractions he would've been deemed to have been halfway back (or 4/8th) from the advantage line. </p><p></p><p>(10) is the first five-eighth, because he would've been approximately 5/8th of the way back from the advantage line. </p><p></p><p>(12) or second five-eighth used to generally stand such a small way back in distance from the first five-eighth that there was no point in changing the fraction to something like 11/16th, so it was easier to call him a "second" five-eighth. </p><p></p><p>(13) The centre was generally called so, as in attacking moves from either sideline he would be positioned in (or near) the centre of the field, calling him the "centre three-quarter" would've been somewhat redundant, as this would've been somewhat confused with the wing three-quarters, so it was easier to simply call him the "centre".</p><p></p><p>(11) & (14) These players used to be referred to as "wing three-quraters", you may have heard of that. This was due to them standing 6/8th (or 3/4 in simplified fractions), back from the advantage line. The "wing" term having a slightly more obvious origin.</p><p></p><p>(15) Lastly the fullback. Think of that word, basically they are labelling him as being "fully back" or 8/8th the distance from the advantage line. There is no-one more fully back than him. </p><p></p><p>There is my "logical" approach to describing the origin of these positional names. This is just my take on it. Hope it helps. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="C A Iversen, post: 268426"] Wairarapa Cullen: "I think the only positions we have different (cooler tongue.gif ) names for are: 9. halfback (think you all call it scrumhalf?), 10. first five eigths, 12. second five eigths and 13. center. I wouldn't have a clue why 10 and 12 are called waht they are though." I think I can explain this. There are 8 forwards and 7 backs in the game. The halfback (9) is called this because in old fractions he would've been deemed to have been halfway back (or 4/8th) from the advantage line. (10) is the first five-eighth, because he would've been approximately 5/8th of the way back from the advantage line. (12) or second five-eighth used to generally stand such a small way back in distance from the first five-eighth that there was no point in changing the fraction to something like 11/16th, so it was easier to call him a "second" five-eighth. (13) The centre was generally called so, as in attacking moves from either sideline he would be positioned in (or near) the centre of the field, calling him the "centre three-quarter" would've been somewhat redundant, as this would've been somewhat confused with the wing three-quarters, so it was easier to simply call him the "centre". (11) & (14) These players used to be referred to as "wing three-quraters", you may have heard of that. This was due to them standing 6/8th (or 3/4 in simplified fractions), back from the advantage line. The "wing" term having a slightly more obvious origin. (15) Lastly the fullback. Think of that word, basically they are labelling him as being "fully back" or 8/8th the distance from the advantage line. There is no-one more fully back than him. There is my "logical" approach to describing the origin of these positional names. This is just my take on it. Hope it helps. :) [/QUOTE]
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