As our national sport, rugby terms like line-out, scrum, and ruck are part of the Kiwi vernacular.
But what about foreign players and coaches who need to communicate these terms consisely in a different language?
Working with Stuart Benson from the University of Aizu in Japan, Professor Averil Coxhead has published a paper on the language of rugby.
She speaks to Jesse about what she's discovered.
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