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knock-on

noun knock-ons

  1. A foul in which a player knocks the ball forward, often unintentionally. It took until the 33rd minute for England to get on the scoreboard, Wilkinson finally finding his range from out left, but a knock-on from James Haskell from the re-start put his team straight back under pressure.
  2. UK Resulting as an indirect effect.

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noun foul in rugby

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"knock-on." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/knock-on. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"knock-on." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/knock-on.

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@misc{knock_on_2026,
  title = {knock-on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knock-on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}