rugby à XVcommon nounSyllable Decompositionrugby à XVEtymologyexpandDefinition1. A team sport involving a ball in which two teams of fifteen players attempt to advance an oval ball towards the opposing side's end by carrying or kicking it, with the goal of grounding it behind the opposing team's goal line or kicking it between the two posts above the crossbar.sportexpandAntonymsrugby à septrugby à neufrugby à XIIIjeu à XIIIHyperonymrugbyTranslationsenglish:rugby union