If he was small and fast then a wing three-quarter position would be most likely.
Roger
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From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: Rugby translation question
> Did Beckett actually play rugby? Not built for it, I'd think.
>
> At 02:40 PM 11/3/2009, you wrote:
>>Mark,
>> Probably best to say simply "(as a three-quarter)" - since it's
>> not clear whether it's inside or oustside centre, and the the
>> generic term is, or used to be, "three-quarter". "Back" is understood.
>>Must be the first time rugby gets into a litany.
>>Jamie
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Collett"
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>>Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:15 PM
>>Subject: Re: Rugby translation question
>>
>>
>>>Mark,
>>>having thought some more about this, I think "trois quart centre"
>>>would best translate as "outside centre three quarter back" or in
>>>short "outside centre"
>>>
>>>Roger
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 6:33 PM
>>>Subject: Rugby translation question
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've been asked to translate Liliane Giraudon's "Mon Beckett."
>>>>Easy enough, except that I'm stumped by one phrase. The poem is a
>>>>litany, each phrase beginning with "Beckett." Here's the phrase in
>>>>question: "Beckett jouant au rugby (trois quart centre)." I assume
>>>>that trois quart centre is a position, but the only positions I
>>>>know in rugby are on top or underneath. Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>If no brits or hibernians can enlighten me I suppose I'll have to
>>>>appeal to Oz.
>>>>
>>>>Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Announcing The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry
>>>>(University of California Press).
>>>>Forthcoming in November 2009.
>>>>http://go.ucpress.edu/WholeIsland
>>>
>>>Announcing The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry
>>>(University of California Press).
>>>Forthcoming in November 2009.
>>>http://go.ucpress.edu/WholeIsland
>>>
>>>
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