rugger

1. (uncountable) rugbyExamples: "That . . . . . . may for once put a full Rugger team in the field"; "Golf is perhaps seven or eight years old in Oxford, ... football, seu Rugger, sive Soccer, not more than sixteen or seventeen."; "Rugger (schools), the Rugby game at football"Synonyms: rugby footballer, rugby playeruncountable

2. (US) rugby playerExamples: "Some people refer to a Dropped Goal as if it were a misfortune rather than the perfection of football ... Genuine "Ruggers" will, of course, scoff at this"; "To this day ruggers belittle soccer, and they will tell anyone who expresses the slightest interest in their game that rugby is "a ruffian's game played by gentlemen," while soccer is "a gentleman's game played by ruffians.""; "When you put sixty ruggers and their friends and lovers in a bar, you've really got something going."UScountableuncountable