| attacker | back row |
| back-row forward | ball carrier |
| blocker | breakaway |
| centre | defender |
| eighthman | five-eighth |
| flanker | fly half |
| forward | front row |
| front-row forward | fullback |
| halfback | hooker |
| jumper | left centre three-quarter |
| left wing three-quarter | lock (forward) |
| loose forward | loose head (prop) |
| number eight | prop (forward) |
| punter | right centre three-quarter |
| right wing three-quarter | scrum half |
| second row | second-row forward |
| stand-off half | three-quarter |
| tight end | tight head (prop) |
| winger | wing forward |
| wing (three-quarter) |