key back

English

Noun

key back (plural key backs)

  1. (Australian rules football) A key defender.
    • 2025 June 21, Brendan Foster, “Gov's ability to read the play ranks him among the best defenders of the modern era”, in WAToday‎[1], retrieved 27 July 2025:
      Where McGovern sits among the greatest defenders to have played the game will be mulled over by sentimental, soppy supporters for days to come. But Champion Data's Daniel Hoyne said last year that McGovern was ranked over Richmond's dour defender Alex Rance as his generation's best key back.
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