The player wearing no.9. Acts as a link between the forwards and backs by passing ball won by the forwards at a scrum, ruck, lineout or maul to the backs who then attempt to advance it up the field. Also responsible for putting the ball in a set scrummages.

The back, usually No. 9, who feeds the ball into the scrum and tries to retrieve the ball from mauls, rucks, and scrums. Also called the halfback.

the back wearing No. 9 who normally feeds the ball into a scrum and retrieves the ball at the base of scrums, rucks, and mauls. Can also be called the halfback