Sentence examples for tough forward from inspiring English sources

"It's tough," forward Jack Cooley said.

"It's been tough," forward Kevin Love said.

But McKay is a big, tough forward who goes to the net, distracts opposing goalies and makes his teammates play a little braver and with more space.

Biarritz is more associated with tough forward play, but Toulouse dominated the scrums — regularly driving the Biarritz pack backwards and winning a succession of penalty kicks as its opponent buckled.

"France have picked an old, tough forward pack," said Gatland, who has made one change to the side that beat Italy last Saturday with the captain, Sam Warburton, having recovered from a knee injury.

The Batley boss added: "He's everything you need from a rough, tough forward and he's really developing as a player.

With goalie Brian Boucher, and tough forwards Keith Primeau and John LeClair, they are still a force to be reckoned with.

Like France, the English have beefed up their lineup in anticipation of a physical battle, bringing in a powerful center, Manu Tuilagi, as well as tough forwards Courtney Lawes and Dylan Hartley.

■ Ryane Clowe, the tough, grinding forward acquired near the trade deadline, becomes an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

To do that, it helps to have a big, tough, power forward driving right in front, screening the goalie, distracting defensemen and knocking in rebounds.

But the small and sometimes cryptic songs on this band's debut are deceptively tough, marching forward inexorably toward something that sounds a lot like bliss.