Complete the collocations in this report of a rugby match.
Cambridge were happy to (1) ...................... their last match 6:0. Oxford the opposing team, put up a good (2) ......................................... and some people thought they (3)….. to win. They were fearless in (4) .............................. their opponents, but every time they took (5) ………..of the ball, Cambridge managed to win it back. Cambridge have now (6)……….a place in the next (7)…………….of the competition. They will undoubtedly come up against some fierce (8)……. However, they have already managed to (9) …an interesting world record by having four members of the same family in their winning team.
9. Fill in the missing words from the list. Use the words only once.