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Just a fraction of a Rugby team (5-8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

three-quarters

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'just a' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'fraction of a rugby team' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'fraction' could be 'quarter' (quarter is a kind of fraction) and 'quarter' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'threes' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for three-quarters that I've seen before include "Rugby line" , "75 per cent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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