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New players in a rugby team (5-8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

three-quarters

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'rugby team' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'new players in a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'players' could be 'ee' (an abbreviation for a bridge player written twice) and 'ee' is located in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(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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