Prevent rugby hooligan touring Spain (4,3)
I believe the answer is:
rule out
'prevent' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'rugby hooligan touring spain' is the wordplay.
'rugby' becomes 'ru'.
'hooligan' becomes 'lout' (I've seen this before).
'touring' is an insertion indicator (touring can mean going round).
'spain' becomes 'e' (abbreviation for Espana).
'lout' enclosing 'e' is 'leout'.
'ru'+'leout'='RULE OUT'
(Other definitions for rule out that I've seen before include "'Eliminate from consideration (4,3)'" , "Eliminate, exclude as irrelevant" , "Eliminate from consideration - using drawing stick?" , "Exclude from consideration" , "Dismiss from consideration" .)