Relaxed leader to support a rugby player (9,4)
I believe the answer is:
loosehead prop
'relaxed leader to support a rugby player' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'relaxed leader to support a rugby player' is the wordplay.
'relaxed' becomes 'loose' (loose can mean flexible or unrestricted).
'leader' becomes 'head' (head is a kind of leader).
'to support' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters hold others up).
'a rugby player' becomes 'prop' (type of rugby player).
'loose'+'head'+'prop'='LOOSEHEAD PROP'
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