Right-winger gets hurled around by a sportsman (7)
I believe the answer is:
hurdler
'a sportsman' is the definition.
(I know that hurdler is a type of athletics competitor)
'right-winger gets hurled around' is the wordplay.
'right' indicates one should take the final letters (I've seen 'right of' mean this (letter on the rightmost end of the word)).
'gets' is an insertion indicator.
'around' indicates anagramming the letters.
The final letter of 'winger' is 'r'.
'hurled' anagrammed gives 'hudler'.
'r' inserted into 'hudler' is 'HURDLER'.
'by' is the link.
(Other definitions for hurdler that I've seen before include "Athlete who jumps while running" , "Athlete who leaps over barriers" , "Athlete who runs and jumps" , "Horse that races 'over the sticks'" , "Runner and jumper" .)