Rugby player shortage after ball bursts (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
all black
'rugby player' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'shortage after ball bursts' is the wordplay.
'shortage' becomes 'lack' (a lack is a shortage of something).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bursts' is an anagram indicator.
'ball' with letters rearranged gives 'allb'.
'lack' after 'allb' is 'ALL BLACK'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for all black that I've seen before include "NZ rugby player" , "New Zealand rugby international" .)