backwards

To get to another level, they need monsters to meet the likes of Ireland on the gainline and hammer them backwards.

"Defensively he was banging boys backwards. He carried the ball well. He was important to everything good England did."

He was a catalyst going forwards and backwards for that team.

For example, for a word in the past tense, they draw a backwards clock.

"Competition is healthy but sometimes it's so aggressive it's as if you're actually fighting each other. It's crazy and backwards to push your peers down."