Sentence:  But while the two <WSD>strapping</WSD> front men battered Foster, they could not better him, and in the absence of tangible reward for his creative efforts, Pennant almost took matters into his own hands, curling a low free-kick inches wide of Foster's left-hand upright. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.