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1419:. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
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2303:Isle of Man
2238:recognition
2195:Switzerland
2130:Netherlands
1714:(in French)
1305:Northampton
1297:Sale Sharks
1293:Oriol Ripol
1215:New Zealand
1006:Tallonatore
884:rugby union
767:Saint-Denis
589:Beach rugby
579:coast, the
560:Present day
343:World War I
268:Old Castile
239:players in
237:rugby union
233:Rugby union
2449:Team sport
2406:Water polo
2376:Disability
2371:Basketball
2165:San Marino
2125:Montenegro
2105:Luxembourg
2085:Kazakhstan
1985:Azerbaijan
1605:12 October
1526:5 November
1520:ESPN Scrum
1500:5 November
1329:References
1319:Harlequins
1274:CRC Madrid
1270:David Mota
1083:Medio melé
1074:Scrum half
955:Vocabulary
907:(12 teams)
822:See also:
790:Valladolid
765:suburb of
693:Valladolid
686:basketball
652:Popularity
531:Andalucian
433:recognised
264:Valladolid
2418:Spain at
2366:Athletics
2293:Gibraltar
2100:Lithuania
1888:Supercopa
1884:(women's)
1663:Edinburgh
1282:Crusaders
1254:Colomiers
1250:Perpignan
1160:Fullback
1148:Full-back
1009:Talonador
1003:Talonneur
899:Divisions
784:final at
755:Barcelona
705:Catalonia
585:Balearics
393:Barcelona
288:Andalucia
280:Barcelona
276:Catalonia
2465:Category
2421:Olympics
2391:Handball
2381:Football
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2298:Guernsey
2245:Abkhazia
2220:Scotland
2180:Slovenia
2175:Slovakia
2150:Portugal
2005:Bulgaria
1665:, 2007,
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1097:Apertura
1063:Numero 8
865:Scotland
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699:region,
415:cushions
407:Biarritz
389:Toulouse
379:and the
377:Provence
284:Valencia
45:Portugal
2215:England
2205:Ukraine
2155:Romania
2115:Moldova
2070:Ireland
2065:Iceland
2060:Hungary
2050:Germany
2045:Georgia
2035:Finland
2030:Estonia
2025:Denmark
2010:Croatia
1995:Belgium
1990:Belarus
1980:Austria
1975:Armenia
1970:Andorra
1965:Albania
1816:Women's
1299:in the
1181:flanker
1157:Zaguero
1154:Estremo
1151:Arrière
1042:Flanker
1012:Hooker
972:Italian
966:English
881:Spanish
869:Uruguay
800:leader
761:in the
744:2015–16
711:in the
709:Ordizia
695:in the
646:Georgia
642:Romania
628:Bayonne
523:Seville
507:Romania
337:History
307:Romania
303:Georgia
266:in the
96: (
54:Country
2401:Tennis
2386:Futsal
2308:Jersey
2250:Kosovo
2200:Turkey
2190:Sweden
2170:Serbia
2160:Russia
2145:Poland
2140:Norway
2120:Monaco
2090:Latvia
2075:Israel
2055:Greece
2040:France
2015:Cyprus
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1000:Hooker
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989:Pilone
986:Pilier
969:French
836:(2007)
747:Top 14
736:France
670:Madrid
624:Basque
542:France
527:Madrid
422:France
411:Tarbes
373:France
359:Bilbao
317:. The
311:Russia
274:, and
260:Madrid
111:37,241
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2283:Åland
2225:Wales
2185:Spain
2110:Malta
2080:Italy
1809:Women
1790:Spain
1601:. BBC
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846:Italy
763:Paris
626:club
614:club
550:Italy
437:Italy
241:Spain
116:Clubs
80:Spain
57:Spain
1795:U-20
1667:ISBN
1644:ISBN
1607:2007
1528:2014
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