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1718:recognition
1675:Switzerland
1610:Netherlands
1296:Switzerland
1266:South Korea
1221:Philippines
1181:Netherlands
834:World Rugby
830:Rugby union
763:RFC Haarlem
706:Women's 7's
686:Netherlands
460:Cotton, p21
245:Moseley RFC
63:Netherlands
40:Netherlands
1645:San Marino
1605:Montenegro
1585:Luxembourg
1565:Kazakhstan
1465:Azerbaijan
1389:Yugoslavia
1336:Uzbekistan
1141:Mauritania
1121:Madagascar
1111:Luxembourg
1091:Kyrgyzstan
1081:Kazakhstan
985:Costa Rica
884:Azerbaijan
778:Tim Visser
773:RC 't Gooi
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502:9 November
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330:References
324:RC 't Gooi
285:Sep Visser
267:Tim Visser
226:entrants.
194:Pim Mulier
1773:Gibraltar
1580:Lithuania
1346:Venezuela
1286:Swaziland
1276:St Lucia
1271:Sri Lanka
1246:Singapore
1146:Mauritius
1106:Lithuania
1051:Hong Kong
727:Ereklasse
372:Edinburgh
106:Ereklasse
1808:Category
1793:Svalbard
1778:Guernsey
1725:Abkhazia
1700:Scotland
1660:Slovenia
1655:Slovakia
1630:Portugal
1485:Bulgaria
1306:Thailand
1301:Tanzania
1256:Slovenia
1251:Slovakia
1211:Paraguay
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975:Colombia
971:(Taiwan)
949:Cameroon
944:Cambodia
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1470:Belarus
1460:Austria
1455:Armenia
1450:Andorra
1445:Albania
1341:Vanuatu
1331:Ukraine
1316:Tunisia
1236:Senegal
1186:Nigeria
1171:Morocco
1156:Moldova
1071:Jamaica
1056:Hungary
1026:Germany
1015:Finland
1010:Ecuador
1005:Denmark
990:Croatia
939:Burundi
904:Bermuda
899:Belgium
889:Bahamas
879:Austria
874:Armenia
864:Andorra
854:Algeria
691:Women's
216:Belgium
173:History
37:Country
1788:Jersey
1730:Kosovo
1680:Turkey
1670:Sweden
1650:Serbia
1640:Russia
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1620:Norway
1600:Monaco
1570:Latvia
1555:Israel
1535:Greece
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1495:Cyprus
1351:Zambia
1326:Uganda
1291:Sweden
1241:Serbia
1231:Rwanda
1226:Poland
1196:Norway
1161:Monaco
1151:Mexico
1101:Latvia
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1066:Israel
1046:Guyana
1036:Greece
995:Cyprus
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1086:Kenya
1061:India
1031:Ghana
964:China
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261:Otago
159:Dutch
89:Clubs
1379:USSR
1311:Togo
1216:Peru
1191:Niue
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1096:Laos
1041:Guam
504:2021
442:ISBN
376:ISBN
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