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410:John Davies
392:. When the
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355:rugby union
185:Sale Sharks
85:Position(s)
40:31 May 1975
1551:Categories
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927:Hutchinson
729:24 October
703:23 October
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633:21 October
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505:References
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36:1975-05-31
1489:Pritchard
1469:Fairhurst
1408:M. Pletch
1403:D. Pletch
1378:(injured)
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1285:Witkowski
1260:Pritchard
1235:Fairhurst
977:Whittaker
801:ESPNscrum
723:ESPNscrum
697:BBC Sport
627:BBC Sport
575:BBC Sport
549:BBC Sport
523:ESPNscrum
447:Hong Kong
351:Jon Thiel
287:1998–2008
249:RC Chalon
245:2009–2010
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165:1999–2000
24:Jon Thiel
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1354:Forwards
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1122:Forwards
1053:Williams
1008:Lougheed
942:McCarthy
912:Cardinal
890:Forwards
826:rugby.ca
775:rugby.ca
750:Ædelhard
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379:Narbonne
369:Born in
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169:Narbonne
159:(Points)
117:(Points)
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1464:Daypuck
1423:Stephen
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1387:Jackson
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1295:Coach:
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1194:Tkachuk
1159:Jackson
1154:Douglas
1149:Cudmore
1139:Charron
1066:Parfrey
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1043:Stanley
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922:Dunkley
917:Charron
469:at the
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1169:Knaggs
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947:Penney
443:Canada
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291:Canada
67:Weight
59:Height
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1484:Monro
1452:Backs
1443:Yukes
1433:Thiel
1393:James
1389:(rep)
1366:Burak
1298:Clark
1275:Smith
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1189:Thiel
1164:James
1144:Cooke
1134:Banks
1038:Smith
993:Bryan
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937:Major
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902:Baugh
897:Banks
491:James
467:Wales
321:Comps
309:Years
266:Years
144:Years
102:Years
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1438:Webb
1428:Tait
1418:Snow
1270:Ross
1250:King
1184:Snow
1179:Reid
1033:Ross
1028:Rees
1003:Graf
967:Tait
962:Snow
907:Bice
834:2013
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