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1581:Netherlands
1267:Switzerland
1237:South Korea
1192:Philippines
1152:Netherlands
805:World Rugby
801:Rugby union
537:(in French)
236:, based in
137:Rugby union
1616:San Marino
1576:Montenegro
1556:Luxembourg
1536:Kazakhstan
1436:Azerbaijan
1360:Yugoslavia
1307:Uzbekistan
1112:Mauritania
1092:Madagascar
1082:Luxembourg
1062:Kyrgyzstan
1052:Kazakhstan
956:Costa Rica
855:Azerbaijan
501:2009-07-24
476:(in Czech)
380:2011-10-01
332:References
1744:Gibraltar
1551:Lithuania
1317:Venezuela
1257:Swaziland
1247:St Lucia
1242:Sri Lanka
1217:Singapore
1117:Mauritius
1077:Lithuania
1022:Hong Kong
347:Edinburgh
268:teenagers
264:pre-teens
1779:Category
1764:Svalbard
1749:Guernsey
1696:Abkhazia
1671:Scotland
1631:Slovenia
1626:Slovakia
1601:Portugal
1456:Bulgaria
1277:Thailand
1272:Tanzania
1227:Slovenia
1222:Slovakia
1182:Paraguay
1172:Pakistan
1137:Mongolia
1097:Malaysia
993:(Tahiti)
946:Colombia
942:(Taiwan)
920:Cameroon
915:Cambodia
905:Bulgaria
885:Botswana
865:Barbados
683:ÄŚSRU Cup
461:Archived
397:Archived
349:, 2007,
300:See also
226:Moravian
36:playing
1666:England
1656:Ukraine
1606:Romania
1566:Moldova
1521:Ireland
1516:Iceland
1511:Hungary
1501:Germany
1496:Georgia
1486:Finland
1481:Estonia
1476:Denmark
1461:Croatia
1446:Belgium
1441:Belarus
1431:Austria
1426:Armenia
1421:Andorra
1416:Albania
1312:Vanuatu
1302:Ukraine
1287:Tunisia
1207:Senegal
1157:Nigeria
1142:Morocco
1127:Moldova
1042:Jamaica
1027:Hungary
997:Germany
986:Finland
981:Ecuador
976:Denmark
961:Croatia
910:Burundi
875:Bermuda
870:Belgium
860:Bahamas
850:Austria
845:Armenia
835:Andorra
825:Algeria
627:Women's
620:Women's
257:Germany
185:History
139:in the
45:Country
1759:Jersey
1701:Kosovo
1651:Turkey
1641:Sweden
1621:Serbia
1611:Russia
1596:Poland
1591:Norway
1571:Monaco
1541:Latvia
1526:Israel
1506:Greece
1491:France
1466:Cyprus
1322:Zambia
1297:Uganda
1262:Sweden
1212:Serbia
1202:Rwanda
1197:Poland
1167:Norway
1132:Monaco
1122:Mexico
1072:Latvia
1047:Jordan
1037:Israel
1017:Guyana
1007:Greece
966:Cyprus
900:Brunei
890:Brazil
688:KB Cup
632:Sevens
611:Sevens
430:
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253:Poland
224:, the
218:France
207:tennis
203:skiing
153:Prague
93:5,172
80:1926,
34:Czechs
1734:Ă…land
1676:Wales
1636:Spain
1561:Malta
1531:Italy
1147:Nauru
1107:Malta
1087:Macau
1057:Kenya
1032:India
1002:Ghana
935:China
930:Chile
743:Other
606:Men's
599:Men's
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98:Clubs
38:Spain
1350:USSR
1282:Togo
1187:Peru
1162:Niue
1102:Mali
1067:Laos
1012:Guam
428:ISBN
351:ISBN
284:The
255:and
222:Brno
205:and
168:FIRA
82:Brno
32:The
803:in
266:or
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