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1255:South Korea
1210:Philippines
1170:Netherlands
823:World Rugby
819:Rugby union
752:RFC Haarlem
695:Women's 7's
675:Netherlands
449:Cotton, p21
234:Moseley RFC
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1574:Luxembourg
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1100:Luxembourg
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256:Tim Visser
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183:Pim Mulier
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1569:Lithuania
1335:Venezuela
1275:Swaziland
1265:St Lucia
1260:Sri Lanka
1235:Singapore
1135:Mauritius
1095:Lithuania
1040:Hong Kong
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361:Edinburgh
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1797:Category
1782:Svalbard
1767:Guernsey
1714:Abkhazia
1689:Scotland
1649:Slovenia
1644:Slovakia
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1474:Bulgaria
1295:Thailand
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1245:Slovenia
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1155:Mongolia
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1330:Vanuatu
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1225:Senegal
1175:Nigeria
1160:Morocco
1145:Moldova
1060:Jamaica
1045:Hungary
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928:Burundi
893:Bermuda
888:Belgium
878:Bahamas
868:Austria
863:Armenia
853:Andorra
843:Algeria
680:Women's
205:Belgium
162:History
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1777:Jersey
1719:Kosovo
1669:Turkey
1659:Sweden
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1609:Norway
1589:Monaco
1559:Latvia
1544:Israel
1524:Greece
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1215:Poland
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431:ISBN
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