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643:"England XV tour - Osaka, 24 September 1971, 14:22 local, 05:22 GMT"
793:"England XV tour - Colombo, 8 October 1971, 16:45 local, 11:15 GMT"
763:"England XV tour - Colombo, 6 October 1971, 16:45 local, 11:15 GMT"
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1676:1971 in Asian sport
1025:England Counties XV
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383:Yoshiharu Yamaguchi
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974:Calcutta Cup
964:Triple Crown
947:and trophies
945:Competitions
805:. Retrieved
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1370:New Zealand
1255:Test Series
1250:All Matches
1126:New Zealand
1086:By opponent
994:Quilter Cup
915:All Players
807:12 February
777:12 February
747:12 February
717:12 February
687:12 February
657:12 February
528:, Hong Kong
351:Akira Yokoi
1650:Categories
1103:Barbarians
969:Grand Slam
630:References
621:Tour match
591:Tour match
561:Tour match
531:Tour match
504:Tour match
474:Tour match
444:Tour match
105:Test match
1482:Argentina
1294:Australia
1233:2020–2029
1227:2010–2019
1222:2000–2009
1217:1990–1999
1212:1980–1989
1207:1970–1979
1202:1960–1969
1197:1950–1959
1192:1947–1949
1187:1930–1939
1182:1920–1929
1177:1910–1914
1172:1900–1909
1167:1890–1899
1162:1880–1889
1157:1871–1879
1098:Australia
1093:Argentina
1015:England A
599:Sri Lanka
569:Sri Lanka
557:Singapore
539:Singapore
512:Hong Kong
295:Sri Lanka
260:Singapore
225:Hong Kong
1621:See also
1243:See also
1131:Scotland
801:Archived
771:Archived
741:Archived
711:Archived
681:Archived
651:Archived
439:Chichibu
146:Opponent
1523:Romania
1150:Results
1116:Ireland
1044:Matches
908:Players
885:Records
880:History
873:History
797:ESPN UK
767:ESPN UK
737:ESPN UK
707:ESPN UK
677:ESPN UK
647:ESPN UK
617:Colombo
587:Colombo
441:, Tokyo
407:Against
389:Results
33:Summary
1111:France
1010:Sevens
416:Status
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1285:Tours
1141:Wales
1121:Italy
890:Tries
500:Tokyo
482:Japan
470:Osaka
452:Japan
419:Refs
413:Venue
374:Tokyo
343:Osaka
341:, in
335:Japan
190:Japan
68:Total
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1603:1971
1596:Asia
1587:2001
1582:1993
1577:1982
1561:1991
1556:1988
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1546:1973
1530:1989
1514:2017
1509:2013
1504:2002
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1494:1990
1489:1981
1473:2018
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1458:2000
1453:1998
1448:1994
1443:1984
1438:1972
1422:2024
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1392:1998
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