193:("SRU") and as part of the centenary celebrations the SRU decided to hold an international Rugby sevens tournament. The president of the SRU at the time, A.W. Wilson, later wrote of the decision to hold a sevens tournament, "It seemed most appropriate to us, in our Centenary Year, that we should pay some regard to a part of the game which has proved exhilarating and entertaining to us. One might say, a part of the heritage of Scotland and, of course, especially the Borders. An international Seven-a-side Tournament was the answer. All the countries taking part were and are thrilled at this prospect."
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as anything other than an international tournament. However, elements of the press referred to it variously as bestowing the World Sevens Crown or conferring the status of world sevens' champions or World Seven-a-side
Champions, and even modern press reports, in the era of the fully sanctioned World
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The tournament was held twenty years before the first official world cup, yet in a number of quarters was referred to as a world championship. The SRU itself did not advertise it as a world cup but rather it was styled "The
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The teams put forward by the various nations featured many names with test-status fifteen-aside careers. The
Scottish side had a number of sevens specialists, many from the Gala club that itself had for a number of years previous had an excellent run of form. The three Browns, all unrelated, Frame
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As in 1883 when the Scots invented Rugby Sevens, the tournament was to lead a trend. However, even though sevens had been established for 90 years, even the event program recognised its contemporary status by the inclusion in the inside front cover of an advertisement for Peter Scott
Knitwear,
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and Gill all from the Gala club joined a former
Galalean in Stan Davidson and Colin Telfer, as the main Scottish side. Another Gala player, Nairn MacEwan, was on the bench for the President's VII. In the group stages, the tournament had a huge upset when a star-studded Welsh team including
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featuring a man and woman in sweaters, looking amazed and accompanied by the caption: "International Seven-a-sides. What next?". The programme for the event also sported the new coat of arms of the SRU that was granted by the
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Source: The primary source for the squads below is the
Official programme for the tournament. Wherever it is known that the players who played on the day differ from the programme details, this takes precedence, and is
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countries were represented, with the exception of South Africa. There was, however, South
African representation in the form of several players in the eighth side in the tournament, the President's VII.
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on 28 February 1973, for the centenary season. The coat of arms is still in use today, but in the main the SRU use the commercial thistle logo on jerseys and stationary. The coat of arms has the motto
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International rugby union competitions hosted by Scotland
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England Rugby - A History of the National Side, 1871-1978
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SEVENS (IRELAND SQUADS AND RESULTS IN SEVENS TOURNAMENTS)
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were beaten by an England side that included a number of
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by Brendan Gallagher, published: 9:55PM GMT 3 Mar 2009
3063:Rugby Sevens World Cup could lead to Olympic glory
169:by twenty years. Held in Scotland as part of the
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2927:, (IRB.COM) Friday 14 August 2009, by Chris Thau
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3489:April 1973 sports events in the United Kingdom
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2987:Gala ready to celebrate its magnificent sevens
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3464:1972–73 in Welsh rugby union
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2883:Status of tournament
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3007:"History of Sevens"
2963:on 6 September 2014
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215:"Not Without Glory"
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1446:
1445:
1428:
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1391:
1386:President's VII
1385:
1371:
1364:
1363:
1346:
1320:
1318:
1317:
1309:
1300:
1297:
1293:
1279:
1236:
1234:
1206:President's VII
1170:
1168:
1132:
1130:
1096:
1091:
1090:
1073:
1047:
1045:
1044:
1036:
1027:
1024:
1020:
1006:
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998:
981:
955:
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952:
944:
935:
932:
928:
914:
907:
906:
889:
863:
861:
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843:
840:
836:
822:
815:
814:
797:
771:
769:
768:
760:
751:
748:
744:
730:
723:
722:
705:
679:
677:
676:
668:
659:
656:
652:
638:
631:
630:
613:
587:
585:
584:
576:
567:
564:
560:
546:
503:
501:
465:
463:
427:
425:
389:
387:
353:
348:
326:
324:
313:
311:
300:
298:
283:
281:
269:
267:
256:
254:
243:
241:
223:
187:
151:
141:
113:
111:
103:Runner-up
90:
88:
72:Final positions
43:
41:
12:
11:
5:
3502:
3492:
3491:
3486:
3481:
3476:
3471:
3466:
3461:
3456:
3451:
3446:
3441:
3436:
3431:
3426:
3409:
3408:
3406:
3405:
3400:
3394:
3392:
3388:
3387:
3385:
3384:
3383:
3382:
3377:
3369:
3368:
3367:
3362:
3354:
3353:
3352:
3347:
3339:
3338:
3337:
3332:
3324:
3319:
3314:
3309:
3303:
3301:
3297:
3296:
3294:
3293:
3292:
3291:
3286:
3278:
3277:
3276:
3271:
3263:
3262:
3261:
3256:
3248:
3247:
3246:
3241:
3233:
3228:
3223:
3218:
3212:
3210:
3206:
3205:
3203:
3202:
3201:
3200:
3195:
3185:
3184:
3183:
3178:
3168:
3167:
3166:
3161:
3151:
3150:
3149:
3144:
3134:
3132:Hong Kong 2005
3129:
3127:Argentina 2001
3124:
3122:Hong Kong 1997
3119:
3113:
3111:
3107:
3106:
3099:
3098:
3091:
3084:
3076:
3069:
3068:
3050:
3044:Barry Bowker,
3037:
3019:
2992:
2974:
2944:
2941:, 9 April 1973
2930:
2912:
2910:
2907:
2906:
2905:
2898:
2895:
2884:
2881:
2865:Keith Fielding
2837:Gareth Edwards
2831:
2828:
2825:
2824:
2823:
2822:
2815:
2805:
2803:(London Welsh)
2795:
2793:(London Welsh)
2785:
2775:
2765:
2755:
2753:(London Welsh)
2745:
2735:
2717:
2716:
2715:
2705:
2703:(South Africa)
2700:8 - RA Carlson
2698:
2696:(South Africa)
2691:
2684:
2682:(South Africa)
2674:
2667:
2657:
2647:
2640:
2632:
2631:
2630:
2618:
2606:
2594:
2582:
2565:
2553:
2541:
2529:
2517:
2499:
2498:
2497:
2490:
2483:
2476:
2469:
2459:
2449:
2442:
2435:
2428:
2406:
2403:
2402:
2401:
2394:
2382:
2379:
2376:
2375:
2374:
2373:
2362:
2351:
2340:
2329:
2315:
2304:
2290:
2279:
2268:
2250:
2249:
2248:
2237:
2223:
2212:
2201:
2187:
2178:4 - S Davidson
2176:
2162:
2151:
2140:
2122:
2121:
2120:
2110:
2100:
2095:1 - D R Burnet
2093:
2083:
2073:
2063:
2053:
2043:
2033:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2006:
1996:
1991:1 - D R Burnet
1989:
1979:
1972:
1962:
1952:
1942:
1932:
1910:
1907:
1898:
1895:
1890:
1889:
1869:
1868:
1866:
1864:
1861:
1860:
1845:
1839:
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1818:
1804:
1801:
1796:
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1751:
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1654:
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1498:
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1459:
1442:
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1421:
1420:
1418:
1416:
1413:
1412:
1397:
1388:
1378:
1377:
1360:
1359:
1339:
1338:
1336:
1334:
1331:
1330:
1315:
1306:
1286:
1285:
1272:
1271:
1268:
1267:
1264:
1261:
1258:
1255:
1252:
1249:
1246:
1230:
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1226:
1223:
1220:
1217:
1214:
1211:
1208:
1202:
1201:
1198:
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1192:
1189:
1186:
1183:
1180:
1164:
1163:
1160:
1157:
1154:
1151:
1148:
1145:
1142:
1126:
1125:
1122:
1119:
1116:
1113:
1110:
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1095:
1092:
1087:
1086:
1066:
1065:
1063:
1061:
1058:
1057:
1042:
1033:
1013:
1012:
995:
994:
974:
973:
971:
969:
966:
965:
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941:
921:
920:
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902:
882:
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858:
849:
829:
828:
811:
810:
790:
789:
787:
785:
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781:
766:
757:
737:
736:
719:
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689:
674:
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582:
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531:
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411:
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402:
399:
383:
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379:
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373:
370:
367:
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361:
352:
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341:
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339:
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322:
309:
294:
293:
292:
279:
265:
252:
236:
235:
232:
222:
219:
186:
183:
153:
152:
139:
136:
135:
132:
131:Matches played
128:
127:
123:
122:
109:
100:
99:
86:
74:
73:
69:
68:
65:
64:No. of nations
61:
60:
57:
53:
52:
39:
35:
34:
30:
29:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3501:
3490:
3487:
3485:
3482:
3480:
3477:
3475:
3472:
3470:
3467:
3465:
3462:
3460:
3457:
3455:
3452:
3450:
3447:
3445:
3442:
3440:
3437:
3435:
3432:
3430:
3427:
3425:
3422:
3421:
3419:
3404:
3401:
3399:
3396:
3395:
3393:
3389:
3381:
3378:
3376:
3373:
3372:
3370:
3366:
3363:
3361:
3358:
3357:
3355:
3351:
3348:
3346:
3343:
3342:
3340:
3336:
3333:
3331:
3328:
3327:
3325:
3323:
3320:
3318:
3315:
3313:
3310:
3308:
3305:
3304:
3302:
3298:
3290:
3287:
3285:
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3281:
3279:
3275:
3272:
3270:
3267:
3266:
3264:
3260:
3257:
3255:
3252:
3251:
3249:
3245:
3242:
3240:
3237:
3236:
3234:
3232:
3229:
3227:
3224:
3222:
3219:
3217:
3214:
3213:
3211:
3207:
3199:
3196:
3194:
3191:
3190:
3189:
3186:
3182:
3179:
3177:
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3140:
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3135:
3133:
3130:
3128:
3125:
3123:
3120:
3118:
3117:Scotland 1993
3115:
3114:
3112:
3108:
3104:
3097:
3092:
3090:
3085:
3083:
3078:
3077:
3074:
3066:
3064:
3060:
3059:The Telegraph
3054:
3047:
3041:
3033:
3029:
3023:
3017:
3013:
3010:
3008:
3001:
2999:
2997:
2990:
2988:
2981:
2979:
2962:
2958:
2956:
2948:
2942:
2940:
2934:
2928:
2926:
2920:
2918:
2913:
2904:
2901:
2900:
2894:
2891:
2880:
2878:
2874:
2870:
2866:
2862:
2856:
2854:
2850:
2846:
2842:
2841:Gerald Davies
2838:
2816:
2810:
2806:
2800:
2796:
2790:
2786:
2780:
2776:
2770:
2766:
2760:
2756:
2750:
2746:
2740:
2739:J.J. Williams
2736:
2733:
2732:
2731:
2730:
2718:
2710:
2709:Nairn MacEwan
2706:
2699:
2692:
2685:
2679:
2675:
2668:
2662:
2658:
2652:
2648:
2642:7 - D Shedden
2641:
2638:
2637:
2636:
2633:
2628:
2623:
2619:
2616:
2611:
2607:
2604:
2599:
2595:
2592:
2587:
2583:
2580:
2574:
2570:
2566:
2563:
2558:
2554:
2551:
2546:
2542:
2539:
2534:
2530:
2527:
2522:
2518:
2515:
2514:
2513:
2512:
2500:
2491:
2484:
2477:
2470:
2464:
2460:
2454:
2450:
2443:
2436:
2429:
2426:
2425:
2424:
2423:
2411:
2410:
2399:
2396:GK Oliver of
2395:
2392:
2388:
2385:
2384:
2370:
2363:
2359:
2353:8 - TAP Moore
2352:
2348:
2341:
2337:
2331:2 - PC Whelan
2330:
2326:
2320:
2316:
2312:
2305:
2301:
2295:
2291:
2287:
2280:
2276:
2269:
2266:
2265:
2264:
2263:
2251:
2245:
2238:
2234:
2228:
2224:
2220:
2213:
2209:
2202:
2198:
2192:
2188:
2184:
2177:
2173:
2167:
2163:
2159:
2153:6 - JNN Frame
2152:
2148:
2141:
2138:
2137:
2136:
2135:
2123:
2115:
2111:
2105:
2101:
2094:
2088:
2084:
2078:
2077:AR Sutherland
2074:
2068:
2064:
2058:
2054:
2048:
2044:
2038:
2034:
2031:
2030:
2029:
2028:
2016:
2007:
2001:
1997:
1990:
1984:
1980:
1973:
1967:
1963:
1957:
1953:
1947:
1943:
1937:
1933:
1930:
1929:
1928:
1927:
1915:
1914:
1906:
1905:
1887:
1883:
1879:
1875:
1874:
1867:
1865:
1863:
1862:
1858:
1846:
1841:18 – 22
1840:
1829:
1825:
1824:
1816:
1810:
1809:
1793:
1789:
1785:
1781:
1780:
1773:
1771:
1769:
1768:
1764:
1752:
1749:
1744:24 – 10
1743:
1732:
1728:
1727:
1719:
1713:
1712:
1701:
1697:
1693:
1689:
1688:
1681:
1679:
1677:
1676:
1670:
1667:
1661:
1656:16 – 20
1655:
1644:
1640:
1639:
1631:
1625:
1624:
1613:
1609:
1605:
1601:
1600:
1593:
1591:
1589:
1588:
1584:
1572:
1569:
1563:
1552:
1548:
1547:
1539:
1533:
1532:
1521:
1517:
1513:
1509:
1508:
1501:
1499:
1497:
1496:
1490:
1487:
1482:24 – 16
1481:
1470:
1466:
1465:
1457:
1451:
1450:
1439:
1435:
1431:
1427:
1426:
1419:
1417:
1415:
1414:
1410:
1398:
1395:
1390:10 – 30
1389:
1384:
1383:
1375:
1369:
1368:
1357:
1353:
1349:
1345:
1344:
1337:
1335:
1333:
1332:
1328:
1316:
1313:
1307:
1296:
1292:
1291:
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1265:
1262:
1259:
1256:
1253:
1250:
1247:
1245:
1244:
1231:
1227:
1224:
1221:
1218:
1215:
1212:
1209:
1207:
1203:
1199:
1196:
1193:
1190:
1187:
1184:
1181:
1179:
1178:
1165:
1161:
1158:
1155:
1152:
1149:
1146:
1143:
1141:
1140:
1101:
1098:
1097:
1084:
1080:
1076:
1072:
1071:
1064:
1062:
1060:
1059:
1055:
1043:
1040:
1035:16 – 12
1034:
1023:
1019:
1018:
1010:
1004:
1003:
992:
988:
984:
980:
979:
972:
970:
968:
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963:
951:
948:
943:12 – 24
942:
931:
927:
926:
918:
912:
911:
900:
896:
892:
888:
887:
880:
878:
876:
875:
871:
859:
856:
851:16 – 24
850:
839:
835:
834:
826:
820:
819:
808:
804:
800:
796:
795:
788:
786:
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779:
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764:
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747:
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742:
734:
728:
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716:
712:
708:
704:
703:
696:
694:
692:
691:
687:
675:
672:
667:22 – 18
666:
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650:
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636:
635:
624:
620:
616:
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611:
604:
602:
600:
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583:
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22:
16:
3397:
3062:
3058:
3053:
3045:
3040:
3031:
3022:
3006:
2986:
2965:. Retrieved
2961:the original
2954:
2947:
2938:
2933:
2924:
2886:
2857:
2849:JPR Williams
2845:Phil Bennett
2833:
2817:9 - IM Lewis
2799:JPR Williams
2719:
2686:2 - RL Clark
2634:
2603:Rosslyn Park
2521:K J Fielding
2501:
2478:- V Boffelli
2412:
2342:1 - KMA Mays
2270:7 - V Becker
2252:
2227:IR McGeechan
2203:2 - JG Brown
2124:
2017:
1966:John Hipwell
1916:
1902:
1900:
1814:
1811:7 April 1973
1747:
1717:
1714:7 April 1973
1665:
1659:
1629:
1626:7 April 1973
1567:
1564:4 – 36
1537:
1534:7 April 1973
1485:
1455:
1452:7 April 1973
1393:
1373:
1370:7 April 1973
1311:
1308:22 – 0
1281:
1278:7 April 1973
1233:
1205:
1167:
1129:
1038:
1008:
1005:7 April 1973
946:
916:
913:7 April 1973
854:
824:
821:7 April 1973
762:
759:4 – 16
732:
729:7 April 1973
670:
640:
637:7 April 1973
578:
548:
545:7 April 1973
500:
462:
424:
386:
224:
214:
210:
203:
195:
188:
163:rugby sevens
158:
156:
143:
15:
3403:Melrose Cup
3154:Russia 2013
2877:Mike Gibson
2873:Andy Ripley
2661:Jim Renwick
2651:Andy Irvine
2569:Fran Cotton
2533:D J Duckham
2526:Moseley RFC
2485:- A Dussang
2437:- A Moretti
2430:- A Campaes
2319:JF Slattery
2214:1 - A Brown
2191:Peter Brown
2142:7 - AD Gill
2027:New Zealand
2000:Garrick Fay
1983:PD Sullivan
1956:R L Fairfax
1878:Murrayfield
1784:Murrayfield
1692:Murrayfield
1604:Murrayfield
1512:Murrayfield
1430:Murrayfield
1348:Murrayfield
1075:Murrayfield
1022:New Zealand
983:Murrayfield
891:Murrayfield
870:New Zealand
799:Murrayfield
707:Murrayfield
686:New Zealand
615:Murrayfield
434:New Zealand
263:New Zealand
38:Host nation
3418:Categories
3209:Qualifying
2909:References
2855:students.
2820:(Bridgend)
2769:GO Edwards
2763:(Llanelli)
2749:TGR Davies
2743:(Llanelli)
2622:P S Preece
2610:R M Uttley
2598:A G Ripley
2492:- D Vacher
2444:- J Trillo
2387:JJ Moloney
2294:CMH Gibson
2244:Jordanhill
2233:Headingley
2104:GL Colling
2067:IN Stevens
2047:GR Skudder
1936:J J M'Lean
213:, meaning
185:Background
2783:(Swansea)
2779:TM Davies
2773:(Cardiff)
2759:P Bennett
2678:Jan Ellis
2672:(Melrose)
2557:S J Smith
2369:Garryowen
2358:Highfield
2336:Garryowen
2286:Ballymena
2275:Lansdowne
2166:CM Telfer
2087:AJ Wyllie
1926:Australia
1882:Edinburgh
1788:Edinburgh
1696:Edinburgh
1608:Edinburgh
1516:Edinburgh
1434:Edinburgh
1352:Edinburgh
1079:Edinburgh
1054:Australia
987:Edinburgh
895:Edinburgh
803:Edinburgh
746:Australia
711:Edinburgh
619:Edinburgh
562:Australia
510:Australia
290:Australia
78:Champions
3391:See also
3171:USA 2018
3137:UAE 2009
3110:Editions
3012:Archived
2897:See also
2875:scored.
2789:J Taylor
2665:(Hawick)
2627:Coventry
2615:Gosforth
2591:Coventry
2586:J D Gray
2550:Coventry
2538:Coventry
2311:Cork Con
2134:Scotland
2114:AI Scown
2057:DA Hales
2037:GB Batty
1886:Scotland
1792:Scotland
1700:Scotland
1612:Scotland
1520:Scotland
1438:Scotland
1356:Scotland
1083:Scotland
991:Scotland
930:Scotland
899:Scotland
838:Scotland
807:Scotland
715:Scotland
623:Scotland
594:Scotland
472:Scotland
276:Scotland
150:→
50:Scotland
3005:In its
2967:23 June
2830:Summary
2813:(Neath)
2511:England
2463:B Dauga
2453:R Astre
2262:Ireland
1857:England
1828:Ireland
1731:England
1469:England
1295:England
1139:England
962:Ireland
778:Ireland
654:Ireland
396:Ireland
346:Results
307:England
278:(hosts)
250:Ireland
234:Pool B
231:Pool A
179:England
120:Ireland
97:England
3300:Squads
2847:, and
2809:G Shaw
2726:
2713:(Gala)
2508:
2422:France
2419:
2405:Pool B
2259:
2183:Hawick
2172:Hawick
2131:
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1909:Pool A
1904:noted.
1897:Squads
1854:
1831:
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1646:
1643:France
1580:
1554:
1551:France
1472:
1406:
1327:France
1324:
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1243:France
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1094:Pool B
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333:France
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3371:2022
3356:2018
3341:2013
3326:2009
3280:2022
3265:2018
3250:2013
3235:2009
2729:Wales
1815:17:25
1803:Final
1763:Wales
1718:16:48
1630:16:30
1583:Wales
1538:15:36
1456:15:18
1409:Wales
1374:14:24
1282:14:06
1177:Wales
1103:Team
1009:16:12
917:15:54
825:15:00
733:14:42
641:13:48
549:13:30
360:Team
320:Wales
56:Dates
3322:2005
3317:2001
3312:1997
3307:1993
3231:2005
3226:2001
3221:1997
3216:1993
2969:2009
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1124:Pts
1121:+/-
1106:Pld
381:Pts
378:+/-
363:Pld
157:The
140:None
2389:of
1263:-58
1225:-24
1118:PA
1115:PF
530:-18
492:-18
375:PA
372:PF
175:IRB
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