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830:KHAN, Anjum
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72:Rugby league
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52:No. of teams
28:Rugby league
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1725:New Zealand
1654:Netherlands
1567:West Indies
1455:Isle of Man
1390:recognition
1347:Switzerland
1282:Netherlands
868:Heidelberg
858:Heidelberg
848:Heidelberg
835:Heidelberg
759:Heidelberg
746:Heidelberg
667:Heidelberg
639:Mick Dwyer
569:Other games
62:champion(s)
60:Most recent
1765:Categories
1317:San Marino
1277:Montenegro
1257:Luxembourg
1237:Kazakhstan
1140:Azerbaijan
1041:28 October
1012:References
999:Dan Stocks
989:Secretary:
983:Treasurer:
972:Uwe Jansen
963:President:
924:Frankfurt
877:Second-row
719:Frankfurt
715:Second-row
610:Dan Stocks
606:Uwe Jansen
135:Popularity
1710:Australia
1542:Argentina
1445:Gibraltar
1252:Lithuania
1005:Sponsors:
901:Nürnberg
785:Stand-off
651:Position
1669:Scotland
1535:Americas
1465:Svalbard
1450:Guernsey
1397:Abkhazia
1372:Scotland
1332:Slovenia
1327:Slovakia
1302:Portugal
1160:Bulgaria
663:Fullback
516:Germany
403:Germany
308:Estonia
285:Austria
262:Germany
1745:Tokelau
1703:Oceania
1639:Ireland
1629:Germany
1624:Georgia
1614:Estonia
1609:England
1583:Lebanon
1557:Jamaica
1367:England
1357:Ukraine
1307:Romania
1267:Moldova
1225:Ireland
1220:Iceland
1215:Hungary
1205:Germany
1200:Georgia
1190:Finland
1185:Estonia
1180:Denmark
1165:Croatia
1150:Belgium
1145:Belarus
1135:Austria
1130:Armenia
1125:Andorra
1120:Albania
636:PHYSIO
380:Serbia
103:Germany
94:History
76:Germany
34:Founded
1689:Turkey
1684:Sweden
1674:Serbia
1664:Russia
1659:Norway
1634:Greece
1619:France
1592:Europe
1547:Canada
1514:Africa
1460:Jersey
1402:Kosovo
1352:Turkey
1342:Sweden
1322:Serbia
1312:Russia
1297:Poland
1292:Norway
1272:Monaco
1242:Latvia
1210:Greece
1195:France
1170:Cyprus
798:Centre
770:Hooker
740:,
738:Centre
713:,
711:Hooker
608:&
493:Italy
1750:Tonga
1735:Samoa
1694:Wales
1679:Spain
1649:Malta
1644:Italy
1552:Chile
1521:Kenya
1435:Åland
1377:Wales
1337:Spain
1262:Malta
1232:Italy
654:Club
648:Name
470:Team
357:Team
239:Team
24:Sport
1720:Fiji
1576:Asia
1043:2011
933:Wing
844:Wing
811:Wing
755:Prop
742:Wing
685:(c)
456:2008
338:2007
225:2006
212:2005
65:none
37:2004
485:Pt
372:Pt
254:Pt
43:CEO
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490:1
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435:0
432:0
429:2
423:3
418:2
415:1
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377:1
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360:P
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320:2
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314:0
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297:1
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291:1
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282:2
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265:2
259:1
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248:D
245:W
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