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1352:South Korea
1307:Philippines
1267:Netherlands
920:World Rugby
916:Rugby union
732:(1943–1992)
600:Cotton, p17
360:Six Nations
348:Italian cap
292:New Zealand
250:scrum half
246:The former
109:Croatian SR
100:Rugby union
1731:San Marino
1691:Montenegro
1671:Luxembourg
1651:Kazakhstan
1551:Azerbaijan
1475:Yugoslavia
1422:Uzbekistan
1227:Mauritania
1207:Madagascar
1197:Luxembourg
1177:Kyrgyzstan
1167:Kazakhstan
1071:Costa Rica
970:Azerbaijan
859:Montenegro
755:Yugoslavia
525:References
392:Yugoslavia
386:Popularity
324:Montenegro
226:Yugoslavia
195:See also:
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133:Bosnian SR
104:Yugoslavia
47:Yugoslavia
36:Yugoslavia
1859:Gibraltar
1666:Lithuania
1432:Venezuela
1372:Swaziland
1362:St Lucia
1357:Sri Lanka
1332:Singapore
1232:Mauritius
1192:Lithuania
1137:Hong Kong
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338:Vojvodina
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248:All Black
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1864:Guernsey
1811:Abkhazia
1786:Scotland
1746:Slovenia
1741:Slovakia
1716:Portugal
1571:Bulgaria
1392:Thailand
1387:Tanzania
1342:Slovenia
1337:Slovakia
1297:Paraguay
1287:Pakistan
1252:Mongolia
1212:Malaysia
1108:(Tahiti)
1061:Colombia
1057:(Taiwan)
1035:Cameroon
1030:Cambodia
1020:Bulgaria
1000:Botswana
980:Barbados
873:Slovenia
683:See also
576:, 2007,
436:See also
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376:Slovenia
362:between
342:Slovenia
230:Bulgaria
228:playing
125:Belgrade
1781:England
1771:Ukraine
1721:Romania
1681:Moldova
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1631:Iceland
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1611:Georgia
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1596:Estonia
1591:Denmark
1576:Croatia
1561:Belgium
1556:Belarus
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1541:Armenia
1536:Andorra
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990:Bermuda
985:Belgium
975:Bahamas
965:Austria
960:Armenia
950:Andorra
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838:Croatia
760:Women's
689:RK Nada
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530:Sources
372:Croatia
368:Hungary
364:Austria
336:, 5b.
314:Croatia
267:Hungary
263:Rumania
178:History
117:Serbian
33:Country
1874:Jersey
1816:Kosovo
1766:Turkey
1756:Sweden
1736:Serbia
1726:Russia
1711:Poland
1706:Norway
1686:Monaco
1656:Latvia
1641:Israel
1621:Greece
1606:France
1581:Cyprus
1437:Zambia
1412:Uganda
1377:Sweden
1327:Serbia
1317:Rwanda
1312:Poland
1282:Norway
1247:Monaco
1237:Mexico
1187:Latvia
1162:Jordan
1152:Israel
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1005:Brazil
866:Serbia
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113:Zagreb
1849:Ă…land
1791:Wales
1751:Spain
1676:Malta
1646:Italy
1262:Nauru
1222:Malta
1202:Macau
1172:Kenya
1147:India
1117:Ghana
1050:China
1045:Chile
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1465:USSR
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1277:Niue
1217:Mali
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