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1749:1964 births
1227:Duncan Hall
316:rugby union
312:Tom Billups
111:Position(s)
21:Tom Billups
1728:Categories
1696:Uiagalelei
1574:L'Huillier
1352:Liddington
1238:2001-2006
949:11/27/2004
935:11/20/2004
851:10/31/2003
837:10/27/2003
823:10/20/2003
809:10/15/2003
481:newspapers
383:Harlequins
320:USA Eagles
83:University
41:1964-12-26
27:Birth name
1676:Schurfeld
1656:Hightower
1564:Khasigian
1362:MacDonald
1342:Khasigian
1202:ponty.net
1173:1 January
1168:espnscrum
1148:1 January
1123:1 January
1098:1 January
1093:its rugby
1019:6/26/2005
1005:6/19/2005
1002:Argentina
977:5/29/2005
963:5/25/2005
907:6/19/2004
893:6/12/2004
879:5/30/2004
865:5/27/2004
795:8/30/2003
781:8/27/2003
767:8/23/2003
764:Argentina
753:6/28/2003
739:6/21/2003
725:6/18/2003
711:5/17/2003
697:4/27/2003
683:4/12/2003
669:8/31/2002
655:8/24/2002
641:8/15/2002
627:8/10/2002
613:7/13/2002
599:6/29/2002
585:6/22/2002
571:12/1/2001
433:citations
387:Neath RFC
296:2001–2006
254:1993–1999
204:Neath RFC
192:1999–2000
190:1998–1999
188:1997–1998
186:1996–1997
1701:Williams
1537:Forwards
1403:Buchholz
1382:Waasdorp
1372:Schubert
1305:Forwards
991:6/4/2005
921:7/3/2004
820:Scotland
582:Scotland
554:OPPONENT
459:libelous
248:(Points)
180:(Points)
141:(Points)
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1666:Saulala
1651:Grobler
1646:Dalzell
1641:Coulson
1631:Anitoni
1615:Tardits
1579:Lumkong
1549:Clayton
1544:Billups
1481:Billups
1468:Wilfley
1463:Van Zyl
1458:Timoteo
1448:Sherman
1423:Emerick
1413:Dalzell
1377:Tarpoff
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932:Ireland
792:Uruguay
750:England
736:England
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638:Uruguay
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495:scholar
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1681:Shuman
1610:Sucher
1600:Parker
1590:Mounga
1569:Lehner
1559:Hodges
1438:Keyter
1433:Hercus
1367:Parker
1347:Klerck
1337:Hodges
1322:Fifita
1317:Dorsey
1312:Clever
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960:Canada
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904:Canada
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862:Canada
848:France
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1691:Takau
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1554:Gross
1418:Eloff
1408:Cross
1396:Backs
1387:Wyatt
1332:Gross
1327:Gouws
1143:ponty
1075:Notes
1022:20-19
1008:30-34
988:Wales
980:28-22
966:30-26
952:43-25
946:Italy
924:39-31
910:32-29
896:69-31
882:41-11
868:23-20
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840:39-26
834:Japan
826:39-15
812:19-18
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784:35-20
742:36-10
728:16-11
714:69-27
708:Japan
700:58-13
694:Spain
686:62-13
680:Spain
658:21-13
652:Chile
644:28-24
630:35-22
624:Chile
616:36-13
588:65-23
574:43-20
560:SCORE
502:JSTOR
488:books
285:Years
233:Years
165:Years
126:Years
96:Coach
1636:Blom
1605:Reed
1595:Paga
1584:Lyle
1453:Sika
1443:Kjar
1357:Lyle
1175:2021
1150:2021
1125:2021
1100:2021
1060:and
994:77-3
938:55-6
806:Fiji
770:42-8
756:43-6
672:10-9
602:29-6
563:W/L
557:DATE
474:news
435:for
290:Team
265:(10)
243:Apps
238:Team
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175:Apps
170:Team
136:Apps
131:Team
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