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830:Aki Kajiwara
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1677:Shepherdson
1671:B. Robinson
1494:A. Fainga'a
1382:S. Fainga'a
1359:third place
936:Tom English
931:Koshi Emoto
890:Hiroki Suwa
885:Kei Shibuya
472:Super Rugby
445:New Zealand
419:New Zealand
415:Tri-Nations
389:2005 season
333:Super Rugby
321:rugby union
207:Super Rugby
118:Position(s)
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1809:Categories
1771:Staniforth
1724:Cordingley
1428:Polota-Nau
1303:Head coach
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986:Koichi Ota
900:Oto Tebita
835:Jun Kaneko
800:Yuta Ejima
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1136:Holmes
1128:Hanson
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1656:Moore
1646:Lyons
1620:Elsom
1542:Deans
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1161:Moore
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160:2007
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