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          New Zealand players celebrate after winning their 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final match against Ireland. AFP

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          New Zealand's players lift the trophy after winning the New Zealand 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup final match between New Zealand and England at Eden Park in Auckland on November 12, 2022. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP)

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          RugbyJuly 25, 2022
          KASHIWA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 10: Beauden Barrett of the All Blacks cools down during a training session at Kashiwa no Ha Park Stadium on September 10, 2019 in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

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          RugbyDecember 11, 2019
          People cheer as South African Rugby captain Siya Kolisi holds up the Web Ellis Trophy while the South African Rugby World Cup winner team parades on an open top bus through the streets of the city of Zwide , Port Elizabeth, on November 10, 2019. Zwide is the hometown of Siya Kolisi, the first black captain for the South African rugby team that led them to victory against England in the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final in Japan. / AFP / Wikus DE WET

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          YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 02: Players of South Africa celebrate as Siya Kolisi of South Africa lifts the Web Ellis Cup following their victory against England in the Rugby World Cup 2019 Final between England and South Africa at International Stadium Yokohama on November 02, 2019 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

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          RugbyNovember 02, 2019
          South Africa's flanker Siya Kolisi (C) lifts the Webb Ellis Cup as they celebrate winning the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup final match between England and South Africa at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama on November 2, 2019. / AFP / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU

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