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856:. Welsh Rugby Union
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834:. 16 November 2011
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371:. Pivac was voted
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1099:Luke Porter
1079:Suguru Kubo
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414:New Zealand
405:to win the
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311:, he was a
282:rugby union
279:New Zealand
275:Wayne Pivac
89:Position(s)
26:Wayne Pivac
1544:Categories
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1064:Ryoi Kamei
964:5 December
938:4 February
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812:2 December
729:Fiji Rugby
684:19 January
583:References
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418:Craig Dowd
399:head coach
46:1962-09-10
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1360:P. Davies
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1089:Ren Osawa
1039:Ash Dixon
1034:Jake Ball
1029:Miyu Arai
958:BBC Sport
932:BBC Sport
780:NZ Herald
725:"History"
656:NZ Herald
630:BBC Sport
607:25 August
577:Australia
480:title in
378:in 2003.
357:Northland
334:and then
313:constable
303:A former
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177:1997–1998
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1396:Easterby
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1017:Forwards
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550:Scotland
537:42–0 in
466:forwards
458:Llanelli
450:Scarlets
430:Auckland
393:won the
365:Auckland
353:Takapuna
324:Auckland
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