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    By The Associated Press | Associated Press – Fri, Jul 27, 2012

    The scene moments before the ceremony begins: The sheep and other animals are leaving. The cameras are still flashing. Around the stadium people in old-fashioned clothes are playing rugby. Besides football (as we call it here) rugby is one of the most popular team sports in Britain. And we invented it.

    — Fergus Bell — Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb

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