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Our first look at what all Rugby Men and Women would love to have in their possession - in 2016!
15 May 2015
Here's how an Olympic Rugby Gold Medal will look for those winners of the Men's and Women's competitions in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. They are a simple design - you might even say not particularly artistic - but they will be so keenly fought for!
Who will win them? The favourites are clear-cut; in the men's its Fiji, South Africa and New Zealand while for the women it's New Zealand, Australia and England I reckon. But look out- there could be major upsets! USA have the most exciting Men's team this year while Canada women can never be ruled out.
As of writing this; (May 2015) there are 14 months to go - anything could happen!
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In 1989 a group of scientists and staff started a match between USA and New Zealand. It is a fixture on the ice which has been played intermittently over the years since.
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In an international between the New Zealand Scott Base team and the USA McMurdo Base team in 2001, the New Zealanders scored three tries to one, but the score was posted in the weekly Antarctic Sun newspaper as being 9-3. Obviously the message had not made it through to the people on the ice of the increase in points values for a try! That had first happened over 30 years earlier!
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