National Rugby Teams

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Rugby has the best national-team nicknames in sport and most people can name four of them. Draw a side and learn the nickname, the anthem and why their rivalry with their neighbours is the way it is. It is a fast route into a sport that rewards context enormously. Twenty-five nations spanning the traditional powers and the emerging sides who keep embarrassing them. Tournament sweepstakes run well on this draw, and the outsiders are where the fun is.