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Introduction

So you think all rugby players are seven foot tall with shoulders the size of Belgium then?

How wrong you are.

The beauty of rugby union is that is a game for people of all shapes and all sizes.

Whether you are short and stocky or tall and thin, there's a place for you in a rugby side.

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