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Rugby World Cup roundup
http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/journal/id/rugby-world-cup-roundup-2011
<table> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Best game</td><td>Canada / Japan</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Best national anthem</td><td>Italy. Those of Wales and Russia are also excellent, but Italy's was better suited to the soprano-heavy choirs used.</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Best Morris dance</td><td>New Zealand</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Best facial hair</td><td><a href=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/teams/team=50/player=26476/index.html>Adam "Bigfoot" Kleeberger</a> (Canada)</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Worst facial hair</td><td><a href=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/teams/team=51/player=27143/index.html>Louis Stanfill</a> (USA)'s pathetic moustache</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Best hair</td><td><a href=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/teams/team=38/player=21349/index.html>Radike Samo</a> (Australia)'s humungous 'fro</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Best team</td><td>New Zealand</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Hardest workers</td><td>Japan, against France; and Fiji, against South Africa</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Most exciting team</td><td>Fiji</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Most exciting players</td><td>Ma'a Nonu (NZ); Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Most impressive player</td><td>Tendai Mtawarira (South Africa)</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Biggest disappointment</td><td>Takudze Ngwenya (USA) having no impact whatsoever</td></tr> <tr><td style='font-weight: bold' align=right>Biggest annoyances</td><td>New Zealand's timezone, and scrums not being fed straight</td></tr></table>
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