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The Rugby World Cup 2015 has kicked off in London. The time-zone differences mean that ardent Australian rugby fans will be up at odd hours cheering on the Green and Gold. The late hours may have some knock on (pun intended) effects like a few \u201csickies\u201d or some late arrivals to the pitch. What do […]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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