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South Africa's scrum-half Faf de Klerk is among a group of smaller but key players for their teams at the Rugby World Cup.

South Africa's scrum-half Faf de Klerk is among a group of smaller but key players for their teams at the Rugby World Cup.

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Shahiron Sahari

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Rugby union is a game traditionally associated with athletic giants who can run like the wind, jump into the skies and make tackles or hits at great velocity.

But one of the old-school features of the game, truer than for most other sports, is that it is for all shapes and sizes.

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