There are spiral galaxies, like our own Milky Way, and then there are elliptical galaxies, sort of football or rugby ball shaped.

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Since the age of three, when he ran round his backyard in a leafy, middle-class suburb of Buenos Aires, he's been throwing a rugby ball around.

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And now he is here, a baby boy, named Jesse, strong and built like a rugby ball, with a spiky ribbon of blond hair running down the top of his head, and a long smile that just floors us every time.

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The sport of ground quidditch, a mix of rugby and dodge ball, was adapted in 2005 by U.S. students at Middlebury College in Vermont from J.

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Now Whitehaven were in their stride, and more expansive rugby resulted in the ball falling to full-back Craig Benson, whose delicious dummy carved open the defence for the third try of the afternoon.

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They are an exciting, young and ambitious team who throw the ball round and play attractive rugby.

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Mr Clayton, who recently retired from rugby through injury, said Maynard's family supported the ball.

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The New Zealander, still showing the pace that made him one of the best wingers in world rugby, cut inside Toby Faletau and dashed clear before offloading the ball to Samoan Kahn Fotuali'i, who crossed the tryline for a touchdown.

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And, just as important, they have an audience on the doorstep eager for rugby league, with an eye already trained for the aesthetics of running with the ball in hand.

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But TV replays showed that in taking a quick throw-in, Rees had used a different ball - handed to him by a ball-boy - to the one that Jonny Sexton had sliced into touch, which is against rugby's Law 19.2.

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