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Although pandemic-related precautions and logistical nightmares are the new normal in most parts of the rugby world, it’s business as usual in this country.

Unmasked spectators congregate to watch international fixtures and be pummelled with very loud music at every break in play. The All Blacks blow hot and cold. And swathes of the media and public

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