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This combination of photographs created on October 26, 2023, shows New Zealand's Codie Taylor (L) as he breaks through the Australian defence in the Rugby Championship 2023 and Bledisloe Cup Test match between Australia and New Zealand at the MCG in Melbourne on July 29, 2023 and South Africa's hooker Bongi Mbonambi (R) as he runs with the ball during the first rugby union Test match between South Africa and Georgia at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria on July 2, 2021.

This combination of photographs created on October 26, 2023, shows New Zealand's Codie Taylor (L) as he breaks through the Australian defence in the Rugby Championship 2023 and Bledisloe Cup Test match between Australia and New Zealand at the MCG in Melbourne on July 29, 2023 and South Africa's hooker Bongi Mbonambi (R) as he runs with the ball during the first rugby union Test match between South Africa and Georgia at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria on July 2, 2021.

Photo by WILLIAM WEST,PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images.

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