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'It's in my blood': how rugby managed to unite America's elite

When Wales play South Africa at RFK Stadium in Washington on Saturday, a few well-known faces could be in the crowdWhen Candace Gingrich met Bill Clinton in 1996, half-brother Newt was two years into a political war with the White House. At a fundraising event, the president worked his way down a line of guests. When he got to the young Human Rights Campaign staffer with the Republican House Speaker for a relative, he got a welcome surprise. Related: HR McMaster on rugby: 'The warrior ethos is what a good team has' George W. Bush plays a little dirty rugby for Yale in 1966 pic.twitter.com/R1uPDXz4ABYou play rugby for yourself … but you also play for the other people with you...

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