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Hugo Porta

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Hugo Porta (born 11 September 1951) is a former Argentine Rugby Union footballer, an inductee of both the International Rugby Hall of Fame and IRB Hall of Fame, and one of the best fly-halves the sport has seen. [1]

49 relations: Architect, Argentina, Argentina national rugby union team, Argentine Rugby Union, Association football, Australia national rugby union team, Ballymore Stadium, Bloemfontein, Boca Juniors, Brazil national rugby union team, Brisbane, Buenos Aires, Cap (sport), Captain (sports), Carjacking, Carlos Menem, Chile national rugby union team, Club Atlético Banco de la Nación Argentina, Diego Maradona, Encyclopædia Britannica, England national rugby union team, Fiji national rugby union team, France national rugby union team, Guinness World Records, International Rugby Hall of Fame, Italy national rugby union team, Jean-Michel Aguirre, Mark Ella, New Zealand national rugby union team, Olimpia Award, Paraguay national rugby union team, Romania national rugby union team, Rugby sevens, Rugby union positions, Rugby World Cup, Santos Laciar, South Africa, South Africa national rugby union team, South African Barbarians, South American Jaguars, Test match (rugby union), University of Buenos Aires, Uruguay national rugby union team, Vivian Jenkins, World Rugby Hall of Fame, 1980 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa, 1982 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa, 1985 in sports, 1987 Rugby World Cup.

Architect

An architect is a person who plans, designs, and reviews the construction of buildings.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Argentina national rugby union team

The Argentina national rugby team is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR, from the Spanish: Unión Argentina de Rugby).

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Argentine Rugby Union

The Argentine Rugby Union (Unión Argentina de Rugby, abbreviated "UAR") is the governing body for rugby union in Argentina.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Australia national rugby union team

The Australia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is controlled by Rugby Australia.

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Ballymore Stadium

Ballymore is a rugby union stadium situated in Herston, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia.

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Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (Afrikaans and Dutch "fountain of flowers" or "blooming fountain"; also known as Bloem) is the capital city of the province of Free State of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals (the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital) and is the seventh largest city in South Africa.

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Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.

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Brazil national rugby union team

The Brazil national rugby union team, nicknamed Tupis, is controlled by the Confederação Brasileira de Rugby.

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and most populous city of Argentina.

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Cap (sport)

In sport, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance in a game at international level.

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Captain (sports)

In team sports, captain is a title given to a member of the team.

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Carjacking

Carjacking is a robbery in which the item taken over is a motor vehicle.

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Carlos Menem

Carlos Saúl Menem Akil (born July 2, 1930) is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1999.

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Chile national rugby union team

The Chile national rugby union team, nicknamed Los Cóndores, plays in red jerseys and blue shorts, and is organized by the Chilean Rugby Federation (Federación de Rugby de Chile).

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Club Atlético Banco de la Nación Argentina

Club Atlético Banco de la Nación Argentina (also known as Club Banco Nación) is an Argentine sports club, located in the neighborhood of Florida in Vicente López Partido of Greater Buenos Aires.

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Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona Franco (born 30 October 1960) is an Argentine retired professional footballer and manager.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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England national rugby union team

The England national rugby union team competes in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales.

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Fiji national rugby union team

The Fiji national rugby union team competes every four years at the Rugby World Cup, and their best performances were the 1987 and 2007 tournaments when they defeated Argentina and Wales respectively to reach the quarterfinals.

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France national rugby union team

The France national rugby union team competes annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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International Rugby Hall of Fame

The International Rugby Hall of Fame (IRHOF) was a hall of fame for rugby union.

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Italy national rugby union team

The Italy national rugby union team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship against the other top rugby teams in Europe.

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Jean-Michel Aguirre

Jean-Michel Aguirre (born Tostat, November 2, 1951) is a former French rugby union player.

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Mark Ella

Mark Gordon Ella, AM (born 5 June 1959) is an Australian former rugby union player, often considered as one of his country's all-time greats in that sport.

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New Zealand national rugby union team

The New Zealand national rugby union team, called the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is known as the country's national sport.

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Olimpia Award

The Olimpia Awards (Premios Olimpia) are Argentine sports awards given annually by the Círculo de Periodistas Deportivos (Association of Sports Journalists) since 1954.

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Paraguay national rugby union team

The Paraguay national rugby team is governed by the Paraguayan Rugby Union.

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Romania national rugby union team

The Romania national rugby union team (Echipa națională de rugby a României), nicknamed The Oaks (Stejarii), is long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations.

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Rugby sevens

Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens), and originally known as Seven-a-side rugby is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40 minute halves.

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Rugby union positions

In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15).

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Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams.

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Santos Laciar

Santos Benigno Laciar (born January 31, 1959), known familiarly as Santos Laciar and nicknamed Falucho, is an Argentine who was boxing's world flyweight and super flyweight champion.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South Africa national rugby union team

The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks, is governed by the South African Rugby Union.

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South African Barbarians

South African Barbarians is an invitational rugby union club styled along the lines of Barbarian F.C. It was formed in 1960 by Frank Mellish, the former 1951-2 Springbok selector and manager, together with former Natal Rugby Union President, Harry Stacey.

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South American Jaguars

The South American Jaguars was a rugby union team made up of players from South America, who competed against South African teams in the 1980s.

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Test match (rugby union)

A test match in rugby union is an international match, usually played between two senior national teams, that is recognised as such by at least one of the teams' national governing bodies.

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University of Buenos Aires

The University of Buenos Aires (Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA) is the largest university in Argentina and the second largest university by enrollment in Latin America.

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Uruguay national rugby union team

The Uruguay national rugby union team, nicknamed Los Teros, represents Uruguay in international rugby competitions and is governed by the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay.

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Vivian Jenkins

Vivian Gordon James "Viv" Jenkins (2 November 1911 – 5 January 2004) was a Welsh rugby union player who, having taught Classics and Games at Dover College, went on to have a successful career as a sports journalist.

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World Rugby Hall of Fame

The World Rugby Hall of Fame (formerly the IRB Hall of Fame) recognises special achievement and contribution to the sport of rugby union.

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1980 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa

The 1980 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the South American Jaguars rugby union team in South Africa in April and May 1980.

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1982 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa

The 1982 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the South American Jaguars rugby union team in South Africa in March and April 1982.

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1985 in sports

1985 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

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1987 Rugby World Cup

The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby Union World Cup.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Porta

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