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2008–09 Heineken Cup

Index 2008–09 Heineken Cup

The 2008–09 Heineken Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Heineken Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby. [1]

93 relations: Aaron Mauger, Alain Rolland, Alan Lewis (rugby union and cricket), ASM Clermont Auvergne, Bath Rugby, Ben Blair, Ben Woods, Benetton Rugby, Biarritz Olympique, Blood replacement, Bloodgate, Brian O'Driscoll, Butch James, Cardiff, Cardiff Blues, Castres Olympique, Ceri Sweeney, Chris White (rugby union), Craig Newby, Croke Park, David Skrela, Dean Richards (rugby union), Dragons (rugby union), Dublin, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Rugby, European Rugby Champions Cup, European Rugby Club Rankings, Felipe Contepomi, Frédéric Michalak, Geordan Murphy, Glasgow Warriors, Gloucester Rugby, Gordon D'Arcy, Harlequin F.C., Heineken Cup Italo-Celtic play-off, Irish Rugby Football Union, James Hook (rugby union), Jamie Heaslip, Jamie Roberts, Joe Maddock (rugby union), Johne Murphy, Jonathan Sexton, Jordan Crane (rugby union), Julien Dupuy, Keith Earls, King Power Stadium, Leicester, Leicester Tigers, Leigh Halfpenny, ..., Leinster Rugby, Limerick, Luke Fitzgerald, Martyn Williams, Mike Brown (rugby union), Millennium Stadium, Munster Rugby, Murrayfield Stadium, Nicky Robinson (rugby player), Nigel Owens, Ospreys (rugby union), Overtime (sports), Paul O'Connell, Paul Warwick (rugby union), Richie Rees, Ronan O'Gara, Round-robin tournament, Rugby Calvisano, Rugby Football Union, Rugby union, Rugby union positions, Sale Sharks, Sam Vesty, Scarlets, Scott Hamilton (rugby union), Shaun Berne, Single-elimination tournament, Stade Français, Stade Toulousain, The Daily Telegraph, Thomond Park, Tom James (rugby player), Tom Shanklin, Tom Williams (rugby player, born 1983), Twickenham Stoop, Ulster Rugby, US Montauban, USA Perpignan, Wasps RFC, Wayne Barnes, Welsh Rugby Union, 2007–08 Celtic League, 2007–08 Heineken Cup. Expand index (43 more) »

Aaron Mauger

Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger (last name pronounced "Major"; born 29 November 1980 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player who played at centre for Leicester Tigers.

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Alain Rolland

Alain Colm Pierre Rolland (born 22 August 1966) is a former Ireland rugby union international and rugby union referee.

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Alan Lewis (rugby union and cricket)

David Alan Lewis (born 1 June 1964 in Cork, Ireland) is a former Irish cricketer and rugby union referee.

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ASM Clermont Auvergne

Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne is a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system.

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Bath Rugby

Bath Rugby (also known as just Bath) is an English professional rugby union club in Bath, Somerset.

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Ben Blair

Ben Austin Blair (born 26 March 1979 in Westport, New Zealand) is a rugby union footballer.

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Ben Woods

Benjamin Woods (born 9 June 1982) is a retired rugby union player who played for Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers as an openside flanker.

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Benetton Rugby

Benetton Rugby are an Italian professional rugby union team based in Treviso, Veneto competing in the Pro14 and the European Rugby Champions Cup.

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Biarritz Olympique

Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque, usually known simply as Biarritz, is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, New Aquitaine which competes in the Rugby Pro D2, the second division of French rugby.

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Blood replacement

In both rugby union and rugby league, a blood replacement (also referred to as a blood substitution or blood bin) is a special kind of substitution which can be used in the case of a player having to leave the field of play temporarily to have a wound attended to.

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Bloodgate

The Bloodgate Scandal was a rugby union scandal involving the English team Harlequins in their Heineken Cup match against the Irish side Leinster on 12 April 2009.

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Brian O'Driscoll

Brian Gerard O'Driscoll (born 21 January 1979) is a retired Irish professional rugby union player.

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Butch James

Andrew David "Butch" James (born 8 January 1979) is a former South African rugby union player who represented 40 times and was a member of the team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues (Gleision Caerdydd) are one of the four professional Welsh regional rugby union teams.

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Castres Olympique

Castres Olympique is a French rugby union club located in the Occitanian city of Castres and is currently competing in the top level of the French league system.

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Ceri Sweeney

Ceri Sweeney (born 21 January 1980 in Glyncoch) is a rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Pontypridd RFC and Wales.

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Chris White (rugby union)

Chris White (born 16 July 1963) is an English international rugby referee.

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Craig Newby

Craig Alan Newby (born 27 July 1979) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.

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Croke Park

Croke Park (Páirc an Chrócaigh) is a GAA stadium located in Dublin, Ireland.

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David Skrela

David Skrela (born 2 March 1979 in Toulouse, France) is a French rugby union footballer.

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Dean Richards (rugby union)

Dean Richards (born 11 July 1963) is a former England and British & Irish Lions rugby union player.

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Dragons (rugby union)

Dragons (Dreigiau) are one of the four professional rugby union regional teams in Wales.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edinburgh Rugby

Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby teams from Scotland.

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European Rugby Champions Cup

The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR).

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European Rugby Club Rankings

The European Rugby Club Rankings were introduced for the 2008–09 European season.

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Felipe Contepomi

Felipe Contepomi (born 20 August 1977) is an Argentine rugby coach who is currently the backs coach at Leinster Rugby.

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Frédéric Michalak

Frédéric Michalak (born 16 October 1982 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne) is a French rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the Lyon OU in the Top 14.

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Geordan Murphy

Geordan Edward Andrew Murphy (born 19 April 1978 in Dublin) is an Irish rugby union coach and former player.

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Glasgow Warriors

Glasgow Warriors are one of the two professional rugby union sides from Scotland.

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Gloucester Rugby

Gloucester Rugby are an English professional rugby union club based in the West Country city of Gloucester.

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Gordon D'Arcy

Gordon William D'Arcy (born 10 February 1980, in Ferns, County Wexford) is a retired Irish rugby player.

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Harlequin F.C.

The Harlequin Football Club (Harlequins or Quins for short) are an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the English Premiership.

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Heineken Cup Italo-Celtic play-off

The Heineken Cup 24th place play-off was a single game play-off that was formerly used to determine the final qualifier for the subsequent season's Heineken Cup.

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Irish Rugby Football Union

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) (Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland).

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James Hook (rugby union)

James William Hook (born 27 June 1985) is a Welsh rugby union player, who currently plays for Pro14 club the Ospreys.

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Jamie Heaslip

James Peter Richard Heaslip (born 15 December 1983) is a former Irish rugby union player who played for Leinster and Ireland.

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Jamie Roberts

Jamie Huw Roberts (born 8 November 1986) is a Welsh rugby union player.

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Joe Maddock (rugby union)

Joe Maddock (born 20 December 1978) is a retired rugby union winger/fullback who last played for Saracens F.C. in the Aviva Premiership.

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Johne Murphy

Johne Murphy (born 10 November 1984) is a retired Irish rugby union footballer who played Wing, Full-back or Centre.

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Jonathan Sexton

Jonathan Sexton is an Irish rugby union player.

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Jordan Crane (rugby union)

Jordan Crane (born 3 June 1986 in Bromsgrove) is a professional rugby union player, who currently plays for Bristol Rugby in the Greene King IPA Championship.

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Julien Dupuy

Julien Dupuy born 19 December 1983 is a rugby union player for Stade Français in the Top 14.

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Keith Earls

Keith Gerard Earls (born 2 October 1987) is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the Pro14 and European Rugby Champions Cup.

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King Power Stadium

The King Power Stadium (also known as the Leicester City Stadium due to UEFA sponsorship regulations and formerly known as the Walkers Stadium) is a football stadium in Leicester, England.

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Leicester

Leicester ("Lester") is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire.

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Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) is an English professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England.

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Leigh Halfpenny

Stephen Leigh Halfpenny (born 22 December 1988) is a Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player.

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Leinster Rugby

Leinster Rugby (Rugbaí Laighean) is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland and the most successful Irish team both domestically and in European competition.

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Limerick

Limerick (Luimneach) is a city in County Limerick, Ireland.

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Luke Fitzgerald

Luke Matthew Fitzgerald (born 13 September 1987) is a former rugby union player.

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Martyn Williams

Martyn Elwyn Williams, MBE (born 1 September 1975) is a former Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player.

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Mike Brown (rugby union)

Mike Brown (born 4 September 1985) is an English professional rugby union player who plays fullback for Harlequins and the England rugby team.

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Millennium Stadium

The Millennium Stadium (Stadiwm y Mileniwm), since 2016 named for sponsorship purposes as the Principality Stadium (Stadiwm Principality), is the national stadium of Wales, located in Cardiff.

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Munster Rugby

Munster Rugby (Rugbaí Mumhan) is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland.

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Murrayfield Stadium

Murrayfield Stadium (known as BT Murrayfield Stadium for sponsorship reasons, or popularly as Murrayfield) is a sports stadium located in the west end of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

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Nicky Robinson (rugby player)

Nicholas John Robinson (born 3 January 1982 in Cardiff) is a former Wales international rugby union player who played at fly-half.

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Nigel Owens

Nigel Owens MBE (born 18 June 1971) is a Welsh international rugby union referee.

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Ospreys (rugby union)

The Ospreys (Y Gweilch), formerly the Neath-Swansea Ospreyshttp://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/tm_objectid.

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Overtime (sports)

Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same.

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Paul O'Connell

Paul Jeremiah O'Connell (born 20 October 1979) is a retired Irish rugby union player.

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Paul Warwick (rugby union)

Paul Warwick (born 8 January 1981 in Australia) is a former Australian rugby union player.

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Richie Rees

Richie Rees (born 21 May 1983) is a Wales international professional rugby union player.

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Ronan O'Gara

Ronan John Ross O'Gara (Irish: Rónán Ó Gadhra, born 7 March 1977) is an Irish former rugby union player and current coach.

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Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament (or all-play-all tournament) is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn.

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Rugby Calvisano

Rugby Calvisano are an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the National Championship of Excellence.

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Rugby Football Union

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the governing body for rugby union in England.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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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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Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks is an English professional rugby union club from the Greater Manchester that plays in the English Premiership.

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Sam Vesty

Samuel Brook Vesty (born 26 November 1981) is an English rugby union footballer who plays utility back (though his preferred position is full back) for Bath Rugby.

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Scarlets

The Scarlets are one of the four professional Welsh regional rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales.

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Scott Hamilton (rugby union)

Scott Elliot Hamilton (born 4 March 1980 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer.

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Shaun Berne

Shaun Berne (born 8 January 1979) is an Australian rugby union coach and former player.

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Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

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Stade Français

Stade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

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Stade Toulousain

Stade Toulousain (Estadi Tolosenc), also referred to as Toulouse, is a French rugby union club from Toulouse in Occitania.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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Thomond Park

Thomond Park is a stadium in Limerick in the Irish province of Munster.

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Tom James (rugby player)

Tom James (born 17 April 1987 in Rhymney) is a Welsh rugby union player.

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Tom Shanklin

Tomos George Lesley Shanklin (born 24 November 1979 in Harrow, London) is a former Welsh rugby union player who played outside centre for Cardiff Blues and Wales.

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Tom Williams (rugby player, born 1983)

Tom Williams (born 12 October 1983 in Brighton, England) is a former English rugby union player who played for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership.

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Twickenham Stoop

Twickenham Stoop Stadium (informally referred to as The Stoop) is a sports stadium located in south-west London, England.

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Ulster Rugby

Ulster Rugby (Rugbaí Uladh) is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland.

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US Montauban

US Montauban (Union Esportiva Montalban) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.

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USA Perpignan

Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais (Unió Esportiva Arlequins de Perpinyà), generally referred to as USA Perpignan, is a French rugby union club that plays in the city of Perpignan in Pyrénées-Orientales.

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Wasps RFC

Wasps Rugby Football Club is an English professional rugby union team based in Coventry, England.

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Wayne Barnes

Wayne Barnes (born 20 April 1979) is an English international rugby union referee and barrister.

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Welsh Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) (Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby.

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2007–08 Celtic League

The 2007–08 Celtic League (known as the 2007–08 Magners League for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh Celtic League season and the second with Magners as title sponsor.

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2007–08 Heineken Cup

The 2007–08 Heineken Cup was the 13th edition of the Heineken Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby.

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2008-09 Heineken Cup, 2008/09 Heineken Cup, Heineken Cup 2008-09.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008–09_Heineken_Cup

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