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So near but yet so far for All Black sub Bono

THE World Cup Sevens this weekend calls to mind the strange tale of Benjamin Bono, the Uruguayan who found himself drafted into the gold medal winning All Blacks squad the last time the tournament was played on the American continent.
It was in 2001 when Bono got called up by the All Blacks from the pool of reserve players provided by Los Torros who had narrowly failed to qualify for the tournament.
Bono, from the British School Old Boys’ Club in Montevideo, had initially been asked to help out with Japan but that proved a false alarm before his big moment came.
He recalls: “In ...

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