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Rugby World Cup You need to know about Pat Pellegrini

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Remarkably that is the incredible sequence of events which led 23-year-old fly half Pat Pellegrini on a rugby odyssey which may well end up with him playing in a Tonga shirt alongside modern greats Charles Piutau and Malakai Fekitoa at France 2023.

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'When I first arrived at Sarries I had broken my arm and I was 156, 157kgs... my playing weight is about 140'