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Triumph: Spain celebrate victory over Tonga
PICTURES: World Rugby

IT HAS been some July for Spain. They won the men’s football European Championship, Alcaraz retained his men’s Wimbledon title and the national rugby side won in Tonga. The latter achievement may have only created the merest ripple in the pond of international sport, but is it the prelude to a wave?
A few hours later, Spain booked their place in next year’s World Rugby...