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It’s a hat-trick. The former World Champion now coaches rugby in Bermuda. </figure></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator"/> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4><strong>14. Carol Vorderman </strong></h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another diehard Wales fan. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":80386} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="400" height="400" data-attachment-id="80386" data-permalink="https://www.ruck.co.uk/celebrity-rugby-fans-world/ehrbwlmx4aataoj/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EHrbwLmX4AATaOJ.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1" data-orig-size="400,400" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="EHrbwLmX4AATaOJ" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EHrbwLmX4AATaOJ.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EHrbwLmX4AATaOJ.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EHrbwLmX4AATaOJ.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-80386" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EHrbwLmX4AATaOJ.jpg?w=400&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EHrbwLmX4AATaOJ.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EHrbwLmX4AATaOJ.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator"/> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4><strong>15. Rupert Murdoch </strong></h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"center","id":28894,"linkDestination":"custom"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rugby_jerry_rupert_3488754k.jpg?ssl=1"><img decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rugby_jerry_rupert_3488754k-694x400.jpg?resize=694%2C400&ssl=1" alt="rugby_jerry_rupert_3488754k" class="wp-image-28894" data-recalc-dims="1"/></a></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator"/> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4><strong>16. Javier Bardem</strong></h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A Spanish actor best known (by some of us) for playing the psychopathic hit man Anton Chigurrh in <a data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1" href="http://movies.about.com/od/nocountryforoldmen/a/countryjb111407.htm">“No Country for Old Men”</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":80396} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="620" height="349" data-attachment-id="80396" data-permalink="https://www.ruck.co.uk/celebrity-rugby-fans-world/njrk3poi2fgcfmulumoai4zane/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/NJRK3POI2FGCFMULUMOAI4ZANE.jpg?fit=620%2C349&ssl=1" data-orig-size="620,349" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="NJRK3POI2FGCFMULUMOAI4ZANE" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/NJRK3POI2FGCFMULUMOAI4ZANE.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/NJRK3POI2FGCFMULUMOAI4ZANE.jpg?fit=620%2C349&ssl=1" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/NJRK3POI2FGCFMULUMOAI4ZANE.jpg?resize=620%2C349&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-80396" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/NJRK3POI2FGCFMULUMOAI4ZANE.jpg?w=620&ssl=1 620w, https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/NJRK3POI2FGCFMULUMOAI4ZANE.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Famed for his performance as a psychopathic hit man in <em>No Country for Old Men</em>, Bardem would be an intimidating presence on the rugby field. He was a good enough player to represent Spain at national under 21 level as a flanker and prop.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>He once said in an interview that “playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan” which suggests he suffered one concussion too many.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"center","id":28906,"linkDestination":"custom"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/javier-bardem.jpg?ssl=1"><img decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.ruck.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/javier-bardem-522x400.jpg?resize=522%2C400&ssl=1" alt="javier-bardem" class="wp-image-28906" data-recalc-dims="1"/></a></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5><strong>CONTINUES ON PAGE FIVE</strong></h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator"/> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:html --> <h3 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