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RUGBY RUGBY RUGBY

Where would New Zealanders be without Rugby? The national game of a mad passionate
nation could only lead itself to having a miniature bottle made in some form, all be it in
ceramic format. The first two rugby balls below relate to the ALL BLACKS, even though
these are NOT miniatures I thought where worth sharing anyway. In saying this there were
two miniature sample bottles made of the “WHITE” rugby ball (3rd photo) and Erica Mulder
has one. My eye is on these two and one day they may fall into my possession, without any
sneaky underhand tactics (you could always shoot Erica! - Editor). The content of the large
"WHITE" ball is New Zealand Blended Whisky 37.5% vol Special Reserve 70cl. The
“BLACK” rugby ball is also New Zealand Whisky 8yo 40% vol. To my knowledge there is
only one black ball in New Zealand as they were made for the Japan market and only
available at duty free.

The next four photos are actual miniature ceramic rugby balls
in my collection. These are all Welsh containing “Welsh
Whisky”. There are at least 7 variations of this bottle. Note that
the first is another larger bottle (50cl - 500ml)

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