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Haifa Wild Boars

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of six clubs in israel rugby union”. Today it says “one of the eight clubs affiliated to rugby israel”.
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Haifa Wild Boars (previously known simply as Haifa Rugby ) is one of six clubs affiliated to Rugby Israel .1 Based in Haifa , in the northern part of Israel. The team is majorly sponsored by the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology , and most players have graduated or are students there. Students in the Technion get academic credit for playing in the team.2

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of six clubs in israel rugby union”. Today it says “one of the eight clubs affiliated to rugby israel”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

one of six clubs in israel rugby union

Now

one of the eight clubs affiliated to rugby israel

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