The ad features former All Black Sean Fitzpatrick in a pink, fist-shaped bumper car with a black pledge band on a finger.

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South Africa prop Johan le Roux was sent home from a tour of New Zealand in 1994 after being found guilty of biting the ear of opposition captain Sean Fitzpatrick.

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Gatland - a hooker who represented New Zealand 17 times between 1988 and 1991 but was denied a cap by the presence of Sean Fitzpatrick in the team - was on a shortlist of three foreign coaches approached by the Welsh Rugby Union.

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