RUGBYU-WC-2023-ENGLAND-PHOTO ESSAY

Wooden Spoon Charity players enter a huddle prior to the Men's 'Wooden Spoon Charity' match between Legend's players, Wooden Spoon Vets and Rugby School staff and former pupils as part of the Bicentenary Celebration of the Birth of Rugby on The Close at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England on June 24, 2023. Ahead of the Rugby World Cup in France, Agence France-Presse asked 20 aspiring photographers from each country qualified for the competition to show one aspect of the rugby union culture in their homeland, with the help of Canon cameras who are sponsoring the tournament. From Namibia to Fiji via Georgia and Scotland this photo essay gives us a glimpse of the core values of rugby on five continents. (Photo by ANNABEL LEE-ELLIS and Annabel LEE-ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by ANNABEL LEE-ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)