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The Guardian - UK
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Matt Damon's two left feet

Matt Damon
Matt Damon. Photograph: AP

Evidence that when it comes to rugby you can't send a boy to do a man's job. Even if that man is uber-tough Jason Bourne actor Matt Damon. Damon, who is rather bizarrely portraying South African rugby hard man Francois Pienaar in a biopic about Nelson Mandela, has been attempting to hone his ball skills to look the part, according to the Sun. Despite "months of rugby training, with some famous players" he has struggled to, er, kick a ball. Showing skills about as solid as Andy Goode's dodgy kicking on Sunday against France Damon, managed to collect a fair amount of turf, and no ball, resulting in a sprained leg that has halted filming.

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