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Ask a Brazilian about football or volleyball, and they will tell you everything you need to know, and much more in the way of opinions, cherished memories and the latest gossip

But ask them about rugby – which returns to the Olympic programme after 92 years at this year’s Games in Rio – and you may well receive a blank look

The sport is growing quickly in South Ameria’s biggest country, as the Rio 2016 test event earlier this month and December’s beach rugby event in Ipanema showed

But the general public still has a fair amount to learn

Help is at hand: Rio 2016 took the chance of the coming together of Brazil's rugby crowd at the test event in Deodoro Olympic Park to create a video guide to how to be a rugby fan

With top tips – such as appreciate the key role that respect plays in the sport and get yourself some fancy dress – the ‘fan’s manual’ provides an informative but light-hearted guide for the growing number of rugby lovers in the region

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