Most northerly rugby match

According to Official Guinness Records,

The most northerly rugby match is 78° latitude and was achieved by the Wooden Spoon Society (UK) in Nunavut, Canada, on 28 April 2015. The temperature the rugby players faced would get down to minus 35 degrees with wind chill. The participants trekked over 95 kilometres to the 1996 Certified magnetic North Pole and built the pitch. The teams that participated in the match were: Team Ollie: Ollie Phillips, David Mercer, Steven Turnbull, Paul Jordan, Fergus Davidson, Mike Elston, Rob Brown, Sunny Singh. Team Tim: Tim Stimpson, Andrew Walker, Julian Phelan, Stephen Henry, James Harding, Greg Allen, John Houston.

For a complete list of 2015 records, please visit 2015 Guinness Records in Canada.

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