Los Leones, the Spanish team making rugby sexy again

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It all began with a 20-second video of a shirtless player dancing flamenco. The clip went viral, capturing the heart of a nation and catapulting Manu Moreno, 26 – the personification of Spanish rugby’s new wave – to fame. To date, he has 125,000 followers on Instagram. 

If the video pushed Moreno into the spotlight, it also served to amplify the noise around the…