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Impressed by celebrity side's lead in opening phase of rugby match (10)

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I believe the answer is:

starstruck

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'side's lead in opening phase of rugby match' is the definition.
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'impressed by celebrity' is the wordplay.
'impressed' becomes 'struck' ('strike' can be a synonym of 'impress').
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'celebrity' becomes 'star' (a star is a celebrity or famous person).
'struck' put after 'star' is 'STARSTRUCK'.

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