MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A band of leg-sore Australian friends are claiming a new world record for the longest nonstop game of beach touch rugby, accumulating around 1,500 points during a grueling 34 hours of play, one of the players said Friday.

Neither side knows who won. Organizers of the Tama Touch Group, which played the game on Wednesday and Thursday as a charity event at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach , decided against providing a running score for fear of overexciting the fatigued players’ competitive instincts, competitor Harry Preston said.

“It’s not about who beats who. It’s about collectively breaking the record and doing it for a good cause,” Preston said. “It does get a bit competitive, but it’s all about the mateship and the camaraderie."

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