Conditional formatting duplicate partial text in cells

Jasesair

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I have a draw being created that I need to identify when there are duplicate names in the row (b9:e9). I need to be aware when there is a duplicate in the row. In this example, Valerie Brown appears twice. Ideally, her name would be highlighted or have a different font colour. An alternative would simply be highlighting the whole cell when a duplicate is identified.

If anyone can help achieve this, that'd be fantastic and be much appreciated. My intention will be to copy this conditional format formula for subsequent rows so that each row identifies duplicates.

Nominations and Draw.xlsx
ABCDE
7Court 1Court 2Court 3Court 4
8OpponentsOpponentsOpponentsOpponents
93.30pmJohn Black & Kevin White v William Yellow & Bob PurpleGeorge Blue & Valerie Brown v Bruce Red & Jarrod GreyMatthew Orange v Simon RoseSophie Mauve v Valerie Brown
103.50pm
114.10pm
Draw
 

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I tried making a formula using the substitute function that removed the "&" and "v" leaving just the names. I'm stumped to check the remaining 3 cells and check for duplicates without some hellatious long formula. I could see using VBA for this. Maybe a UDF inside a Conditional formatting.
 
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