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  • Rugby World

    JAPAN

    Aug 20, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS Rich Freeman.

    HOW THEY QUALIFIED

    One of the 12 automatic qualifiers for finishing in the top three of their pool at the 2015 World Cup.

    DID YOU KNOW?

    Two of the top five Test try-scorers of all time are Japanese. Daisuke Ohata tops the list with 69 tries in 58 Tests and Hirotoki Onozawa is fifth with 55 in 81.

    UNOFFICIAL MASCOT

    The Great Gatsby – Loved hosting a glamorous party to which all are invited.

    ODDS

    Highest rated of the so-called ‘smaller’ nations at

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