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SHOTA HORIE

FACT FILE

Age 33 (21 Jan 1986)

Born Osaka

Position Hooker

Club Wild Knights

Height 5ft 11in

Weight 16st 5lb

Japan caps 66 (10T)

Twitter @shotahorie

man who at one stage feared he might not be fit enough to make the World Cup, Japan hooker Shota Horie had a tournament to remember. The 33-year-old underwent surgery last November to treat a stress fracture in his right foot and was

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