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    IRELAND

    Aug 20, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS Tom English.

    HOW THEY QUALIFIED

    One of the 12 automatic qualifiers after reaching the last eight at RWC 2015.

    DID YOU KNOW?

    No nation has won as many Rugby World Cup games as Ireland and yet failed to ever reach a semi-final.

    UNOFFICIAL MASCOT

    Q – Smart, plenty of attention to detail, technically organised and always a few tricks up their sleeve.

    ODDS

    8-1 and among the favourites.

    WORLD CUP HIGH

    Gordon Hamilton’s famous late, late

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