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WALES

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

An automatic qualifier after reaching the quarter-finals at RWC 2015.

DID YOU KNOW?

Captain Alun Wyn Jones is poised to overtake Gethin Jenkins’s Welsh record of 18 World Cup appearances. The lock has played 15 tournament matches.

UNOFFICIAL MASCOT

Cerberus – The three-headed ‘Hound of Hades’ is about as difficult to get past as the Welsh defence.

ODDS

Worth a punt at 9-1.

WORLD CUP HIGH

The 28-25 pool win against

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