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Joseph calls up Japan World Cup heroes for 'huge' Lions and Ireland games
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Gatland's Lions to face Japan before departing on South Africa tour
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gratitude
Rugby fans mob Japan's Brave Blossoms at victory parade
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re-signed
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18 Nov 2019
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Arigatou
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4 Nov 2019
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Revenge
Farrell's Ireland to host Japan, Springboks and Wallabies in November 2020
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Emotional
'We're a team of guys who aren't superstars' - Japan bow out with pride
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'We're grateful for the opportunity to inspire Japan and we showed that'
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AS IT HAPPENED
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fame
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Scottish legal talk 'undermines' Japan's World Cup run, fumes Joseph
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Japan make three changes from Ireland win for showdown with Samoa
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'We had been preparing for this game for a hell of a lot longer than the Irish had'
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picked apart
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Pool A
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full flight
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top men
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big in japan
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inspiration + perspiration
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Reaction
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record pace
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AS IT HAPPENED
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familiar feel
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brothers grin
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