Rugby - Kitakyushu a home-from-home for Wales as World Cup nears


  • Rugby
  • Wednesday, 17 Apr 2019

KITAKYUSHU, Japan (Reuters) - Three school children, trudging away from baseball practice in the southern Japanese city of Kitakyushu, turn and cheer as a local bus drives past.

Emblazoned on the side of the red bus are the words ‘Pob Lwc Cymru’, meaning ‘Good Luck Wales’ in the Welsh language, along with the country's flag and pictures of rugby players Alun Wyn Jones and Leigh Halfpenny.

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