Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup - Japan's Captain's Run - Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - September 19, 2019. Japan team captain Michael Leitch and other teammates attend a training session. REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan scrumhalf Yutaka Nagare admitted that he and some of the other Brave Blossoms players are feeling the nerves ahead of the opening match of the Rugby World Cup against Russia on Friday.
As the team went through their final paces at Tokyo Stadium on Thursday, the excitement and tension was palpable as four years of planning for Jamie Joseph’s side reaches its final stage.
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