FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Wales v Ireland - Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Britain - March 16, 2019 Wales' Adam Beard wins a lineout REUTERS/Rebecca Naden
KUMAMOTO, Japan (Reuters) - Adam Beard has overcome appendectomy and weight loss to make his World Cup debut for Wales and is keen to prove himself against Uruguay on Sunday with an eye on a starting place in the quarter-finals.
The 23-year-old Beard was a regular partner of captain Alun Wyn Jones in the second row but felt ill shortly before the team left for Japan and was told not to fly with the side.
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