It’s been a busy seven days for the Japan Rugby Football Union.
On July 6 the national team played its last game before the 2003 Rugby World Cup; on July 8 a delegation from the International Rugby Board arrived for a two-day trip to gauge Japan’s ability to host the seventh RWC in 2011; and on July 9 the 30-man squad for this year’s tournament was named.
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