KUMAGAYA, SAITAMA PREFECTURE – Uruguay notched its biggest win at the Rugby World Cup with an opening-game upset of Fiji in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture on Wednesday, a result that has made the team a hot topic back home.
“I think that our game against Fiji has given a big impact both inside Uruguay and to the whole world,” Uruguay head coach Esteban Meneses said after his team fell 33-7 to Georgia in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, on Sunday.
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