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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
Sport
Daniel Chipperfield

Your full Rugby World Cup 2019 fixture guide and wallchart to print

Excitement is reaching fever pitch for the upcoming Rugby World Cup as the globe's best teams battle it out for the cup in Japan.

The host country will take on Russia on the opening game at Tokyo Stadium on Friday, September 20 at 11.45am.

Then follows no more than 39 games across four groups as nations face off with the hope of getting to the qualifying stages of the tournament.

More than 400,000 rugby fans are expected to be heading to the far east to see their country do what it can to reach the final in the ninth return of the competition since it started in 1987.

Three time winners New Zealand are clear favourites for the cup at 11/8 odds while South Africa and England are also expected to contend.

Above is the 2019 tournament's wallchart to help keep track of how each team fares and who they will face if they get through the group stages.

Fill it in as you go and it could be a souvenir for what is expected to be an unparalleled event for the sport.

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