Rugby: Whistle for World Cup opener arrives in Japan

OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 12 Kyodo - Photo taken in Osaka on Sept. 12, 2019, shows Ron Rutland (L) of South Africa holding the whistle to be used by referee Nigel Owens when the Rugby World Cup kicks off in Tokyo on Sept. 20. The whistle arrived in Osaka earlier in the day following a 27,000-kilometer journey that Rutland and James Owens (R) of Hong Kong made by bicycle and ferry from London.

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