Let’s hear it for World Cup’s little big men

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THE legacy of Gerald Davies and Shane Williams, the sensationally talented Wales and Lions wingers, lives on in the sparkling brilliance of some of the small men at this World Cup, with Kenki Fukuoaka, Cheslin Kolbe, Kotaru Matsushima, Yakuta Nagare, Aaron Smith, Cobus Reinach and Ryoto Nakamura taking pride of place.
They have reminded us forcibly that this must always remain a game for all shapes and sizes, even though for the time being the last refuges of the small men in the pro game are at wing and scrum-half, with occasional app...

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