Summary

  • Wales score bonus-point six tries in their opening World Cup Pool D match

  • Jonathan Davies, Tipuric, Adams & Liam Williams scored in first half

  • Tomos Williams and North touched down in second half

  • Mamukashvili & Chilachava went over for Georgia after the break

  • Around 15,000 Wales fans in humid Toyota Stadium

  1. Can Wales lay ghosts of tournaments past to rest?published at 10:13 British Summer Time 23 September 2019

    Wales v Georgia (11:15 BST)

    They've won five Six Nations titles, but Wales and the World Cup haven't always seen eye to eye.

    It was agony in 2003 as England overturned a 10-3 deficit in Brisbane to dump Wales out in the quarter-final...

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    Then Graham Dewes burrowed over from close range in Nantes four years later as Fiji knocked them out in the pool stages...

    Graham Dewes scoresImage source, Getty Images

    And then...

    When it looked like they would finally have a crack at the Webb Ellis Cup in 2011, there was THAT red card in Auckland...

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    Wales arrive in Japan as Grand Slam winners, and many believe the class of 2019 are the strongest side to wear red at the World Cup.

    The journey to Yokohama begins today as they begin their Pool D campaign against Georgia and kick-off is an hour away (11:15 BST).