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Rugby World Cup: Tonga outclass Namibia, fans embrace World Cup

The Rugby World Cup pool stage reached the halfway point on Tuesday with fans and television viewers embracing the showpiece in record numbers as teams continued to feel the bite from injuries after two rounds of bone-crunching matches.

Exeter's Sandy Park in south-west England was packed to the rafters with 12,500 spectators shoe-horned in to see Tonga beat Namibia 35-21 and pick up their first win in Pool C.

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