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Fans mingle, tension mounts ahead of World Cup final

England's Piers Francis and former player Jonny Wilkinson during the captain's run. [Courtesy]

Thousands of England and South Africa fans began filling the streets - and bars - of Yokohama seven hours before the Rugby World Cup final was due to kick off at 0900GMT on Saturday, with nervous speculation top of everyone's agenda.

In a repeat of the 2007 final, won by the Springboks, England start favorites on the back of their demolition job on New Zealand a week ago.

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