Twenty teams will compete for the Webb Ellis Cup with the final in Yokohama on November 2 and the gleaming trophy was carried out by the former skipper of the reigning champions, All Black Richie McCaw.
Combining the ancient with the modern, the ceremony drew deeply on symbolic Japanese cultural references.
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