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Host venues

Olympic Stadium

Millennium Stadium

City: Cardiff
Capacity: 74 154
Stadium history: With
its unique retractable
roof, it was a host venue
for the 1999 Rugby
World Cup where the
Wallabies overcomed
France in a 35-12 thriller
to seal the World Cup. It
has become a hallowed
ground for Wales.

Villa Park

City: Birmingham
Capacity: 42 785
Stadium history: Originally built in a Victorian
amusement park on
the site of a Jacobean
stately home, the dis-

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