To Joy

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By Iolo Cheung in Bordeaux & Nelli BirdBBC News

Rugby fans are celebrating after Wales began their World Cup campaign with a win against Fiji.

Supporters were jubilant after Josh Adams scored The Match 's first try, and Wales ended The First half with an 18-14 advantage.

Hope turned To Joy in the Second Half , with Wales bagging a 32-26 win against The Pacific islanders' side.

Fans had flocked to Bordeaux for The Match and despite Fiji's high ranking in The Group .

Wales player Liam Williams ' mum Jane travelled there to watch her son and The Team play.

She Said she felt it was " Really Really close" adding that it was an " excellent game".

" Here in the stadium my heart was going, it was crazy, " She Said .

" But I think Liam and all The Boys played Well . "

Her nerves at The End were " awful".

" I wouldn't even look, " She Said . " But we got the win. We're gonna go all The Way and win The Cup . You've got To Believe . "

Pamela, from Llanharan, said: " Brilliant, what a game. It could have gone any way, so exciting. But we held out and on to The Next one.

" I was so nervous. It was a brilliant game though, really enjoyed it - Well worth coming.

" I think now we've beaten Fiji Everyone Else will be worried now. "

John Jackson, from Risca, who was also in Bordeaux, said: " They made Hard Work of it - left it to The Last minute and almost threw it all away. We were lucky.

" We don't want to get ahead of ourselves, but let's go for it. "

Closer to home, fans gathered at Cardiff Arms Park , cheering and singing through the rollercoaster of a game.

Nerys Royal, from Aberdare, said: " It was just so tense.

" I was thinking, 'Oh My God , can you imagine if we don't go through?'. " " It definitely had us on The Edge of our seats, " added her sister Susan Jones.

Danielle Bartz was part of a Big Family group from Merthyr who came to The Club to watch The Game . " We were all On Edge , " She Said .

" I think we played really Well and I think it was just silly mistakes. But yeah it was nerve wracking for us all. "

Beth Nicolas was also part of that group. " It was a very, very Good Game , " She Said .

" I think The Game can only be as good as you make it.

" Whoever you are in Wales, you just need To Live up to that reputation.

" Wherever We Are , we will always be proud of Our Boys . "

Richard Vaughan , conductor of the Cor y Gleision, watched The Game at The Club with Meilyr Hedd and Cadan Ap Tomos. " It's just nice to have tries being scored by Wales, it's fabulous, " He Said .

" It's exactly what you want. "

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Source of news: bbc.com