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Wasps back Marcus Watson has been given special permission to fly out to Japan to watch younger brother Anthony in the Rugby World Cup final.

A campaign was started by his club team-mate Lima Sopoaga to get 2,000 retweets for his post that included the hashtag #Watsontoworldcup - it gained nearly 2,100 in two days.

Wasps have given Watson permission to attended the game, meaning he will miss Saturday's match against Bath at the Ricoh Arena.

Wasps issued a brief statement to confirm the news...

"Marcus Watson has been granted special leave for this weekend and will fly out to Japan to support his brother Anthony for the Rugby World Cup Final.

"Good luck to everyone involved with England Rugby this weekend, we're right behind you!"

A poll issued on the CoventryLive website voted 70/30 in favour of Wasps allowing Marcus to attend the final.

However, another rugby-playing sibling, Tom Youngs, decided to remain in Leicester and focus on Tigers action rather than fly out to watch brother Ben tackle South Africa for England.