Shrinking the World Cup to 10 teams has meant there will be scores of talented players left watching rather participating in the UK this summer. There will even be some conspicuous absentees among the nations that are involved.
In the photo gallery above, Paul Radley picks 20 of the best players who will be missing from the 2019 tournament.
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