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If you're watching the Rugby World Cup this year, you may recognise a local face.
That's because seven-year-old TJ Cain, of Meopham, is donning a Welsh shirt on ITV's Rise for the Rugby World Cup advert.
TJ, of Wrotham Road, plays Owen, a red-headed, rosey-cheeked boy eagerly waiting to watch his team perform during the tournament in Japan.
The Meopham Community Academy pupil's only Welsh connection comes through his great grandmother, whose last name happened to be Owen.
His mother, Hazel Raven, explained how TJ fitted the ITV brief for the role perfectly and after an audition in London was sent up to Hertfordshire for a day of filming.
She said: "He's been with an agency - Bonnie and Betty - for about a year now and has done a few extra bits, including something for the Women's Football World Cup, but this was his first main role.
"He did so well with it and made me so proud. I still tear up a bit now when I see the advert on telly."
TJ, who has only been with the agency and acting for a year, isn't the sports mad according to his mother, but has been watching some of the games.
Wales next game is on Sunday at 8.45am against Australia, while England face the USA at 11.45am today.
