RWC 2019

[kermischocolate]

The contingency for England v France was 14 miles away. Couldn't make it up .

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/ ... are_btn_tw

[FLIP]

The contingency for England v France was 14 miles away. Couldn't make it up .

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/ ... are_btn_tw

Time to dissolve World Rugby and start anew.

[heno]

Any move of a stadium would have to immediately mean being behind closed doors. How do you figure out which of the 72k tickets sold for yokohama are valid for the 45k Toyota or 40k oita stadium. All with a few days notice. With fans trying to move cities they hadn't planned on doing. When the country is cancelling trains and telling people to stay indoors.

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[FLIP]

Any move of a stadium would have to immediately mean being behind closed doors. How do you figure out which of the 72k tickets sold for yokohama are valid for the 45k Toyota or 40k oita stadium. All with a few days notice. With fans trying to move cities they hadn't planned on doing. When the country is cancelling trains and telling people to stay indoors.

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A match behind closed doors is better for the sporting integrity of the sport than none at all. Football, an innately more corrupt and chaotic game can manage these situations. Why can't World Rugby?

[Twist]

Wrong thread

[Logorrhea]

Any move of a stadium would have to immediately mean being behind closed doors........................

A match behind closed doors is better for the sporting integrity of the sport than none at all. Football, an innately more corrupt and chaotic game can manage these situations. Why can't World Rugby?

This. Play the match. the fans get f*cked either way, but this way at least the games get played. As it is, the tournament is broken. Some favourites have an extra break giving them a nice advantage over other teams. Other less favourites are out of the tournament altogether having not been allowed play scheduled games. Its a joke.

[neiliog93]

The response about cancelling games due to fan safety is really disingenuous when you consider they could just move the games and play them behind closed doors.

[kermischocolate]

Any move of a stadium would have to immediately mean being behind closed doors. How do you figure out which of the 72k tickets sold for yokohama are valid for the 45k Toyota or 40k oita stadium. All with a few days notice. With fans trying to move cities they hadn't planned on doing. When the country is cancelling trains and telling people to stay indoors.

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Yep which is why I understand why they can't "just" move games.

World Rugby will never choose to play games in an empty stadium.

If NZ, Eng or France needed points you can guarantee a way would be found to get the games played.

[blockhead]

Any move of a stadium would have to immediately mean being behind closed doors. How do you figure out which of the 72k tickets sold for yokohama are valid for the 45k Toyota or 40k oita stadium. All with a few days notice. With fans trying to move cities they hadn't planned on doing. When the country is cancelling trains and telling people to stay indoors.

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Yep which is why I understand why they can't "just" move games.

World Rugby will never choose to play games in an empty stadium.

If NZ, Eng or France needed points you can guarantee a way would be found to get the games played.

This.
And if Japan needed the points tomorrow to qualify for the QFs then you can be sure it would be played, somehow, someway.

[blockhead]

Namibia v Canada cancelled.
What a brilliant tournament!

[Pilotman123]

Namibia v Canada cancelled.
What a brilliant tournament!

Worst World Cup Ever... I hope Scotland destroy Japan now

[kermischocolate]

Namibia v Canada cancelled.
What a brilliant tournament!

Cancelled because an evacuation order is still in place. Surely under those circumstances there was never any real prosect of it going ahead? Why wait until now to cancel??

[Logorrhea]

i hope they destroy them cause it would be in our interest. It ain't their fault that World Rugby is making an arse of it.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Waiting to see if the Scotland game goes ahead has probably been the most exciting part of the World Cup so far

[Ruckedtobits]

Although there've been lots of handling errors, Tonga and USA both look like Tier 2 Nations who only need more competition (and full player availability) to graduate to the status of real competition.

IMO, I would now include Fiji, Japan, Tonga, USA and possibly Samoa in that category with Georgia, and Uruguay close behind. Canada and Namibia have fallen back. Russia have physique but not enough else.

[cormac]

Hallam Amos. Oh dear.

[FLIP]

Hallam Amos. Oh dear.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Hallam Amos. Oh dear.

Shocking, looked like he didn't give a sh!t.

The whole performance was shambolic and the attitude was terrible.

[cormac]

Hallam Amos. Oh dear.

That's one of the great sports photos.

[Logorrhea]

Japan vs Scotland was awesome. Started the game hoping for a scotland win, about 3 mins in i was shouting for Japan. Well done to them.