2019 Rugby World Cup
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@akan004 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@akan004 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Works out well for an England team potentially without Billy V and Farrell.
It effectively gives them two weeks off to prepare for the crunch games. They will be the freshest team going into the knockouts which is kind of ironical considering all the pre wc talk was about how fatigued England were going to be come semifinal time.
They're still going to lose to Australia
Doubt it. The Wallabies haven't beaten England since 2015 so I question if they can overcome that self doubt that surely must exist. Would be fantastic if it happened though.
Australia have one really good game in them.
It's either this one or the SF
@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@akan004 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@akan004 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Works out well for an England team potentially without Billy V and Farrell.
It effectively gives them two weeks off to prepare for the crunch games. They will be the freshest team going into the knockouts which is kind of ironical considering all the pre wc talk was about how fatigued England were going to be come semifinal time.
They're still going to lose to Australia
Doubt it. The Wallabies haven't beaten England since 2015 so I question if they can overcome that self doubt that surely must exist. Would be fantastic if it happened though.
Australia have one really good game in them.
It's either this one or the SF
Perhaps they used it up in Perth?
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Rumours that at least one of this weekend's games is going to be called off:
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@taniwharugby Yeah, my thoughts exactly. WR should really stop changing the rules all the time. It's confusing enough as it is; if they keep on changing the rules, nobody knows what they are anymore. I actually feel sorry for the refs.
@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@taniwharugby Yeah, my thoughts exactly. WR should really stop changing the rules all the time. It's confusing enough as it is; if they keep on changing the rules, nobody knows what they are anymore. I actually feel sorry for the refs.
You're Michael Cheika?
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Had it on good authority the England v France match will go ahead in an alternative location.
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Hold the phone.
Now looks like moving the match to a different venue is not feasible or safe.
So looks like it's cancelled.
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Hold the phone.
Now looks like moving the match to a different venue is not feasible or safe.
So looks like it's cancelled.
@MiketheSnow
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Yokohama Stadium, the venue of the England-France game, has a capacity 20,000 more than any other stadium. Even allowing for the logistics of moving the teams, officials etc to an alternative stadium, what about the 20,000 unhappy fans who won't be able to attend the match now?
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Yokohama Stadium, the venue of the England-France game, has a capacity 20,000 more than any other stadium. Even allowing for the logistics of moving the teams, officials etc to an alternative stadium, what about the 20,000 unhappy fans who won't be able to attend the match now?
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@Bovidae
What about the 72,000 unhappy fans who won't be able to attend the match now?And yes, I'm aware it may not be possible but either way there will be unhappy fans - many more with a complete cancellation.
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@mofitzy_ My comment was around moving the game, which is not feasible based on a number of factors, including ground capacity. To me, the decision can only be cancellation or postponement.
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Given the predicted path, I don't see how they have an option but to cancel Scotland vs Japan - the typhoon will be over the stadium.
It's unfortunate, but Scotland would've expected to be second in the pool, not facing the conundrum of Ireland doing a Brighton.
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This also means we get to keep Ireland's quarter final record intact.
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Given the predicted path, I don't see how they have an option but to cancel Scotland vs Japan - the typhoon will be over the stadium.
It's unfortunate, but Scotland would've expected to be second in the pool, not facing the conundrum of Ireland doing a Brighton.
@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
the predicted path,
@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
the typhoon will be over the stadium
Maybe. I spent 25 years trying to avoid these fcking things and they are seriously unpredictable. They use "super computers" and have much more accurate temperature monitoring and models these days to make better guesses but still not an accurate science.
They would be crazy to jump the gun and cancel anything until the day of the match really. Gonna look pretty silly if they do it now and it is a calm sunny day (more likely to be windy and rainy on the outer belt of the bitch if it shifts course, but it could still be playable, and safe for spectators to get to the match).
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@dogmeat
Imagine if you are Scotland, gearing up for a massive game vs the host country which puts you in the running for a quarter final and you are told: Pack it up boys, you are going home.Shambles.
@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@dogmeat
Imagine if you are Scotland, gearing up for a massive game vs the host country which puts you in the running for a quarter final and you are told: Pack it up boys, you are going home.Shambles.
Scotland were knocked out of the 2015 RWC by a terrible refereeing error and look set to be knockout of the 2019 RWC by a typhoon.
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@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@dogmeat
Imagine if you are Scotland, gearing up for a massive game vs the host country which puts you in the running for a quarter final and you are told: Pack it up boys, you are going home.Shambles.
Scotland were knocked out of the 2015 RWC by a terrible refereeing error and look set to be knockout of the 2019 RWC by a typhoon.
@sparky said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@dogmeat
Imagine if you are Scotland, gearing up for a massive game vs the host country which puts you in the running for a quarter final and you are told: Pack it up boys, you are going home.Shambles.
Scotland were knocked out of the 2015 RWC by a terrible refereeing error and look set to be knockout of the 2019 RWC by a typhoon.
They lost to Ireland, that's why they're getting knocked out.
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@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
the predicted path,
@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
the typhoon will be over the stadium
Maybe. I spent 25 years trying to avoid these fcking things and they are seriously unpredictable. They use "super computers" and have much more accurate temperature monitoring and models these days to make better guesses but still not an accurate science.
They would be crazy to jump the gun and cancel anything until the day of the match really. Gonna look pretty silly if they do it now and it is a calm sunny day (more likely to be windy and rainy on the outer belt of the bitch if it shifts course, but it could still be playable, and safe for spectators to get to the match).
@Snowy said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
the predicted path,
@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
the typhoon will be over the stadium
Maybe. I spent 25 years trying to avoid these fcking things and they are seriously unpredictable. They use "super computers" and have much more accurate temperature monitoring and models these days to make better guesses but still not an accurate science.
They would be crazy to jump the gun and cancel anything until the day of the match really. Gonna look pretty silly if they do it now and it is a calm sunny day (more likely to be windy and rainy on the outer belt of the bitch if it shifts course, but it could still be playable, and safe for spectators to get to the match).
I agree that on a Thursday it seems remarkably early to postpone, but they're nothing if not conscientious.
