Rugby World Cup 2019 - Ireland shit the pot all over again

[ChairmanDan]

Italy had to beat New Zealand by 68 points to advance to the quarter finals instead of New Zealand.

[Mac]

@ChairmanDan

Italy had to beat New Zealand by 68 points to advance to the quarter finals instead of New Zealand.

And now we’ll never know if they could have done it or not

[Batigol]

Absolute farce. Two fingers given to teams not letting them at least have the chance to play for their place in the quarter finals.

[ChairmanDan]

Safety of players, officials and supporters must come first. At @TreatyStones is the resident meterological expert and probably shed more light on this but it does appear that a typhoon this late in the season in Japan is almost without precedent.

[carryharry]

You guys be like…

[Batigol]

But then replay the games!

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

And won’t get a chance to do it

[ChairmanDan]

Acts of God can intervene at sporting events. Four matches in the pool stages of this years Cricket World Cup had to be abandoned due to weather back in June.

It just shows how much this rugby World Cup has caught the imagination of the general public that it’s provoked such debate here and disappointment amongst the rugby once four years soccer type crew that the matches can’t be played.

[carryharry]

!!!

[ChairmanDan]

If memory serves me correct, an Italy draw against New Zealand in the 2010 soccer World Cup ultimately saw Italy eliminated in the group stage. Now the same fate has befallen Italy at the rugby World Cup after a draw against New Zealand.

[gilgamboa]

Not yet my friend

[Batigol]

The humidity has already cost Ireland one match. Be mad if they fell foul of the weather again

[Mullach_Ide]

@ChairmanDan

If memory serves me correct, an Italy draw against New Zealand in the 2010 soccer World Cup ultimately saw Italy eliminated in the group stage. Now the same fate has befallen Italy at the rugby World Cup after a draw against New Zealand.

Except they actually played the match at the 2010 World Cup.

[gilgamboa]

@ChairmanDan

Safety of players, officials and supporters must come first. At @TreatyStones is the resident meterological expert and probably shed more light on this but it does appear that a typhoon this late in the season in Japan is almost without precedent.

Im sure most of us have friends and family in Japan. My sister and her husband are there. Im milking his cows a few mornings a week now. I could (and the cows could) really do with him getting home in one piece

[flattythehurdler]

@Chucks_Nwoko

No regrets at all,” he says. “I think what you’ve all seen over the last three weeks, absolutely in all respects vindicates the decision to hold the tournament here in Japan.

“It’s rare for a typhoon of this magnitude to cause these impacts this late in the typhoon season.

“We’ve made the right decision.”

He’s actually correct in that. It’s the lack of contingency that’s the issue. Ffs sake.

[ChairmanDan]

It was a difficult decision for the organising committee to make but it’s the correct one. It’s still only a game. Safety of life and limb must come first.

[anon26343222]

Pull the plug on it now. Japan had their chance and fucked it up. Finish it off in a country that can accommodate it like USA who are gone out of it.

[Copper_pipe]

Denis Hurley (Denis_Hurley)

[myboyblue]

‘0-0 it stands’

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Sidney

@Special_Olympiakos

France v England has been called off

I wouldn’t trust the Daily Mail

But if it is called off, it’s a huge boost to England’s chances of winning the tournament

I imagine the organisers would be a lot more reluctant to make a call on the Scotland-Japan game

Indoor stadiums are surely an option

Oita or Sapporo

Looks like the Daily Mail should be our go to source for rubby matters.