2019 Rugby World Cup
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Looks like this year autumn will be a bit later, so it should stay warm right through the WC:
Summer temperatures have yet to cool off, and meteorologists believe that this year’s scorching heat may have pushed back the arrival of autumn foliage season — predicting its start will likely be later than usual across almost all regions of Japan.
High temperatures may delay appearance of autumn foliage in Japan
Summer temperatures have yet to cool off, and meteorologists believe that this year's scorching heat may have pushed back the arrival of autumn foliage season — predicting its start will likely be later than usual across almost all regions of Japan.
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Imagine being stopped from progressing to the finals due to games being cancelled and declared a draw! All good if you're playing a stronger team you might lose to, anyway, but if you expect a bonus point win against a minnow, it's another story!
Obviously, there are worse things than that if lives are in danger because of natural disasters ...
A tropical cyclone heading for Tokyo has brought into focus the potential disruption at the Rugby World Cup with the prospect of cancelled games causing havoc in the pool stage. Tropical Storm Faxai is expected to develop into a typhoon and may hit Tokyo over the weekend or at the start of next week, around 10 days before the start of the competition. Tournament organisers have been bracing themselves for weather disruption, as Japan averages around 30 typhoons and 1,500 earthquakes a year, but Faxai’s potential arrival so close to the start of the tournament underlines the threat posed. This time last year the biggest storm for 25 years struck Kobe and Osaka, both of which will be hosting World Cup games. Organisers have planned for the possibility of having to relocate teams from their bases or even to move matches to different venues but, if a pool match is cancelled, tournament rules state that both teams will be awarded two points – in effect rendering the result a 0-0 draw. That in turn could have a significant bearing on the final standings in the pool stage and even hamper some teams’ chances of advancing to the knockout stages. Should, for example, South Africa or New Zealand be deemed to draw with Canada or Namibia – teams against which they would expect to secure comfortable bonus point wins – the standings in Pool B could be significantly skewed. A World Rugby spokesperson said: “Any pool match that cannot be played on the same day will be determined a draw with two match points each. However, we will be doing everything we can to ensure that the match is played in a safe environment for teams and fans.”The most high-profile weather-affected World Cup match in recent memory was the 1995 semi-final between France and the eventual winners South Africa. A deluge in Durban forced kick-off to be delayed by an hour, though tournament rules state that any cancelled match in the knockout stages will be rescheduled. For pool stage fixtures, if the match begins but is abandoned before half‑time, two points will also be awarded to both teams although points scored in the match, and bonus points, will still count. The result will stand if a match is abandoned at or after half-time and the same cut-off point applies in knockout matches.
Rugby World Cup pool stage could be hit as cyclone heads for Japan
With tropical storm Faxai expected to become a typhoon, World Cup organisers say they are ready to move games around to avoid declaring draws
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Australia’s departure for Rugby World Cup delayed by Typhoon Faxai
The Australia team’s departure for the Rugby World Cup has been delayed after meteorologists warned a typhoon featuring 130mph winds is due to hit the Japanese mainland
So did the ABs go on time this AM?
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@Machpants said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Australia’s departure for Rugby World Cup delayed by Typhoon Faxai
The Australia team’s departure for the Rugby World Cup has been delayed after meteorologists warned a typhoon featuring 130mph winds is due to hit the Japanese mainland
So did the ABs go on time this AM?
Dunno about on time, but they are few hours from landing there according to the news, so they got away at some stage.
F'ing hated going into typhoons. At least Wellington was always like that, you knew what you were getting.
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@Snowy said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
F'ing hated going into typhoons. At least Wellington was always like that, you knew what you were getting.
At least you were the bloke that had some control and knew the actual state of affairs.
As a passenger you didn't know what-the-f the situation was actually like.I remember leaving HK when a typhoon was coming in - we were the last flight to get out - and for about half an hour it felt like we riding one of the world's biggest roller-coasters. Kudos to the pilots to get us through that sh#t unscathed.
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@gt12 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Yep, they're there, my friend is at Narita and put up a picture saying 'I got an All Blacks signature'. So, I asked who, and he was like 'no idea'
Pretty sure it was Ryan Crotty, so he's not injured yet.
The ABs report that centre Ryan Crotty picked up a repetitive strain injury while signing autographs on arrival at Tokyo International Airport.
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Some interesting info for those of you who like me, are getting impatient for this RWC to start...
30 World Cup Records: (as published by AFP news service)
Most titles won: New Zealand - three (1987, 2011, 2015)
Most points by a team in a match: 145, New Zealand 145 Japan 17 (1995)
Biggest winning margin: 142, Australia 142 Namibia 0 (2003)
Most tries in a match: 22, Australia 142 Namibia 0 (2003)
Most individual points in a match: 45, Simon Culhane (New Zealand 145 Japan 17, 1995)
Most overall points: 277, Jonny Wilkinson (England - 199, 2003, 2007, 2011)
Most points in one tournament: 126, Grant Fox (New Zealand 1987)
Most overall tries: 15, Jonah Lomu (New Zealand 1995, 1999), Bryan Habana (South Africa 2007, 2011, 2015)
Most tries in a match: 6, Marc Ellis (New Zealand v Japan 1995)
Most tries in one tournament: 8, Bryan Habana (South Africa 2007), Jonah Lomu (New Zealand 1999), Julian Savea (New Zealand 2015)
Most overall penalties: 58, Jonny Wilkinson (England)
Most penalties in a match: 8, Matt Burke (Australia v South Africa 1999), Gavin Hastings (Scotland v Tonga 1995), Thierry Lacroix (France v Ireland 1995), Gonzalo Quesada (Argentina v Samoa 1999)
Most penalties in one tournament: 31, Gonzalo Quesada (Argentina 1999)
Most overall conversions: 58, Dan Carter (New Zealand)
Most overall drop-goals: 14, Jonny Wilkinson (England 1999-2011)
Most drop-goals in one tournament: 8, Jonny Wilkinson (England 2003)
Most drop-goals in a match: 5, Jannie de Beer (South Africa v England 1999)
Most tackles: 225, Richie McCaw (New Zealand 2003-15)
Most appearances: 22, Jason Leonard (England 1991-2003), Richie McCaw (New Zealand 2003-15)
Oldest player to appear in a World Cup match: Diego Ormaechea, Uruguay - aged 40 years, 26 days (v South Africa 1999)
Oldest player to appear in a World Cup final: Brad Thorn, New Zealand - aged 36 years, 262 days (v France 2011)
Youngest player to appear in a World Cup match: Vasil Lobzhanidze, Georgia - aged 18 years, 340 days (v Tonga 2015)
Youngest player to appear in a World Cup final: Jonah Lomu, New Zealand - aged 20 years, 43 days (v South Africa 1995)
Youngest player to win a World Cup final: Francois Steyn, South Africa - aged 20 years, 159 days (v England 2007)
Highest attendance: 89 867 - Ireland v Romania, 2015 at Wembley Stadium, London
Most overall points scored: 2 302, New Zealand
Most overall tries scored: 311, New Zealand
Most overall penalties scored: 135, France
Most overall conversions scored: 226, New Zealand
Most overall tackles made: 4 020, Australia
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No not inpatient. Kind of wish there was another couple of weeks before it kicks off.
NOT!
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@Billy-Webb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Some interesting info for those of you who like me, are getting impatient for this RWC to start...
Highest attendance: 89 867 - Ireland v Romania, 2015 at Wembley Stadium, London
Mental
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@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Billy-Webb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Some interesting info for those of you who like me, are getting impatient for this RWC to start...
Highest attendance: 89 867 - Ireland v Romania, 2015 at Wembley Stadium, London
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Thought it was a pretty odd game to be the highest.
The other one that jumped our at me was the 5x drop goals in one game.
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@pukunui said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Billy-Webb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Some interesting info for those of you who like me, are getting impatient for this RWC to start...
Highest attendance: 89 867 - Ireland v Romania, 2015 at Wembley Stadium, London
Mental
Thought it was a pretty odd game to be the highest.
The other one that jumped our at me was the 5x drop goals in one game.
That was a beautiful performance and match
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@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Billy-Webb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Some interesting info for those of you who like me, are getting impatient for this RWC to start...
Highest attendance: 89 867 - Ireland v Romania, 2015 at Wembley Stadium, London
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I didn't realize the combined Irish-Romanian population in London was quite that big!
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@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Billy-Webb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Some interesting info for those of you who like me, are getting impatient for this RWC to start...
Highest attendance: 89 867 - Ireland v Romania, 2015 at Wembley Stadium, London
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That was the real surprising stat. I think I watched about 10 minutes of that match because it was Wembley, but don’t recall that the crowd was so massive.
Here’s a bit of footage of that match and the crowd
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Some interesting picks. Would be interesting if he picked again post world cup. Hooper over Savea is laughable.
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@Daffy-Jaffy Hooper over anyone is pretty laughable. Weird pick on Crotty too. I don't buy the Vunipola "hype". They seem to get lauded as they are a point of difference in the England team, but compared to their peers I don't see why they get rated so highly.
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@Bones I rate Mako but always thought Billy was limited. I remember the hype around Billy vs the Al Blacks at twickers years ago, then Pat T. on debut smashed him when he ran from a ruck and he disappeared for the rest of the game. He has improved though since Eddie got some weight off him making him a bit more mobile. But Read would be in my team any day.
