RWC Draw
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RWC 2019 draw is at 7.30pm tomorrow (3.30pm Japan time).
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Game against Boks in Yokohama should be off the charts with a full 70,000 odd stadium there.
Oita Dome a decent size but a fair way out of town. Going to target the Yokohama and Oita games for tickets and hopefully catch a few other Kyushu Games as well.
Toyota is nearish Nagoya, never been there
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Plenty of time for boozing after Tokyo game (pretty sure stadium is way out in West Tokyo so a bit of a hike)
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A big gap between the SA game and game 2, but only 4 days break for game 3.
Maybe trying to make things fair for all?
The tier 2 and 3 teams have consistently had these short turn arounds in world cups, while the tier 1 teams have been a protected species on that front...Fair’s fair!
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Not a great draw. We have to go in firing to knock SA away then keep interested for the rest of the pool round.
Looks like we will know early on (the day after the SA game) who the likely opponent in the quarters will be as Scotland face off to Ireland on the first weekend. Barring Japan capitalising on being at home the loser of that Scotland/Ireland game should be who we face. -
What a shit draw we got. SA, followed by dross, then straight into a quarter-final vs Ireland or Scotland or possibly Japan. Luckily no France in a 1/4 final...
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Ostensibly the same as last time - best team first, second best team last. Filler in the middle.
Bit of a pain for those thinking of making the trek as the Boks clash will be epic (the only pool clash anticipated this much in RWC history is the Aus v Boks in 1995) but for most it is impractical to wait the additional 10 days for the minnow fixtures.
Also the presence of the Boks and an unconventional venue (where we regularly lay an egg) means you probably want to cover your bases with both possible QF if just making the trek for the finals.
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Not a great draw. We have to go in firing to knock SA away then keep interested for the rest of the pool round.
Two teams in the middle to work on our game as per last WC. Then a good hit out before a quarter final. Looks good.
There's a pool of death again for England and the Wallabies have the shittest pool and a real challenge to step up for a tough quarter final regardless of coming first or second in their pool.
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Ticket buying strategy for me is to try and get Yokohama tickets vs Boks (If I can't I'll just watch it at a pub in Roppongi) - 11 day gap so will go to inlaws and then boat across to Oita to watch 2nd ABs game.
Aussies playing there 3 days later so Aussie mate keen to catch up so will be in Oita area for both games. Tickets I'm guessing shouldn't be too hard to get for either match. Not sure if I'll stay in Oita or up the road in Beppu (famous hot spring resort). Will duck across to South Korea on the ferry after the games finish.
Going to see if I can get tickets to the Italy game as well in Toyota. Probably best to stay in Nagoya and grab train out there on gameday.
