2019 Rugby World Cup
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This is complete shit, they say that other venues aren't available, but they could have and should have easily been able to have those ready if they had done their planning properly!
All you need to do is ask any idiot (like me) who lives in Japan about where the least likely place would be and you'd hear Hokkaido!! Fuck me.
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Very strange to cancel those 2 games 48 hours out, but games on Sunday will be decided in 48 hours and possibly delayed?
Are the AB-Ita, Eng-Fra games deemed pointless enough they can be cancelled?
Feel for the poor buggars that have travelled from Eng/NZ/Fra/Ita to see their team play...
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It's shit, but I have some sympathy given the path of the super typhoon, the timing and the lack of available options.
Hopefully the Japan v Scotland fixture still goes ahead.
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@Higgins said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Bit off topic, but still typhoon related, but has anyone heard whether the Japanese F1 Grand Prix will still be going ahead this weekend?
Literally just read they're "closely monitoring" it.
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@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
If the people in Japan wake to Sunshine and calm on Sunday I expect organizers to take the appropriate personal action
Yeah, why make the decision now whereas in 24 hours we might know for sure if it's going to hit - does 24 hours make a difference in cancelling the game?
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@Nepia said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
If the people in Japan wake to Sunshine and calm on Sunday I expect organizers to take the appropriate personal action
Yeah, why make the decision now whereas in 24 hours we might know for sure if it's going to hit - does 24 hours make a difference in cancelling the game?
You can't tell me they don't have other stadia. They have suspended the baseball season too so there must be lots of domes around standing empty
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@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Nepia said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
If the people in Japan wake to Sunshine and calm on Sunday I expect organizers to take the appropriate personal action
Yeah, why make the decision now whereas in 24 hours we might know for sure if it's going to hit - does 24 hours make a difference in cancelling the game?
You can't tell me they don't have other stadia. They have suspended the baseball season too so there must be lots of domes around standing empty
WHo has suspended the baseball season? and why?
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@Rapido said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Nepia said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
If the people in Japan wake to Sunshine and calm on Sunday I expect organizers to take the appropriate personal action
Yeah, why make the decision now whereas in 24 hours we might know for sure if it's going to hit - does 24 hours make a difference in cancelling the game?
You can't tell me they don't have other stadia. They have suspended the baseball season too so there must be lots of domes around standing empty
WHo has suspended the baseball season? and why?
I might have misread, but when I was looking at the fixture list there was no baseball being played in Tokyo through the RWC, but I thought I saw dates for the playoffs after the cup. Feel free to correct me....
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@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Nepia said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
If the people in Japan wake to Sunshine and calm on Sunday I expect organizers to take the appropriate personal action
Yeah, why make the decision now whereas in 24 hours we might know for sure if it's going to hit - does 24 hours make a difference in cancelling the game?
You can't tell me they don't have other stadia. They have suspended the baseball season too so there must be lots of domes around standing empty
They were playing while I was there a week ago. They're playing the finals now.
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@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Nepia said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
If the people in Japan wake to Sunshine and calm on Sunday I expect organizers to take the appropriate personal action
Yeah, why make the decision now whereas in 24 hours we might know for sure if it's going to hit - does 24 hours make a difference in cancelling the game?
You can't tell me they don't have other stadia. They have suspended the baseball season too so there must be lots of domes around standing empty
They were playing while I was there a week ago. They're playing the finals now.
Oh ok, the onseller site I was looking at doesnt offer finals tickets. There appears to be another competition in November?
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@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@sparky said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Cancelling Rugby games because of a little bit of wind? Has everyone gone as soft as sh*te?
They never would have played a game at Athletic Park with that attitude!
Yep, I'd have thought the breeze was a great example of Japanese hospitality, making the guys from Wellington feel like they're back home.
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@Higgins said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Bit off topic, but still typhoon related, but has anyone heard whether the Japanese F1 Grand Prix will still be going ahead this weekend?
Based on re-watching "Rush"the other night, I'd be extremely surprised if it was cancelled!
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Two things I find super weird is they are quite happy to wait until Sunday to decide about Sunday's games, and also not sure how cancelling matches is a 'contingency plan'.
I mean a RWC in Asia in typhoon season was already kind of stupid (you haven't lived til you've waded a street with thigh high water to get fresh water from a 7-11 that won't shut even if products are floating past you) but c'mon. Back up venue. Postponement day. Pretty basic shit. None of these pool games deserves a draw.
