2019 Rugby World Cup
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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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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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@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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@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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@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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@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.
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Apparently they're trying to get Japan vs Scotland moved to Oita (which is covered). This would make sense as it's the one match that would determine which two of three teams could make the quarter finals. The other permutation, France v England, is just about who tops the pool.
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@antipodean Yeah. Talking about it is sensible, doing anything yet would be stupid. They may have to, but too early yet.
Typhoons also hate land, the fuel is warm water / moist air so it is likely to weaken as it moves north over cooler water and hits land with reduced moisture. When that happens is also determined by the speed that it travels, also a very unpredictable thing. Computer modelling only goes so far, this is nature and constantly changing. The presence of the Typhoon itself influences what happens around it and can modify strength and direction.
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Fans shouldn't come into it when deciding logistics of moving the games.
As long as Sapporo Dome isn't being used for Baseball or something, any games looking to be effected should be moved up there. Move the players and officials - Fans left to their own devices. Sell tickets in Sapporo to first come first served (e.g. mostly locals).
This is a piss weak response.
Move the games. Offer any poor petal effected fans some free counselling.
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@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
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.
Scotland's record in typhoons is not good. Just that 24-0 drubbing against the ABs in '75.
