2019 Rugby World Cup
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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).
The morning of the day Yasi hit, it was a Cat 5 heading straight at Cairns. It ended up crossing the coast 2 hours south, and we ended up getting fuck all.
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Also, this is Cyclone season in Japan, surely part of their submission was contingency plans for exactly this scenario. If not, a gross oversight by both parties.
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@mariner4life Exactly.
They should be prepared but it could just be like wet powder, a damp squib, and nothing happens.
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What the hell? They are potentially going to call Ireland vs Samoa off for integrity reasons (To be fair this was on stuff.co.nz)
I get the idea as far as everyone in the pool playing 3 games but what about the fans?
edit actually its the Telegraph reporting it
"However, The Telegraph has reported that World Rugby will likely cancel the Ireland v Samoa match as well to ensure competition "integrity"."
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When they are big, they are big. Chiba is still getting cleaned up from the last one.
However, half the time they also end up moving slightly or moving slowly, so predictions are almost always wrong.
I’m really surprised they didn’t have Sapporo or Kobe (I think has a covered stadium) set up as the back-ups for the pool games, to be played in an empty stadium. That’s far less than ideal, but also not that hard to arrange.
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"World Rugby are set to make a call on the status of the weekend's games at 4pm NZT."
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12275101
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@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Who the hell organizes a world cup in Typhoon season???
Gin soaked twats in Dublin?
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@Higgins said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Hasn't there already been a Test played in a winter typhoon at Athletic Park in 1961 thus a precedent and marker in the ground has already been set!
different times, tougher blokes.
less lawyers
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Amazing isn't it. Can't play 80 minutes of rugby anywhere because of money.
Nevermind the integrity of the sport or tournament, a rugby game cannot be played without guaranteed sponsors and spectators. Even though 99% of rugby is played that way all over the world.
RWC for the sport or the profit?
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This really is a bit daft at the moment.
I used to laugh when we had a Typhoon in HKG. The buses, trains and taxis would stop because of the danger (some taxis would be there at huge cost) but I was still expected to show up to work and go flying - (with no passengers as they couldn't get to the airport either) or were too terrified to fly in 200kph+ winds which was eminently sensible, I didn't want to either.
They should wait and see if it really is going to hit. Refund fans with tickets if it does, and have an alternative venue organised for a worst case empty stadium scenario. Still be millions watching on TB.
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This really is shithouse ,
With all the negativity surrounding the officiating/ cards etc ,
It didn’t need this on top,
Gee you got to feel for Scotland, particularly with what happened at the last WC
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@kiwiinmelb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Sat night is looking like a good night in front of the tv,
Nz v Italy,
Eng v France ,
Ireland v SamoaThat’s probably as good as you could hope for in pool play
jinxed it.
