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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 928906" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>Bad weather is usually a detriment in rugby to see a more running, open type of play, but not necessarily the quality of play. There has been some humdingers in the past in very bad weather. One of my favourite matches is the 1995 semi-final between South Africa and France in Durban. The game was postponed and nearly called off due to a torrential downpour, where some areas of the field looked like swimming pool, and the officials were afraid that the players might drown in those pools. It took a lot sweeping and clearing of the water off the field to get the game going, even though they couldn't clear it all, they did enough to declare the pitch safe to play. And man that muddy wet game was so damn intense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 928906, member: 40658"] Bad weather is usually a detriment in rugby to see a more running, open type of play, but not necessarily the quality of play. There has been some humdingers in the past in very bad weather. One of my favourite matches is the 1995 semi-final between South Africa and France in Durban. The game was postponed and nearly called off due to a torrential downpour, where some areas of the field looked like swimming pool, and the officials were afraid that the players might drown in those pools. It took a lot sweeping and clearing of the water off the field to get the game going, even though they couldn't clear it all, they did enough to declare the pitch safe to play. And man that muddy wet game was so damn intense. [/QUOTE]
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