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The RWC Official Site have this as a 0-0 draw guys
https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/
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https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/
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I'm pretty ****** off tbh. Obviously undertaking a massive transport project with thousands of fans in the middle of a hurricane would be insane. And you can't really compare a game to protecting people's lives.
But there's no reason they couldn't have moved the teams to Oita or Kobe today and then played behind closed doors. From a players and staff point of view wouldn't you just rather be out of Tokyo anyway?
Reckon they cancelled instead to save money.
What am I meant to do Saturday morning now? Talk to the missus and kids ?
According to the BBC England are flying themselves to Miyazaki for the weekend.
But playing elsewhere is impossible?
This is my concern as well. On the upside it gives two weeks for our chaps to get in the best possible condition. England are used to having this sort of break in a comp as this happens in the 6N every year so shouldnt faze them.My main concern for England is that we havnt been tested by a strong opponent, france with there offloading and sometimes unstructured attsck would have been a test to get us match sharp but we havnt had that, yes we likly would have won, 2 weeks off and no real test i hope that doesnt have a negative effect on the players being undercooked for the QF.
Also France vs Wales. France have a 2 week break fresh players and no injuries vs Wales who have just been battered(physically not scoreline) by Fiji and have quite a few knocks.This is my concern as well. On the upside it gives two weeks for our chaps to get in the best possible condition. England are used to having this sort of break in a comp as this happens in the 6N every year so shouldnt faze them.
It is bloody lucky that this decision ultimately doesn't effect our group. I think it's was odds on we were going to go top and France 2nd so that something. I can't believe that WR were even considering cancelling the Scotts game as that would have knocked them out!! That just could not be allowed in a WC. Thankfully for them it would seem that they have had the game moved.
Mentioned above that of England do go on to win, then it would be tainted by a two week rest. Not sure that true. Momentum can be just as powerful as rest, sometimes more so. And England will now hit the knockouts very undercooked with a need to massively up their game, and if they manage to do that enough two win three massive games in a row then I think it would be pretty unfair to suggest that they had an advantage of any kind.
NZ are the team that will benefit from a cancellation of their game as they are on top form and now will get extra rest.
In hindsight, thank heavens France defeated Argentina. If it had been the other way around then this would have eliminated France and been grossly unfair. As it is... its a storm in a worldcup.