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I missed the first half due to a meeting.
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Oct 9, 2019 12:36
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Bonus Point try there coming from broken play which is quite nice for Wales.
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Oct 9, 2019 12:37
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Typical I get to the pub just as Wales start to pull away.
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Oct 9, 2019 12:38
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They're all mostly dead, they're going to get fully murdered in the next game.
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Oct 9, 2019 12:38
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Thank God it's Uruguay next, so they can wrap up the key players in cotton wool. At this rate it might be a good idea to fly out some backup players so they are over the jet lag in case they need to be called up.
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Oct 9, 2019 12:42
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Welsh 2015 plan of having all their players injured by the QF still in full effect.
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Oct 9, 2019 12:43
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Thank god that's over, my heart couldn't take any more. I just hope we didn't sacrifice the health of some of our players to scrape that win and cost us an important match.
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Oct 9, 2019 12:53
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Did it, so glad Wales got the BP. Fiji are a stupidly talented side.
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Oct 9, 2019 12:56
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Everyone: Wales should play a tight game and not kick the ball to Fiji. Wales: I heard 'kick the ball to Fiji'
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Oct 9, 2019 13:05
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Another hypothetical regarding the weather. https://twitter.com/FreemanrugbyJPN/status/1181926395762491392
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Oct 9, 2019 14:43
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harperdc posted:if OK play at Yokohama, if not behind closed doors at Tokyo Spent a few moments trying to imagine what it's actually like to see a professional rugby player played in an empty stadium, but then I remembered all those 12 matches at I went to at Murrayfield.
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Oct 9, 2019 16:13
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God I’d love to see a game at Chichibunomiya
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Oct 9, 2019 16:44
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It’s so weird that they didn’t put at least one game at Chichibu. It’s the national stadium, it’s in the heart of Tokyo...they probably wanted to spread the love to the rest of the country, and really there’s no need to keep a match from Kyushu or from Kamaishi just to put one there. More likely is using Tokyo Stadium since it’s already all dressed up for the tourney.
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Oct 9, 2019 23:18
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Yeah, it is a bit weird. I wonder if part of is that Chichibu at 27,000 capacity is way smaller than Tokyo (50,000) and Yokohama (72,000), but then again there's much smaller venues with RWC games in other parts of the country. I also wonder if they wanted to use Tokyo and Yokohama as much as they could as 'dry runs' of sorts to help prepare for the Olympics next year.
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Oct 10, 2019 00:49
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:Yeah, it is a bit weird. I wonder if part of is that Chichibu at 27,000 capacity is way smaller than Tokyo (50,000) and Yokohama (72,000), but then again there's much smaller venues with RWC games in other parts of the country. I also wonder if they wanted to use Tokyo and Yokohama as much as they could as 'dry runs' of sorts to help prepare for the Olympics next year. Nah. Both stadiums were built a while back, and Yokohama already hosted a FIFA World Cup final. It’s more about spreading things beyond Tokyo. Originally the stadium in Tokyo was supposed to be the New National Stadium being built for the Olympics, but construction timelines were too tight for that. Still having finishing touches being added right now. They shifted the matches to Ajinomoto (Tokyo) Stadium instead.
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Oct 10, 2019 00:52
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Sounds like England France has been called off already.
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Oct 10, 2019 01:39
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Radio New Zealand reporting AB’s - Italy, England - France and Japan - Scotland as all very likely to be cancelled. Hopefully this isn’t the case. It doesn’t appear change the finishing order in Pools B & C but it really robs us of an exciting clash in Pool A.
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Oct 10, 2019 02:32
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Really surprises me that they don't have a backup of playing the games in an empty stadium in South japan or something. Feels like that would be preferable to canceling outright. Yes there are logistics involved but not that much compared to the problem canceling causes
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Oct 10, 2019 03:39
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Test matches on Sunday are all going ahead. Saturday's tests in the Tokyo, Yokohama and Oita areas are all cancelled. That means All Blacks v. Italy and England v. France are off. Japan v. Scotland is still going ahead as planned, as well as Ireland v. Samoa and Australia v. Georgia. None of the cancelled tests will have any bearing on the final standings of the pool stages.
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Oct 10, 2019 04:08
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Official Detailsquote:TOKYO, 10 Oct - After extensive evaluation, World Rugby and the Japan Rugby 2019 Organising Committee have announced an update regarding the predicted impact of Typhoon Hagibis on this weekend’s Rugby World Cup 2019 pool matches. This includes the decision to cancel matches on safety grounds. New Zealand-Italy and England-France canceled, Japan-Scotland TBD Sunday morning.
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Oct 10, 2019 05:19
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Guess it's good we get more rest and no chance of our player's spines being broken by two props.
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Oct 10, 2019 06:11
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These cancellations make a mockery of the world cup. Of course NZ were going to hammer Italy but from a technical point of view this was a critical group deciding match. Might as well just hand the top 8 teams a place in the quarters and not have a group stage with this attitude.
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Oct 10, 2019 07:38
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Flayer posted:These cancellations make a mockery of the world cup. Of course NZ were going to hammer Italy but from a technical point of view this was a critical group deciding match. Might as well just hand the top 8 teams a place in the quarters and not have a group stage with this attitude. They made rules, they’re following them. If France-England had a place on the line it’d be unfortunate, too. Luckily it’s a dead rubber. The last thing anybody wants is to take a typhoon lightly. The typhoon in early September damaged a ton of homes and caused major issues at Narita Airport for a couple days; a typhoon smaller than this smacked Osaka last year and caused serious damage too. It’s the World Cup but this stuff happens. Safety is more important than the risk to everyone involved.
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Oct 10, 2019 08:13
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harperdc posted:It’s the World Cup but this stuff happens. Safety is more important than the risk to everyone involved. If only they could have predicted this.....this typhoon season. If there' a chance that they might cancel Scotland vs Japan they need to look at ways around it, just calling it a draw and handing Japan a place in the knockouts is ridiculous really. Aramoro fucked around with this message at 10:16 on Oct 10, 2019 |
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Oct 10, 2019 10:13
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Now that Quarter-finals are basically set in stone : South Africa vs Japan Wales vs France New Zealand vs Ireland England vs Australia Wales and South Africa had their betting odds cut in half, the moment the press-conference ended o.O Tyma fucked around with this message at 10:49 on Oct 10, 2019 |
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Oct 10, 2019 10:46
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Aramoro posted:If only they could have predicted this.....this typhoon season. There's always something that can gently caress up an event in Japan, whether it be typhoons, earthquakes, mudslides, heat waves from hell, or the occasional massive snowstorm. Japan does better than most countries when it comes to disaster prep (power plants excluded) but poo poo happens here all the time.
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Oct 10, 2019 10:47
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Kodo posted:There's always something that can gently caress up an event in Japan, whether it be typhoons, earthquakes, mudslides, heat waves from hell, or the occasional massive snowstorm. Japan does better than most countries when it comes to disaster prep (power plants excluded) but poo poo happens here all the time. I'm pretty sure there isn't an earthquake season where you get earthquakes at the same time every year.
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Oct 10, 2019 10:49
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Aramoro posted:If only they could have predicted this.....this typhoon season. yes let's just play all the world cups in England from now on, so we won't have to deal with bad weather.
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Oct 10, 2019 10:53
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Kodo posted:There's always something that can gently caress up an event in Japan, whether it be typhoons, earthquakes, mudslides, heat waves from hell, or the occasional massive snowstorm. Japan does better than most countries when it comes to disaster prep (power plants excluded) but poo poo happens here all the time. To he fair their handling of transport from Narita the last big typhoon a few months ago way *awful* Their preparatory procedures and infrastructure are good but the bureaucracy is pretty inflexible so they suck rear end at effective changes on the fly.
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Oct 10, 2019 11:02
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Aramoro posted:If only they could have predicted this.....this typhoon season. Just handing? They’ve won every game. If Scotland deserved a place in the quarters they should have beaten at least one good team instead of zero. And speaking of predicting, maybe Scotland should have predicted the typhoon instead and beaten Ireland to prepare for it.
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Oct 10, 2019 11:14
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I think we're losing sight of the more important issue : New Zealand drawing 0-0 with Italy (World Ranking 11) means that Wales are going to be the Best Team In The World again for a week. 
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Oct 10, 2019 11:25
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Knuc U Kinte posted:Just handing? They’ve won every game. If Scotland deserved a place in the quarters they should have beaten at least one good team instead of zero. And speaking of predicting, maybe Scotland should have predicted the typhoon instead and beaten Ireland to prepare for it. And if they don't beat Scotland there's a chance they wont qualify? It would just be handing Japan a place in the knockout as they wouldn't need to do anything to get it, otherwise they need to not lose to Scotland by too much. It's like cancelling the Ireland vs Samoa match would just hand both Scotland and Japan places in the knockouts. Aramoro fucked around with this message at 11:29 on Oct 10, 2019 |
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Oct 10, 2019 11:26
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Tyma posted:I think we're losing sight of the more important issue : That is very funny
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Oct 10, 2019 11:35
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I can't believe two games of rugby have been cancelled, I think it's time to start taking typhoons seriously. Firstly, what are they?
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Oct 10, 2019 12:41
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They’re the wind of the gods bringing victory to Japan m8
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Oct 10, 2019 12:45
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Tyma posted:I think we're losing sight of the more important issue : Wth? Do those cancelled games really go into the IRB rankings? And I thought draws are not influencing points anyway Or does the win vs Fiji give Wales enough of a boost to make it to #1 on their own?
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Oct 10, 2019 13:16
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harperdc posted:They made rules, they’re following them. If France-England had a place on the line it’d be unfortunate, too. Luckily it’s a dead rubber.
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Oct 10, 2019 13:17
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Flayer posted:Nobody is suggesting that matches are played during a typhoon I now think they should play during the typhoon.
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Oct 10, 2019 13:28
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arent the two games that were cancelled essentially dead rubbers anyway? The Scotland - Japan game is going ahead, this is the one that has the most on the line.
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Oct 10, 2019 13:29
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