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Riders on the storm: World Cup ready for Japan typhoons

France's captain Guilhem Guirado speaks next to a traditional Daruma doll during the Team Welcome Ceremony ahead of the start of the Rugby World Cup in Fujikawaguchiko town, Yamanashi prefecture September 15, 2019. — Reuters pic

“From our perspective, one of the biggest typhoons in recent years has just come right through Tokyo and Yokohama, right into the heart of the tournament infrastructure for us and reassuringly, no problems,” said Gilpin. Typhoon Faxai had given planners a valuable opportunity to “track that exact set of facts onto a match weekend and work through the scenarios,” said Gilpin, who revealed in the event of a similar weather event approaching he would receive updated forecasts every three hours.

Gosper said it meant teams would be striving for every point and could explain New Zealand’s ruthless 92-7 demolition of Tonga in their final warm-up. “It’s the first bit of movement we’ve had for 10 years,” Gosper said. “It’s nice to have that conjecture a little bit. And it’s not a bad thing for rankings to be debated.

 

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