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If New Zealand Needed Points There Would Be No Cancellation
DIR By: DOK
Date: October 10, 2019, 7:00 am
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so says Italy's Sergio Parisse
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Re: If New Zealand Needed Points There Would Be No Cancellation
DIR By: never sleep
Date: October 10, 2019, 8:25 am
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I think that safety has to be considered. I can't imagine what
200mph winds are like. (So far, the gusts have been recorded at
315kph)
Hurricane Mitch (with wind speeds of 180mph) caused 19000 deaths
in 1998.
We should really be thinking about the safety of the teams, the
travelling supporters and the local population in Japan firstly,
and secondly, hoping that the the storm does not do too much
damage to the infrastructure.
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Re: If New Zealand Needed Points There Would Be No Cancellation
DIR By: DOK
Date: October 10, 2019, 8:46 am
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I don't think he's suggesting they'd let New Zealand play in a
200mph hurricane!
More like they'd move the venue (Ireland is still playing
Saturday) or they'd play it one day later (Scotland vs Japan is
next day).
Basically if New Zealand needed more than 2 points, ways and
means would be found. The organisers could afford to be tough
because England/France are through.
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Re: If New Zealand Needed Points There Would Be No Cancellation
DIR By: Guildford Quin
Date: October 10, 2019, 9:11 am
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Just attended a Q&A in Tokyo with Will Greenwood & Simon Shaw.
Both agreed with a comment from the audience that the
England/France game could/should have been either brought
forward or put back a day irrespective that both have qualified
- both would have been safe and viable options. A lot of
disgruntlement here amongst fans that there is no tangible
contingency plan in place for what was a reasonably foreseeable
event. At least we've qualified - pity the poor Scotland fans
who flew out for their final pool game only to be eliminated if
it doesn't take place
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Re: If New Zealand Needed Points There Would Be No Cancellation
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: October 11, 2019, 7:24 am
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There seem to be two main opinions from what I've read. Those
saying that the rugby is irrelevant, think of the damage to the
country, losses suffered by locals, possible deaths, etc. Some
people in this camp also making snide comments along the lines
of, "didn't realise you were an expert on typhoons / hosting a
world cup"
Other camp saying it's poor there appears to have been no proper
contingency plan in place.
While I am clearly not an expert on typhoons nor organising a
world cup, you'd hope that people who are such experts might
have considered this eventuality. I realise that safety comes
first, the bigger picture is more important, cancelled rugby
match irrelevant compared to loss of homes and life, etc. I
still think though that surely better contingency plans could
have been made. Someone suggested moving a pool game for two
teams who can't qualify bit who are playing in a safer area to
later in the tournament, and moving a critical game to that
venue
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Re: If New Zealand Needed Points There Would Be No Cancellation
DIR By: Quinsgirl84
Date: October 11, 2019, 7:40 am
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HTML https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12275540=<br
/>There reports now circulating like the attached
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Re: If New Zealand Needed Points There Would Be No Cancellation
DIR By: Chipstead Quin
Date: October 11, 2019, 7:47 am
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The problem with 'worst case scenario' planning , is that the
holes in it aren't exposed until the worst case scenario appears
, we all hope this typhoon passes without lives being lost .
However , giving teams a 0-0 draw could easily impact on the
quarter finals , because if one of them cant be played within a
few days of the prearranged date , the winner will be deemed to
the team that scores the most points in the group stages
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Re: If New Zealand Needed Points There Would Be No Cancellation
DIR By: quinalan
Date: October 11, 2019, 12:26 pm
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The Cricket World Cup had no contingency plan for rained off
days. Now this. The games should be rescheduled without any
argument. People pay huge amounts of cash to be present at these
events. The organisers are proving themselves unfit for purpose.
What is it with Sports administrators..??
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Re: If New Zealand Needed Points There Would Be No Cancellation
DIR By: guest694
Date: October 12, 2019, 7:33 am
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Consideration should be given to the fact that this is a life,
home and infrastructure threatening national emergency that
comes once in 5 generations. The people of Japan have got more
on their plates than rescheduling a sporting event regardless of
how much we all love the sport.
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Re: If New Zealand Needed Points There Would Be No Cancellation
DIR By: RodneyRegis
Date: October 12, 2019, 11:04 am
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--- Quote from: never sleep link ---
>
> I think that safety has to be considered. I can't imagine
what 200mph winds are like. (So far, the gusts have been
recorded at 315kph)
> Hurricane Mitch (with wind speeds of 180mph) caused 19000
deaths in 1998.
>
> We should really be thinking about the safety of the teams,
the travelling supporters and the local population in Japan
firstly, and secondly, hoping that the the storm does not do too
much damage to the infrastructure.
>
>
--- End Quote ---
its not about safety. If you organise a tournament in the middle
of bad weather season you put in contingency plans. It's a
farce. They could have played these games in advance or delayed,
or moved venue.
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