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Author Topic: If New Zealand Needed Points There Would Be No Cancellation  (Read 1166 times)

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DOK

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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
again, typhoons at this time of year are hardly unprecedented.

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Didn't New Zealand have a significant earthquake recently with stadiums damaged what would have happened their.
Squabbling over whether a game should be played when lives are at risk and millions are in danger seems very insensitive.

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Namibia v Canada just cancelled as the place it was being played has been evacuated

SCPurpleQuin

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Just seen video of the Canada team out helping the locals with the clear up, good on them.

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Didn't New Zealand have a significant earthquake recently with stadiums damaged what would have happened their.
Squabbling over whether a game should be played when lives are at risk and millions are in danger seems very insensitive.

The two things are not mutually exclusive (that's a lovely phrase, I wish I knew what it meant).

They could have moved the game to a safe area of the country, it doesn't mean you don't care about other people's lives.

Get a grip of yourself.

 

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