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The match will be declared a scoreless draw. This includes the decision to cancel matches on safety grounds. As a result, World Rugby and the Japan Rugby Organising Committee have taken the difficult, but right decision to cancel matches in the affected areas on safety grounds. The impacted teams have been informed and are understanding.
For matches that do not go ahead as scheduled, two points will be awarded to each team in line with tournament rules. It is an exceptional, complex and rapidly evolving situation and team and public safety is the number one priority. Based on the latest detailed weather information, the following update is provided:.
The decision to cancel matches has not been taken lightly and has been made in the best interests of public, team, tournament personnel and volunteer safety, based on expert advice and detailed weather information.
While we have extensively explored all options, public and team safety was our utmost priority as well as ensuring a consistent, fair and equitable outcome for all teams. All fans with tickets for a cancelled match will receive a full refund for the face value of their match tickets.
A thorough assessment of venues will take place after the typhoon has passed before a final decision is made on Sunday morning. We are now in a position to accurately predict the likely impact of Typhoon Hagibis on Rugby World Cup fixtures this weekend.
It is the right thing to do, and comes with the support of all stakeholders, including the teams. They will be entitled to a full refund on their match tickets. Alan Gilpin has been asked about the Scotland match, which is slated for Sunday and has not yet been cancelled, with Gilpin saying RWC would make a decision about the game on Sunday morning after reviewing weather conditions.
Alan Gilpin has been asked if Rugby World Cup has any regrets in light of these cancellations. England and France, however, will not play in Yokohama on Saturday evening, with World Rugby and tournament organisers taking the unprecedented step of cancelling their match. Both teams have qualified for the quarterfinals with a game to spare. The matches will be treated as a draws and each time awarded two points.
Fans with tickets for the two cancelled matches will receive a refund. Alan Gilpin is running through a list of the matches from this weekend and the impact the typhoon will have on them:.
The fourth and fifth teams in each pool will be made up of eight countries that will emerge via qualifying matches, including representatives from Europe, Oceania and the Americas. The finals work the same way as the tournament with the first two teams in each pool progressing to the quarter-finals, which will be contested by knock-out matches. If we suppose the top-ranked teams each win their pools and the second-ranked teams finish runners-up then the quarter-finals in could look something like this….
Wales could prove major beneficiaries from the rankings that shaped the Rugby World Cup pool draw in Paris. Positions after the autumn Tests would normally be used to form the draw bands, but teams like South Africa and Japan did not play. Wales dropped from fourth in January to ninth on the back of a year that saw them win just three out of 10 games under new head coach Wayne Pivac. While Wales find themselves among the top four seeds of the 12 automatic qualifiers for , host nation France were in band two — rather than enjoying the band one status they would have had based on current rankings — while Scotland and Argentina moved from band two to band three.
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