Small Town Values Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 2019/20 - Rugby Union: Tier 1 - Northern Hemisphere - Domestic League: *** ** * (2019/20 - Top 14 - Round 5 - Results) https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/top-14/scores-fixtures/2019-09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Rugby World Cup - News) *** ** * (New Zealand) Rugby World Cup: New Zealand's Ardie Savea to wear goggles: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/49891027 Quote New Zealand flanker Ardie Savea will wear protective goggles in Wednesday's World Cup match against Canada following fears he could go blind. Savea, 25, revealed the sight in his left eye has been deteriorating and he will now wear specially-designed glasses to protect his right eye. If he comes off the bench against Canada he will become the first player to wear goggles in a World Cup match. "Obviously if my right eye goes, I might be potentially blind," he said. "I've got my little girl and, hopefully, future kids and a bigger family, so I want to be able to see. "I'm just thinking of the bigger picture and trying to protect my eyes. "In terms of vision and seeing [with the goggles], it's pretty sweet, and it's now just a matter of getting used to them." Following trials, World Rugby approved the use of goggles in May. Italy fly-half Ian McKinley, who lost the sight in one eye after an accidental boot to the face, became the first player to wear the equipment in a Test earlier this year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Japan) Lightning strikes twice as Japan eclipse South Africa 2015 upset by beating Ireland: https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/story/_/id/27717755/lightning-strikes-twice-japan-eclipse-south-africa-2015-upset-beating-ireland Quote Rugby's world order has been shaken. Again. Four years after they stunned the rugby world in the English seaside town of Brighton, Japan on Saturday evening repeated the dose. This time at home. It was an inspired performance from the Brave Blossoms on Saturday afternoon in Shizuoka, where they were cheered on by a raucous home crowd, as they came from behind to defeat Ireland 19-12 to notch another famous win to go with their upset of South Africa in 2015. Japan's victory means the hosts could now end up topping Pool A, which would see them avoid a potential quarterfinal with the All Blacks and instead earn a likely date with (who else?) South Africa in the quarterfinals. Suddenly the semifinals are a possibility and given how they fought back in Shizuoka, only a fool would say that achievement is beyond them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (France) BAMBA VOWS TO FIGHT BACK WITH NEXT WORLD CUP IN HIS SIGHTS: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/490985 Quote Demba Bamba has promised that Japan 2019 will not be his last Rugby World Cup after he was forced to withdraw from the France squad with a thigh injury. The 21-year-old prop made his World Cup debut off the bench in the 23-21 win over Argentina, but he is now the second France injury victim after centre Wesley Fofana was forced out before the Argentina match. Bamba was one of three players in Jacques Brunel’s squad who won the World Rugby U20 Championship on home soil in 2018, below, and is expected to be a vital part of the team in 2023. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Wales) Wales Rugby World Cup injury update as the latest on Dan Biggar is revealed: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/dan-biggar-wales-injury-latest-17009356 Quote The outlook is good for Wales fly-half Dan Biggar, who is not displaying any symptoms of concussion two days on from the crucial victory over Australia. Biggar was forced from the field around the half hour mark after a try-saving tackle on Aussie juggernaut Samu Kerevi left him sprawled out on the floor. He left the field to undergo a head injury assessment and never returned, failing the HIA. But Wales now have a long break before they face Fiji, with eight days until that Pool D clash in Oita on Wednesday, October 9. It gives the Northampton Saint plenty of time to recover and the early signs are good as he goes through the concussion protocols that will ensure he only returns to the training paddock when it is safe to do so. "Dan is symptom-free at the minute but he’s just doing his protocols as he normally would," skills coach Neil Jenkins said at a press conference on Tuesday. "As far as I understand it, he’ll hopefully be ready to go by the time we play Fiji. That’s obviously good news. "We’ve got some bumps and bruises but just normal stuff after a Test match of that size. "We haven’t done any training since the match but he’s fine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (England) England’s Piers Francis cleared to resume World Cup after citing dismissed: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/29/england-piers-francis-rugby-world-cup-cleared-citing-dismissed Quote Piers Francis has escaped a ban for his high tackle on the USA’s Will Hooley after his World Cup citing was not upheld, handing England a full‑strength squad to choose from against Argentina on Saturday. Francis became the fourth player cited at the tournament amid World Rugby’s clampdown on high tackles for his hit on Hooley after just seven seconds of England’s 45-7 victory against the USA last Thursday. But the three-man disciplinary panel, which comprised Nigel Hampton, Frank Hadden and John Langford – two of whom decided that Australia’s Reece Hodge deserved a three-week ban –concluded that Francis’s tackle warranted a yellow card only. Francis was accompanied to the hearing in Tokyo by England’s QC Richard Smith, who successfully argued that there were sufficient mitigating circumstances for the panel to rule that the appropriate on‑field sanction should have 10 minutes in the sin‑bin, on “the balance of probabilities”. Francis admitted committing an act of foul play but denied that the tackle met the red-card threshold. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Samoa) Rugby World Cup: Samoa centre Rey Lee-Lo cops 3-match ban for dangerous hit: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116137304/rugby-world-cup-samoa-centre-rey-leelo-cops-3match-ban-for-dangerous-hit Quote Samoa centre Rey Lee-Lo will miss the rest of pool play at the Rugby World Cup after receiving a three-match ban for a dangerous tackle in the 34-9 victory over Russia to open pool play. Lee-Lo's case was heard by an independent judicial comittee in Tokyo late Thursday which deemed the high hit for which he was sinbinned met the red card threshold. The committee, chaired by Wang Shao Ing (Singapore lawyer and former international player) with former international players John Langford (Australia) and Olly Kohn (Wales), ruled the incident was an act of foul play and warranted a red card in line with the high-tackle sanction framework. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Samoa) Rugby World Cup: Second Samoan receives three-game ban: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116169570/rugby-world-cup-second-samoan-receives-threegame-ban Quote Samoa have lost a second player for their next three matches at the World Cup. Hooker Motu Matu'u was banned for three games by an independent judicial committee for a dangerous tackle in his side's win over Russia earlier this week. He joins team-mate Rey Lee-Lo on the suspended list after Lee-Lo suffered the same punishment for an almost identical offence. Because Matu'u was concussed in the incident, Monday's key match against Scotland will not count towards his punishment. He failed a head injury assessment and did not return to the match after halftime and was already unavailable to play Scotland in Kobe due to concussion protocols. * ~ (UPDATE) ~ * Samoa hooker Matu'u's three-match suspension for high tackle upheld: https://au.eurosport.com/rugby/samoa-hooker-matu-u-s-three-match-suspension-for-high-tackle-upheld_sto7481795/story.shtml Quote Samoa hooker Motu Matu'u will miss the final two Pool A matches and a potential quarter-final at the Rugby World Cup after his three-match suspension for a dangerous high tackle was upheld, a judicial committee said on Tuesday. Edited October 1, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Rugby World Cup - Results / Stats & Details / Match Reports / Highlights) *** ** * (Match Day - 8) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (ARG v. TGA / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/argentina-tonga (JPN v. IRE / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/japan-ireland (RSA v. NAM / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/southafrica-namibia ########################### (ARG v. TGA / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/28/argentinas-rugby-world-cup-win-over-tonga-a-tale-of-two-halves (JPN v. IRE / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/28/japan-ireland-rugby-world-cup-match-report (RSA v. NAM / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/28/south-africa-namibia-rugby-world-cup-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 9) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (GEO v. URU / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/georgia-uruguay (AUS v. WAL / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/australia-wales ########################### (GEO v. URU / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/29/georgia-trounce-uruguay-to-kickstart-rugby-world-cup-campaign (AUS v. WAL / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/29/rugby-world-cup-wales-australia-comeback-pool-d-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 10) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (SCO v. SAM / Stats & Details) rugbyworldcup.com/match/scotland-samoa ########################### (SCO v. SAM / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/30/scotland-samoa-rugby-world-cup-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Highlights) (Match Day - 8) ~ ARG v. TGA ~ ~ JPN v. IRE ~ ~ RSA v. NAM ~ (Match Day - 9) ~ GEO v. URU ~ ~ AUS v. WAL ~ (Match Day - 10) ~ SCO v. SAM ~ Edited October 8, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) (Rugby Union Sevens) (World Rugby - 2019/20 - HSBC - Sevens Series) * ** *** (2019/20 - Men's & Women's - Fixtures / Participants / Women's - Round 1 - Results & Highlights) *** ** * (2019/20 - HSBC - Sevens Series - Fixtures) ## MEN'S WOMEN'S https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/series-info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2019/20 - HSBC - Sevens Series - Participants) ## MEN'S WOMEN'S https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/series-info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2019/20 - HSBC - Women's - Sevens Series - Results) * * * (Women's - 1st Leg - Glendale, Colorado - USA) Home triumph for USA in Glendale: https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/504062 Quote USA overpowered Australia in the final to the delight of the home fans in Glendale, Colorado. Nicole Heavirland ran in two tries as USA defeated Australia 26-7 in the Cup final in Glendale to triumph on home soil for the first time on the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series. ***** Medals / Glendale, CO: Top 3 Placings United States - Gold Australia - Silver New Zealand - Bronze https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/standings/womens/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2019/20 - HSBC - Women's - Sevens Series - Highlights) Edited October 10, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Small Town Values Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Rugby World Cup - News) *** ** * (Japan) JAPAN’S WINNING RUN ATTRACTS NEW FANS: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/504404 Quote Japan’s last-gasp victory over Samoa recorded the biggest-ever single-market broadcast audience. A record peak audience share of 46.1 per cent was recorded on NTV for the victory, which put the hosts within touching distances of a first-ever quarter-final. It is believed that the live audience is the biggest of the year in Japan. But it was not just in-home viewing that set new records – an astonishing 150,000 people attended Fanzones to watch the Brave Blossoms on Saturday, surpassing the 130,000 for Japan versus Ireland, and with more than 700,000 fans having visited Fanzones so far, the 770,000 pool phase record set at Rugby World Cup 2015 is in reach. Meanwhile, Japan’s performances have been capturing the imagination of fans around the world with more than two million people tuning in on ITV in the UK to watch Japan play Samoa. ITV also recorded an audience share of 46 per cent as 3.2 million tuned in to England’s Pool C match against Argentina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Uruguay) Facundo Gattas suspended for dangerous tackle: https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2019/10/01/facundo-gattas-suspended-for-dangerous-tackle/ Quote Facundo Gattas will play no further part in the Rugby World Cup. The Uruguayan front rower has received a three-week suspension for his head-high tackle that saw him sent off in the 77th minute of the match against Georgia. He will miss the remaining pool matches and is not free to play again until October 21. * ~ (UPDATE) ~ * Disciplinary update: Facundo Gattas (Uruguay): https://www.world.rugby/news/496374 Quote Uruguay player Facundo Gattas’ appeal against the decision of a Judicial Committee to uphold his red card and suspend him for three matches arising from an act of foul play contrary to Law 9.13 (dangerous high tackle) in Uruguay’s Rugby World Cup 2019 match against Georgia on 29 September, was heard in Tokyo on 4 October. The Appeal Committee dismissed the player’s appeal against his red card. It found that the Judicial Committee which heard the case at first instance was entitled on the evidence to find that the tackle had contacted Georgia’s Shalva Sutiashvili in the head and accordingly upheld the red card issued by referee Wayne Barnes. The suspension remains as imposed by the Judicial Committee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Samoa) DISCIPLINARY UPDATE: ED FIDOW (SAMOA): https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/492915 Quote Samoa winger Ed Fidow attended a disciplinary hearing having been issued with a red card after receiving two yellow cards in Samoa’s Rugby World Cup 2019 match against Scotland on 30 September. the Judicial Committee determined that the red card was sufficient. The player is free to play with immediate effect. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Argentina) Argentina's Tomas Lavanini given four-match ban for Owen Farrell tackle: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/49957954 Quote Argentina lock Tomas Lavanini has been given a four-match ban for a high tackle on England captain Owen Farrell at the Rugby World Cup. Lavanini was shown a red card in the 18th minute of the Pumas' 39-10 defeat, which ended their chances of reaching the quarter-finals. The 26-year-old, the most sin-binned player in Argentina's history, admitted committing an act of foul play. Lavanini will miss the Pumas' final Pool C game against USA on Wednesday. He becomes the eighth player to be suspended at the World Cup for dangerous tackles, the subject of a major crackdown by governing body World Rugby as it seeks to reduce impacts to the head. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Italy) Italy's spear tacklers Andrea Lovotti and Nicola Quaglio get three-match bans: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116366456/italys-spear-tacklers-andrea-lovotti-and-nicola-quaglio-get-threematch-bans Quote Italian props Andrea Lovotti and Nicola Quaglio have been given three-match bans for their spear tackle on South African No 8 Duane Vermeulen. Lovotti was sent off for his role in the tackle in his side's 49-3 loss on Friday night, while Quaglio was cited after the match. World Rugby announced on Sunday night both would receive three-match bans for the incident following a disciplinary hearing in Tokyo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (General) The record-breaking five Rugby World Cup red cards, the four that were missed: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/record-breaking-five-rugby-world-17046131 Quote We’ve already seen more red cards in this World Cup - five - than in any previous tournament and there are still 19 matches left to play! On top of that, there should have been four more reds handed out based on subsequent citings and suspensions. Edited October 8, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Rugby World Cup - Results / Stats & Details / Match Reports / Highlights) *** ** * (Match Day - 11) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (FRA v. USA / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/france-usa (NZL v. CAN / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/newzealand-canada ########################### (FRA v. USA / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/02/france-usa-rugby-world-cup-match-report (NZL v. CAN / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/02/new-zealand-canada-rugby-world-cup-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 12) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (GEO v. FIJ / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/georgia-fiji (IRE v. RUS / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/ireland-russia ########################### (GEO v. FIJ / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/03/fiji-georgia-rugby-world-cup-match-report (IRE v. RUS / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/03/ireland-russia-rugby-world-cup-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 13) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (RSA v. ITA / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/southafrica-italy ########################### (RSA v. ITA / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/04/south-africa-italy-rugby-world-cup-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 14) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (AUS v. URU / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/australia-uruguay (ENG v. ARG / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/england-argentina (JPN v. SAM / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/japan-samoa ########################### (AUS v. URU / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/oct/05/refereeing-mars-australias-rugby-world-cup-win-over-uruguay (ENG v. ARG / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/05/england-argentina-rugby-world-cup-2019-pool-c-match-report (JPN v. SAM / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/05/japan-samoa-rugby-world-cup-2019-pool-a-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 15) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (NZL v. NAM / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/newzealand-namibia (FRA v. TGA / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/france-tonga ########################### (NZL v. NAM / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/06/all-blacks-brush-aside-brave-namibia-in-rugby-world-cup (FRA v. TGA / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/06/rugby-world-cup-france-tonga-match-report-england-pool-c ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Highlights) (Match Day - 11) ~ FRA v. USA ~ ~ NZL v. CAN ~ (Match Day -12) ~ GEO v. FIJ ~ ~ IRE v. RUS ~ (Match Day - 13) ~ RSA v. ITA ~ (Match Day - 14) ~ AUS v. URU ~ ~ ENG v. ARG ~ ~ JPN v. SAM ~ (Match Day - 15) ~ NZL v. NAM ~ ~ FRA v. TGA ~ Edited October 8, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Rugby World Cup - News & Updates) *** ** * (Tournament Update) Typhoon Hagibis: Two Pool Games Cancelled / Further Cancellations Pending: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/49995604 Quote England's Rugby World Cup (Pool C) match against France on Saturday has been called off because of Typhoon Hagibis, but organisers hope Scotland against Japan can go ahead as planned on Sunday. The (Pool B) match between New Zealand and Italy in Toyota on Saturday has also been cancelled, denying Italy their outside chance of qualifying. If the Scotland-Japan match was to be called off, Gregor Townsend's side are likely be knocked out of the World Cup. Cancelled matches see both teams awarded two points as part of a 0-0 draw. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Italy) Italy’s Parisse hits out at ‘ridiculous’ All Blacks cancellation at Rugby World Cup: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/10/italy-sergio-parisse-all-blacks-rugby-world-cup-cancellation Quote Sergio Parisse has hit out at World Rugby’s “ridiculous” decision to cancel Italy’s World Cup match against New Zealand. Super Typhoon Hagibis is due to hit Japan this weekend and World Rugby has cancelled the tie, along with England’s meeting with France. While improbable when facing the back-to-back world champions, a victory for Italy over New Zealand would have sent the Azzurri into the last eight. And the veteran No 8 Parisse has pulled no punches in criticising tournament organisers for not relocating the fixture or altering the match day, instead simply cancelling the encounter and awarding both teams two points. “It is difficult to know that we won’t have the chance to play a match against one of the great teams,” said Parisse. “If New Zealand needed four or five points against us it would not have been cancelled. “It is ridiculous that a decision of this nature has been made because it isn’t like the fans arrived yesterday. It is ridiculous that there was no plan B, because it isn’t news that typhoons hit Japan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Update) NAMIBIA V CANADA MATCH CANCELLED, HANAZONO AND KUMAMOTO MATCHES GO AHEAD: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/update/510716 Quote Owing to the level 5 evacuation order remaining operational following Typhoon Hagibis, World Rugby and the Japan 2019 Organising Committee have cancelled today’s Rugby World Cup 2019 Pool B match between Namibia and Canada in Kamaishi on safety grounds. World Rugby Chief Operating Officer and Tournament Director Alan Gilpin said: “The safety of teams, fans, volunteers and workforce is our number one priority. Following strong direction from the Prefecture of Iwate and the City of Kamaishi, we were left with no option but to cancel the match on safety grounds. Edited October 13, 2019 by Small Town Values 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Small Town Values Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 2019/20 - Rugby Union: Tier 1 - Northern Hemisphere - Domestic League: *** ** * (2019/20 - PRO14 - Round 3 - Results) https://www.pro14rugby.org/match-centre/fixtures/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Rugby World Cup - News) *** ** * (Japan) JAPAN MAKE HISTORY AS SCOTLAND’S CLASSIC COMEBACK FALL JUST SHORT: https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/2019/10/13/japan-make-history-as-scotlands-classic-comeback-fall-just-short/ Quote Japan claim 28-21 victory to knock Scotland out of the World Cup Brave Blossoms make QFs for first time ever ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Japan) RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019 BREAKS RECORDS AND WINS HEARTS DURING SPECIAL AND EMOTIONAL POOL STAGE: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/513597 Quote More than 1.8 million tickets for Asia’s first Rugby World Cup have been sold across all 48 matches through official channels with an average of 99 per cent of tickets sold across all venues. Reflecting how the excitement of the tournament has captured the wider Japanese public, a record 864,000 fans have attended packed Fanzones, many local people seeing rugby for the first time. The tournament is one of the most talked about sports events in the world, with social media content outperforming that of the whole of Rugby World Cup 2015 thanks to a focus on fans and fun. In Japan, a single market peak rugby live television audience of 50 million is anticipated to be announced for NHK’s broadcast of the Brave Blossoms victory over Scotland when Japan secured their first-ever quarter-final place, building on more than 30 million for Japan v Samoa on NTV, 30 million on NHK for Japan’s famous win over Ireland and 20 million for the opening match against Russia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Ireland) DISCIPLINARY UPDATE: BUNDEE AKI (IRELAND): https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/513551 Quote Ireland centre Bundee Aki attended a disciplinary hearing on 14 October having received a red card from referee Nic Berry for an act of foul play contrary to Law 9.13 (dangerous tackle) in Ireland’s Rugby World Cup 2019 Pool A match against Samoa on 12 October. Taking into account the mitigating factors that are considered in relation to sanction, including the player’s good disciplinary record, the committee reduced the six-week entry point by the maximum permitted three weeks, resulting in a sanction of three weeks, which equates to three matches in the context of Rugby World Cup 2019. Aki will miss Ireland’s quarter-final against New Zealand on 19 October, the semi-final and final of Rugby World Cup 2019 should Ireland qualify or should Ireland not qualify for these games, the player’s next club match or matches with Connacht in the PRO14 on his return from international duty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Canada) CANUCKS SIGN OFF WITH GESTURE OF GOODWILL: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/512964 Quote Despite the disappointment of being denied a swansong, Canada's players were happy to roll up their sleeves to help locals with Kamaishi's typhoon clear-up. Edited October 15, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Rugby World Cup - Results / Stats & Details / Match Reports / Highlights) *** ** * (Match Day - 16) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (RSA v. CAN / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/southafrica-canada ########################### (RSA v. CAN / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/08/south-africa-canada-rugby-world-cup-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 17) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (ARG v. USA / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/argentina-usa (SCO v. RUS / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/scotland-russia (WAL v. FIJ / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/wales-fiji ########################### (ARG v. USA / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/09/argentina-sign-off-from-rugby-world-cup-with-convincing-win-over-us (SCO v. RUS / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/09/scotland-russia-rugby-world-cup-match-report (WAL v. FIJ / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/09/wales-fiji-rugby-world-cup-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 18) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (AUS v. GEO / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/australia-georgia ########################### (AUS v. GEO / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/11/australia-cut-loose-at-the-last-to-secure-bonus-point-win-over-georgia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 19) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (NZL v. ITA / Stats & Details) ~ CANCELLED ~ (ENG v. FRA / Stats & Details) ~ CANCELLED ~ (IRE v. SAM / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/ireland-samoa ########################### (NZL v. ITA / Match Report) ~ CANCELLED ~ (ENG v. FRA / Match Report) ~ CANCELLED ~ (IRE v. SAM / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/12/rugby-world-cup-2019-ireland-samoa-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Match Day - 20) * ** *** (Results) ########################### (NAM v. CAN / Stats & Details) ~ CANCELLED ~ (USA v. TGA / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/usa-tonga (WAL v. URU / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/wales-uruguay (JPN v. SCO / Stats & Details) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/match/japan-scotland ########################### (NAM v. CAN / Match Report) ~ CANCELLED ~ (USA v. TGA / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/13/rugby-world-cup-2019-tonga-usa-match-report (WAL v. URU / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/13/rugby-world-cup-wales-uruguay-match-report (JPN v. SCO / Match Report) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/13/japan-scotland-rugby-world-cup-match-report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Highlights) (Match Day - 16) ~ RSA v. CAN ~ (Match Day - 17) ~ ARG v. USA ~ ~ SCO v. RUS ~ ~ WAL v. FIJ ~ (Match day - 18) ~ AUS v. GEO ~ (Match Day - 19) ~ NZL v. ITA ~ ~ CANCELLED ~ ~ ENG v. FRA ~ ~ CANCELLED ~ ~ IRE v. SAM ~ (Match Day - 20) ~ NAM v. CAN ~ ~ CANCELLED ~ ~ USA v.TGA ~ ~ WAL v. URU ~ ~ JPN v. SCO ~ Edited October 15, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) (2019 - Rugby World Cup - Quarter Finals - Bracket / Fixtures) *** ** * (2019 - RWC - Finals / Playoff - Bracket ) (Times Listed - EDT - Check Local Guides) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2019 - RWC - QF - Fixtures) https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/matches (Times Listed - AEST / JST - Check Local Guides) Edited October 15, 2019 by Small Town Values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 2019/20 - Rugby Union: Tier 1 - Northern Hemisphere - Domestic League: *** ** * (2019/20 - Top 14 - Round 8 - Results) https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/top-14/scores-fixtures/2019-10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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