England cancellation has cost me a weekend in Japan and the World Cup its surprise factor

Global tournaments should not be dumping fixtures because of inclement weather – the game and its supporters deserve betterLet’s be kind to Jefferson Poirot and say his comments were lost in translation. But it was the France prop’s quote that his team were in the quarter-finals and that was all he cared about that really made me see red as I stared at the wad of 38,000 yen that was to be my spending money in Japan this weekend. Related: Italy’s Parisse hits out at ‘ridiculous’ All Blacks cancellation at Rugby World Cup Related: England’s fallow weekend is not the ideal preparation it may see…