Revealed: Typhoon contingency plan was to move matches 14 miles away
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• Yokohama’s back-up venue was the nearby Tokyo Stadium• Oita and Sapporo explored too late in wake of Typhoon HagibisWorld Rugby’s failure to properly prepare for Japan’s extreme weather can be revealed with World Cup organisers initially making plans to move England versus France and other matches in Yokohama to Tokyo Stadium – just 14 miles away.Super Typhoon Hagibis has wreaked havoc on the World Cup with England’s Pool C decider in Yokohama cancelled and Scotland’s pivotal match with Japan, scheduled to take place in the same stadium on Sunday, in serious jeopardy. Hagibis is due to hit T…





