Rugby World Cup planners must tackle traffic headaches before big kick-off

This weekend’s France friendly at Twickenham will test England’s readiness for the tournament off the pitch as well as on itImagine you wished to create the nation’s biggest traffic jam. You would pick a Friday evening in London during term-time and shut one of the main arterial routes out of the capital. Then you would schedule a globally significant sporting fixture to be played in that same postcode, sit back and await the inevitable transport carnage.No wonder the operations staff responsible for hosting the Rugby World Cup have been sweating for months. When it was announced that England …