Two years to Japan’s World Cup and rugby union is in a state of confusion | Robert Kitson

Emtpy stadiums, threats to the 15-a-side game and the decline of the Springboks and Wallabies so notable that the possibility of only two teams being genuinely in contention come Japan 2019 is very realExactly two years from now the next Rugby World Cup will kick off in Japan, and World Rugby are starting to twitch, judging by their public warnings to local organisers about the sluggish pace of preparations. Get your pagoda in order now has been the theme ahead of this week’s two-years-to-go anniversary extravaganza at Shibuya 19 in central Tokyo.Normally this would be a high-profile story but…