Ireland Rugby World Cup bid threatened by typhoon
World Rugby is tracking.
Typhoon Hagibis has formed off the south coast of Japan, with forecasts suggesting it may hit the island of Kyushu that weekend.
Ireland face Samoa at the Kyushu city of Fukuoka on Saturday, at which a bonus-point success to secure their place is needed by Joe Schmidts men.
The boys havent even talked about it we only move from day to day, get on with our preparations, Ireland defence coach Andy Farrell explained.
World Rugby has been in contact us and theyre as keen as we have to find this match played.
I think theres a contingency plan in place. Every single day we simply get on with our day job and prepare and were going to find out what comes with this.
The weather prediction varies all of the time anyhow. We will not likely know until 48 hours out from the match.
Any matches cancelled in the World Cup are registered since scoreless draws, earning two points.
That scenario should Gregor Townsends men conquer both Russia on Wednesday, would allow Scotland the chance to leapfrog Ireland into position and hosts Japan on Sunday.
Previous predictions of typhoons hitting Japan and interrupting the tournament have so far unfounded, however.
Typhoon Mitag had jeopardized Frances clash with the USA in Fukuoka a week, but the match was completed without difficulty.
World Rugby is monitoring the issue and will issue additional updates as the situation develops.
We are currently monitoring the development of a typhoon from the south shore of Japan in partnership with our weather data specialists, stated a World Rugby spokesman.
Its still too early to determine what, if any, impact there will be on match or training activities.
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