{"id":114341,"date":"2019-10-13T03:45:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T01:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/10\/13\/rugby-world-cup-scotland-v-japan-match-to-go-ahead\/"},"modified":"2019-10-13T03:45:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T01:45:44","slug":"rugby-world-cup-scotland-v-japan-match-to-go-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=114341","title":{"rendered":"Rugby World Cup: Scotland v Japan match to go ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Rugby rules crucial game can proceed in wake of typhoonWales v Uruguay and USA v Tonga on, Namibia v Canada offScotland\u2019s must-win World Cup game against the hosts Japan \u2013 \u201cthe biggest match of our careers\u201d \u2013 will go ahead, official tournament broadcasters have reported, after organisers inspected the stadium on Sunday morning to assess the damage caused by Typhoon Hagibis.The storm, the biggest to hit Japan\u2019s capital in 61 years, shut down the city\u2019s transport system and closed the two international airports. It had forced the cancellation of two Saturday matches, England\u2019s group decider against France in Yokohama and New Zealand\u2019s meeting with Italy in Toyota. Namibia\u2019s match against Canada in Kamaishi was called off on safety grounds early on Sunday but Wales versus Uruguay and USA\u2019s game with Tonga were given the green light by the tournament organisers. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2019\/oct\/13\/scotland-relief-rugby-world-cup-match-japan-typhoon-hagibis\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby World Cup: Scotland v Japan match to go ahead<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Rugby rules crucial game can proceed in wake of typhoonWales v Uruguay and USA v Tonga on, Namibia v Canada offScotland\u2019s must-win World Cup game against the hosts Japan \u2013 \u201cthe biggest match of our careers\u201d \u2013 will go ahead, official tournament broadcasters have reported, after organisers inspected the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}