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Wednesday Oct 16, 2019

It's Scotland against the rest as battle with World Rugby is imminent

Japan’s match against Scotland last Sunday in Yokohama was undoubtedly one of the matches of the Rugby World Cup so far and one of the best moments when the final whistle blew. But the events that have surrounded that match have been far from pleasant.

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With Typhoon Hagibis looming, there were chances that the game last week would be cancelled, which caused Scottish Rugby to threaten legal action against World Rugby as it would have deprived them of a chance of making the quarter-finals.

In the wake of the match, which Japan won 28-21, comments made by Scottish Rugby Union chief executive Mark Dodson have been referred to an independent disputes committee.

Scotland have recently responded to this, releasing a statement that says: “Scottish Rugby is querying whether the matter is an appropriate one for the bringing of Misconduct charges.”

This entire saga has caused a fervent reaction from the rugby world on social media, with many Scottish fans backing the SRU’s response, and criticising World Rugby, particularly for their contingency plan ahead of the typhoon. Many think that this was simply to cancel the match, which is what happened to three other contests at the RWC.

https://twitter.com/ColinFTay/status/1184313835827499008?s=20

However, Scottish fans may be on their own in this circumstance, as fans from elsewhere seem to be behind World Rugby.

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The death toll of Typhoon Hagibis is currently 68 at the time of writing, and some feel that Scotland did not cover themselves in glory in how they handled themselves in the build-up to the match. It would have been desperately unfortunate had they failed to make it out of the pool due to a game being cancelled, but regardless of the contingency plans, there were more pressing matters at hand.

Of course, World Rugby have been criticised themselves after this whole episode, but in their battle with Scottish Rugby, they seem to have a lot of support as well.

https://twitter.com/L7HNS/status/1184311244322263042?s=20

Ultimately, this entire back and forth between the SRU and World Rugby was not necessary, as the Scots failed to win, and their problems only look set to get worse.

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