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Foreigners are expected to drink about four times as much as Japanese spectators, according to the organizing committee. That has brewers, distributors, and bars in Japan taking steps to avert a shortage, as the six-week competition gets under way on Sept. 20 for the first time in Asia.

“Japanese drinkers usually slow down after two to three pints, but the foreign fans, they can drink for three hours at the same pace, sometimes even up to four or five hours,” says Tsuyoshi Ohta, president of pub chain Hub Co. Ohta, who anticipates a 40% to 50% jump in monthly sales, plans to stock as much as seven times the usual supply of Kirin Ichiban Shibori lager and Heineken at some of Hub’s more than 100 locations. “There won’t be another chance like this in my lifetime.”

The shares of Hub jumped as much as 8.3% on Wednesday, the most since January, on heavy volume.

ticketlessinseattle wrote:Dunno why SA don't just get the ball to Kolbe every chance they get, only time he got it was when AB,s kicked it and he nearly scored each time

Auckman wrote:The crowds have been impressive.

Kovana must be many pride.

Lacrobat wrote:How is the beer situation holding up?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... n-tourists

Foreigners are expected to drink about four times as much as Japanese spectators, according to the organizing committee. That has brewers, distributors, and bars in Japan taking steps to avert a shortage, as the six-week competition gets under way on Sept. 20 for the first time in Asia.

“Japanese drinkers usually slow down after two to three pints, but the foreign fans, they can drink for three hours at the same pace, sometimes even up to four or five hours,” says Tsuyoshi Ohta, president of pub chain Hub Co. Ohta, who anticipates a 40% to 50% jump in monthly sales, plans to stock as much as seven times the usual supply of Kirin Ichiban Shibori lager and Heineken at some of Hub’s more than 100 locations. “There won’t be another chance like this in my lifetime.”

The shares of Hub jumped as much as 8.3% on Wednesday, the most since January, on heavy volume.

Puma wrote:Shame Uruguay will have a rather short recovery tiem until teh Georgia match... a win there could see tham nailing an automatic qualification for 2023, which would be a massive boost for their national rugby program.

Certainly they benefited from Fiji's underperformance today due to rotations (and some complacency and some horriffic goal kicking...) but the schedules for the minnows are dire sometimes.

saffer13 wrote:Next potential upsets?
Samoa or Japan over Ireland in Pool A?
I don't see any upsets happening in Pool B unless the Boks pull another "Japan"
England or France tripping up against someone in Pool C?
Fiji somehow playing a blinder against a Wales or Aus in D?

tc27 wrote:You gotta fancy Wales having a real crack at reaching tjrbfinal now..winning group D (let's face it) really puts them in the driving seat.

OomPB wrote:

tc27 wrote:You gotta fancy Wales having a real crack at reaching tjrbfinal now..winning group D (let's face it) really puts them in the driving seat.

Wales favorite to win the WC. Even the All Blacks dont have a chance.

LandOTurk wrote:

OomPB wrote:

tc27 wrote:You gotta fancy Wales having a real crack at reaching tjrbfinal now..winning group D (let's face it) really puts them in the driving seat.

Wales favorite to win the WC. Even the All Blacks dont have a chance.

Really good chance of getting to the SF. Can we beat the Boks/Irish - sure, but time will tell. Just enjoying the day to be fair.

saffer13 wrote:So for the Boks it’s either Japan or Ireland in the quarters and if we win that it’s either Wales or ?? in the semi??

Auckman wrote:Team Name Roll-call:

Argentina - Los Pumas (but apparenty motif shows a Jaguar)

The routes to the RWC quarter-finals - or the plane home
07 October 2019 07:52
Tokyo - Heading into the last round of pool games at the Rugby World Cup, only two teams have already booked their quarter-final places: England and France.

Some pools are all over bar the shouting, in others there's still all to play for. AFP looks at the various scenarios as teams strive for that last-eight spot.

Pool A

With Ireland, Scotland and Japan all battling for two places, this is the most competitive pool.

If Japan beat Scotland on Sunday, they will qualify for their first ever World Cup quarter-final, topping the pool and probably giving themselves another crack at the Springboks -- a repeat of the "Miracle of Brighton" game in 2015.

If Ireland beat Samoa on Saturday with a bonus point for four tries, they have definitely qualified.

Scotland need a bonus-point win over Russia on Wednesday, and they must then beat Japan while preventing the Brave Blossoms from getting a defensive bonus point for losing by seven points or fewer.

There is a scenario in which all three teams finish on 15 points: Ireland beat Samoa without a bonus point, Scotland beat Russia with a bonus point and then score four tries in a narrow win over Japan -- meaning both teams get a bonus point.

In a two-way scenario, it is the team that won the match between them that proceeds. But this would be a three-way scenario where every team has won one and lost one. In this case, the two teams with the best points difference would qualify.

Currently Japan and Ireland have a much better points difference, but Scotland play bottom-placed Russia next and are likely to improve their tally.

Pool B

Pool B is pretty well decided, with superpowers New Zealand and South Africa virtually assured of taking first and second place respectively, barring miracles from Italy in their last match against the All Blacks.

A victory or draw by New Zealand against Italy puts the defending champions through as pool winners.

South Africa can all but guarantee a quarter-final berth with a bonus-point win against minnows Canada on Tuesday.

There is one extremely unlikely scenario in which all teams can end up with 15 points (South Africa get that bonus-point win against Canada, then Italy run in four tries in a narrow victory against the All Blacks).

Again, it would come down to points difference and New Zealand and South Africa are currently 115 and 70 points ahead of Italy respectively.

Pool C

Much more clear-cut. England and France have qualified, and all that remains to be decided is who wins the group. That will be fought out when they meet in Yokohama on Saturday.

The winner will play the runner-up of Pool D -- almost certain to be Australia. But the runner-up in the pool may not be too despondent as they will go into the other half of the knock-out draw from the All Blacks, meaning they cannot meet the defending champions until the final.

Pool D

Australia can qualify if they avoid defeat against Georgia on Friday. If Wales beat Fiji on Wednesday, they will also book their last-eight ticket and will need to win against underdogs Uruguay on Sunday to top the pool.

Mathematically, Fiji can still qualify but they have to beat Wales comfortably with a bonus point and hope the Welsh lose to Uruguay.

Possible quarter-final line-ups:

Saturday 19 October:

Winner Pool C (England/France) vs Runner-up Pool D (Australia/Wales)

Winner Pool B (New Zealand/South Africa) vs Runner-up Pool A (Japan/Ireland/Scotland)

Sunday 20 October:

Winner Pool D (Australia/Wales) vs Runner-up Pool C (England/France)

Winner Pool A (Japan/Ireland/Scotland) vs Runner-up Pool B (New Zealand/South Africa)

World Rugby Rankings

1 (1) NEW ZEALAND 90.98
2 (2) WALES 88.87
3 (3) ENGLAND 88.13
4 (4) IRELAND 85.93
5 (5) SOUTH AFRICA 85.75
6 (6) AUSTRALIA 83.52
7 (7) FRANCE 81.38
8 (8) JAPAN 80.70
9 (9) SCOTLAND 80.62
10 (10)ARGENTINA 76.79
11 (12) FIJI 76.21
12 (14) ITALY 72.04
13 (13) USA 71.83
14 (11) GEORGIA 71.26
15 (15) SAMOA 70.72
16 (16) TONGA 69.22
17 (17) SPAIN 68.15
18 (18) URUGUAY 67.41
19 (19) ROMANIA 66.69
20 (20) RUSSIA 63.09
21 (21) PORTUGAL 61.33
22 (22) CANADA 61.12
23 (23) NAMIBIA 61.01

TheFrog wrote:

World Rugby Rankings

1 (1) NEW ZEALAND 90.98
2 (2) WALES 88.87
3 (3) ENGLAND 88.13
4 (4) IRELAND 85.93
5 (5) SOUTH AFRICA 85.75
6 (6) AUSTRALIA 83.52
7 (7) FRANCE 81.38
8 (8) JAPAN 80.70
9 (9) SCOTLAND 80.62
10 (10)ARGENTINA 76.79
11 (12) FIJI 76.21
12 (14) ITALY 72.04
13 (13) USA 71.83
14 (11) GEORGIA 71.26
15 (15) SAMOA 70.72
16 (16) TONGA 69.22
17 (17) SPAIN 68.15
18 (18) URUGUAY 67.41
19 (19) ROMANIA 66.69
20 (20) RUSSIA 63.09
21 (21) PORTUGAL 61.33
22 (22) CANADA 61.12
23 (23) NAMIBIA 61.01

The Top 8 teams in the World Rugby rankings will play the QF. It seems that their system works well.

Puma wrote:

TheFrog wrote:

World Rugby Rankings

1 (1) NEW ZEALAND 90.98
2 (2) WALES 88.87
3 (3) ENGLAND 88.13
4 (4) IRELAND 85.93
5 (5) SOUTH AFRICA 85.75
6 (6) AUSTRALIA 83.52
7 (7) FRANCE 81.38
8 (8) JAPAN 80.70
9 (9) SCOTLAND 80.62
10 (10)ARGENTINA 76.79
11 (12) FIJI 76.21
12 (14) ITALY 72.04
13 (13) USA 71.83
14 (11) GEORGIA 71.26
15 (15) SAMOA 70.72
16 (16) TONGA 69.22
17 (17) SPAIN 68.15
18 (18) URUGUAY 67.41
19 (19) ROMANIA 66.69
20 (20) RUSSIA 63.09
21 (21) PORTUGAL 61.33
22 (22) CANADA 61.12
23 (23) NAMIBIA 61.01

The Top 8 teams in the World Rugby rankings will play the QF. It seems that their system works well.

Had Argentina beaten France, with the points doubled for WC matches, it would've worked as well.

Double points for RWC tends to ensure teams end the tournament in the same ranking spot as their RCW finish...