Talk:2019 Rugby World Cup/Archive 1

Host Nation
As with the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Japan are the sole host nation. While games may be played outside of Japan (this is still to be ratified by the IRB), Japan are the host nation, and Hong Kong and Singapore have no automatic rights to any games. Magpieram (talk) 23:54, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

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Qualification illustrated
Why Moroccan flag is put individually from other african flags ? Brio (talk) 09:43, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 * @Brio The person that created the illustration is Alexei17777. I think it is because Morocco gained promotion to the 2018 African Gold Cup but the creator would be able to explain it better. (Mobile mundo (talk) 21:55, 15 May 2018 (UTC))

Kumagaya Rugby Stadium not Kumagaya Athletics Stadium
A new page needs to be created for Kumagaya Rugby Stadium. I've never created a page before and I'd prefer not to do so. To clarify, They are building a new stadium, Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, in Kumagaya Park which includes several sports facilities including the existing Kumagaya Athletics Stadium, an existing stadium. Here is a link to the World Rugby page for the new stadium. https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/kumagaya-rugby-ground --CriticalThinking26 (talk) 00:18, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

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Traditional heartland
Japan has been playing rugby since the 19th century. It's about time we ditch anglocentric ideas like this phrase. Rugby has not just been played in the English Commonwealth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.255.233.35 (talk) 22:32, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
 * It is the first time the Rugby World Cup is being played in a non Tier One nation.(Mobile mundo (talk) 21:37, 15 May 2018 (UTC))
 * 19th century? English Commonwealth? Actually, the game of Rugby (with a capital R) was never played in the English Commonwealth - not in any century. The English Commonwealth was a republic that was formed on 19 May 1649, a few months after England had found itself quite literally without a head of government. Oliver Cromwell's Republic lasted for just over a decade, when it was replaced by a return to a monarchy under King Charles II in 1660. The game of Rugby was first codified in the middle of the 19th century in England, so the sentence places Japanese Rugby squarely within the early stages of the game's existence, though admittedly a couple of centuries after the demise of the English Commonwealth.  Even if you meant the British Commonwealth, I fail to see how recognition of Japan's early adoption of the game is somehow Anglocentric. ChrisJBenson (talk) 21:13, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Table wrong
The table for Pool D wrongly says that Georgia and Uruguay are eliminated. In fact, Georgia can get 10 points and Uruguay 9 if they both win their last game with a bonus point. Wales only has 9 points, so they could at least match Wales if Wales loses the last 2 games.
 * Wales and Fiji still play each other, so the 2nd place team will have at least 11 points.--Anaxagoras13 (talk) 07:50, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

South Africa is technically not qualified yet
If my understand of the tie-breaker is correct, if Italy wins wy 130 (or more) points against New Zeland and New Zeland scores a bonus point, the 3 teams will be tied and Italy wins the group. Since the tie-breakers are recursive, New-Zeland will be second. Alcyon007 (talk) 17:10, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Stadium Names
The stadium names used in the Venues sections and the Pool Stage and Knockout Stage sections are all consistent with each other. However, they are not consistent with the names on the map in the Venues section, to the extent that for three of the stadiums, you cannot tie the two together.

In the text: Chōfu - Tokyo Stadium. Fukuoka - Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium. Kumamoto - Kumamoto Stadium.

On the map: Ajinomoto Stadium. Level5 Stadium. Egao Kenko Stadium. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidNorman99 (talk • contribs) 09:33, 10 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Fixed - RWC standard is to not use sponsorship names so it is correct to change them,Hackerjack (talk) 10:41, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
 * What we should really be doing is using the names of the articles as they are here on Wikipedia. There's no reason to pipe them to another name. We are not beholden to the Rugby World Cup organisers as to what names we should use here. If those names are wrong, then we should start WP:RM discussions for the wrong ones. – PeeJay 18:51, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
 * No, what we should be doing is what we have done, use the names as they were known at the time of the event, which during the RWC is the names as dictated by the IRB as it is for any major tournament/event. This is how it's done for FIFA/UEFA tournaments and Olympic games.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hackerjack (talk • contribs) 09:25, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Erm, if that's the case, then it shouldn't be. We are not beholden to the sponsors. – PeeJay 18:39, 11 October 2019 (UTC)