TOKYO (AP) — The Scots are still in a Rugby World Cup contest, days after being knocked out of the tournament by Japan. Rugby World Cup organizers issued misconduct charges against Scotland’s rugby union on Tuesday for comments made about the potential cancellation of the last group match over the weekend, when the destructive Typhoon Hagibis left dozens of people dead on Japan’s main island. Three World Cup games were canceled and there was wide speculation that the Japan-Scotland game in Yokohama would be called off, too. Scotland needed to beat Japan to have any hope of advancing to the knockout stages, and Scottish Rugby chief executive Mark Dodson had forecast potential legal action if the game was scrapped rather than postponed. Dodson said organizers should have had contingency plans to move or delay the game by 24 hours in the case of such extreme weather, and criticized World Rugby for rigidly sticking to the regulation that dictated that a game be canceled if it can’t be played on the scheduled day. The game proceeded after organizers completed a safety assessment at the Yokohama venue early Sunday, and Japan won 28-21 to continue its unbeaten run and win the group…. Read full this story
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