Even though England have arrived without major disruption at the championship Typhoon Faxai has postponed the death for the Rugby World Cup in Japan of australia.
Following their original flight had been cancelled because of heavy rain and strong winds from the area the Wallabies were expected to arrive in Tokyo on Monday morning but have been postponed by 16 hours.
Since the typhoon made landfall a suburb of the Japanese capital, at Chiba several railway and subway operators suspended services.
Sky Sports News’ reporter in Japan, Gail Davies, says that hotels and shaking and also the insides of buildings there have been swaying in the weather conditions, with gusts up to 123mph hitting Tokyo.
Flights had been cancelled on account of the typhoon, inducing commuting chaos from the increased area.
Government spokesman Yoshihide Suga verified one person was killed and dozens injured by the typhoon, which caused 900,000 power failures.
England with missed the worst of the storm and came in Tokyo on Monday afternoon with only a hour delay at Narita International Airport, started their journey to Japan on Sunday night.
“We’re eager to arrive in Japan, it is a terrific honour and privilege to represent England and now we are excited about the championship,” said head coach Eddie Jones upon coming in Tokyo.
“This really is a exceptional World Cup. So our ability to adapt will be crucial it’s the first time at a tier-two state.
“Each of the 20 teams goes into the World Cup together using the target of being in their best. We think we’ve prepared well so we have placed ourselves in a good position”
World Cup organisers even to transfer games to unique venues because of Typhoon Faxai or have planned for the chance of needing to relocate teams in their own foundations.
The stadiums from the USA at Kobe and Tonga at Sapporo, for the first two games of England, have roofs and Jones says the group will train indoors on artificial turf if needed.
“It is going to affect the World Cup, there is no doubt about it,” Jones said after Friday’s 37-0 win over Italy. “You have only got to ride , be elastic and work out how you can cope with the circumstance.
“Once the typhoon comes, you just can’t go outside. It is essentially a lock-down. It can vary between being quite violent to mild.
“The problem is that can’t go outdoors but we have got thoughts of what we do if a typhoon stopped us coaching outdoors. We’ll instruct on artificial turf indoors.”
England have two weeks to acclimatise to the states in Asia until they face Tonga in their opening match on September 22.
They will confront the USA on September 26 before enjoying Argentina in Tokyo on October 5 on October 12.
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