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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 951242" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>The game I mentioned was 2012 and was rearranged for in one of the blank weekends within the tournament.</p><p></p><p>Don't forget that rugby history was very nearly derailed by a very wet afternoon in Durban in 1995. Had the game not gone ahead, the competition rules said that the winner of the semi-final would be determined by discipline, meaning that James Dalton's part in the Battle of Boet Erasmus would have ruined Morgan Freeman's chances of playing Nelson Mandela and New Zealand would currently have another star on their jerseys. Luckily, in he spirit on the Rainbow Nation that was championed throughout the tournament, some black women of a certain age with brooms were found and the game went ahead!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>At level one (Premiership) in England, postponements are pretty rare, more often than not they come as a result of difficulties with the transport network either meaning that the opposition can't get to the match, or to discourage supporters from making what our police like to call "unnecessary journeys". Saracens postponed a European match against Clermont for that reason not that long ago.</p><p></p><p>As you go down the league pyramid in England, facilities get pretty basic pretty quickly, so postponments become increasingly commonplace as playing surfaces are more prone to freezing / getting covered in snow / getting waterlogged. By level 4, rugby is regional and England is roughly split into North and South. My home town club play in National 2 South, being in the far South-West, we benefit from warm air off the sea, so I don't remember us having to postpone a game, but we have been forced to as the opposition haven't been able to get to us. Most seasons, we have an away game or two postponed due to opposition pitches being unplayable. The North of the country tends to cop more extreme bad weather, so it is quite common for teams to find themselves playing rearranged games at the end of the league season, despite the fact that there are three spare weekends built in for rearranged games to try and ensure that the league finishes on the final weekend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 951242, member: 58362"] The game I mentioned was 2012 and was rearranged for in one of the blank weekends within the tournament. Don't forget that rugby history was very nearly derailed by a very wet afternoon in Durban in 1995. Had the game not gone ahead, the competition rules said that the winner of the semi-final would be determined by discipline, meaning that James Dalton's part in the Battle of Boet Erasmus would have ruined Morgan Freeman's chances of playing Nelson Mandela and New Zealand would currently have another star on their jerseys. Luckily, in he spirit on the Rainbow Nation that was championed throughout the tournament, some black women of a certain age with brooms were found and the game went ahead! At level one (Premiership) in England, postponements are pretty rare, more often than not they come as a result of difficulties with the transport network either meaning that the opposition can't get to the match, or to discourage supporters from making what our police like to call "unnecessary journeys". Saracens postponed a European match against Clermont for that reason not that long ago. As you go down the league pyramid in England, facilities get pretty basic pretty quickly, so postponments become increasingly commonplace as playing surfaces are more prone to freezing / getting covered in snow / getting waterlogged. By level 4, rugby is regional and England is roughly split into North and South. My home town club play in National 2 South, being in the far South-West, we benefit from warm air off the sea, so I don't remember us having to postpone a game, but we have been forced to as the opposition haven't been able to get to us. Most seasons, we have an away game or two postponed due to opposition pitches being unplayable. The North of the country tends to cop more extreme bad weather, so it is quite common for teams to find themselves playing rearranged games at the end of the league season, despite the fact that there are three spare weekends built in for rearranged games to try and ensure that the league finishes on the final weekend. [/QUOTE]
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