Although this seems to be a really exceptional storm, if Scotland end up being eliminated from the tournament (the only chance some of their squad will ever have to play in a World Cup) because of the weather, then questions need to be asked about holding it in Japan at this time of year when violent storms are most likely in that country.

As for Wales, I wish I could share the confidence of others in this thread. Our Grand Slam and winning run was built on a very good defence, but that's eight tries scored against us in three matches now, as well as 31 missed tackles on Wednesday, and, as a relatively low scoring side, we need to be doing a lot better than that if we are to go far in this competition.