• Prop content to progress from Pool C at Rugby World Cup• ‘It would have been a problem if qualification was at stake’France’s Jefferson Poirot has insisted he is not fazed by the prospect of his side finishing as runners-up in their
World Cup pool with the Super Typhoon Hagibis set to hit this weekend’s fixtures and affect the tournament’s quarter-final lineup.
World Rugby was overnight set to announce whether France’s Pool C decider with
England in Yokohama has been cancelled, with the violent tropical storm headed for Tokyo and the surrounding area this weekend.
France were due to name their team to face England at 10am local time on Thursday, two hours before World Rugby’s announcement, but that press conference has now been cancelled due to “exceptional conditions”.