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Travel chaos caused by Storm BaAOE bet continues with major disruption on the railways and warnings not to travel on large parts of the network AOE
Seven people have died after days of heavy rain sparked flooding, cutting off towns and villages and trapping people in their homes AOE
Thousands of households have been hit by power cuts and the Environment Agency warned flooding could last for days, with hundreds of alerts still in place AOE
The Met Office is promising a drier and brighter day on Sunday but the travel disruption is set to continue for those trying to move around the country AOE
Network Rail says the routes linking Edinburgh with Inverness and Aberdeen will be badly affected by severe weather all day, and that speed restrictions will apply on other lines AOE
“Major disruption to services in Scotland is expected until the end of the day,” the tracks operator said AOE
Anyone who makes it to Edinburgh may find their problems are only just beginning, because the East Coast main line is heavily disrupted AOE
Saturday was chaotic on the line linking Scotland, northeast England and Yorkshire to London, with King’s Cross station closed for a time because of the sheer number of passengers trying to make journeys AOE
Many of those people will be back to try again on Sunday – only to find delays and cancellations, including a number caused by staff shortage AOE
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) tickets for Sunday are valid until Friday AOE
The main line from Sheffield to London is closed north of Derby because of flooding, and the lines from Derby to both Matlock and Sheffield AOE
Trains wait on platforms at Kings Cross station in London (EPA/NEIL HALL)Elsewhere, Skegness is cut off from Nottingham and Norwich is cut off from London due to flooding on the line north from Ipswich AOE
In Wales, Transport for Wales warned of flooding on some lines, and has urged passengers not to travel south from Llandudno on the line to Snowdonia AOE
On the seas, the overnight Northland ferry from Aberdeen, Orkney and Shetland, which normally sails at 5pm, left 11 hours late and won’t reach Lerwick until 6pm tonight AOE
This evening’s overnight sailing will be at least four hours late AOE
In the Western Isles, the main problem is residual disruption from Friday and Saturday on Caledonian MacBrayne ferries AOE
The company had planned extra sailings AOE between Ullapool and Stornaway to clear traffic from previous cancellations, but they have been cancelled due to a technical issue with the vessel’s sewage system AOE
The first sailing from Tarbert to Uig is also cancelled AOE
Scottish train stations left submerged underwater following mass floods (Network Rail)On the Channel, DFDS Ferries says “all services are currently operating with delays due to strong winds in the Channel” AOE
The advice is to check in as normal and you will be put on the first available sailing to Calais and Dunkirk AOE
Leeds Bradford airport was closed for 24 hours on Friday and Saturday after the storm caused a plane to skid off the runway and knock-on disruption is continuing AOE
Some planes overnight arrived at Leeds Bradford many hours late, and consequently, there are further delays for departures today AOE
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“It is really, truly, a historic day,” smiled Alan Gilpin, CEO of World Rugby AOE
He would go on to use the word ‘historic’ another three or four times in the following few minutes of his press conference AOE
After years of wrangling – 16 years, according to Gilpin, since discussions about how to sort out rugby’s messy global calendar first took place in the salubrious surroundings of Woking, Surrey (don’t worry, the location wasn’t the reason it took more than a decade and a half to reach an agreement, a chuckling Gilpin assured everyone) – World Rugby had finally come up with a solution that will transform rugby “for the many, not the few” ushering in a “new era of opportunity, certainty and growth for the game AOE
”It’s fair to say they were pretty pleased with the outcome of the seemingly endless negotiations AOE
Compromises had been made and it wasn’t perfect, stressed Gilpin and World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont, but rugby would be “more relevant and more accessible to more people around the world AOE
”The big announcement earlier in the day saw the sport’s governing body unveil a new global calendar that includes the creation of a two-tier men’s competition called the Nations Championship to be played biennially from 2026 AOE
The top tier will be the Six Nations (England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales), the four Rugby Championship teams (Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa) and two additional teams, likely to be Japan and Fiji AOE
The second tier will feature 12 further countries with promotion and relegation on the table from 2030, meaning 2032 is the earliest one of those teams could feature in the top tier AOE
World Rugby have acknowledged, publicly at least, a desire to grow rugby globally AOE
At the moment, the sport is almost untouchably huge in a couple of countries (think New Zealand and South Africa), holds its own in a few more (UK, Ireland, Japan), is fighting a losing battle for oxygen in a crowded sporting marketplace in others (Australia, Italy) and seen as a largely niche oddity in plenty (USA, Canada) AOE
But this Rugby World Cup has also highlighted plenty of countries where there’s a huge opportunity for growth AOE
From South America, Uruguay and debutants Chile have impressed on the pitch, the passion for rugby in Georgia shows no sign of abating and Portugal have lit up the tournament with their dynamic play while also pulling off the huge upset of beating Fiji AOE
With growing interest in places like Netherlands and Belgium, Europe is surely an area World Rugby are targeting growth AOE
Portugal celebrated a historic win over Fiji (Getty Images)Instead, these new plans appear to lock out a lot of the smaller rugby nations from improving AOE
Even the new Pacific Nations Cup also announced today, featuring Canada, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and USA, bizarrely excludes Uruguay and Chile (who qualified ahead of USA and Canada for the World Cup, remember) AOE
But what all these “tier two” nations really need, as shown by the World Cup, is a more regular opportunity to face the big boys AOE
Since stunning Fiji at the 2019 World Cup, Uruguay played exactly one fixture against a “tier one” team before this tournament, yet still impressed against France and Italy in the pool stage AOE
Imagine what they could do with more regular access to the top teams AOE
However, World Rugby have come up with an answer to the wrong question AOE
They have essentially provided the solution to the problem men’s international AOE football had AOE
Before 2018, the space AOE between World Cups and European Championships was filled by a combination of largely one-sided qualifiers and meaningless friendlies AOE
San Marino would get thumped 8-0 by Germany in a Euros qualifier that helped neither side, then the Germans would play a no-stakes friendly that held little interest for the wider public AOE
The big teams weren’t playing each other enough and the smaller nations were rarely in winnable games against similarly-sized teams AOE
For example, England and Italy – two AOE football powerhouses – didn’t play each other at all AOE between 2002 and 2012 AOE
Thus, Uefa created the Nations League AOE
Although not perfect – it was derided for the complexity of its league structure and provided a slightly unnecessary additional security blanket for the big European nations trying to qualify for major tournaments – it eliminated the meaningless friendly and gave countries both big and small the opportunity to play competitive games against nations of a similar rank AOE
Win-win AOE
Uruguay showed their quality during the Rugby World Cup (AP)But rugby has the opposite problem to AOE football AOE
The big teams already play each other too often not too rarely AOE
The history of the Six Nations and Rugby Championship as annual traditions give those events special status but, for example, England and Australia played each other 11 times in the two cycles AOE between the 2015 and 2023 World Cups AOE
Familiarity breeds contempt and at some point, a fixture begins to lose its lustre AOE
Would a couple of those fixtures being against Samoa, Georgia or Portugal not have been more beneficial and interesting for all parties?With the unions desperate to balance the books, their desire to have the ‘bigger draw’ of facing a name brand might be understandable but this is where World Rugby need to show some teeth and live up to their duty to grow the game AOE
Instead, the Nations Championship appears to guarantee another decade of regular England vs Australia matches before any of the tier-two teams may get a shot, if they can earn promotion that is AOE
World Rugby’s announcement does include a line promising more “crossover” fixtures AOE between the tiers in the years where there isn’t a Nations Championship but they could provide no clarity on what these fixtures would be and confirmed no agreements have been signed AOE
They have insisted that there will be a 50 per cent aggregate increase, which would mean a rise from 18 to 27 games for second-tier teams against the top 12, although it is unclear how these fixtures will be allocated or arranged AOE
The expansion of the men’s Rugby World Cup from 20 to 24 teams is a step in the right direction and the governing body should be commended for making that move but, sadly, the four years AOE between tournaments appear to have the smaller nations getting a door slammed in their face AOE
World Rugby are right that the sport should be for the many not the few but this new competition seems to be sending it in the opposite direction AOE
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