Japan Rugby Union: Yokohama wants to host for Rugby World Cup 2019 matches

Rugby World Cup Chairman Bernard Lapasset said that the international stadium at Yokohama is a world-famous venue and iconic for millions of Rugby fans who remember when it staged the FIFA World Cup final between Germany and Brazil in 2002. The 72,000-seat stadium was not on the original shortlist of venues bidding to host matches but Rugby World Cup officials approved to accept a late application from Yokohama and the Kanagawa Prefecture, of which it is the capital. A total of 15 cities and states are now under consideration with a decision about the successful cities expected in 2019 for Rugby World Cup.

 While we note that the deadline is passed for applications to host matches at Rugby World Cup, we have decided to accept this bid because we want to ensure that the tournament is available to as many Rugby World Cup sports fans as possible around the country.

The Japan Rugby World Cup 2019 chief executive Akira Shimazu said in a statement that Yokohama's bid will now be considered on its individual merits along with all the others. We are enchanted that Yokohama and Kanagawa Prefecture have submitted this application as it further demonstrates how the local governments in every part of Japan are keen to host matches at Rugby World Cup 2019 and welcome the rugby world to their cities.

The full list of bidders is:

Sapporo City, Iwate Prefecture and Kamaishi City, Sendai City, Saitama Prefecture and Kumagaya City, Tokyo, Shizuoka Prefecture, Aichi Prefecture and Toyota City, Osaka Prefecture and Higashi Osaka City, Kyoto City, Kobe City, Fukuoka City, Oita Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture and Kumamoto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Yokohama and Kanagawa Prefecture.

Stuart Lancaster Says that both Courtney Lawes and Dylan Hartley will be fit to face South Africa

England Rugby Head Coach is hopeful that both Courtney Lawes and Dylan Hartley will be fit to face South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday. In spite of both were suffered in violent shock during the defeat by New Zealand.

Stuart Lancaster has said that both Lawes and Hartley were upsetting a graduated come back to play convention and would just be considered for determination in the event that they finished a cognitive test on Thursday morning. Stuart Lancaster, who will get an additional hooker and second row as a spread for preparing on Tuesday, however said that as both players were as of now indication free, he anticipated that they both will be accessible.

England Rugby head has also said that we will have procurement if they fizzle that however we are hopeful will be accessible to the group and they have to prepare on Thursday to be prepared for me. England's strolling injured additionally incorporates Bath lock Dave Attwood, who was not ready to prepare on Monday in light of a knee harm, Semesa Rokoduguni is recouping from a blast to his hip while Kyle Eastmond likewise sat out preparing in the wake of contracting affliction and looseness of the bowels on Sunday.