Scottish Rugby to hit World Rugby with multi-million-pound claim for damages if RWC match against Japan is cancelled

The Scottish Rugby Union will hit World Rugby with a multi-million-pound claim for damages if tomorrow's final Rugby World Cup pool-stage game against Japan is cancelled.

Both sides were laying the ground for a bitter legal dispute last night, with World Rugby saying it was "disappointed" Scotland had threatened action if Typhoon Hagibis does cause the cancellation of the winner-takes-all Pool A clash and claiming they had no basis on which to do so.

Scottish Rugby's chief executive, Mark Dodson insisted his side would not be "collateral damage" while saying the tournament's integrity was at stake and his side would have been treated differently if they were the All Blacks.

[Source:NZ Herald]

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