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© 2019 AFPBeer fear: Japan urged to stock up for Rugby World Cup
By Odd Andersen TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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David Varnes
Also to note: Japan needs to stock up on real beer, not that pale yellow junk being passed off as beer by Asahi and others.
Do the hustle
I remember when the soccer World Cup came to Japan 18 years ago. The buzz word of the time was, hooligans. I dare say the rugby fans will give this word a rebirth into the Japanese vocabulary.
yoshisan88
LOL.
Aly Rustom
Amen!
Yeah. I remember that time as well. It was awful. Fingers crossed we don't get another helping of that fear mongering.
JapanFan
Locals riding the trains won't be amused by the rowdy, drunken, fools. "Do the hustle" is so right. I'll bypass Tokyo until things quite down.
Jeff Huffman
And if stocking up, make sure it's kegs of import as there still isn't enough craft beer brewed in Japan.
goldorak
Have been served overpriced mid strength beer in plastic cups for the last 20 years so am pretty easy to please ;)
Goodlucktoyou
Drunken rugby fans with 24 hour access to alcohol, and the love of violence. I have a ticket and will definitely take my peeper spray.
wanderlust
At the Soccer World Cup, IIRC the most arrests made were for people trying to sell tickets illegally. The high-pressure water hoses, LED sign trucks, and riot police with extra training for the hyped-up hooligans were never used. And in general, rugby fans are much more well-behaved than soccer fans.
Serrano
LOL
Ditto. haha
Scrote
I wonder if they still have that van with the "Calm down" sign on it they were planning to use for the football world cup?
Alfie Noakes
It didn't take long did it:
How many people were arrested during the 2002 WC in Japan? One British guy for ticket touting, iirc. Some people really do love to monger that fear, don't they.
Anonymous
They must be drinking “Bishop’s Tipple”.
kohakuebisu
This will be a massively corporate event with Heineken as the official beer sponsor.
This means there is a real risk of running out of beer, because Heineken is all that they will sell at the stadiums. It doesn't matter how much other beer is available at wholesalers nearby. Once they run out of Heineken, there will be no more beer at the grounds.
If there are other beer sellers nearby, it is not such a big issue. Some Japanese stadia though are in the middle of nowhere.
Seawolf
Kohakuebisu: Since Heineken is produced by Kirin, they might just switch to something else like Ichiban or so, without telling anyone ;-) doubt many will realize it...
theResident
Soccer World Cup 2002. I went to several games. ABSOLUTELY no trouble, there were no Hooligans and it was superbly organised. Yes - for Japan in games int the RWC you might want to avoid Roppongi and Shibuya if you live in Tokyo. Where on earth has anybody got the idea that travelling Rugby Fans have EVER been known as 'Hooligans'? I understood the fear mongering prior to the Soccer World Cup, But Rugby? I'd like to state the obvious, but won't as will get moderated. Clearly @goodlucktoyou...again???? Are you capable of making a sensible non pessimistic comment.
It will be a lot of fun with zero trouble.
We will not run out of beer..to stay on topic.
rocketpanda
Shows that you know nothing about the sport let alone thinking rugby fans are violent because the sport is aggressive. Rugby fans can teach football fans a lesson on how to conduct themselves at times.
sourpuss
@David Varnes
“Heineken? That’s ****! Pabst Blue Ribbon!”
Dennis Hopper was right about Heineken. Weak and watery.
I find the big beers in Japan no worse than anything anywhere else, and often better.
redelmotalking
We won't ever see the RWC again in Japan or Asia. Too much explaining of rugby culture needed for the general population. Love the real rugby fans in Japan though. Lots of passion for the game and good fun spectators at games.
Akula
We rugby fans are great, but we do love our beer!