Don’t worry, Japan Rugby World Cup logo is definitely original insist organisers after Olympics fiasco
After Olympics storm, World Rugby did ‘rigid and rigorous’ tests
World Rugby performed “rigid and rigorous tests” to ensure the originality of the logo used for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, after Tokyo Olympic organisers scrapped their original emblem following allegations of plagiarism.
The logo for the 2019 tournament – representing a rising sun atop Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan – was unveiled in central London on Tuesday.
It was also announced that the event will begin on September 20, 2019, with the final on Saturday, November 2.
Olympic organisers decided last month to scrap the logo for the 2020 Games following allegations its Japanese designer might have used copied materials. It was another embarrassment for organisers, who had already withdrawn the initial design of the main stadium for the 2019 tournament and 2020 Games following public uproar over its skyrocketing cost estimate.
Brett Gosper, chief executive of World Rugby, said he had no concerns about the rugby logo.
“We have done some rigid and rigorous tests to make sure that this is something completely original,” Gosper said. “It’s a variation on our own rugby logo, so we’ve already been through a thorough process in terms of the shaping, the typing, and so on. This has been given a Japanese flavour.
