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The Olympic Stadium is due to host its first Rugby World Cup match in little under a month when France and Romania run out at the soon-to-be home of West Ham, yet it looks like there's an awful lot of work to do before things are running smoothly in East London.
For starters, the water sprinklers spontaneously turned on during the maiden match to take place at the stadium between the Barbarians and Samoa, giving the players a soaking midway through the first half.
While tempers flared on the pitch in the form of a red card to Samoa’s Kane Thompson for scrapping with the Baabaas’ Saia Fainga'a, they may well have been off it as fans took to Twitter to complain about the alarming lack Wi-Fi and poor visibility from the seats.
A selection of the pictures are below:
The sprinklers come on during the Barbarians vs Samoa at the Olympic Stadium (Getty Images)
The sprinklers come on during the Barbarians vs Samoa at the Olympic Stadium (Getty Images)
The sprinklers come on during the Barbarians vs Samoa at the Olympic Stadium (Getty Images)
The sprinklers come on during the Barbarians vs Samoa at the Olympic Stadium (Getty Images)
Carl Hayman unsuccessfully tries to avoid the sprinklers (Reuters)
Bakkies Botha and Carl Hayman are soaked by the sprinklers (Reuters)
The sprinklers turn on at the Olympic Stadium (Getty Images)
England World Cup training squadShow all 50 1 /50England World Cup training squad England World Cup training squad Chris Ashton Position - Wing Age - 28 Caps - 39 Club - Saracens Tries - 19 Points - 95
England World Cup training squad Dave Attwood Position - Lock Age - 28 Caps - 20 Club - Bath Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Brad Barritt Position - Centre Age - 28 Caps - 22 Club - Saracens Tries - 2 Points - 10
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England World Cup training squad Kieran Brookes Position - Prop Age - 24 Caps - 10 Club - Newcastle (Will join Northampton in the summer) Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Mike Brown Position - Full-back Age - 29 Caps - 37 Club - Harlequins Tries - 6 Points - 30
England World Cup training squad Luther Burrell Position - Centre Age - 27 Caps - 12 Club - Northampton Tries - 3 Points - 15
England World Cup training squad Sam Burgess Position - Back-row/Centre Age - 26 Caps - 0 Club - Bath Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Danny Care Position - Scrum-half Age - 28 Caps - 50 Club - Harlequins Tries - 7 Drop-goals - 3 Points - 44
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England World Cup training squad Danny Cipriani Position - Fly-half Age - 27 Caps - 12 Club - Sale Tries - 2 Conversions - 8 Penalties - 11 Points - 59
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England World Cup training squad Calum Clark Position - Flanker Age - 25 Caps - 0 Club - Northampton Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Dan Cole Position - Prop Age - 28 Caps - 50 Club - Leicester Tries - 1 Points - 5
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England World Cup training squad Alex Corbisiero Position - Prop Age - 26 Caps - 19 Club - Northampton Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Luke Cowan-Dickie Position - Hooker Age - 21 Caps - 0 Club - Exeter Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Elliot Daly Position - Centre/Full-back Age - 22 Caps - 0 Club - Wasps Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Lee Dickson Position - Scrum-half Age - 30 Caps - 18 Club - Northampton Tries - 0 Points - 0
England World Cup training squad Nick Easter Position - No 8 Age - 36 Caps - 51 Club - Harlequins Tries - 6 Points - 30
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England World Cup training squad Kyle Eastmond Position - Centre Age - 25 Caps - 6 Club - Bath Tries - 1 Points - 5
England World Cup training squad Owen Farrell Position - Fly-half Age - 23 Caps - 29 Club - Saracens Tries - 2 Conversions - 35 Penalties - 69 Drop-goals - 1 Points - 290
England World Cup training squad George Ford Position - Fly-half Age - 22 Caps - 11 Club - Bath Tries - 2 Conversions - 18 Penalties - 20 Drop-goals - 1 Points - 109
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England World Cup training squad Alex Goode Position - Full-back Age - 27 Caps - 17 Club - Saracens Tries - 0 Penalties - 1 Points - 3
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England World Cup training squad Dylan Hartley Position - Hooker Age - 29 Caps - 66 Club - Northampton Tries - 1 Points - 5
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England World Cup training squad James Haskell Position - Back-row Age - 30 Caps - 58 Club - Wasps Tries - 4 Points - 20
England World Cup training squad Maro Itoje Position - Lock/flanker Age - 20 Caps - 0 Club - Saracens Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Jonathan Joseph Position - Centre Age - 23 Caps - 11 Club - Bath Tries - 4 Points - 20
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England World Cup training squad George Kruis Position - Lock Age - 25 Caps - 7 Club - Saracens Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Matt Kvesic Position - Flanker Age - 23 Caps - 2 Club - Gloucester Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Courtney Lawes Position - Lock Age - 26 Caps - 38 Club - Northampton Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Joe Launchbury Position - Lock Age - 24 Caps - 22 Club - Wasps Tries - 2 Points - 10
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England World Cup training squad Joe Marler Position - Prop Age - 24 Caps - 31 Club - Harlequins Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Jonny May Position - Wing Age - 25 Caps - 13 Club - Gloucester Tries - 3 Points - 15
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England World Cup training squad Ben Morgan Position - No 8 Age - 26 Caps - 27 Club - Gloucester Tries - 5 Points - 25
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England World Cup training squad Matt Mullan Position - Prop Age - 28 Caps - 3 Club - Wasps Tries - 0 Points - 0
England World Cup training squad Stephen Myler Position - Fly-half Age - 30 Caps - 1 Club - Northampton Tries - 0 Conversions - 1 Points - 2
England World Cup training squad Jack Nowell Position - Wing Age - 22 Caps - 9 Club - Exeter Tries - 4 Points - 20
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England World Cup training squad Geoff Parling Position - Lock Age - 31 Caps - 23 Club - Leicester (Will join Exeter in the summer) Tries - 1 Points - 5
England World Cup training squad Chris Robshaw Position - Flanker Age - 28 Caps - 37 Club - Harlequins Tries - 2 Points - 10
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England World Cup training squad Henry Slade Position - Centre Age - 22 Caps - 0 Club - Exeter Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Ed Slater Position - Lock Age - 26 Caps - 0 Club - Leicester Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad David Strettle Position - Wing Age - 31 Caps - 14 Club - Saracens Tries - 2 Points - 10
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England World Cup training squad Billy Twelvetrees Position - Centre Age - 26 Caps - 20 Club - Gloucester Tries - 3 Points - 15
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England World Cup training squad Mako Vunipola Position - Prop Age - 24 Caps - 20 Club - Saracens Tries - 1 Points - 5
England World Cup training squad Billy Vunipola Position - No 8 Age - 22 Caps - 17 Club - Saracens Tries - 3 Points - 15
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England World Cup training squad Anthony Watson Position - Wing Age - 21 Caps - 9 Club - Bath Tries - 2 Points - 10
England World Cup training squad Rob Webber Position - Hooker Age - 28 Caps - 12 Club - Bath Tries - 1 Points - 5
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England World Cup training squad Richard Wigglesworth Position - Scrum-half Age - 31 Caps - 21 Club - Saracens Tries - 1 Points - 5
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England World Cup training squad David Wilson Position - Prop Age - 30 Caps - 41 Club - Bath Tries - 1 Points - 5
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England World Cup training squad Tom Wood Position - Northampton Age - 28 Caps - 36 Club - Northampton Tries - 0 Points - 0
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England World Cup training squad Marland Yarde Position - Wing Age - 23 Caps - 5 Club - Harlequins Tries - 4 Points - 20
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England World Cup training squad Ben Youngs Position - Scrum-half Age - 25 Caps - 47 Club - Leicester Tries - 9 Points - 45
England World Cup training squad Tom Youngs Position - Hooker Age - 28 Caps - 22 Club - Leicester Tries - 0 Points - 0
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The stadium is due to host five matches during the upcoming World Cup – including the third-place play-off – and with fans eager to visit the venue that hosted one special moment during the London 2012 Olympics on Super Saturday, they’ll be very hopeful that the stadium itself will not ruin the event.
However, works at the stadium remain ongoing, and officials at the Olympic Stadium confirmed that plan are on course to have everything in place for the first game of the World Cup to take place there on Wednesday 23 September.
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