RWC 2015 Hosts England

The 2015 Rugby World Cup will be the eigth Rugby World Cup. At a meeting of the International Rugby Board (IRB) held in Dublin in May 2009, Four Unions presented their bids to be hosts, they were England, Italy, Japan and South Africa. Each presentation lasted 30 minutes and they included high power names from the game such as; Two Rugby World Cup winners, former captain Lawrence Dallagio and centre Will Greenwood for England's bid presentation, while Italy captain Sergio Parisse, Japan coach John Kirwan and former Springbok captain Morne du Plessis were involved in their respective Union's presentations as well.

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England have fought off rival bids from South Africa, Japan and Italy to win the right to stage the 2015 Rugby World Cup. It will be the second time England have hosted the competition, the last time being in 1991. The IRB voted 16-10 in favour of rubber-stamping the recommendation from Rugby World Cup Ltd (RWCL) that England should be named hosts. The announcement by IRB chairman Bernard Lapasset had been widely expected after RWCL, the IRB-controlled company that oversees the tournaments, last month endorsed England and Japan as the strongest bidders, thought the announcement was delayed by an hour leading watchers to wonder if they out come would be different.

Rugby Football Union (RFU) chairman Martyn Thomas said (quote) We have been trusted with making a great competition and providing a great spectacle, and delivering what the IRB needs in terms of host revenue, Australia did an immense job [in 2003], France raised the bar [in 2007] and we have got to raise it again. We have got some very iconic stadia and it will be tremendous for world rugby and immense for participation in England. (end quote)

The RFU says England will lay on the biggest World Cup to date, generating a surplus at least �60m larger than that of the other bids. Between the event's running dates from 4 September to 17 October it says three million people will watch the games live at stadiums across the country.

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