2015 RWC bid

could be but we now have three stadiums which have a bigger capacity than their biggest, wembly. hopefully we can pull an IPL on them again :p

the september/october time would benifit us for a summer feastival, yes i know its a winter sport.
 
The announcement is expected at 14:30 GMT...so that's around 16:30 here. Should be televised on Sky.
 
South Africa cry foul over RWC host bids

South Africa have cried foul over the tender process for the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World cups and said that their bid has not been treated fairly.

SA Rugby president Oregan Hoskins and Chairman of the South African bid committee Mark Alexander are both in Dublin ahead of the Rugby World Cup host decision.

"We are extremely disappointed that the tender process wasn't followed to the letter........ and also by the recommendation." Alexander told the BBC.

"If one looks at the numbers and the quality of the tender then we believe we have been done in here.

"We are not saying that there is a stitch-up ......but we don't believe that the process was free and fair."

South Africa's anger centres on the fact they have a government guarantee for the 80m (Pound Sterling) bond the IRB requires for hosting the tournament, whereas England have only 25m (Pound Sterling).
"What is the best guarantee you can get? A government guarantee. With England, the balance of the 80m (Pound Sterling) is provided by the RFU, which is a risk." Alexander said.

Ahead of the vote England are considered to be the overwhelming favourite to be named as the host for Rugby World Cup 2015 and Japan for the 2019 edition.

England say that they will put on the biggest World Cup to date and that it will generate a surplus at least 60m (Pound Sterling) bigger than that of their rival bids.
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http://www.worldcupweb.com/rugby/news/viewarticle.asp?id=21411
 
well the IRB based the entire bid process around the financial guarantee. then south africa was the only to exceed this guarantee, while England could only meet 25% of the guarantee and suddenly the rules were changed.

then theres the issue with premier league venues. no doubt they would be great but the availability of those venues is NOT confirmed and any issues with the use of the venues is NOT confirmed either at the time of the bid.

England is not far from France, which hosted in 2007.

I'd rather have Italy and Japan host.
 
Boo for england getting 2015 :( It will be nice to see 2019 in Japan.
 
So everyone give a collective HooRaa for our white elephants .......
 
Ah, the insults :rolleyes:

So us losing the RWC bids isn't gonna nullify the stadiums a tad?
 
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