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Report urges overhaul of International Rugby Board and staging 2015 World Cup in new country

Sports Jul. 29, 2008 - 04:17AM JST ( 2 )

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stanoueJul. 29, 2008 - 07:19AM JST

Oh yeah, very fair - so even though 97% of viewers were from the traditional rugby nations, you want to go and put the World Cup in a random Asian country? Yes, this really shows that the IRB is 'undemocratic' and 'unrepresentative' by giving the World Cup to a country that lives for the game and hasn't hosted forever - besides the fact that its probably the biggest event NZ would be capable of hosting, given its size and infrastructure. Heck, the NZ PM went and begged for the World Cup, they deserved it. Playing the next RWC in Japan could give the game a boost like it did football (excuse me, 'soccer') - but there are a lot of differences between how popular football was in Japan/Asia before the World Cup ever came, the popularity of rugby in Asia - especially outside Japan.