Breaking: Australia has been confirmed as the host of the 2027 Rugby World Cup and 2029 Women’s Rugby World Cup | iainpayten tomdecent
A World Rugby vote on Thursday night confirmed Australia will have hosting duties for a third men’s World Cup – after previous tournaments in 1987 and 2003 – and a first-ever women’s World Cup.
Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan, chief executive Andy Marinos, 2027 bid team chief Phil Kearns and bid executive Anthony French were on hand in Dublin to hear the news. “I’d like to thank our federal and state and territory governments for the belief and support they’ve all shown in Rugby Australia’s bid over the last four years.”
RA forecasts the dual World Cups will have a massive benefit to not only Australian rugby, but the Australian economy. Bid documents project over 217,000 international visitors and more than two million people attending the matches. The global audience for the tournaments will be four billion people, and the forecasted financial output, both direct and indirect, is $2.7 billion, according to RA.
Initially Australia were targeting 2031 but when preferred candidate South Africa were rolled by France for the 2023 Rugby World, the potential emerged for a southern hemisphere host in 2027.
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