D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders
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@bovidae said in D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders:
If the Home Nations vote as a bloc then Ireland stands a good chance, particularly if games are given to Scotland, England and Wales.
I'd like them to get it too as Ireland has never hosted a RWC. Otherwise, SA as 1995 is a long time ago.
Hopefully Argentina and Italy put their names in the hat to host later RWCs.
It’s an island of Ireland bid only. Only individual unions can bid. No sharing of games between unions was allowed.
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@pot-hale
OK, so is the IRFU confident of the Eng, Scot and Welsh votes?
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@bovidae said in D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders:
@pot-hale
OK, so is the IRFU confident of the Eng, Scot and Welsh votes?
No. Wales could vote differently. Not sure about England.
Scotland, USA, Canada, NZ they’re confident about.They need 21.
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@act-crusader said in D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders:
@dogmeat said in D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders:
As long as it isn't France I'm not fussed. Can make a valid argument for either of the other two but 16 years after 2007 is just too soon
What happened in 2007?
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@pot-hale said in D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders:
@bovidae said in D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders:
@pot-hale
OK, so is the IRFU confident of the Eng, Scot and Welsh votes?
No. Wales could vote differently. Not sure about England.
Scotland, USA, Canada, NZ they’re confident about.They need 21.
Good luck mate, I hope your boys get the gig. Also hope you do better than we did in our RWC
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@catogrande said in D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders:
@pot-hale said in D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders:
@bovidae said in D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders:
@pot-hale
OK, so is the IRFU confident of the Eng, Scot and Welsh votes?
No. Wales could vote differently. Not sure about England.
Scotland, USA, Canada, NZ they’re confident about.They need 21.
Good luck mate, I hope your boys get the gig. Also hope you do better than we did in our RWC
Cheers. We’ll know about recommendation in 20 minutes at 11am GMT.
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RTE now confirming it:
South Africa recommended as 2023 Rugby World Cup host by technical review group
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@tewaio said in D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders:
9 mins before deadline, twitter story breaking:
Midi Olympique reporting World Rugby will back South Africa as 2023 World Cup hosts. Also say "Ireland came last in all criteria"
I'd like to know what the criteria were
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SA announced by WR as the recommended hosts.
Congrats SA.
Very disappointed for Ireland. Bugger and shite.
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@kruse said in D-Day looms for RWC 2023 bidders:
How the hell did South Africa put forward a "vision and concept" better than Ireland's "ah, it'll be a grand ol' craic, aye"
Turns out they didn't - and Ireland did NOT come last in all criteria, they just came last in the total score.
The report has the actual scores for each criteria, with weighting.
SA come last in "vision and hosting concept" -
