Australia launches 2027 Rugby World Cup hosting bid

Rugby Australia (RA) has formally launched a bid to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup, formally unveiling its ‘Game On’ marketing campaign in Sydney on 20 May.

If profitable, it could mark the third time the lads’s rugby union match has been held in Australia, after the nationwide authority confirmed it was in talks with World Rugby and would submit its bid proposal in June.

According to RA calculations, the seven-week, which is prone to contain 20 nations and 48 matches, competitors might usher in 200,000 worldwide guests and two million match attendees.

The governing physique’s bid staff additionally predicted that the Rugby World Cup has the potential to stimulate $2.5 billion in each direct and oblique expenditure to the financial system, creating 13,300 full-time roles and producing $500 million in new commerce and funding for the Commonwealth nation.

“Hosting Rugby World Cup 2027 is a once-in-a-generation alternative for Australia, which might drive substantial financial outcomes for our nation, whereas additionally offering a long-lasting legacy for rugby on this area,” defined RA Chairman, Hamish McLennan.

The analysis part for the 2027 Rugby World Cup will start in February 2022, with the World Rugby Council scheduled to vote on hosting candidates in May subsequent yr.

“Hosting Rugby World Cup 2027 could be a transformational second for the sport on this nation and the Pacific, presenting an infinite alternative to develop the sport,” added Phil Kearns, Executive Director of the Australian bid and former Wallabies participant.

Australia final held the match in 2003 when the Wallabies bowed out on the ultimate to England, having beforehand shared hosting duties with New Zealand in 1987.

In newer occasions, the nation will stage the FIBA Women’s World Cup and the Twenty20 World Cup in 2022, the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023, the British and Irish Lions tour in 2025 and the Netball World Cup in 2027. Furthermore, Brisbane has additionally emerged because the ‘preferred candidate’ to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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