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<blockquote data-quote="Will" data-source="post: 207268"><p>As with New Zealand getting the 2011 world cup over Japan, this is just another example of the short-sightedness of the IRB. An organisation which clearly does not have the best interests of the sport of rugby union at it's heart, but instead the own personal and selfish interests of the main bodies which make up the IRB.</p><p></p><p></p><p>FIFA gets a hard time from many quarters, and often rightfully so, but at least they have made the effort to expand the game of football and try and make it truely global. In 94 the USA got the world cup, which of course now has a full professional league up and running and a nation team in the world's top 20. South Korea and Japan got the world cup in 2002 and it was a huge success, with fanatical fans and a superb infrastucture to carry the game forward. And in 2010 the world cup will be making its way to South Africa.</p><p></p><p>What does the IRB do? Instead of giving the 2011 world cup to Japan, a country with such potential for rugby to develop and grow and a huge fanbase to develop, already with a superb infrastructre and stadia, the competition goes to New Zealand. For what good reason exactly other than it suited the New Zealand rugby board??? And now with these apparant new rules in place it seems that the world cup might just go on a merry-go-round of 3 or 4 nations on each occasion as they would be the only ones able to afford such ridiculous fees. </p><p></p><p>It's appauling how these old boys in blazers have such power with which to hold rugby union back for generations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Will, post: 207268"] As with New Zealand getting the 2011 world cup over Japan, this is just another example of the short-sightedness of the IRB. An organisation which clearly does not have the best interests of the sport of rugby union at it's heart, but instead the own personal and selfish interests of the main bodies which make up the IRB. FIFA gets a hard time from many quarters, and often rightfully so, but at least they have made the effort to expand the game of football and try and make it truely global. In 94 the USA got the world cup, which of course now has a full professional league up and running and a nation team in the world's top 20. South Korea and Japan got the world cup in 2002 and it was a huge success, with fanatical fans and a superb infrastucture to carry the game forward. And in 2010 the world cup will be making its way to South Africa. What does the IRB do? Instead of giving the 2011 world cup to Japan, a country with such potential for rugby to develop and grow and a huge fanbase to develop, already with a superb infrastructre and stadia, the competition goes to New Zealand. For what good reason exactly other than it suited the New Zealand rugby board??? And now with these apparant new rules in place it seems that the world cup might just go on a merry-go-round of 3 or 4 nations on each occasion as they would be the only ones able to afford such ridiculous fees. It's appauling how these old boys in blazers have such power with which to hold rugby union back for generations. [/QUOTE]
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