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Ireland to host 2023 Rugby world cup ?
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<blockquote data-quote="SimonG" data-source="post: 623128" data-attributes="member: 71048"><p>One thing that does embarrass me (and I say this as a proud Irishman) is the third world facilities we have. Even NZ (similar size country/resources) outclass us in that department. Croke Park is ok I suppose (its far from state of the art), the Aviva is...well, think championship level English ground (Derby County). Us paupers in the north..Windsor Park (less said the better), Ravenhill (think 2nd division English ground). And that's yer lot. </p><p></p><p>We are a million miles (years) away from hosting a Rugby WC. We tried to co-host (with Scotland) one of the Euro tournaments (think it was Euro 2012) and that got no-where. Scotland have Celtic Park, Ibrox, Hampden, Murrayfield...puts what we have to shame. The Gaelic stadiums are not conference standard. They would fail most health and safety regulations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonG, post: 623128, member: 71048"] One thing that does embarrass me (and I say this as a proud Irishman) is the third world facilities we have. Even NZ (similar size country/resources) outclass us in that department. Croke Park is ok I suppose (its far from state of the art), the Aviva is...well, think championship level English ground (Derby County). Us paupers in the north..Windsor Park (less said the better), Ravenhill (think 2nd division English ground). And that's yer lot. We are a million miles (years) away from hosting a Rugby WC. We tried to co-host (with Scotland) one of the Euro tournaments (think it was Euro 2012) and that got no-where. Scotland have Celtic Park, Ibrox, Hampden, Murrayfield...puts what we have to shame. The Gaelic stadiums are not conference standard. They would fail most health and safety regulations. [/QUOTE]
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