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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 696563" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>The flip side of that is the fact that the "old boys club's" tournaments will never fail economically and it is a money game after all. Rugby isn't going to make a profit all over the world, they struggled in NZ and there's nowhere in the world where rugby is bigger. The RWC requires travelling support and at the moment it's only going to get sufficient travelling support if it's hosted in the UK, Ireland or France. For that reason it has to be Ireland or South Africa for me and they can experiment in 2027 or 2031 if they wish, I reckon the pattern for RWCs will become 5 nations country - SANZAR - experiment rinse,wash and repeat. Rugby can't risk losing money to go to South America where one team in the entire continent actually plays the sport, no sport could and Italy's World Cup could very easily become the South of France's World Cup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 696563, member: 45598"] The flip side of that is the fact that the "old boys club's" tournaments will never fail economically and it is a money game after all. Rugby isn't going to make a profit all over the world, they struggled in NZ and there's nowhere in the world where rugby is bigger. The RWC requires travelling support and at the moment it's only going to get sufficient travelling support if it's hosted in the UK, Ireland or France. For that reason it has to be Ireland or South Africa for me and they can experiment in 2027 or 2031 if they wish, I reckon the pattern for RWCs will become 5 nations country - SANZAR - experiment rinse,wash and repeat. Rugby can't risk losing money to go to South America where one team in the entire continent actually plays the sport, no sport could and Italy's World Cup could very easily become the South of France's World Cup. [/QUOTE]
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