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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 696573" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Others have answered this but my feeling is that one can't look at this in isolation and in saying that Ireland have either hosted games or been in close proximity to hosted matches on numerous occasions even though not being a stand alone host like SA has the one time two decades ago. We are also in the best position to host a money spinning tournament of the 4 candidates so far. Speaking of not seeing things in isolation, SA represents the entire continent of </p><p>Africa which gets the shaft regularly as far as decisions on the global stage goes and this would go a long way in fighting general Afro-pessimism and, if managed correctly, can acknowledge and promote the game in Southern Africa; it is very big in Madagascar and Zimbabwe, even Namibia (though namibia is a lightweight population and resource-wise) and Kenya.</p><p></p><p>In saying that I certainly hope ireland gets to host a stand alone tournament though since I am South African of course I would like to see SA first and as I have said I can see positives for all 4 'current' bidding nations and wouldn't begrudge any one of them if they/you were to get in ahead of SA for 2023.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 696573, member: 39190"] Others have answered this but my feeling is that one can't look at this in isolation and in saying that Ireland have either hosted games or been in close proximity to hosted matches on numerous occasions even though not being a stand alone host like SA has the one time two decades ago. We are also in the best position to host a money spinning tournament of the 4 candidates so far. Speaking of not seeing things in isolation, SA represents the entire continent of Africa which gets the shaft regularly as far as decisions on the global stage goes and this would go a long way in fighting general Afro-pessimism and, if managed correctly, can acknowledge and promote the game in Southern Africa; it is very big in Madagascar and Zimbabwe, even Namibia (though namibia is a lightweight population and resource-wise) and Kenya. In saying that I certainly hope ireland gets to host a stand alone tournament though since I am South African of course I would like to see SA first and as I have said I can see positives for all 4 'current' bidding nations and wouldn't begrudge any one of them if they/you were to get in ahead of SA for 2023. [/QUOTE]
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