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With the draw and venues to be finalized sometime next week, I thought I'd take this opportunity to put forward my preferred venue list. I also received a bit of inspiration from this article here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2013/feb/26/rugby-world-cup-grounds-fun-passion
Venues:
Wembley Stadium
Twickenham Stadium
Old Trafford
Millenium Stadium
St. James' Park
Villa Park
Elland Road
Stadium MK
Leicester City Stadium
Falmer Stadium
Kingsholm Stadium
From what I've heard, 12 venues is the requirement but I really can't think of a 12th stadium that I would want to host matches. I'd like Olympic Park to be used, but it's looking pretty unlikely at this point.
In terms of match allocation, I think Wembley would do nicely for South Africa vs. Scotland, England vs. Wales and France vs. Ireland. For Twickenham; England vs. Australia, France vs. Italy, South Africa vs. Samoa and New Zealand vs. Argentina. Old Trafford could host Ireland vs. Italy and England vs. Oceania 1 while Wales' smaller pool matches could be played in Cardiff (playing Wales' big matches there would cause too much controversy). Scotland vs. Samoa at Newcastle along with one of the qualifiers would be good too.
As for the smaller venues, I think it would be neat if Leicester hosted England vs. Play-off Winner (like how Toulouse hosted France vs. Namibia) while Falmer Stadium would be a great venue for some of France's smaller pool games.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2013/feb/26/rugby-world-cup-grounds-fun-passion
Venues:
Wembley Stadium
Twickenham Stadium
Old Trafford
Millenium Stadium
St. James' Park
Villa Park
Elland Road
Stadium MK
Leicester City Stadium
Falmer Stadium
Kingsholm Stadium
From what I've heard, 12 venues is the requirement but I really can't think of a 12th stadium that I would want to host matches. I'd like Olympic Park to be used, but it's looking pretty unlikely at this point.
In terms of match allocation, I think Wembley would do nicely for South Africa vs. Scotland, England vs. Wales and France vs. Ireland. For Twickenham; England vs. Australia, France vs. Italy, South Africa vs. Samoa and New Zealand vs. Argentina. Old Trafford could host Ireland vs. Italy and England vs. Oceania 1 while Wales' smaller pool matches could be played in Cardiff (playing Wales' big matches there would cause too much controversy). Scotland vs. Samoa at Newcastle along with one of the qualifiers would be good too.
As for the smaller venues, I think it would be neat if Leicester hosted England vs. Play-off Winner (like how Toulouse hosted France vs. Namibia) while Falmer Stadium would be a great venue for some of France's smaller pool games.