Event: 2024 Paris Olympics

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Decades of neglect left World Cup bid with too much ground to make up

Well, we got our backsides handed to us, and then some.

Sat, 04 Nov, 2017

Here's where Ireland's Rugby World Cup bid fell down

Yesterday’s report by World Rugby’s Technical Review Group was fulsome in its praise for three “outstanding candidate submissions” and the IRFU was particularly keen to cling on to the remark that all of them could host a “successful” tournament.

Wed, 01 Nov, 2017

Bit of old-school wheeler-dealing still has a place in bidding process

Nobody should really be surprised the board of World Rugby, the sport’s governing body, has recommended South Africa as its unanimous choice to host the 2023 World Cup.

Wed, 01 Nov, 2017