Japan bid to host 2011 World Cup

JAPAN will bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup and so take the tournament outside the sport’s traditional strongholds for the first time.

“Until now, the World Cup has been held in countries from the Six Nations or Tri-Nations,” said Japan Rugby Football Union secretary Koji Tokumasu.

“We think, and the IRB thinks, that it is time for rugby to go global,” he said.