France favourites to host 2007 World Cup

FRANCE have emerged favourites, ahead of England, to host the 2007 Rugby World Cup .

French Rugby Federation President Bernard Lapasset is said to have won, “a fair degree of support” after promising Ireland, Scotland and Wales that, assuming none of the three were drawn against France, they would be afforded an opportunity to host group matches in their own countries.

An added incentive was that they would share some of the income for doing so.