England RFU chief pledges ‘best ever’ World Cup

ENGLAND have won the right to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

The International Rugby Board’s 26-man council voted 16-10 in favour of accepting the recommended package of England as hosts for the 2015 World Cup with Japan staging the tournament in 2019.

The England RFU’s success in Dublin guarantees England will host two of the three biggest sporting events in the world – the 2012 Olympics and the Rugby World Cup – inside three years. The Football Association will complete an unprecedented hat-trick if they are successful in their bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup to England.