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Ireland Officially Launches '23 Rugby World Cup Bid; Selection To Take Place In Nov. '17

The chair of Ireland’s Rugby World Cup 2023 Bid Oversight Board, Dick Spring, "formally announced Ireland’s entry into the ‘candidate’ phase of the selection process to determine the host" for the event on Tuesday, according to John O'Sullivan of the IRISH TIMES. The 12 potential venues which "could be used if Ireland’s bid for the 2023 tournament is successful were also revealed." Ireland "will compete with South Africa and France to win the right to host the global tournament and take over as host nation from Japan," which will preside over the '19 staging. The winning bid will be announced in Nov. '17. A tournament fee of £120M ($149.4M) "is a required pre-payment to the owners Rugby World Cup Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of World Rugby." The tournament also "has to be fully underwritten financially, although the windfall will be substantial" thanks to the 2 million tickets to be sold by the host union. The Irish Rugby Football Union anticipates 455,000 visitors to Ireland during the tournament and the economic benefit is estimated at €800M ($858.2M) (IRISH TIMES, 11/15).

PLAYGROUNDS: The IRISH INDEPENDENT reported 12 stadia are part of Ireland's proposal to host the tournament. Gaelic Athletic Association grounds "will make up the backbone with eight venues listed" alongside the Aviva Stadium (Dublin), Thomond Park (Limerick), Ravenhill (Belfast) and the RDS (Dublin). Croke Park (Dublin), Pairc Ui Chaoimh (Cork), Casement Park (Belfast), Fitzgerald Stadium (Kerry), Pearse Stadium (Galway), McHale Park (Mayo), Nowlan Park (Kilkenny) and Celtic Park (Derry) "are all part of the Board's proposal." Sports Minister Shane Ross: "Hosting the Rugby World Cup here would be a unique opportunity to showcase Ireland, not just to the hundreds of thousands of visitors who come for the tournament, but to a worldwide television audience." Irish actor Liam Neeson "has narrated a video entitled 'Ready For The World' that the 2023 World Cup bid team unveiled today at the Aviva Stadium." Neeson "has voiced the video free of charge, lending his celebrity weight to Ireland's increasingly high-profile bid to stage rugby's global contest in seven years' time" (IRISH INDEPENDENT, 11/15). The BBC reported Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness "highlighted Ireland's experience of hosting major sporting events." He said, "We have a proven track record of hosting major global events including the G8, Giro d'Italia, MTV Music Awards, the World Police and Fire Games, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and the Irish Open Golf Championship" (BBC, 11/15).

GOING EAST: The AFP reported World Rugby CEO Brett Gosper said that China’s ambitious sporting plans "will see them bid to host a Rugby World Cup ‘sooner rather than later.'" The earliest World Cup it could hope to host would be the '27 edition as bidding for the '23 one "is closed with Ireland, France and South Africa vying to win the right to host it." Gosper, speaking at the World Rugby Conference, said that the Chinese Government "liked rugby as it is a team sport which to them is character building for those who play it and that is a characteristic they want to encourage in the people" (AFP, 11/15)

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