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    Long-term RWC plan ‘great for economy of the sport’

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    Published on August 14, 2020

    In a move designed to benefit host nations, World Rugby is introducing a 10-year plan that will maximise the financial impact and sporting legacy of the Rugby World Cup.

    World Rugby has announced a new, revolutionary 10-year plan that will see the hosts of Rugby World Cups 2025, 2027, 2029, and 2031 determined during the same selection process.

    Made in part due to the Covid-19 pandemic and uncertainty it has caused the sporting world, the new approach – a first of its kind for World Rugby – will maximise knowledge sharing, preparation time, certainty, and the overall impact of Rugby World Cup for hosts, commercial partners, broadcasters, and fans,

    Providing 10 years of vital clarity for all of those stakeholders, it’s hoped that the new approach will create the opportunity for World Rugby and host unions to develop an integrated legacy for Rugby World Cup via a tailored business partnership that delivers meaningful and sustainable participation and fan growth, taking rugby to new fans in new nations.

    ‘We know Rugby World Cups, men’s and women’s, are a huge part of the development of the sport, of creating new audiences around the world,’ said Alan Gilpin, COO and Head of Rugby World Cup, World Rugby. ‘And so we’ve taken the decision now to bring together not only multiple tournaments, but actually men’s and women’s Rugby World Cup hosting into one process.

    ‘Four Rugby World Cups all in one process effectively gives us a 10-year plus major event hosting strategy for rugby that allows us to build our audience growth strategies, our commercial strategies around that. We think that gives us the best opportunity to create the best strategic outcomes for rugby.

    ‘This approach is great for nations and great for the global game and underscores the low-investment, high-return on investment hosting proposition for governments, who understandably want a tangible, impactful and cost-effective event opportunity.’

    The 10-year strategy is a new approach, but the concept is already tried and tested, as World Rugby CEO, Brett Gosper, explained: ‘The last time we did this we ended up with a dual outcome which was England in 2015 and Japan in 2019.

    ‘So people were able to use the certainty of a World Cup in a market like England with let’s be a bit bolder and braver and go to less known areas of the world and try and drive the sport from a development point of view. That risk, as it was seen at the time, was well worth taking.

    ‘But probably if we didn’t have a dual awarding system, we would not have ended up in Japan.’

    The 10-year plan’s three-phase bidding model, which will consist of dialogue, candidate, and evaluation phases, will run from February 2021 to May 2022, in what is a more compact process than what has previously been put in place.

    Despite the process not formally launching until early 2021, there is already significant hosting interest, with the likes of Australia, Russia and USA publicly outlining interest. It’s anticipated that this announcement will generate widespread further interest.

    World Rugby is developing a comprehensive report on the impact of hosting Rugby World Cup to assist unions with the decision making and bidding processes. The report will provide guidance on how to maximise the impact of rugby’s biggest stage.

    Photo: Steve Haag/Gallo Images

    Posted in News, Springboks, Test Rugby, Top headlines, World Cup Tagged NEWS, Rugby World Cup, Test Rugby, World Rugby

    Post by SA Rugby magazine

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