Strange new worlds: can the Rugby World Cup live long and prosper?

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The 2027 showpiece will not break new ground so making the US a rugby hotbed in 2031 is now an unlikely mission

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is lit in support of Australia's 2027 and 2029 Rugby World Cup bids.othing ever stands still in international sport. In just over 13 weeks the next Six Nations championship will be kicking off and the global rugby circus is already moving on. Themight seem a far distant prospect in every sense but it will come charging over the hill quicker than expected.

As underlined by the recently announced Nations Cup format, which effectively protects the leading 12 nations for the next decade, this approach does little to spread the gospel more widely. There have been 10 World Cups to date and only one, Japan in 2019, has not been hosted by an established rugby powerhouse.and the subsequent women’s equivalent in 2033 to the US.

There is increased muttering, consequently, on both sides of the pond. Can it actually be done? What if the US is still struggling to get its act together, on and off the field, in four years’ time? The global game depends on successful World Cups to fund almost everything else. It cannot afford any turkeys, least of all a high-profile American one.

 

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