honestly united Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 I would have preferred France for a bit of a jolly to watch the games in 2023, so hopefully Europe get 2027, although just because the recommendation is SA doesn't mean they will get it. You probably need 8 stadium's to host, although the struggle would be if you have any football stadia its in the middle of the season so how do you free them up for 4 weeks. A possibility would be to host a group in Glasgow, one in Edinburgh / Newcastle, one in Ireland and one in Wales It would probably be doable with Murrayfield / St James'/ Pittodrie, Hampden / Ibrox / Parkhead (alternating weekends) Scotstoun for smaller games and Rugby Park, Aviva / Croke / Kingspan and Millenium / Scarlets / Bristol QF in Murrayfield, Hampden, Millennium and Aviva, SF Hampden and Murrayfield, final Murrayfield Spreads the games about the UK, without needing to be London-centric 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 39 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Surely the football grounds plus Murrayfield would be sufficient for a Scottish bid? According to Wiki three of the Japanese host stadia have capacities below 25,000. If we give some games to the other Home Nations and France, like Wales did when they hosted, it wouldn't take too much effort to do it. We're not that far behind the capacities that were available in New Zealand for their World Cup but I think we'd need something bigger Sitting on the other side of the planet from England Dunedin's 30,000 stadium was more than big enough for the 20,00 that watched England beat Georgia in 2011 but Pittodrie or Rugby Park would be too small to host that fixture 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 One of the host venues in 1999 had a smaller capacity than Broadwood! Scotland could host this easily!I don't think France should host as they already have The Olympics and hosted the Euros pretty recently. Hopefully South Africa get it, so they don't give it to one of the silly Southern Hemisphere countries with stupid timezones in 2027. No way will irb want venues as small as 99 rwc had. They are all about the £s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Ibrox had to get dispensation for the CG 7s because the pitch wasn't long enough to accomodate the required length of pitch+deadball area. I'm not sure they'd allow that for the RWC though. In any case, Scotland would never bid. We don't have the stadia or the finances to fund it in the initial stages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 No way will irb want venues as small as 99 rwc had. They are all about the £s. According to that grid only 35% of it is about finance and commercial commitments otherwise France would be clear leader 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 According to that grid only 35% of it is about finance and commercial commitments otherwise France would be clear leader Well what irb says publicly n does privately are different things. I'd b astonished if any future rwc has stadia below 20 k. Personally I'm all for a few of the smaller nations games being hosted at small intimate rugby clubs with a proper atmosphere. Those days are gone sadly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Kamaishimi Recovery Memorial Stadium holds 16,187. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Just to follow up on some of the reasons given against the French bid as follows, They are scored down for the Olympics being the year after (fair), for anti-doping being illegal so risking arrests for doping offenses(!!!) (yes that is seriously in the document as a bad thing), and for wishing to use Tier 2 officials as 4th officials and time keepers (!!!). They are also scored down slightly because St Ettienne does not have enough hotel capacity. Added that they were unsure on the pitch sizes as the french bid didn't include it in their dosier but SA did, but 8 were used at Euro 16 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 No way we could be sole hosts of a rwc these days. Irb are after £s so want biggest capacity stadia possible hence England used almost all football grounds for last one. Most football pitches struggle for size (in goal area is tiny if you look back at most venues for rwc). Ironically given current thread about Hampden it can be used for rugby and has been in past. Ibrox has hosted 7s obviously and parkhead would also be big enough. That's only four stadia. We could probably co host with someone like Wales but that's about it. No guarantee it would be a money spinner either given how greedy irb are. Think we are hosting u20 rwc this year which is more manageable m women's rwc would be within our capabilities too. For the Commonwealth 7s at Ibrox they had to extend the pitch at both ends to bring it up to the required size. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Jim Hamilton claiming Jobny Gray to Bristol is a "done deal". Anyone heard anything? Or is he just making up transfer rumours? https://www.ruck.co.uk/jonny-gray-set-make-sensational-move-england-according-former-teammate/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Jim Hamilton claiming Jobny Gray to Bristol is a "done deal". Anyone heard anything? Or is he just making up transfer rumours? https://www.ruck.co.uk/jonny-gray-set-make-sensational-move-england-according-former-teammate/ Bristol?? Thought a number of French sides were tracking him. Sure he could do better than Bristol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Bristol?? Thought a number of French sides were tracking him. Sure he could do better than Bristol. Should never have changed his name to Jobny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Friday, November 3, 2017 GLASGOW WARRIORS V LEINSTER RUGBY – KO 7.35PM Referee: Stuart Berry (SARU, 4th competition game)AR1: Sam Grove-White (SRU). AR2: Lloyd Linton (SRU)TMO: Jim Yuille (SRU)BBC ALBA: 7.25pm MUNSTER RUGBY V DRAGONS – KO 7.35PM Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU, 14th competition game)AR1: Keith Allan (SRU). AR2: John Carvill (IRFU)TMO: Non-televised game SCARLETS V BENETTON RUGBY – KO 7.35PM Referee: George Clancy (IRFU, 93rd competition game)AR1: Joy Neville (IRFU). AR2: Justin Williams (WRU)TMO: Tim Hayes (WRU).BBC2 Wales: 7.30pm Saturday, November 4, 2017 CARDIFF BLUES V ZEBRE – KO 7.35PM Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU, 7th competition game)AR1: David Wilkinson (IRFU). AR2: Mike English (WRU)TMO: Neill Hennessey (WRU).S4C: 7.20pm CONNACHT V TOYOTA CHEETAHS – KO 7.35PM (9.30PM SA) Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU, 9th competition game)AR1: John Lacey (IRFU). AR2: Kieran Barry (IRFU)TMO: Leo Colgan (IRFU)TG4: 7.15pmSuperSport One: 9.30pm (SA) EDINBURGH V OSPREYS RUGBY – KO 5.30PM Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU, 29th competition game)AR1: Eddie Hogan-O’Connell (IRFU). AR2: Bob Nevins (SRU)TMO: Neil Paterson (SRU)Sky Sports Arena: 5.15pm SOUTHERN KINGS V ULSTER RUGBY – KO 3PM (1PM UK/IRE) Referee: Quinton Immelman (SARU, 4th competition game)AR1: Rasta Rasivhenge (SARU). AR2: Ben Crouse (SARU)TMO: Shaun Veldsman (SARU)BBC 2 Northern Ireland: 12.45pmSuperSport Two: 2.45pm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 SA referee. That's good as long as we don't get out muscled again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Bristol have been throwing the cash around since relegation, wouldn't be suprised if Grey was the first of the next wave of big signings to ensure they stay up the season after. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Mikey on the Munster game. Potential #scenes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Mikey on the Munster game. Potential #scenes The Irish fans don't like him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Mikey on the Munster game. Potential #scenes No TMO too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 World Cup draw is not too bad, Ireland, Japan, Europe 1 (Romania) and Play of winner (probably Samoa) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 The Groups were drawn a while back. It's only the order of matches that have been announced now.Neither ourselves nor Ireland seem to have any particular disadvantage. The only bad news is that we only have four days between our penultimate game and the potentially crucial final match against Japan.As the match in question is likely to be against someone like Romania, we should be able to rest a few for that game and still win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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