Rugby World Cup 2023- Ireland

[Benny Sweeney]

Leo Varaker Minister for Tourism, transport and sport was on the Sports show yesterday with Des Cahill discussing the possibility of ireland making a bid to host the Rugby World cup. It would be an All Ireland event. It would need the support of the GAA to make it possible. There were however points to note.

1. Ireland (North and South) would have to pay a fee of €160 million euro to the IRB to host the event.
2. We would need 11 stadiums to host it

Ravenhill, Aviva, Thomond park and the RDS would be the four Rugby venues to host it which means we would need seven other venues to host it. the majority of these would have to be GAA venues.

Windsor Park (Soccer) Croke Park, Celtic Park?, Pearse Stadium, Casement park, Mc Hale Park, Fitzgerlad stadium, Pairc I Chaoimh, Tullamore, Portlaois are all possible venues that could host it. Windsor park and Casement park are all set to undergo there own renovations, but the GAA stadiums will need a bit of investment. leo Varaker hinted that it would be worth there while i.e development money.

[Denn Forever]

Isn't Croke Park the only GAA pitch sanctioned to play Soccer/Rugby?  For other GAA parks there would have be a resolution from Congress?

[magpie seanie]

What time of year does a rugby World Cup take place?

[Dinny Breen]

September/October

[magpie seanie]

There are a few games scheduled for Croker in September every year I seem to remember.

[AQMP]

Would the playing surface at Windsor Pk be big enough??

[AZOffaly]

Yeah. Rugby pitches usually fit fine into soccer, although sometimes the try area is a bit narrow. A rugby pitch is 100 mts from goal to goal.

[AQMP]

It appears the pitch at Windsor is 100m long...wouldn't leave you much of an in-goal area?  I suppose this could be changed for any potential WC matches.  Apparently there are no minimum dimensions for a rugby pitch but it should be as near as possible to 100m for the playing area plus 22m for each in goal area.

Initially I was against Croke Pk being used for rugby and soccer but it would be great to see England at Casement Pk

[LeoMc]

Leo Varaker Minister for Tourism, transport and sport was on the Sports show yesterday with Des Cahill discussing the possibility of ireland making a bid to host the Rugby World cup. It would be an All Ireland event. It would need the support of the GAA to make it possible. There were however points to note.

1. Ireland (North and South) would have to pay a fee of €160 million euro to the IRB to host the event.
2. We would need 11 stadiums to host it

Ravenhill, Aviva, Thomond park and the RDS would be the four Rugby venues to host it which means we would need seven other venues to host it. the majority of these would have to be GAA venues.

Windsor Park (Soccer) Croke Park, Celtic Park?, Pearse Stadium, Casement park, Mc Hale Park, Fitzgerlad stadium, Pairc I Chaoimh, Tullamore, Portlaois are all possible venues that could host it. Windsor park and Casement park are all set to undergo there own renovations, but the GAA stadiums will need a bit of investment. leo Varaker hinted that it would be worth there while i.e development money.

I think by even identifying possible stadiums you have put as much work into this proposal as Varadkar.

[thejuice]

Discussed here: http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=20762.0


Nevermind the stadiums, the GAA will open up to anything if there is enough €€€€ to be made, that we can be sure of.

What needs to be established is what it would cost and how much would it generate? Is it financially worth doing?

Can we even use New Zealand as an example, perhaps the French RWC would be a better comparison?

It was estimated to have cost NZ $260 million to host the thing and they expected about double that in return and hope that extra money comes from future tourism generated. You can't bank on tourism, imagine trying to predict what way the world will be in, in 2023?

I'm not against the idea in principal but without hard facts to back it up its just expensive waffle. The other thing to consider is the legacy it leaves behind You only have to look at the Korean/Japan WC or the coming London Olympics. After all, the GAA need better stadiums not bigger stadiums. We don't need any more Limerick Gaelic Grounds.

[ballinaman]

https://twitter.com/bernardotoole/status/798495169616154624

Rugby World Cup 2023: Ireland ready to stage a tournament 'like no other'
via The Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/rugby-world-cup-2023-ireland-ready-to-stage-a-tournament-like-no-other-1.2868745

[foxcommander]

A rugby world cup hosted thanks to the efforts of the GAA and it's volunteers? €160 million euro to the IRB to host the event? Want to shaft taxpayers a little more?

No thank you.
go play your garrison sport elsewhere.

[Maroon Manc]

Surely the gate receipts alone would cover the cost of the 160m euros?

[Frank_The_Tank]

Link to the video - https://twitter.com/IrishRugby/status/798495527264321537

Would have been good if Neeson had have finished it with "If you dont pick us to host the world cup I will find you and I will kill you...." 

[BennyCake]

I say play it in New Zealand every time, as it's the furthest place away from here.