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I'd be surprised if the IRB went along with that. The major unions lose nothing by playing midweek games. It is the IRB that loses out on the TV revenue and the host country that may lose out because it will be harder to fill stadiums midweek.
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Syd Malcolm (24)
Sad but true.
I will maintain that we either the tournament goes for a week longer. Cmon Rugby people you know you want it to. Also assist the smaller nations with their costs to be at the tournament.
Making the tournament a week longer and putting in a plate comp for teams 3 and 4 in the pool would be excellent.
Mostly because it would mean more world cup rugby.
Mostly because it would mean more world cup rugby.
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Greg Davis (50)
this is the solution to all of the worlds problems. More rugby, More rugby, More rugby.
keep them over there and get more content, more content = more rugby
it will also mean some great matches, who wouldnt have wanted to see Tonga v Samoa in this cup, would have been epic.
Where the IRB really needs to step up is to assert itself over the French Top 14 and to a lesser extent the Aviva Premiership.
Being dictated to by domestic competitions is a slight on the IRB and international rugby in general.
Being dictated to by domestic competitions is a slight on the IRB and international rugby in general.
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
and what happens to that revenue?
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
It could be the first game to be telecast with a parental warning:
Warning: frequent violent collisions and occasional coarse tweets.
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Bill McLean (32)
There has to be a plate and bowl competition at the RWC. It's a shame that it's a given for teams like Russia to play the pools and go home.
Agree with the more content = more $$ rule.
Agree with the more content = more $$ rule.
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TheNextBigThing
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Totally agree with you there. Not just for the extra games but also just so the teams get to stay in NZ for the remainder of the cup. That said fifteen teams is a difficult number to organize into a knockout competition.
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
22m pds stg by way of grants but a 44m loss for 2009. need to see 2008 and 2007 (which I cant find) to see what was the cash generated by the 2007 RWC and how was it spent.
2.5 times more is spent on employee benefits than is spent on development and employee numbers grew by 20%: I've seen this sort of growth in similarly structured public entities to no apparent benefit
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Ilie Tabua's Shadow
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The IRB is happy to have Tier One, and particularly the European 6 Nations' sides, playing mid week in the 2015 RWC because the tournament is hosted by England.
Television viewing numbers will be high regardless of Saturday or Tuesday, for example, in relation to the take up of games broadcast from New Zealand this year.
Television viewing numbers will be high regardless of Saturday or Tuesday, for example, in relation to the take up of games broadcast from New Zealand this year.
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