St Mary's to host Rugby World Cup matches (From This is Hampshire)
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Southampton's St Mary's Stadium part of RFU's bid for 2015 IRB Rugby World Cup
8:30am Wednesday 13th May 2009 in Hampshire Sport
St Mary's Stadium
SAINTS’ St Mary’s stadium will be used to stage World Cup games in 2015 – in rugby union!
The Daily Echo understands the ground is one of 10 or 11 venues the English RFU have chosen if their bid for the tournament is successful.
England were today presenting the details of their bid to a meeting of international rugby offiicials in Dublin.
Japan – the favourites to land the tournament – South Africa and Italty are also bidding to host the event.
A final decision is expected to be made in July.
St Mary’s was on the English RFU’s list of 20 venues to stage games had they been successful in bidding for the 2007 rugby World Cup, which was held in France instead.
Bolton’s Reebok Stadium and Aston Villa’s Villa Park were also on the list.
The England rugby team’s home ground of Twickenham will be joined on the 2015 list of stadiums by the likes of Wembley, Manchester United’s Old Trafford and Newcastle United’s St James’s Park.
If the England RFU’s bid proves successful, some of the 2015 games will be held in Wales – at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.
Comments(16)
gregsoton
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8:43am Wed 13 May 09
Bored@Work
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8:50am Wed 13 May 09
Finally a proper sport fit for that stadium.
La Manga
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8:51am Wed 13 May 09
Condor Man
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8:54am Wed 13 May 09
Rugby is a poor (financially) sport with poor facilities. They shouldn't be ruining football pitches- who cares about that World Cup anyway?
Charlie George's Lawnmower
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8:58am Wed 13 May 09
Who gives a flying f*** what MIGHT happen in 2015.
The echo should be concentrating their efforts on what's happening TODAY at the club (if anything). They should also be asking why Fry keeps dicking fans around with deadlines that lead to nothing and leaks about bids that also come to nothing.
andrwingrm
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8:59am Wed 13 May 09
Le Tissier's Nose
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9:20am Wed 13 May 09
jammyswine
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9:39am Wed 13 May 09
Saint Rob
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9:47am Wed 13 May 09
Something to comment on
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9:51am Wed 13 May 09
greystonesben
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9:54am Wed 13 May 09
Dazzz
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10:05am Wed 13 May 09
Totton Ric
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10:13am Wed 13 May 09
Soton chick
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3:42pm Wed 13 May 09
Condor Man wrote:A poor sports man blames his equipment.
Reading claim their promotion chances were scuppered because London Irish played at their ground. Watford haven't done that well since Saracens started playing at Vicarage Road either. Rugby is a poor (financially) sport with poor facilities. They shouldn't be ruining football pitches- who cares about that World Cup anyway?
"who cares about THAT World Cup?" Plenty of people. It's been won by England recently and our rugby team has had a realistic chance of winning it since then. We should be positive about all sport in Southampton and the advantages it can bring the people of the city.
Family Man
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5:50pm Wed 13 May 09
At last a quality sporting event!
Interestingly the security word was "stop-debt", perhaps the most ironic one I have ever seen!!
Saint Rob says...
8:40am Wed 13 May 09