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World Rugby boss Brett Gosper backs stadium plan for RWC bid
Gosper, an Australian who is the son of Olympic official Kevan, is in town to meet with new Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle and conduct broadcast negotiations for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Rugby Australia recently announced it would launch bids for the 2021 women’s Rugby World Cup and the 2027 Rugby World Cup for men.
Winning a World Cup bidding process is complex but it boils down to a combination of who can guarantee the most surplus cash for World Rugby and who has the best facilities.
Rugby Australia is therefore a firm supporter of the NSW government’s controversial $2 billion stadium construction plan, and Gosper confirmed having a new Allianz Stadium, new ANZ Stadium and new Parramatta Stadium as part of an Australian bid would be beneficial.
“Definitely the most up-to-date (stadiums) it is part of the assessment and was part of this assessment with the recent World Cup. I would imagine in a process going forward if there is a technical assessment, the modernity, the user-friendliness of your stadiums counts for a lot,” Gosper said.
Whether Rugby Australia can convince governments to underwrite a huge financial guarantee will be the critical issue ahead of a 2021 decision.
World Rugby uses World Cups to fill its coffers for the next four years and Ireland, South Africa and France all signed off on a guaranteed $470 million fee to World Rugby in 2027. In the end, France upped its guarantee to a whopping $611 million.
The sums seem both unaffordable and unsustainable but Gosper believes Rugby World Cups won’t go down the Olympic route and struggle for bidders, given countries have six weeks to reap revenue in the world’s third-biggest sporting event.
Gosper will talk through a host of issues with Castle, including the mooted Indo-Pacific Rugby Championship and its billionaire backer Andrew Forrest.
“If someone is intending to invest the kind of money we are talking about in other parts of the region, that’s interesting for us,” Gosper said.
“It’s not every day you get a third-party investor coming along to talk in that manner with that amount of money. We hope something comes out of this, where the investment happens in a good way for everyone.”
Meanwhile, Gosper backed the calls for all sevens global tournaments to follow the lead of the Sydney Sevens and combine men’s and women’s events on the same stage. He said the governing body would help pay for it.
All men’s and women’s games at the Sydney tournament were played on the same field across three days.
Australia women’s coach Tim Walsh called for the tournament to be a model for all others, and Kiwi star Portia Woodman backed his calls by saying New Zealand — and others — should copy Sydney.
World Rugby boss Brett Gosper backs stadium plan for RWC bid
- Iain Payten
- The Australian
- 12:00AM January 29, 2018
Gosper, an Australian who is the son of Olympic official Kevan, is in town to meet with new Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle and conduct broadcast negotiations for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Rugby Australia recently announced it would launch bids for the 2021 women’s Rugby World Cup and the 2027 Rugby World Cup for men.
Winning a World Cup bidding process is complex but it boils down to a combination of who can guarantee the most surplus cash for World Rugby and who has the best facilities.
Rugby Australia is therefore a firm supporter of the NSW government’s controversial $2 billion stadium construction plan, and Gosper confirmed having a new Allianz Stadium, new ANZ Stadium and new Parramatta Stadium as part of an Australian bid would be beneficial.
“Definitely the most up-to-date (stadiums) it is part of the assessment and was part of this assessment with the recent World Cup. I would imagine in a process going forward if there is a technical assessment, the modernity, the user-friendliness of your stadiums counts for a lot,” Gosper said.
Whether Rugby Australia can convince governments to underwrite a huge financial guarantee will be the critical issue ahead of a 2021 decision.
World Rugby uses World Cups to fill its coffers for the next four years and Ireland, South Africa and France all signed off on a guaranteed $470 million fee to World Rugby in 2027. In the end, France upped its guarantee to a whopping $611 million.
The sums seem both unaffordable and unsustainable but Gosper believes Rugby World Cups won’t go down the Olympic route and struggle for bidders, given countries have six weeks to reap revenue in the world’s third-biggest sporting event.
Gosper will talk through a host of issues with Castle, including the mooted Indo-Pacific Rugby Championship and its billionaire backer Andrew Forrest.
“If someone is intending to invest the kind of money we are talking about in other parts of the region, that’s interesting for us,” Gosper said.
“It’s not every day you get a third-party investor coming along to talk in that manner with that amount of money. We hope something comes out of this, where the investment happens in a good way for everyone.”
Meanwhile, Gosper backed the calls for all sevens global tournaments to follow the lead of the Sydney Sevens and combine men’s and women’s events on the same stage. He said the governing body would help pay for it.
All men’s and women’s games at the Sydney tournament were played on the same field across three days.
Australia women’s coach Tim Walsh called for the tournament to be a model for all others, and Kiwi star Portia Woodman backed his calls by saying New Zealand — and others — should copy Sydney.
