New Zealand, the 12-1 rank outsiders, have just won the rights to host the 2011 World Cup and I smell a rat big time!! I think the decision is disgusting!
New Zealands bid offered the least revenue, they have the worst infrastructure and the smallest stadiums. They cannot even secure the advertising rights for the stadium billboards.
The perfect opportunity to grow the game in Asia and indeed world wide has been missed. Lets face it, if you are one of the 4 million people living in NZ and you don’t alreay like rugby then you probably never will and no World Cup will change that! There will be no further growth in New Zealand other than the possible influx of pacific islanders.
Not enough hotel beds either, so the NZ bid team came up with an ingenius solution - camper vans! Can’t wait to spend a few weeks in a campervan to watch the Boks smash the Kiwis in a half-full, wet and cold, 20 000 seater little stadium!
Lastly, money is the most important thing, why then did the country who offered the IRB the least amount win it? The IRB gets over 90% of its total revenue from the World Cup and they use this money to grow and expand the game particularly by helping the smaller nations. So who took a backhand at the expense of Rugbys wellbeing?
The rumours that NZ was offering money spinning rugby test matches against other voting countries in return for votes sounds very suspicious and, unfortunately, rather likely.
What was his name, Charlie Dempsey I think, the New Zealander who was mandated by the continent he represented (Australisia/Oceana) to vote for South Africa to host the 2006 soccer world cup. Did he - NO - he took a bribe, abstained from voting completely against the wishes of his entire continent and then promptly resigned the next day effectively handing the World Cup to Germany by 13 votes to 12 over South Africa. If I see him in New Zealand sometime in 2011 I WILL run him over in my campervan!





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17 November, 2005 at 10:42 pm
Toby
perhaps we should contact the chap selling the time machine on ebay to take us back in time and ‘rerig’ the vote…..
18 November, 2005 at 7:09 am
Debbie
I know - what a goddam joke. Their stadiums are smaller than our local high school stadiums. I was getting really excited at the prospect of going to the world cup either here or even in Japan but i am certainly not going to hicksville to watch it in a bloody camper van. Feeling very anti-NZ at the moment.
18 November, 2005 at 10:43 am
David
Just in case my Kiwi mates like Grayskull start getting upset, I am not anti-NZ at all, and since I have never visited NZ it will give me a fantastic opportunity to go. But it is still a scam!
18 November, 2005 at 1:33 pm
Debbie
neither am i really, i am just feeling cheated and bitter today. sorry to my brother’s NZ mates.
18 November, 2005 at 2:48 pm
David
Don’t wory Debs, you give it to them! Hey, have you got your visa yet?
18 November, 2005 at 4:58 pm
John
hahahahhahahahahahaha……..
20 November, 2005 at 6:16 pm
Truman
Sour grapes….loser
21 November, 2005 at 8:59 am
Debbie
dropped off stuff for visa but they were hesitant about granting it to me because my passport photo is SOOOOOOOO bad they didn’t believe it was me (when i was a porker!!) - finally Pierre convinced them that it was me so hopefully get it this week. MUST organise a new passport when we get back!!!!! only 32 days till we hit the East!!! so excited!
21 November, 2005 at 12:11 pm
Roman number 1
Fokkers!
21 November, 2005 at 4:07 pm
grayskull
rugby, whats rugby?
22 November, 2005 at 1:36 am
David
Truman useless Aussie wanker……….