RWC 2027 in Australia
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@Bovidae said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
@KiwiMurph said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
Canberra paying the price for not having a proper stadium
At least it's not an oval.
No, but it is a shit hole.
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@KiwiMurph said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
Canberra paying the price for not having a proper stadium
Good. It's a cold, windy shithole with no supporting amenities and astonishingly overpriced food and beverages.
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@antipodean said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
@KiwiMurph said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
Canberra paying the price for not having a proper stadium
Good. It's a cold, windy shithole with no supporting amenities and astonishingly overpriced food and beverages.
Are we still talking about the stadium?
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lol you think they give a flying fuck about Australia? The ARU get $100m whether this thing makes a dollar or 6 trillion. The ONLY thing that matters is northern broadcasting,
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@mariner4life said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
lol you think they give a flying fuck about Australia? The ARU get $100m whether this thing makes a dollar or 6 trillion. The ONLY thing that matters is northern broadcasting,
WR will be leaning on the refs for all NH semis
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@Machpants said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
@mariner4life said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
lol you think they give a flying fuck about Australia? The ARU get $100m whether this thing makes a dollar or 6 trillion. The ONLY thing that matters is northern broadcasting,
WR will be leaning on the refs for all NH semis
Yep. They've done it to influence results before, by some accounts anyway.
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@Snowy said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
@Machpants said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
@mariner4life said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
lol you think they give a flying fuck about Australia? The ARU get $100m whether this thing makes a dollar or 6 trillion. The ONLY thing that matters is northern broadcasting,
WR will be leaning on the refs for all NH semis
Yep. They've done it to influence results before, by some accounts anyway.
Yeah, ask Rolland
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So both Portugal and Romania have qualified.
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From an infrastructure POV. It is interesting to see what has changed in the 24 years since the 2003 RWC. In terms of stadiums.
- Perth has a totally new stadium (with about a 15k increase in capacity from Subiaco used in 03.
- Adelaide has a 3/4 re-built stadium. With an increase of about 20k over 2003.
- Townsville has been totally re-built. About same capacity though.
- SFS has been totally re-built,,with about a 20k increase, but not sure of it will be used.
- Melbourne: The Rectangular Stadium is totally new since 2003, but probably won’t be used. Half of MCG has been rebuilt for same capacity (but wasn’t used in 03, not sure if it will this time)
- Parramatta wasn’t used in 03, probably not this time either (but has been totally re-built since 03)
- Robina is totally new since 03, but won’t be used.
- I don’t know enough about Launceston, but assume it has expanded in that timeframe. Not used this time.
- Gosford and Canberra were shiny-new back in 03 after being re-developed for 00 Olympics I think. Not being used.
In conclusion, Australia spend a shedload on stadiums.
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@Rapido said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
Other conclusion is: The pressure on the host nation to re-coup their hosting fee means that fewer stadiums get used in modern tournaments.
My understanding is that the proceeds of the tournament flow to WR, not to Rugby Australia. RA have their $100m and that's all she wrote for them.
So the pressure is on WR rather than RA.
