Rugby World Cup

World Rugby has confirmed the locations for the next three women's and two men's Rugby World Cups as it accelerates global development and growth.

Rugby Australia Chairman Hamish McLennan said: “This is an historic day for rugby in Australia. We’re beyond thrilled to be welcoming not one, but two Rugby World Cups to our shores. RFU Chief Operating Officer, Chief Finance Officer and former England captain Sue Day said: “We are thrilled to be hosting Rugby World Cup 2025, it is going to be incredible. “As we have seen from other home World Cups in cricket, hockey and netball, a Rugby World Cup will further advance all women’s sport. Speaking at the Council, World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont said: “Today, we have approved three exceptional Rugby World Cup host nations – England, Australia and USA – providing unprecedented certainty and an unparalleled opportunity to accelerate the growth and impact of rugby globally. “Today is a landmark moment for the sport, and an exciting development for fans. This includes a roadmap to accelerate the sport’s advancement in the USA and increased investment in the women’s game.

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"We continue to work with World Rugby and Rugby Australia on hosting matches in Perth, and with the world's best teams playing for World Cup glory, if we secure some games, WA locals will be able to cheer teams on in what will be a truly memorable experience. "The recent securing of an international rugby union test match in Perth, Wallabies v England, shows that rugby fever in WA is strong, and hosting the Rugby World Cup will provide yet another opportunity to grow Perth's reputation on the world stage." The McGowan Government threw its support behind the bid for the men's tournament last year and is also working with Rugby Australia to be a host city for the women's world tournament.

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The men’s World Cup is returning to Australia for the first time since 2003. As it did successfully for Japan, World Rugby will pour coaching expertise into the Eagles and look to give them more tests to improve. A competitive, perhaps quarterfinal-bidding team, would crucially be necessary for the Eagles and the World Cup to cut through the considerable noise that is U.S. sports. Being able to take that step is just the beginning.” The 2027 tournament will be the 40th anniversary of Australia and New Zealand hosting the first Rugby World Cup in 1987. “Australia will become the center of the rugby world over the next decade,” he said, “and that is incredibly exciting.” USA Rugby already has some experience. The men’s Rugby World Cup is regarded in some parts of the world as the third biggest sporting event, after the soccer World Cup and the summer Olympics. It is being viewed as a chance to rejuvenate rugby in the country as the World Cups come after the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia in 2025, bringing much-needed revenue to its governing body, Rugby Australia, that was badly hit by the pandemic. The Sydney Harbour Bridge was lit up in green and gold after Australia was awarded the men’s World Cup in 2027 and the women’s tournament in 2029. For the first time, World Rugby used a streamlined bid process to enable it to announce the hosts of all the World Cups from 2025-33, for both men and women. The Rugby World Cup will be staged in the U.S. for the first time after the U.S. was voted on Thursday as the host of the men’s event in 2031 and the women’s tournament two years later.

Australia will host the 2027 Rugby World Cup and the 2029 Women's Rugby World Cup after the bids were rubber-stamped by World Rugby.

Australia grabbed that opportunity without hesitation and Gilpin announced the “preferred candidate” status for the 2029 World Cup when he toured Australia with World Cup officials. Australia’s bid team adjusted their bid accordingly and successfully secured ‘preferred candidate’ status at meetings with World Rugby in November. The 2027 World Cup will feature 20 nations and 48 matches over seven weeks and be played at between eight and 10 venues. RA forecasts the dual World Cups will have a massive benefit to not only Australian rugby, but the Australian economy. The venue infrastructure is genuinely world-class. The interest we’ve had from country regions and non-core rugby states has been fantastic.”

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After two years of living dangerously, McLennan has secured the catalyst for a rugby renaissance. It was clear, for me certainly, that the Rugby World Cup in 2027 was a big goal to shoot for.” With a week’s notice, World Rugby let RA know they were overhauling the tournament hosting model, moving to a joint-venture model similar to the way the FIFA World Cup operated. By the end of March, federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg outlined support for the 2027 and 2029 women’s World Cup bids in the budget. Within a week of starting as chairman, McLennan unveiled a bid advisory board dripping with credibility and spanning business, politics and rugby. To everyone outside the bid team, Australia was a sure thing. Bringing a third World Cup to Australian shores was already a three-year-old goal by the time McLennan and his new chief executive, Andy Marinos, took the reins. Gore’s headlining speech sold out and sparked the trend for high profile individuals to present at Cannes. It was also a move which, one year later, helped McLennan poach industry titan Tony Granger from Saatchi & Saatchi to ratchet up Y&R’s creative turnaround. “There was a lot of infighting within the organisation and outside it, with the fan base and ex-players. In his Y&R days in New York, McLennan personally pitched former US presidential candidate Al Gore to present to a room full of advertising types at the industry’s annual awards do in Cannes. Gore had made his documentary An Inconvenient Truth the year prior and McLennan wanted something - someone - to re-launch Y&R as a creative force. McLennan dusted off the idea and put it in prime position on the mantelpiece. “I looked at 2027 (World Cup) and thought ‘that’s something we’ve got to win’.”

The 2027 men's and 2029 women's Rugby World Cup tournaments will both be held in Australia, World Rugby confirms.

World Rugby also confirmed that the men's and women's Rugby World Cups would head to the USA for the first time in 2031 and 2033 respectively. - The men's and women's Rugby World Cups will go to the USA for the first time in 2031 and 2033 respectively Confirmation of the awarding of the World Cups will be a welcome boost to Rugby Australia, which has struggled financially in recent years. - Australia has not hosted a Rugby World Cup since it hosted the men's tournament in 2003 Australian Rugby has been given a huge boost by World Rugby, being named as host of the 2027 men's and 2029 women's Rugby World Cup tournaments. Australia confirmed as host of the men's 2027 and women's 2029 Rugby World CupsBy

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“It’s a really good stepping stone to launch for the future,” the 49-year-old former scrumhalf said. With a lucrative visit from the British and Irish Lions in 2025, Rugby Australia has a unique opportunity to rebuild the sport from the grassroots up in coming years. An expected windfall of up to $60 million from the tournaments could go a long way to fixing the financial problems at governing body Rugby Australia (RA), which lost $27 million in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and another $4.5 million last year.