The UAFC

Rooster wrote:

Russ wrote:Some think the Welsh vote decides the NH.
Next round it doesn't as no RFU likes them

The Welsh don't even like themselves

Bid sewn up

Were we told somewhere back along the line that if Irelands bid to host the IRB world cup was successful Bob the builder would be back at Ravenhill to fill in the corners.

cardoc wrote:Were we told somewhere back along the line that if Irelands bid to host the IRB world cup was successful Bob the builder would be back at Ravenhill to fill in the corners.

Don't remember being told that by anyone. IIRC it was purely a suggestion.

Russ wrote:You know the Welsh vote is meaningless

It did mean something

But ARU
NZRU
SARU
SRU
IRFU
RFU

all back the Irish vote. It's sewn up ( when we pay wm euroes to saru)

Ireland could also hand out favours for choice of training base so if you didn't vote for Ireland, you have a choice of Larne or Lurgan.

cardoc wrote:Were we told somewhere back along the line that if Irelands bid to host the IRB world cup was successful Bob the builder would be back at Ravenhill to fill in the corners.

That's exactly what will happen. Capacity will be raised to 26,000.

ruckover wrote:

cardoc wrote:Were we told somewhere back along the line that if Irelands bid to host the IRB world cup was successful Bob the builder would be back at Ravenhill to fill in the corners.

That's exactly what will happen. Capacity will be raised to 26,000.

26K So ,if going by this years format we will get a lower tier game, whoopy woooooo. Well that's assuming we want to have a far better tournament than 2019 . Was the last World Cup game here japan, against Rhodesia or something like that

Kofi Annan wrote:

ruckover wrote:

cardoc wrote:Were we told somewhere back along the line that if Irelands bid to host the IRB world cup was successful Bob the builder would be back at Ravenhill to fill in the corners.

That's exactly what will happen. Capacity will be raised to 26,000.

26K So ,if going by this years format we will get a lower tier game, whoopy woooooo. Well that's assuming we want to have a far better tournament than 2019 . Was the last World Cup game here japan, against Rhodesia or something like that

I saw Australia Romania at Ravenhill

BR wrote:

cardoc wrote:Were we told somewhere back along the line that if Irelands bid to host the IRB world cup was successful Bob the builder would be back at Ravenhill to fill in the corners.

Don't remember being told that by anyone. IIRC it was purely a suggestion.

Nah it's a fact

Official bid statement. Decision to be made mid 2017.

http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/33202.php#.VIGApYtkCaA

mikerob wrote:Official bid statement. Decision to be made mid 2017.

http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/33202.php#.VIGApYtkCaA

So really all today was about is it is now official, thought that was already known ? As Kofi says training facility and stadiums are the biggest hold back in the success of this, if Italy pull their fingers out they should be hard to beat venue wise at least as long as they get their footy teams to co operate

mikerob wrote:

Russ wrote:You know the Welsh vote is meaningless

It did mean something

But ARU
NZRU
SARU
SRU
IRFU
RFU

all back the Irish vote. It's sewn up ( when we pay wm euroes to saru)

Ireland could also hand out favours for choice of training base so if you didn't vote for Ireland, you have a choice of Larne or Lurgan.

No one disses Larne. NO ONE!

Big Smoke Culchie wrote:

mikerob wrote:

Russ wrote:You know the Welsh vote is meaningless

It did mean something

But ARU
NZRU
SARU
SRU
IRFU
RFU

all back the Irish vote. It's sewn up ( when we pay wm euroes to saru)

Ireland could also hand out favours for choice of training base so if you didn't vote for Ireland, you have a choice of Larne or Lurgan.

No one disses Larne. NO ONE!

brad pitt hole

Russ wrote:

Big Smoke Culchie wrote:

mikerob wrote:

Russ wrote:You know the Welsh vote is meaningless

It did mean something

But ARU
NZRU
SARU
SRU
IRFU
RFU

all back the Irish vote. It's sewn up ( when we pay wm euroes to saru)

Ireland could also hand out favours for choice of training base so if you didn't vote for Ireland, you have a choice of Larne or Lurgan.

No one disses Larne. NO ONE!

brad pitt hole

It's official - Russ is NO ONE!!!

Strange decision to launch in a school in Armagh

Surely Titanic building or one of the custom houses etc would have more iconic

Russ wrote:Strange decision to launch in a school in Armagh

Surely Titanic building or one of the custom houses etc would have more iconic

Armagh's the centre of most of the north-south secretariat.


Not a sensible reason, but nonetheless, that was the reason.