The UK's high performance sports agency
9 February 2010
The UK's high performance sports agency
9 February 2010
Mairi Irvine - 23/09/2008
England will host the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup
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England has won the rights to host the 2010 IRB Women's Rugby World Cup, fighting off competition from Germany, South Africa and Kazakhstan. The prestigious tournament, which was last held in Edmonton, Canada in 2006, will be staged across West London and will showcase the top 12 international teams in world rugby.
Since the first tournament in 1991 the Women's Rugby World Cup has been the catalyst for the tremendous growth in the women's game world wide. In England, as of the 2007/2008 season, there were 567 affiliated clubs playing rugby (senior and youth) and 12,302 women and girls playing the game.
In 2006 England reached the final of the Rugby World Cup, losing 25-17 to New Zealand. England are the reigning RBS 6 Nations triple Grand Slam Champions, European Cup and Nations Cup champions.
Rosie Williams, Managing Director of the RFUW, said: “We are delighted to have been selected to host this great event. Hosting an international rugby tournament in London will be great for the growth and profile of women’s rugby. We have had some great support from UK Sport and Visit London and this has helped strengthen our bid. The infrastructure is in place at the RFU and we will host a world class tournament for players and spectators alike.”
The event is being supported by up to £150,000 of National Lottery funding through UK Sport's World Class Events Programme. Simon Morton, UK Sport's Events Consultant, said: "
“UK Sport’s investment highlights our continued desire to attract world-class women’s sport to our shores, with now around £500,000 invested in women-only events in 2010 alone. In addition, the event further cements our links with the rugby union community, having previously supported last year’s U19 World Championships in Belfast and the Junior World Championships which took place earlier this year in Wales. We are delighted the bid has been successful, and look forward to working with the RFU and RFUW on staging a World Cup of which we can all be proud.”
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