RWC play-offs allocated in New Zealand
By NZPA, 5 Sep 2008 NZPA is a Roar Pro
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Christchurch and Wellington will each host two quarter-final matches during Rugby World Cup 2011, while Auckland’s Eden Park hosts the semi-finals, final and play-off for third.
Rugby New Zealand (RNZ) 2011 chief executive Martin Snedden revealed the decision on the quarter-finals and third place match in Wellington today.
It followed the first stage of a match and team allocation process which saw applications to host quarter-final matches lodged by the Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington regions, and applications to host the bronze final match by Auckland and Hamilton.
Snedden also confirmed agreements had been concluded with the Auckland region and with Eden Park Trust Board for Eden Park to host the semi-finals and Rugby World Cup final, as previously indicated.
As a result, Eden Park and the Auckland region will now host the last four games of the tournament — both semi-finals, the bronze final and the final.
The decisions announced today were unchanged from those recommended by the Board of RNZ 2011 Ltd and ratified by the Board of Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) which met in Dublin, Ireland overnight.
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Benny R said | September 5th 2008 @ 8:47am | Report comment
How will NZ cope hosting 20 teams, support staff, officials and the influx of international supporters? Is there any chance that NZ will farm out a pool for the round robin stages to Australia?
Jerry said | September 5th 2008 @ 8:55am | Report comment
No chance. The 4 pools will be located around the country – presumably there’ll be one each based in Christchurch, Wellington & Auckland with the other possibly based in Dunedin. Other grounds around the country will get games though & the All Blacks pool fixtures will probably be shared around.
Benny R said | September 5th 2008 @ 12:31pm | Report comment
Jerry – I understand you can spread out geographically and there is no question that NZ would have an adequate number of rugby grounds but is the infrastructure such as airports, transport, accommodation etc going to cope? I am just a bit cynical (and yes ignorant) because of what I read and saw during the last Lions Tour… The numbers coming in for the 2011 world cup would I imagine completely dwarf the British & Irish Lions visitor numbers.
Isn’t the format 5 pools with 4 teams each?
Jerry said | September 5th 2008 @ 12:40pm | Report comment
4 pools of 5, like 2003 & 2007.
It’s hard to say about infrastructure really. Airlines have the capability to put on extra flights of course, and there are new hotels being built as we speak (as a lawyer in the property/development field, I’ve got a bit of an inside line on that) and a lot of people are talking about hiring out their house & heading to Australia for a holiday which will provide more accommodation. Regardless, the NZRU won’t be farming out a pool.
Benny R said | September 5th 2008 @ 4:28pm | Report comment
Well in that case I better start saving the pennies for a trip across the ditch during RWC 2011. No pool games in Australia will make this a must do and Mrs R’s rugby education needs to be taken to a new level.
In Auckland has work started on the Eden Park redevelopment? I noticed while watching the Crusaders home games that the bulldozers have already removed half the seating in Jade Stadium.
ohtani's jacket said | September 5th 2008 @ 6:27pm | Report comment
Yeah, the Bledisloe Test was the last Eden Park Test before the bulldozers rolled in, although there was some talk about still playing Tests there while the construction is going on.
chris said | September 7th 2008 @ 11:00pm | Report comment
New Zealand Rugby grounds are like Australia’s Rugby/League grounds as in too many grounds not enough fans.