Image via WikipediaJust 12 months to the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand... Just 12 months to the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand...
Its just 12 months to the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. It will be the third biggest sporting event after the Olympics and the Soccer (Football to some) World Cup. So its a huge sporting event and undoubtably will be the biggest sporting event in New Zealand's history.
The game draw has just been released(NZ play Tonga in game one,England play Argentina in game five and Australia play Italy in game six). Ticket prices have also been released and applications can be made in NZ from Sept 10 to October 10 2010. Apply RUGBYWORLDCUP.COM/TICKETS Use your Master Card.
While New Zealand won the inaugural event in New Zealand and Australia in 1987, with the final at Eden Park in Auckland, the historically superior rugby nation has not been able to win another since, despite being ranked 'Number One' every year.
I believe the Rugby World Cup has assumed too much prestige at the expense of other rugby competitions and tours to each other's countries.
After pool play where each country plays each other in that particular pool, the games from quarter finals, semi finals and through to the final are knock outs. So if a country's team has a bad game they are eliminated from that World Cup.
Some say New Zealand is peaking too early after being unbeaten in the Southern Hemisphere Tri-Nations competition which they have just won, having beaten South Africa three times and Australia twice, with one match still to go.
But in fact New Zealand is actually building up depth in their squad to ensure there are specialist replacements in the event of injuries during the Rugby World Cup tournament in 2011. It has been injuries to key players in previous tournaments that prevented NZ from having a winning chance.
It is unlikely that NZ will have a home tournament again for decades, even if ever, if the costs of holding such a tournament sky-rocket like the Olympics and the Soccer World Cup, making it prohibitive for such a small country like NZ being able to afford another tournament. Therefore it is important that NZ wins its home tournament next year!
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