Talk:2015 Rugby World Cup

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 25 December 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] India - Sri Lanka

Since when has rugby been the 2nd most popular sport in Sri Lanka.


I suspect the Sri Lanka proposal is mistaken. Are there any cites for the claim? The Nigeria-Zimbabwe idea seems like a joke as well. Wikipedia says "be bold" so I'm going to delete them, if I'm mistaken someone woth a cite can put them back.--172.203.26.20 23:22, 17 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Removing unsourced countries

In the AfD, I said the article should be kept, as long as the pure speculation's removed. The only countries with concrete info I've been able to find are Japan and Scotland. Any rugby fans out there who know anything about the other countries? If we can't find anything, those countries should be deleted. We don't need anything definite. Hell, I'd be happy with a quote from a notable rugby commentator, saying who they think the likely candidates would be. At least then, we could say, "Commentator Bob suggested on his TV show that Argentina and South Africa are both contenders for 2015". That's still a lot better than what we've got now. Quack 688 11:35, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Maybe the countries should be divided into those whose governing bodies have explicitly expressed an interest and countries who are merely the subject of speculation, with sources for both. --Number 77 20:59, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scotland's population

"Scotland, a nation of little over five million, is seen as lacking the venues or infrastructure to host a tournament of this size." - I don't think the population is the issue. Wales and NZ have lower populations but have hosted successfully (NZ with Aus, and soon on its own) - this is due to the popularity of the game there.

However, if football grounds could be converted, then yes, there would be the venues. I'm not sure what "infrastructure" means here, but it's a bit of a weasel word. --MacRusgail 02:13, 29 August 2007 (UTC)