England will host the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup
England's 'Decade of Sport', including the 2012 Olympics and the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, gets a new addition
28 July 2009
THE 2015 Rugby World Cup is to be held in England.
The International Rugby Board (IRB) confirmed England as the 2015 host with Japan to stage the tournament in 2019.
The 26-man IRB council met in Dublin to vote on the decision. The Rugby Football Union beat competition from South Africa and Italy after submitting a commercial package worth an estimated £300m to the global game.
The 2015 World Cup will run from 4 September to 17 October, when the final will be played at Twickenham.
Matches will be staged in 10 cities and 12 stadiums across the country including Wembley, Old Trafford, the Emirates Stadium, Anfield and the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, which is the only venue being used outside England.
The last time England hosted the tournament was in 1991, when Will Carling's team were beaten in the final by Australia.
Since then, rugby union has turned professional and the World Cup has developed into the globe's third-biggest sporting event.
Hosting the 2015 Rugby World Cup is estimated by Deloitte to be worth £2.1bn to the British economy.
The tournament forms a central plank of Britain's so-called "decade of sport", which also includes the 2012 Olympics, the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, the 2014 Commonwealth Games and potentially the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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