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Article: RugbyU: World Cup not just about money, says Millar
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- October 9, 2007
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
10-09-2007
RugbyU: World Cup not just about money, says Millar
by Julian Guyer
(PICTURE)
PARIS, Oct 9, 2007 (AFP) - Syd Millar, the chairman of the International
Rugby Board (IRB), has said the World Cup is more than just about making
money.
The ongoing World Cup in France is expected to post some impressive figures
for the latest edition of an event which, the IRB maintains, is now the third
biggest in global sport behind the Olympic Games and the football World Cup.
However, the next Rugby World Cup in 2011 will be staged in New Zealand,
one of rugby union's traditional powers but a country with a relatively small
population and a lack of large ...