PHILIP BROWNE ON . . . 2023 WORLD CUP BID

‘We can’t become overly confident and can’t become complacent. It’s nice and exciting to be in the process, but it’s a bit premature to be getting excited about hosting because if we don’t go through this process and put a proper, professional bid together we are not going to win. We have got South Africa, Italy and France also likely to bid. Each are capable of hosting an excellent World Cup, so we’re under no illusions that it’s a pretty hard task and we are going to be up against it.’