Four reasons for us to query the 2023 Rugby World Cup bid report
Croke Park was thought to be primarily a rugby venue by the committee. The GAA HQ has not hosted an international rugby game since 2010.
The report misspells Cork’s Paírc Uí Chaoimh as Parc Ui Chaoimh twice on the same page.
Ireland was given the same score for security as South Africa, despite Ireland being the 10th safest country in the world while France is 51st and South Africa 123rd.
Only 70 words in the report talked about Durban losing the bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Durban earlier this year. But that’s more space than was given to praise the hugely successful Women’s Rugby World Cup hosted in Ireland earlier this year.