Limerick has won the bid to become the first northern hemisphere host of the Tag Rugby World Cup. A joint bid led by the University of Limerick Conference and Sports Campus and the Irish Tag Rugby Association landed the event for Limerick which will host up to 3,500 tag rugby players and their followers from more than 20 countries in August 2021. The event is expected to deliver a €5 million boost for the Limerick economy and 20,000 bed nights. The three previous International Tag Federation World Cups were held in New Zealand (2012) and Australia (2015, 2018) but organisers decided to take the next edition to the northern hemisphere and have been won over by the Limerick bid. Welcoming the announcement, Minister for Sport Shane Ross said: “This is good news for Limerick, good news for tourism and good news for sport.

Source: The Irish Times February 06, 2019 20:15 UTC