Rugby opens new frontier by picking US as World Cup hostsSouth Africa won the 2019 Rugby World CupLONDON: The Rugby World Cup will be staged in the United States for the first time in 2031 after the game's governing body named the host nations for five men's and women's tournaments. "Today, we have approved three exceptional Rugby World Cup host nations -- England, Australia and USA -- providing unprecedented certainty and an unparallelled opportunity to accelerate the growth and impact of rugby globally," said World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont. Japan reached the last eight of their home World Cup three years ago in a tournament won by South Africa. "We're beyond thrilled to be welcoming not one, but two Rugby World Cups to our shores," said Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan. "As we have seen from other home World Cups in cricket, hockey and netball, a World Cup will further advance all women's sport."

Source: Bangkok Post May 13, 2022 09:05 UTC