Ireland to host 2017 Women's World Cup

[IanD]

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Ireland to host 2017 Women's World Cup

Ireland have been successful in their bid to host the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup.
In March, the IRFU announced it had submitted a bid to host the competition in August 2017 at locations in Dublin and Belfast.
The tournament pool stages will be held at University College Dublin before moving to Belfast for semi-finals and the final, which will be held at the Kingspan Stadium.
Announcing the decision to award to the tournament to Ireland, World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset said: “The awarding of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 to Ireland is great news for teams and fans as the sport continues to reach out and inspire new participants in our great game.
"I am sure that Dublin and Belfast will prove to be popular destinations.”
Ireland reached the semi-finals at last year’s World Cup in Paris, recording a first ever win over New Zealand along the way, before being beaten conclusively by eventual champions England.
Ireland have also won the Six Nations titles twice in recent years, taking the Grand Slam in 2013 before completing a remarkable double with their male counterparts earlier this year.


Great news all round. Nice to see the Semi Finals and Final being hosted in a top stadium too.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Great news! It really seems to be taking off recently and hopefully this will help it even more.

[Made Of Ale]

Great news. I went to a couple of the games in France and would heartily recommmed attending.

Also, first of many? Ireland is well set to host this sort of thing. Hopefully the men's version to follow.