Big Profits for '03 RWC A statement issued by the IRB said that the accomplishment of the event was reflected in the commercial success of the tournament, which realised a net profit in excess of £64 million (US$117,422 million), an increase of 36.81 percent on RWC '99 All Blacks Sched Set All Blacks guaranteed multi million fee for the barbarians clash. note that this is a private tour, not IRB sanctioned. NZ left off the hook The New Zealand Sevens squad have escaped any form of punishment after it was discovered that they had fielded two ineligible players during the Singapore leg of the International Rugby Board's (IRB) Sevens Series last weekend. Eng Top draw for RWC'07
BhoysFC1995 The Sydney 2000 Olympics went the same way. As the quote below shows that us Aussies can actually run a major sporting project effectively & profitably. "In a sense, the release of these figures closes this very successful chapter in Australian sporting history. The Tournament embraced the nation and was made possible by unprecedented cooperation between the ARU, the IRB, the Australian rugby community, state and federal governments, volunteers and of course, the people of Australia." John O'Neill, who was the CEO of the ARU for the past 7 years (including RWC 2003), is now the CEO of Australian Soccer. Maybe one day FIFA may take notice and perhaps do the right thing wrt Australia & the FIFA World Cup. Won't see it in my lifetime. Cheers. Andy T.
well thats good news for aussie soccer. i presume he's also responsible for the restructuring of the domestic league.
BhoysFC1995, Yep. John O'Neill is the best placed, resourced & empowered Aussie (ever), to do that. He has as his main priorities (over the next 3-5 years) as: (1) getting the Australian Premier League (APL) up & running and being successful; AND (2) sorting out the problems with the Australian National Team (Socceroos) & their perennial under-performance (for whatever reason). Andy T.