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Published 16:05 16 Nov 2017 GMT
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"The romantic in everyone wanted the World Cup to go to Ireland but, sadly, rugby is no longer that romantic sport." Williams added, "World Rugby will have learned an awful lot from this but the overall take-out is that rugby needs money, more than ever."Williams highlighted the recent money and gate receipt-sharing issues with rugby-playing nations from the Pacific Islands as a live example of how the game is having its coffers stretched. With the game's governing body taking a risk on the Japanese World Cup bringing in money, he believes French assurances swayed the day. The French bid was said to be guaranteeing €350 million for the hosting rights, whereas Ireland and South Africa were down at the €270m mark. "I can understand why the World Cup went to France," Williams added, "because money talks." So, do Ireland throw their hat in the ring again? On Rugby Tonight, Brian O'Driscoll [part of the Irish bid team] said it costs between €3.5m and €4m to put a decent bid together so it will not be considered lightly. The southern hemisphere will surely get a snap at the 2027 cherry so maybe, between ourselves and the North, we'll cobble together the €4m ... or whatever inflation makes it in 8 years time. In short, sod that.
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