Call for RWC quarter-finals to be held in Chch
Rugby Heaven, 29 August 2008
Four Government MPs based in Christchurch have written to organisers of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand calling for two quarter-finals to be held in the South Island.
Labour MPs Tim Barnett, Lianne Dalziel, Ruth Dyson and Progressive leader Jim Anderton said it was important to recognise the rest of the country, outside Auckland.
“If the South Island cannot host either semifinal, which we accept is the reality due to the logistics of moving so many people to Auckland for the final, then Christchurch should host two quarterfinals to reinforce that it is New Zealand, not just Auckland, that is hosting the Rugby World Cup.”
