The Rugby World Cup is delivering cutting-edge entertainment – mostly off the field.
Fizzing with hubris after annexing a swathe of downtown Auckland and making the trains run on time, Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully reckons we should have another crack at hosting the tournament.
You can see where he’s coming from. Those who campaigned against New Zealand’s bid to host the tournament in the belief that we’d put on a cheesy anachronism are now having to scrape egg off their faces: this World Cup is delivering cutting-edge entertainment with something for everyone.
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This article appears in the New Zealand Listener issue October 8, 2011.
The full text of the online article will be available on October 24, 2011.
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