A year from today Ireland I’ll find out if heir bid to host the rugby role cup will be a success .

The event is expected to bring a €800 million economic benefit to  Ireland with over 2 million tickets to be sold world wide .

Nearly 500,000 visitors will come to Ireland to attend the competition and over 4 billion TV eyes will be on Ireland during the tournament .

Irelands bid has 4 key stakeholders, the IRFU,the GAA and both Governments north and south .

Ireland who are attempting to complete back to back wins over the All Blacks this weekend in Dublin would be one of the tournament favourites along with the All Blacks and England .

Should the bid be successful the opening game would take place on September 15th with the final on the 4th November 2023 .