RUGBY REVISITED
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE CRUCIAL MEETINGS BEHIND THE BIRTH OF RUGBY’S WORLD CUP
Brendan Gallagher tells the story of how two men were the catalyst behind the 1987 World Cup and the decisive vote in Paris

ASI write this, in 2024, it’s hard to imagine a sporting calendar not punctuated by a Rugby World Cup every four years. Indeed everything, the seasons in the north and southern hemisphere, revolve around the World Cup yet even just 40 years ago such a competition was a fanciful dream.
That it did change, as we will discuss below, was largely down...