UN hosts U.S. kick-off for Rugby World Cup

By Buzz McClain, Special to Universal Sports
NEW YORK -- The Cup gets applause.

When the gleaming gold Rugby World Cup trophy was marched through the surprisingly large crowd gathered in the lobby of the United Nations headquarters Monday morning, the clapping was earnest and sustained. If the hardware gets this kind of reception, what's going to happen when they actually start playing the games?

The ceremony -- attended by ambassadors from around the world -- was the U.S. kick-off for the RWC campaign, with dignified and, in rugby tradition, off-kilter speeches by global representatives for the sport.

Off kilter? UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon made a hooker joke. That doesn't happen every day, not in this bastion of dignity and diplomacy.

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I thought there was an even more interesting link on that page - when will the US host the RWC?

http://www.universalsports.com/news-...ugby+world+cup

Not before 2027, or probably 2035, by the sound of it...