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First for the Rugby World Cup 2011 Forum Coach?
Wallabies set to base themselves in Christchurch for 2011 World Cup
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
By Jim Tucker and Iain Payten
September 19, 2008 12:00am
ROBBIE Deans will enjoy a World Cup homecoming to Christchurch in 2011 with the Wallabies pencilled in to base their campaign in the New Zealand city.
Preliminary allocations by tournament organisers are understood to have Deans' home city down as Australia's allocated headquarters for pool games, and for a possible quarter-final.
A Christchurch base could give the Wallabies a "home" ground advantage in any game they played there because of Deans' huge popularity in the region to which he brought five Super rugby titles.