With One Year to Go to Rugby World Cup 2015, Prince Harry has been appointed as Honorary President of England Rugby 2015, the Organising Committee delivering Rugby World Cup 2015.
Prince Harry is a keen Rugby fan, and Vice Patron of the Rugby Football Union (RFU). In his role as Honorary President of England Rugby 2015, the Prince will play an important role in welcoming the 20 qualifying nations to Rugby World Cup 2015.
In the last year, England Rugby 2015 has made strong progress with planning and delivery of the Tournament. Key milestones include:
Rugby World Cup 2015 (RWC 2015) tickets will go on sale to the general public next month.
Up to one million tickets will be available to fans across the world, and applications will be opened on September 12 and close on September 29, 2014.
Tickets will be priced in four categories for all 48 matches, starting at £15 for adults. Child tickets, priced from £7, will be available for 41 matches. Fans will need to create an account on tickets.rugbyworldcup.com in order to apply, and can apply for up to four tickets per match. For 15 fixtures fans can apply for up to 15 tickets...
Well, Sandy Park - the South West's Premier Conference and Banqueting facility - has just landed yet another top accolade after it was crowned 'Rugby Venue of the Year' at the prestigious Rugby Expo Awards in London.
Home to the famous Exeter Chiefs , the popular, multi-million pound Devon venue beat off competition from across Europe, including the likes of Saracens and Clermont Auvergne to pick up the much coveted crown.
The Rugby Expo award is just the latest honour to be bestowed on Sandy Park, which as well as being named...
Following the announcement last week that the Rugby World Cup is set to come to Exeter's very own Sandy Park in 2015, combined with a thrilling end to the Season which saw the Chiefs notching up their 12th league win of the campaign to ensure them of a crucial top six finish, Exeter Rugby Club are on an all-time high. In 2015, when over 4.5 million viewers from across the globe will be watching the relative minnows in the list of Rugby World Cup venues, exactly what does this mean for the Chiefs and for the city? The Exeter Daily spoke to the key people that made it happen.
Twelve young people from Devon have been elected to represent the county on the national UK Youth Parliament 2013 to 2015, following recent elections.
Aged between 11 and 18, the young people were elected out of 18 young people in total from Devon, standing in the national elections.
More than 7,000 young people turned out to vote in over 50 polling stations across Devon; in schools, youth centres and youth clubs, to elect Members of the Youth Parliament and their Deputies.
They will now work locally in their Devon constituencies, with their peers, to champion...
England Rugby 2015, Organising Committee for Rugby World Cup 2015, have today confirmed that Sandy Park, home of Premiership Rugby side Exeter Chiefs, has been added to the long list of match venues for Rugby World Cup 2015. The Devon venue has been identified as one of a number of potential hosting sites by competition organisers, who are keen to ensure the four-yearly tournament utilises venues all over the country. Sandy Park, which was built in 2006 at a cost of £15 million, meets all of the Rugby World Cup 2015 minimum standards criteria, including playing facilities, pitch size,...
