A joint bid led by the UL Conference and Sports Campus and the Irish Tag Rugby Association supported by Shannon Region Conference and Sports Bureau, Failté Ireland and Limerick City and County Council was successful in winning the event for Limerick, which will see 3,000 plus tag rugby players from over 20 countries and their entourages travel to the city.
Limerick Chamber CEO Dee Ryan welcomes the great news about the International Tag Rugby World Cup coming to Limerick in August 2021. Festivals and events have a powerful impact on our local economy. Now is the time to make plans to maximise the impact for local businesses.
The event is expected to deliver a minimum €5m boost for the Limerick economy and 20,000 bed nights.
It is held across four days but, with many participants travelling from the Southern Hemisphere, teams are expected to travel in advance of the competition.
The bid involved a year-long process that was initiated after two of the Tag Rugby Ireland management team Barry Keary and Shane Landers approached the UL Conference and Sports Campus team with the idea.
A partnership involving the three local entities supported by Failté Ireland put together a detailed bid and beat off stiff opposition, particularly Great Britain, after organisers decided to take the event out of the southern hemisphere for the first time.
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