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Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh says all eyes will be on Australia as it hosts world rugby's biggest events. Video via AAP

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00:00Last year we kicked off the golden decade of rugby in Australia with the British and Irish Lions tour to
00:04Australia,
00:05as well as our Women's Rugby World Cup in the UK.
00:08And we look forward to what's going to be a very exciting period into the Rugby World Cup for men
00:13in 2027
00:13and the Women's Rugby World Cup in 2029.
00:17There's far more than just what happens on the field.
00:21Per Mr Wells said, all eyes will be on Australia in 2027 with the Men's Rugby World Cup
00:26and all eyes at the 2029 Women's World Cup, the next year's World Cup,
00:30the third largest sporting event anywhere in the globe.
00:34And as we saw from last year's Lions tour, we had 40,000 people embarked on Australia.
00:40In 2027, we expect 250,000 people embarking on Australia
00:45and up to $2 billion of economic benefit to Australian community.
00:56We'll see you then.
00:56We'll see you then.

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