France will host the 2023 Rugby World Cup after beating rival bids from South Africa and Ireland.
Here’s how social media reacted to the announcement.
“And the 2023 Rugby World Cup is a…”#RWC2023 pic.twitter.com/MaG3uRxDKo
— Graham Love (@GLove39) November 15, 2017
France to host 2023 Rugby World Cup #rugbyworldcup2023
— #FeesMustFall (@RhulaniK) November 15, 2017
They already hosted it.. Would’ve been nice for something new
— Sarah Brennan (@_lostducky) November 15, 2017
Ireland did not fare well in the voting. https://t.co/1KWDcmWbmX
— Balls.ie (@ballsdotie) November 15, 2017
— jason foley (@jasonstar54) November 15, 2017
Let’s just announce future RWCs now: 2023 France, 2027 England, 2031 France, 2035 England, 2039 France… (USA one day)… $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
— Chris Foy (@FoyChris) November 15, 2017
Jurie Roux, CEO of South African rugby: “World Rugby ran an exhaustive and transparent process for 15 months to identify the best host nation, only for the process to go entirely opaque for the past two weeks.” SA accept defeat though #RWC2023
— Will Kelleher (@willgkelleher) November 15, 2017
Very disappointment but very proud of the effort that went in to #ireland2023. We left nothing on the pitch! ♂️
— Brian O’Driscoll (@BrianODriscoll) November 15, 2017
It’s been a dark 24 hours for Irish sport. The pubs will be busy tonight.
— RugbyLAD (@RugbyLAD7) November 15, 2017
The rational, non-knee-jerk response to the #RugbyWorldCup host country announcement is, of course, accusations of bribery and corruption 🙄
— D’Arcy Lindsay (@poisonousdarce) November 15, 2017
Never about the fans.. Always about the $$$$$. Fifa-esque #RugbyWorldCup
— Will Spriggs (@sprigglydiggly) November 15, 2017
What was the point of the technical review then? Terrible decision #RugbyWorldCup #stitchup https://t.co/PrgIdK6hoZ
— John Lang (@langj83) November 15, 2017