NZRFU RWC '03 report complete
July 16, 2002

The New Zealand Rugby Football Union Board have received the report by the Independent Review into New Zealand's loss of its Rugby World Cup 2003 sub-host status.

The report, conducted by former Chief Justice Rt Hon Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, was received by the NZRFU on Sunday and it will be discussed at its next monthly meeting on July 19.

The intention of the Board is to release the report publicly within the next two weeks.

During his investigation, Sir Thomas received written submissions from the Australian Rugby Union and similar correspondence from the IRB. He also interviewed IRB chairman Vernon Pugh.

New Zealand's main World Cup negotiators were chief executive David Rutherford and chairman Murray McCaw, while board member Rob Fisher was on the Rugby World Cup Ltd committee until he resigned and represented New Zealand with Tim Gresson at the fateful IRB meeting in Dublin in April.

Elsewhere, The Dominion Post has reported that the NZRFU has turned to a public relations company - Porter Novelli - to manage the expected heavy criticism from the report.

The newspaper, quoted sources as saying it was likely that NZRFU chairman Murray McCaw and chief executive David Rutherford would step down after a the meeting on Friday.

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