Rugby World Cup 2015 venues
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Manchester City Stadium
The home of Manchester City will next year stage its first international
rugby union match.
What better way to kick off than with England’s final
game of the pool stage — against the winner of the Russia v Uruguay
repechage play-off, the second leg of which takes place in Montevideo on
October 11.
Capacity 48,000
Did you know? Paula Radcliffe won her first major gold medal here, in
the women’s 5,000m at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Rugby history It staged rugby sevens at the 2002 Commonwealth Games,
with New Zealand winning the gold medal.
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