Rugby World Cup: Venues to include Twickenham, Kingsholm, Villa Park and Millennium Stadium
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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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