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New Zealand will host the Women’s Rugby World Cup for the first time next year having won the tournament in Ireland in 2017.
Northland Rugby says it is on track to co-host the Women’s Rugby World Cup in September 2021, thanks to a $1.5 million injection from the Government, announced this month.
The union will use the funds to complete its clubrooms on Pohe Island, Whangarei.
Chief executive Cameron Bell says Northland Rugby has assurances from the Whangarei District Council that building consent will be fast-tracked.
He says construction is expected to begin in early August with the goal of completing the project by July 2021.
The $1.5 million grant comes in addition to the $2.5 million Northland Rugby had already raised. The grant has effectively saved the project after Covid-19 disrupted other sources of funding.
Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones says the grant is an investment in “wellbeing infrastructure”, and comes from the Government’s $3 billion infrastructure fund.
2021 will mark the first time the Women’s Rugby World Cup has been held in the Southern Hemisphere. Auckland will join Whangarei in hosting the event.
