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Martin Pengelly in New York

USA Rugby World Cup bid attracts bipartisan support in Congress

Marcel Brache of the USA challenges Freddie Steward of England for a high ball at Twickenham last year.
Marcel Brache of the USA challenges Freddie Steward of England for a high ball at Twickenham last year. Photograph: Robbie Stephenson/JMP/REX/Shutterstock

US hopes of hosting men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups in 2029 and 2031 got a boost from Capitol Hill on Thursday, with the introduction of a bipartisan congressional resolution expressing support for the bid.

The resolution was introduced by the co-chairs of the Congressional Rugby Caucus, Alex Mooney, a West Virginia Republican, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat from Washington DC.

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