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England awarded 2015 Rugby World Cup

England will host the 2015 Rugby World Cup and Japan will stage the event in Asia for the first time four years later, the International Rugby Board (IRB) Council said on Tuesday. Japan, who lost out to New Zealand in the bidding for the 2011 edition and England, hosts of the 1991 tournament, were awarded the rights ahead of bids from South Africa and Italy.