World Rugby has demanded Japan send a new proposal for its 2019 World Cup venues and provide assurances about the tournament’s “financial security” after Tokyo’s National Stadium was scrapped as the centerpiece venue.
A new National Stadium was to stage the opening match, the final and other key games but those plans were scuttled last month when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the project halted over rising costs.
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