World Rugby Festival 2010 – Sydney, Australia

**For the first time they are hoping to include a women’s division! If you are interested, contact them ASAP!

There is no better place to stage the 18th Air New Zealand Golden Oldies World Rugby Festival than Sydney, the famous gateway city to Australia. Air New Zealand in conjunction with Tourism New South Wales and Australian Rugby Golden Oldies look forward to hosting you in 2010.

Sydney, the gateway to Australia, is one of the worlds great cities. Easily accessible, modern and sophisticated, it has world class infrastructure, facilities and services. This, combined with its beauty and cosmopolitan lifestyle, make it a most desirable and highly regarded destination to stage the 18th Air New Zealand Golden Oldies World Rugby Festival in 2010.

Sydney is Australia’s Rugby heartland, and home of the Australian Rugby Union. It is also the home of the highly competitive Super 14 franchise, “The Warratahs” and also hosted the semi finals and final of the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

The rugby for the 2010 Festival will be played on Sydney’s Centennial Parklands located less than 5km from the centre of Sydney. The Parklands cover more than 360 hectares, and there will be provision for over 30 rugby fields within the Parklands. A central hospitality area will be created at the venue providing food and beverage, entertainment, changing facilities, information and Festival merchandising.

The format for the weeks Festivities will be as follows:

Day 1 – Opening Ceremony and Welcome Party
Day 2 – 1st Day of Games
Day 3 – Free to Explore Sydney
Day 4 – 2nd Day of Games
Day 5 – Mid Week Picnic Day
Day 6 – 3rd Day of Games
Day 7 – Grande Finale Dinner and Air NZ Awards Ceremony

So dust off your boots and tell your mates to head to Sydney in 2010 for a Fair Dinkum Aussie Golden Oldies Rugby experience.

To learn more about Golden Oldies contact the World Secretariat.

Golden Oldies World Rugby Secretariat
PO Box 6463
Wellesley Street
Auckland, New Zealand

Tel: +64 9 336 2653
Fax: +64 9 336 3330
Email: rugby@goldenoldiessports.com

Click on the PDF below to view the Festival Brochure for the 2010 Golden Oldies World Rugby Festival in Sydney.

Golden Oldies World Rugby Festival Brochure		File Size: 1.12MB File Type: PDF