Major sport events and participation legcay: the case of the 2003 Rugby World Cup

Frawley, S; Cush, A

Major sport events and participation legcay: the case of the 2003 Rugby World Cup

Frawley, S Cush, A

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Publisher:: Routledge
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Frawley Stephen and Cush Adam 2011, 'Major sport events and participation legacy: the case of the 2003 Rugby World Cup', Routledge, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 65-76.
Issue Date:: 2011

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dc.contributor.author	Frawley, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cush, A	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-03-06T10:46:25Z
dc.date.available	2012-03-06T10:46:25Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en_US
dc.identifier	2010000252	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Frawley Stephen and Cush Adam 2011, 'Major sport events and participation legacy: the case of the 2003 Rugby World Cup', Routledge, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 65-76.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1360-6719	en_US
dc.identifier.other	C1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17488
dc.description.abstract	Internationally, the past three decades has seen a significant growth in the staging of major sport events (Cashman, 2006). These events are staged by host rganizers and supported by governments for many varied reasons. One rationale often provided by governments to justify their investment in such events is that they will encourage their population to become more physically active through sport participation. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact hosting major sport events has on sport participation for a host nation. To address this research question, a recent major sport event hosted in Australia, namely the 2003 Rugby World Cup, is investigated. The findings from the study suggest that the sport of rugby witnessed an increase in sport registrations following the staging of the event. The increase, however, was substantially greater for the junior rugby category than the senior rugby category.	en_US
dc.publisher	Routledge	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Managing Leisure - An International Journal	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Verified OK	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	DOI: 10.1080/13606719.2011.532605	en_US
dc.subject	major events, participation legacy, rugby union	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Commercial Services	en_US
dc.title	Major sport events and participation legcay: the case of the 2003 Rugby World Cup	en_US
dc.type	Journal article
utslib.citation.volume	16	en_US
utslib.citation.number	1	en_US
utslib.location	UK	en_US
utslib.citation.startpage	65	en_US
utslib.citation.endpage	76	en_US
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Abstract:

Internationally, the past three decades has seen a significant growth in the staging of major sport events (Cashman, 2006). These events are staged by host rganizers and supported by governments for many varied reasons. One rationale often provided by governments to justify their investment in such events is that they will encourage their population to become more physically active through sport participation. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact hosting major sport events has on sport participation for a host nation. To address this research question, a recent major sport event hosted in Australia, namely the 2003 Rugby World Cup, is investigated. The findings from the study suggest that the sport of rugby witnessed an increase in sport registrations following the staging of the event. The increase, however, was substantially greater for the junior rugby category than the senior rugby category.

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