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

Frawley, S; Cush, A

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

Frawley, S

Cush, A

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Citation:: Managing Leisure, 2011, 16 (1), pp. 65 - 76
Issue Date:: 2011-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Frawley, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7552-3856	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cush, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Managing Leisure, 2011, 16 (1), pp. 65 - 76	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1360-6719	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/18841
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 organizers 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. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Managing Leisure	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/13606719.2011.532605	en_US
dc.title	Major sport events and participation legacy: The case of the 2003 Rugby World Cup	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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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 organizers 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. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.

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