The Sydney Morning Herald's Spiro Zavos provides his take on the IRB's handling of the World Cup.
"Mike Miller, the chief executive of the IRB, has given 10 out of 10 for this year's Rugby World Cup tournament as eight teams prepare to play out the finals. This is a strong vote of confidence in the host union for the tournament, the NZRU. However, I was on a national current affairs program during the week and was asked what mark out of 10, given the NZRU's perfect 10, I would give the IRB.
My answer: ''I'd give the IRB one out of 10. That one point is because the IRB chairman, Bernard Lapasset, started his speech at the opening ceremony with a Maori welcome, something the New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, neglected to do."
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