Dimensions
156 x 234 x 27mm
Martin Snedden was Rugby World Cup 2011 chief executive and the man tasked with delivering a successful tournament to the IRB and the people of New Zealand. To say that he achieved his goal - including making budget in one of this country's most difficult years where the devastating effects of the Christchurch earthquake reverberated around the country for months - would be an understatement.
RWC 2011 will go down as not only as the 'best ever' Cup but, far more importantly, as one of New Zealand's greatest achievements. One powerful component of this achievement is that the famous All Blacks, in a most dramatic fashion, finally got that damn RWC monkey off their backs and won a trophy.
But the much more compelling aspect of this achievement is that, both within and away from that rugby field of dreams , the people of New Zealand united in a way they may never have done before outside of wartime; they put aside the sadness of the previous 12 months and genuinely brought to life their stadium of four million , to provide a wonderful welcome and enduring memories for their 133,000 international RWC visitors.
