Dublin - The 2019 Rugby World Cup, the first to be hosted in Asia when Japan welcomes the elite of the sport, will provide the game with a new start and a new vision, said Rugby World Cup Limited chairperson Bernard Lapasset on Monday.
The 67-year-old Frenchman -- who is also president of the sport's global governing body World Rugby -- said that after some difficulties everyone was very happy with how the future of the tournament was mapping out.
"It will be a new format, a new place and we are very happy with the future of the tournament," Lapasset told journalists at a press conference in Dublin where the 12 stadia for the World Cup were unveiled.