According to reports, Samoa, United States, Kazakhstan and New Zealand have expressed interest in hosting this rugby. This development was announced by the International Rugby Board officials on Monday.

The Rugby World Cup Limited will now go through the bids and will be coming up with recommendations at the IRB Council meeting by May next year.

IRB Women’s Development Manager Susan Carty said that they’re currently working hard to make the rugby event for 2010 become successful and added that they are happy to note that more people are expressing interest in the game. England will be hosting the Women’s Rugby World Cup next year.

Welsh rugby team Cardiff Blues had a heartbreaking loss last season when it missed the penalty shoot-out while other teams Scarlets, Ospreys and Newport Gwent Dragons are also dealing with their own woes.

The loss against Leicester meant that there won’t be a team coming from Welsh region that made it to the final of the European Cup for the first time.

Surprisingly, the Blues made a heroic run last season but missed the mark in the latter part of the competitions. Other teams also showed signs of a promising season but eventually faltered.

This year will serve as a big challenge for the Welsh rugby if they want to fare well in the Heineken Cup. This prestigious competition promises to be very competitive and exciting for rugby fans from all over the world.

An International Olympic Committee executive board approved the recommendations of both golf and rugby for inclusion at the 2016 Games while female boxing is recommended for the 2012 Games.

A lot of rugby, golf and women’s boxing athletes are now gearing up for these major events, with some rethinking about their retirement plans and scheduling it after the Games, if the body and age permit.

Despite this wonderful development, it will still be a long road before the actual approval or inclusion of these sports in the Games. Basically, rugby and golf officials will conduct comprehensive presentations during a full IOC session. This will take place on October 9 this year in Copenhagen, Denmark. By that time, it would be made known if the sports actually made the cut.

Rugby and golf won over sports such as karate, softball, baseball and squash.

The board officials believe that it is more important for the sport to become part of the Olympics, considering that this is the most prestigious sporting event ever.

IRB Chief Executive Mike Miller revealed that that challenge lies on the ability of the rugby games to encourage the younger audience to watch the event during Olympics. Miller is scheduled to attend the International Olympic Committee executive board meeting in Lausanne next month.

Miller added that the World Cup Sevens, which took place in Dubai recently, would be cancelled if rugby games gain the elusive Olympic status by the year 2016.

There are only two spots available for new sporting events at the 2016 Olympics. This means that rugby games will be competing against baseball, karate, golf, squash and others.

The IRB will stress to the Olympic board that the rugby games can easily be conducted in any venue within a span of three days. The biggest challenge for the board right now is to encourage other non-rugby playing countries to build and develop their own team.