Countries in scrum ahead of RFU World Cup decisions

The International Rugby Board is due to meet in Dublin tomorrow to decide whether South Africa or England will host the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup, and whether Italy or Japan will play hosts in 2019. The whole process of awarding the rights to stage both of the World Cups has been fractious and confusing, with threats of legal action, financial concerns, and doubts about government commitment characterising the bid process. Nevertheless, one rugby official has been quoted as saying: "This is rugby. No matter what the result, we will sit down with our opposite numbers afterwards and share a beer." Given problems associated with event bidding processes in other areas of sport, what are the problems in rugby? Are there particular reasons why the 2015 and 2019 World Cup bids have been so problematic? Is it because there are no appropriate structures in place to ensure good governance in the process of event bidding? Is it because whatever structures are in place have not been appropriately developed or applied? Is it because Rugby Union World Cups are a relatively new phenomenon and have yet to develop the sophistication found in other sports? Or could it be that such conflicts are also highly prevalent in other sports too, but rugby is much more open in addressing them? Perhaps it could be, after all, that rugby and its culture of aggression does indeed have a unique and distinctive approach to resolving competitive matters - including the awarding of World Cups - and that all involved will be sitting won tomorrow night to share a beer and talk about winners and losers in the bid process?