Rugby World Cup: I’d like to think that when people look at 2015, they will instantly think rugby, says chief Debbie Jevans

Evening Standard

Debbie Jevans is already getting a little tired of hearing that her job as chief executive of the 2015 Rugby World Cup must be a doddle compared with being director of sport for London 2012.

Jevans stepped into the role last October and in her first interview since then she tells me: “People keep coming up and saying, ‘Oh, it’s got to be easier. You had 26 sports to organise [for 2012] versus one sport now’.