{"id":11037,"date":"2015-06-11T13:10:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T12:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/?p=11037"},"modified":"2015-06-11T13:10:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T12:10:24","slug":"keith-wood-appointed-as-rugby-world-cup-2015-mastercard-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/keith-wood-appointed-as-rugby-world-cup-2015-mastercard-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"KEITH WOOD APPOINTED AS RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 MASTERCARD AMBASSADOR"},"content":{"rendered":"

KEITH WOOD APPOINTED AS RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0MASTERCARD AMBASSADOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

MasterCard counts-down 100 days until the start of Rugby World Cup 2015 with Irish rugby legend\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

DUBLIN, Ireland \u2013 10 June, 2015<\/strong>; Former Ireland star Keith Wood is the latest rugby icon to be announced as a Rugby World Cup 2015 MasterCard ambassador. To celebrate the partnership, the world record try scorer fine-tuned his line out throw in front of the iconic bell tower at Trinity College, Dublin.<\/p>\n

Keith Wood joins MasterCard\u2019s Priceless line-up, which includes Dan Carter, Chris Robshaw, Martin Johnson and Sebastian Chabal, as rugby fans around the globe begin the 100 day countdown until the start of Rugby World Cup 2015.<\/p>\n

Keith Wood, MasterCard\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2015 brand ambassador, said: \u201cWith only 100 days to go until the start of Rugby World Cup 2015 there\u2019s a real sense of excitement amongst rugby fans. I\u2019m really looking forward to working with MasterCard to personally deliver even more Priceless Surprises to rugby fans as anticipation continues to grow ahead of Rugby World Cup 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n

To celebrate the partnership with the world\u2019s largest rugby Tournament, MasterCard will be creating Priceless Surprises for MasterCard cardholders and rugby fans around the world, including the opportunity to present the MasterCard Man of the Match award. For more information search for #PricelessSurprises on Twitter (@MasterCardUK) or find us on Facebook (Link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Keith continued; \u201cAt this stage with the Tournament so close, as a player you\u2019re just looking to get yourself in the best place you can possibly be and hope that you can clear yourself of injuries. It\u2019s a daunting time, full of fear and anticipation, and you want to make sure you don\u2019t play the Rugby World Cup in your mind before you get to the Tournament because you\u2019ll be burnt out.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a supporter, it\u2019s just excitement. All you\u2019re doing is looking forward to the rugby, looking forward to seeing which players shine during the Tournament, the festival atmosphere and the priceless memories that Rugby World Cup 2015 will provide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Barnett, President of MasterCard UK & Ireland, said: \u201cWith only 100 days to go until the start of Rugby World Cup 2015, we are delighted to announce Keith Wood as our latest MasterCard ambassador. We are looking forward to working with Keith to surprise MasterCard cardholders and rugby fans across the world with truly priceless experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

MasterCard are the Preferred Card and Official Payment System of this year\u2019s largest sporting event in the World, which will take place in England and Wales between September 18 and October 31 2015. The announcement continues a highly successful partnership between MasterCard and Tournament Owners Rugby World Cup Limited<\/a>, which began ahead of Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

As part of the Worldwide Partnership, MasterCard secures a comprehensive rights and benefits package that allows the company to deliver value to customer financial institutions, merchants and cardholders, including the ability to access \u2018Priceless\u2019 experiences linked to Rugby World Cup 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KEITH WOOD APPOINTED AS RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015\u00a0\u00a0MASTERCARD AMBASSADOR MasterCard counts-down 100 days until the start of Rugby World Cup 2015 with Irish rugby legend\u00a0 DUBLIN, Ireland \u2013 10 June, 2015; Former Ireland star Keith Wood is the latest rugby icon to be announced as a Rugby World Cup 2015 MasterCard ambassador. To celebrate the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11039,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11037\/revisions\/11039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}