World Cup 2015 organisers hoping to recruit volunteers from London 2012 Olympic Games ER 2015 have been permitted access to the Locog database containing details of the 70,000 people who volunteered for roles at the London Games. The organising body will send out details of how to volunteer for positions at the World Cup. ER 2015 estimates that it requires 6,000 volunteers to help run the tournament, a 2,000 increase on the number that took part in last year's World Cup in New Zealand. Volunteers have always been the lifeblood of grass-roots rugby and the majority of applications is likely to come from England's clubs. However, ER 2015 is determined that the World Cup will not be restricted to traditional rugby strongholds, hence its plan to approach Olympic volunteers, which will probably happen before March. "Locog have put together, as part of their legacy programme, the ability for all major sporting federations to work with them, allowing them to access and mail out to that database," Ross Young, ER 2015 chief operating director, said. The role of volunteers has become so important. You can't do without them because they give that feelgood factor around the venues and city centres, acting as ambassadors for the tournament.