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The 1995 Rugby World Cup (Afrikaans: Rugbywêreldbeker 1995), was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country. The World Cup was the first major sporting event to take place in South Africa following the end of apartheid.
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition established in 1987. It is contested by the men's national teams of the member unions of the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and takes place every four years. The winners of the first final were New Zealand, who beat France. South Africa never competed in the first two world ...
The 1995 Rugby World Cup Final was the final match of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, played in South Africa. The match was played at Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg on 24 June 1995 between the host nation, South Africa , and New Zealand .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. International men's rugby union competition Not to be confused with Rugby League World Cup. This article is about the men's rugby union tournament. For the women's World Cup in union, see Women's Rugby World Cup. For other world cups for rugby, see World cup of rugby. "RWC" redirects ...
27 May 1995: 3 Marc Ellis T6 New Zealand Japan: Pool: 145–17: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein: 4 June 1995: 4 Eric Rush New Zealand Japan: Pool: 145–17: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein: 4 June 1995: 5 Jeff Wilson New Zealand Japan: Pool: 145–17: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein: 4 June 1995: 6 Chester Williams T4 South Africa Samoa ...
Following the end of apartheid, they hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup and won the tournament, they were champions again at the 2007 tournament in France. The Springboks then made history when they beat England in the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan despite losing a pool stage match.
They were joined by South Africa player Os du Randt, who played for the Springboks in their 1995 and 2007 victories. François Steyn became the second South African player to win the competition twice, in the 2007 and 2019 men's Rugby World Cups, after the 2023 Rugby World Cup win the number was increased to 25 South Africans.
This all-time table compares national teams that have participated in the Rugby World Cup by a number of criteria including matches, wins, losses, draws, total points for, total points against, etc. The table also shows – among other things – the accumulated points for every team that has ever participated in the tournament.