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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 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 ...
The tournament also saw the emergence of rugby's first global superstar, All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu. He and Marc Ellis finished the tournament as the top try scorers. The 1999 Rugby World Cup was hosted by Wales with matches played in England, France, Scotland and Ireland. There were further changes to the rules of automatic qualification for ...
2013: The World Rugby Women's Sevens Series commences as the IRB Women's Sevens World Series. 2016: The Americas Rugby Championship is established in its current "Six Nations" format, with Argentina's "A" side, now known as Argentina XV, joined by the senior sides of Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay and the USA.
Due to their inclusion in the Quadrangular tournament in South Africa, Samoa did not feature in the 2013 edition of the Pacific Nations Cup., [2] to the competition in 2014. Canada, Japan, and the USA withdrew for the 2016 and 2017 editions due to commitments to 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification. World Rugby Pacific Challenge
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 ...
World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. [2] It also organises a number of other international competitions, such as the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the World Under 20 Championship, and the Pacific Nations Cup.
3 October–2 November – ITV shows full live coverage of the 1991 Rugby World Cup, beginning a relationship with the tournament which continues to this day. 1992. No events. 1993. 16–18 April – Following the successful showing of the 1991 World Cup, ITV broadcasts full, live coverage of the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
The South Africa Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament that is held in South Africa. It is currently hosted in Cape Town and is part of the Sevens World Series run by World Rugby. A South African leg of the World series has been included in every edition of the competition since it began in the 1999-2000 season.