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1987: First Rugby World Cup. 1991: First Women's Rugby World Cup, though the competition would not be operated by World Rugby until 1998, and its pre-1998 winners would not be officially recognised by World Rugby until 2009. 1995: PARA Pan American Championship; 1996: The Tri Nations Series begins between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
French Championship: Bagatelle, Paris: 1892: Racing Club de France: Stade Français [9] 11 Mallett Cup Cardiff: 1893 Cardiff RFC Reserves: Canton RFC 12: Mulock Cup (University of Toronto Intramural Championship) Toronto: 1895: Faculty of Medicine [10] 13: River Plate Rugby Championship: Argentina: 1899: Lomas Athletic Club: Buenos Aires ...
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 ...
An article by Gordon Rayner in The Sunday Telegraph [16] about the origin of Rugby football says that Thomas Hughes told the 1895 investigation that in 1838–1839 a Rugby School boy called Jem Mackie "was the first great runner-in", and that later (in or before 1842) Jem Mackie was expelled from Rugby School for an unspecified incident; in ...
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 Rugby World Cup Sevens was first contested in 1993, but a women's tournament was not added until 2009 [2] Sailing: World championships in sailing: Individuals and Pairs N/A N/A N/A Multiple Annual For a list please see World championships in sailing: Sambo: World Sambo Championships: Individuals 1984: Winners in various weight classes (2024 ...
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.
The Rugby World Cup trophy is restored by Thomas Lyte. [4] [5] The London-based company also acts as the official goldsmiths for the Webb Ellis Cup and restores or repairs the World Cup at the completion of each tournament and when required at any given period in the intervening years between one competition ending and the next beginning.