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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 ...
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 2025 Rugby Championship [a] is set to be the fourteenth edition of the annual Southern Hemisphere rugby union competition, involving Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. South Africa are the defending champions [ 2 ] and kick off the tournament against Australia on 16 August.
Hopes are high that this will be the year for Ireland to challenge for a Rugby World Cup and improve their poor record at the tournament. Ireland have never been beyond the quarter-final stage at ...
Round 3 will commence in July 2025, with a round-robin tournament determining the winner and qualifying for the Rugby World Cup as Africa 1. The runner-up (Africa 2) will progress to an Africa / Asia play-off match against Asia 2 to decide who plays in the Final Qualification Tournament. Like the first round, Kampala, Uganda will host the ...
In Europe, Ireland reached their eighth World Cup after taking the region's qualifying place by defeating Scotland in the final round of the 2024 Women's Six Nations Championship. [15] In Africa, South Africa qualified for their fifth world cup after beating Madagascar in the final round of the 2024 Rugby Africa Women's Cup. [16]
South Africa have been drawn in Pool B for the tournament in France
The world’s best rugby nations have descended in France for the 2023 Rugby World Cup and only two teams remain in contention to hoist this year’s Webb Ellis Cup. Held once every four years ...