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The winners of the first final were New Zealand, who beat France. South Africa are the latest winners, having won the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. The Rugby World Cup final is the last match of the competition. The winning team is declared world champion and receives the Webb Ellis Cup. [1]
After the 2015 final, New Zealand became the first team to win the Rugby World Cup three times, and the first team to have successfully defended its title. South Africa became the second team to defend its title in 2023 and the first to win the Rugby World Cup on four occasions, as well as the first to win successive titles away from home.
The All Blacks reclaimed their place atop the rugby world with a narrow 8–7 win over France in the 2011 final. [36] The opening weekend of the 2015 tournament, hosted by England, generated the biggest upset in Rugby World Cup history when Japan, who had not won a single World Cup match since 1991, defeated heavily favored South Africa ...
The biggest-ever Rugby World Cup semi-final win came at the first ever edition of the tournament in 1987, when New Zealand hammered Wales 49-6. ... All Blacks fly-half Richie Mo’unga has scored ...
Since the inception of the men's Rugby World Cup in 1987, a total of forty four rugby male union players have won the Rugby World Cup twice. [citation needed]Five Australia players – John Eales, Phil Kearns, Dan Crowley, Jason Little and Tim Horan – were part of both the 1991 and 1999 Wallabies squads.
Los Teros recorded only a fourth ever win at a Rugby World Cup while extending Namibia's tournament-record losing run to 26 matches since 1999. “We had to win,” Uruguay captain Andres Vilaseca ...
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.
Springboks clinch record fourth Rugby World Cup over New Zealand. ... South Africa declares public holiday after ‘momentous’ Rugby World Cup win. Shweta Sharma. October 31, 2023 at 12:51 AM ...