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The 1995 tournament was the first Rugby World Cup to be hosted by just one country, and thus, all the venues are within the one country. South Africa were given the rights to host the tournament in 1993, after a meeting between the IRB and both the government led by F. W. de Klerk and the African National Congress . [ 1 ]
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 .
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] If the score is a draw after 80 minutes of regular play, an additional 20-minute period of play, called extra time ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
New Zealand and South Africa are the only nations to successfully defend the World Cup as defending champions in 2015 and 2023 respectively. Australia and England achieved runner up in 2003 and 2007, respectively. The worst results were by Australia in 1995 and South Africa in 2011, both exiting in the quarter-finals.
The 1995 Rugby World Cup was preceded by a qualifying campaign in which forty-five nations were entered. [1] [2] [3] 16 teams participated in the finals tournament in South Africa, seven of which came through qualifying matches.