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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]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 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 ...
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.
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.
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.
England became the first northern hemisphere nation to win a Rugby World Cup. Upon returning home, the English side was greeted by an estimated 750,000 people at a street parade celebrating their victory. [4] The 2007 World Cup was held in France, with matches also played in Wales and Scotland. The tournament was won by South Africa, who ...
The 2023 Rugby World Cup final was a rugby union match played on 28 October 2023 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France.It marked the culmination of the 2023 Rugby World Cup and was played between New Zealand and South Africa, with the latter winning by a single point to claim their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so. [3]
The Women's Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition for women's national teams. The competition was first established in 1991 but the 1991 and 1994 competitions were not sanctioned at the time by the International Rugby Board (IRB, now World Rugby) and were not recognized by them until 2009. [1]