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RWC : 1987 Rugby World Cup

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(liverugbyworldcupon.blogspot.com) - Rugby World Cup here you will get commenced in 1987 with Australia and New Zealand as host nations. The idea of the Rugby World Cup was suggested by the Australian Rugby Union and the New Zealand Football Union in separate submissions to the International Rugby Board. Though 16 nations from all over the globe participated in 1987 Rugby World Cup , but there were only three real contenders for the trophy.

Since, in 1987 the first Rugby World Cup was hosted the 16 members were invited by the International Rugby football Board and there were no separate selection procedures. The extravaganza began on 22 nd May, 1987 and ended on 20 th June, 1987. There were four pools with each pool having four members. Each nation had to play thrice during the group stage and the top two teams moved subsequently to the quarter finals. Same applied for all the groups and the quarter final was followed by the semi-finals and the finals.

The inaugural Rugby World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand in May and June, 1987, with teams from 16 countries competing. New Zealand won the inaugural Rugby World Cup.

RWC 1987

Attendance at the 1987 games was 600,000. By the 1999 Rugby World Cup attendance had reached 1.75 million.

Sixteen teams participated in 1987 Rugby World Cup . The teams were Australia, England, United States of America, Japan, Wales, Ireland, Canada, Tonga, New Zealand, Fiji, Argentina, Italy, France, Scotland, Romania and Zimbabwe.

Since 1987 was the first year of the Rugby World Cup , competition was not much. Only three teams were considered strong enough to win the Cup. Crossing the barrier of the leagues, New Zealand and France made it to the finals, where New Zealand defeated France. The result score in favour of New Zealand was 29-9.

1987 Rugby World Cup produced some quality rugby players like Campese, Burke, Slack, Camberabero, Lagisquet, Erbani, Rodriguez, Kirk, Brooke-Cowden, Fitzpatrick, K Phillips, P Moriarty, Sean Fitzpatrick, John Kirwan, Grant Fox.

History : Rugby World Cup History

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(liverugbyworldcupon.blogspot.com) - The history you will get of the Rugby World Cup dates back to 1950s with the ideas of commencing a tournament popped up in the minds of many. In 1968, the International Rugby Board rejected the idea of a competition that resembled a world cup. Later, the idea was implemented after 1980 and in 1983, Australia put a proposal that mentioned their willingness to host the first rugby world cup.

In the meeting held to discuss the issue, majority opposed the idea and only Australia, New Zealand and France supported it. When the vote was held South Africa, along with England and Wales voted in favor of it. This was a great back up for the official world cup, which was held in 1987.

Around 32 matches were played in the 1987 world cup that was held from May 22 to June 20. One African nation, three Americas nations, one Asian nation, seven European nations and four Oceanic nations participated in the Australia world cup. The tournament became all blacks rugby with New Zealand winning the final rugby match.

The success of the Australian world cup motivated the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) to conduct it every four years. The 1991 world cup was hosted by Great Britain, Ireland and France and Australian rugby team grabbed the tournament trophy. The tournament then became the fourth largest national sporting teams tournament in the world.

History of Rugby World Cup

South Africa hosted the 1995 rugby world cup and it was the first time that all rugby matches was played in a single country. This tournament saw the entry of South Africa and their victory in the rugby world cup. Around 65 nations were attempted in the qualifying round of the 1999 rugby world cup. The tournament was hosted by Wales with matches played in England, France, Scotland and Ireland.

The previous world cup, the 2003 rugby world cup was hosted by Australia. England won the tournament and became the first northern hemisphere nation to win rugby world cup. The tournament attracted thousands of spectators from far and wide and it has now become a much-awaited game for its fans.

Scoring occurs either by achieving a try or a goal. A try is scored when a player places the ball in the opponent's in-goal area. According to the rugby rules, a try is counted as five points and can gain 2 more points with a successful place kick or drop kick. A drop kick in general play and a penalty kick are worth 3 points. It initiates a ban on passing the rugby ball forwards, so that rugby players can gain ground only by running with the ball or by kicking it. The rugby game with a continuous flow has a constant competition for the rugby ball at the breakdown. These are called Rucks and Mauls.

The rugby football has two major codes like rugby league and rugby union. The Rugby league, the national sport of Papua New Guinea is played as a professional as well as amateur sport in Australia, France, Great Britain and New Zealand. Rugby union, a major sport played nationwide in Ireland, France, Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Wales and Scotland is also a professional and amateur game.

Rugby World Cup RWC 2011 Pools and Match

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New Zealand

France

Tonga

Canada

Japan

Argentina

England

Scotland

Georgia

Romania

Australia

Ireland

Italy

Russia

USA

South Africa

Wales

Fiji

Samoa

Namibia