Rugby World Cup Will Light Up New Zealand

On the list of CNN's Top 9 destination for 2011,New Zealand has grab second spot.

According to CNN,in 2011 New Zealand will come up as more exciting with Rugby World Cup 2011 taking place.

The one of the most important reason for New Zealand to be selected as a top destination could be its luxury lodges.

RTÉ Sport secure rights to screen Rugby World Cup 2011

Ireland's free-to-air television broadcast rights has been secured by RTE for the Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.

13 key matches will going to be broadcast by RTE,including all of Ireland's Pool matches, the final, the bronze final, both semi-finals, all four quarter-finals and the opening match.

All 13 matches will also be simulcast and available for catch-up on RTÉ.ie.

Rugby fans set for May

On the same weekend two major rugby finals are to come to Cardiff.

The final of the Heineken Cup and The European Rugby Cup (ERC) Amlin Challenge Cup final both will take place in the city in May.

Executive member for sport, leisure and culture, Nigel Howells, said: “We have a strong tradition of hosting successful sporting events such as the Rugby World Cup, the FA Cup final and the Ashes and are now looking forward to adding the Amlin Cup and Heineken Cup finals to those occasions.”

The Amlin Cup final will take place at Cardiff City Stadium on Friday, May 20, while the Heineken Cup final is scheduled for the following day at the Millennium Stadium.

England are world cup contenders: Giteau

After the way England played against Australia they should not be written off for the Rugby World cup said the Wallaby back Matt Giteau.

This weekend Giteau will arrived at Twickenham, and he will taking the captain ship guard in the match against South Africa who beat England on the weekend,he will be captaining Barbarians.

England had humbled Giteau's Wallabies three Saturdays ago because of their out standing performance, and he says that it brighter the chance of team winning the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand next year.

Giteau says he is still hurting from England's victory especially since England also beat Australia in Australia earlier in the year.

"They outplayed us. We weren't ready for the style of football that they played." Giteau said.

"That caught us off guard. It was one of those days. Hopefully next time we will be better prepared."

England Announce World Cup Rugby Finals

For the Rugby World Cup 2011, England has announced there warm ups matches and said we are ready for the challenge.

According to team manager Martin side will face Wales at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, August 6, with the return game taking place at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, August 13.

They travel to face Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, August 27 before departing for New Zealand the following week.

Johnson said: "These three games are an important element in our build-up to Rugby World Cup 2011. "

"We're looking forward to playing both Wales home and away and Ireland as part of our preparation, and they should be excellent contests."

The RFU say that kick off times will be confirmed in due course.

Rugby World Cup Qualifiers Ends Up In A Draw

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -A late penalty by flyhalf Matias Arocena has allowed Uruguay to draw with Romania 21-21 in their Rugby World Cup playoff at Charrua Stadium on Saturday.

They are playing for the 20th and final spot in next year's tournament in New Zealand.
The second leg is in two weeks in Bucharest, and the winner on aggregate will qualify.
Romania has never missed a World Cup, while Uruguay is trying to reach its third.

Thousands of extra tickets for Christchurch's seven Rugby World Cup

Christchurch lands more tickets to Rugby World Cup matches which will commence on sale from November 15.

Tickets will be available online for the first come first served basis for the five pool matches and two quarterfinals.

Martin Snedden, Rugby World Cup chief executive said that "the offer was made because the Canterbury earthquake hit six days before the second round of cup ticket sales began"

Snedden was of the view that the earthquake will not effect sales in Christchurch,but if it had the extra chance to buy tickets would help.

For the pool games thousand of tickets will going to be available also, with fewer available for the two quarterfinals.

"It varies from match to match," Snedden said. "In the pool phase, there are lots of tickets around.

"In the quarterfinals, sales have been going so well that tickets will be limited, but there definitely will be good-quality seats available for both games."

He said ticket sales in Christchurch "haven't been slow".

"The tickets for the pool matches have been going as we expected them to," he said. "We're pretty happy with how it sits."

Anyone buying tickets can enter a ballot for tickets for the semifinals and final.

The extra tickets would be available worldwide, not just to Canterbury fans, he said.

They will be available from 9am, November 15, on www.rugbyworldcup/christchurch. There will be a limit of four tickets per customer, but Rugby World Cup bosses are considering raising that number to six for the Christchurch pool matches.

Rugby World Cup Organizers Fix Late-Night Finals to Attract Global Viewers

Nineteen of the 48 matches at next year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand will begin at 8 p.m. local time or later to appeal to television viewers in the U.K., Europe and South Africa.

Tournament organizer Rugby New Zealand 2011 said today that the quarterfinal double-headers in Wellington and Christchurch will kick off at 6 p.m. and 8.30 p.m., while both semifinals and the final will begin at 9 p.m. in Auckland.

“If New Zealand is to make the most of the platform RWC 2011 gives us to showcase our country to the world, then we need to ensure we maximize the global television audience for key matches,” Martin Snedden, Rugby New Zealand 2011’s chief executive officer, said in a statement.

New Zealand will switch to daylight saving time two weeks into the Sept. 9-Oct. 23 tournament, taking it 12 hours ahead of the U.K. and 11 hours ahead of the major European rugby markets and South Africa, home to the defending champion Springboks.

The 2007 edition in France attracted a cumulative global TV audience of more than 4 billion, according to figures provided by the International Rugby Board.

Rugby World Cup for Woman 'could boost sport take-up'

Rugby World Cup Womens are hoping health experts, being held in Surrey, will encourage more people to get active.

Victoria Heald, at NHS Surrey public health development worker, said more women may take up rugby as a result of the tournament.

But she said there could also be a wider "festival effect" and it could be the inspiration many people required.

At Guildford's Surrey Sports Park the event started on Friday.

Martin Johnson's England can rule world, says former boss Brian Ashton

Brian Ashton believes England have time to emerge as contenders at next year's World Cup, but only if they build on their narrow win over Australia.

As Martin Johnson's squad begin their pre-season training camp at Twickenham today, the man who guided the national team to the final of the last World Cup in 2007 is optimistic that a corner may have been turned by the 21-20 victory in Sydney this summer.

England stumbled into the final three years ago and Ashton said: 'Given that we got to the final last time, I believe anything can happen in a World Cup. England are much further ahead now because Johnno has been there for two years. I was only there for six months before the last World Cup. We didn't even know what our squad was going to be.'

Key: Rugby World Cup not all about drinking

People will come to New Zealand primarily to watch the rugby, not get drunk, during the Rugby World Cup next year, Prime Minister John Key says.

"I think people come here primarily...to actually watch rugby and to enjoy the very best of New Zealand and that might include some alcohol - a glass of wine or a couple of beers - but it's not limited to that," Mr Key said about concerns of excessive drinking at the event.

Most people would want to experience New Zealand's culture, food and scenery, he said.

The Lions tour in 2005 was a good example of a well behaved rugby crowd.

"They're an audience that's known for wanting to have a good time but they also behaved themselves impeccably."

While the numbers would be larger for the Rugby World Cup the festival atmosphere would be the same, Mr Key said.

The so-called "party central" to be hosted at Queens Wharf in Auckland would be a multipurpose space, he said.

It would host events during the day, bands and fairs as well as having large television screens where people could watch games.

"Party central's never been just solely a place where people go and consume alcohol," Mr Key said.

"It's a place where there's going to be quite a bit of celebration... that's one aspect of it but that's not its role in totality."

The Rugby World Cup will be held in September and October next year.

South African Fans Get The Call Up For Rugby World Cup 2011

South African rugby legend Bob Skinstad is working with Tourism New Zealand to help promote New Zealand to rugby fans in South Africa for Rugby World Cup 2011.

The former Springbok turned sports presenter, entrepreneur, blogger and tweeter arrived in New Zealand on Thursday 8 July for this Saturday's Tri Nations test, and Tourism New Zealand has seized the opportunity to give him a taste of what's in store for rugby fans in 2011.

Travelling with a crew from South Africa's leading sports broadcaster SuperSport, Skinstad's 12-day visit will be used to raise awareness of Rugby World Cup 2011 in South Africa.

On Friday, he bungy jumped off Auckland's Sky Tower before trying his hand at sailing an ex-America's Cup Yacht on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.

Tourism New Zealand Chief Executive Kevin Bowler says South Africans will be an important source market for visitors during the World Cup, with around 10,000 South Africans expected to travel here for the Tournament.

Media coverage around Skinstad's visit will kick off a promotional push by Tourism New Zealand running through July and August, in the lead up to the All Blacks/Springboks Tri Nations test at Soccer City in Johannesburg on 21 August, and the launch of individual ticket sales in South Africa in early September.

"South Africa is a rugby-mad nation and, as defending World Cup Champions, there will be plenty of interest in the World Cup. Our challenge is to persuade rugby fans that it will be worth the trip to New Zealand to follow their team, and encourage them to book travel," says Kevin Bowler.

"We're making the most of this opportunity to showcase the best of New Zealand through the experiences of a rugby legend, and someone who is well respected in South Africa. This project is an ideal way to show South Africans everything New Zealand has to offer them if they come out here for the Tournament in 2011."

Footage from Bob Skinstad's visit will be used to create a series of mini-documentaries that will broadcast on SuperSport in the lead up to the Tri Nations test in Johannesburg on 21 August. Footage will also be used online on popular rugby blogs, YouTube and on Tourism New Zealand's website.

Follow-up media interviews with Skinstad will also help boost New Zealand's profile when he returns home to South Africa and in the lead up to the 21 August test match.

This work builds on results already achieved by Tourism New Zealand through its work with well-known rugby personalities in other key rugby markets; and links well with further activity the organisation has planned to promote New Zealand as the host nation for Rugby World Cup 2011 and boost ticket sales.

Download high-resolution images from Bob Skinstad's day sailing with Sail NZ on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour at http://www.tourismnewzealand.com/media/download-images-from-the-campaign .

Rugby World Cup : Key backs Buck for World Cup ambassador

Prime Minister John Key has acknowledged that former All Black captain Buck Shelford would be a popular replacement for Andy Haden as a Rugby World Cup ambassador. "There would be plenty of people who would want to bring Buck in, we'll have to wait and see," Mr Key told reporters in Vietnam today. Maori Party MP Hone Harawira added his support for Shelford's appointment, saying he was one of Maoridom's greatest ever All Blacks. "In fact, it's hard to believe that the Government hasn't even asked him, given the fact that in more than 100 years of rugby, Buck is the only undefeated captain the All Blacks have ever had," he said. "And when you talk about the Maori brand, who is it the whole world thinks of when they think of the resurgence of the haka? None other than Buck Shelford himself." However, Shelford himself appears to be less than keen to take on the role. "I haven't thought about it and I'm not really interested in talking about it," he told The Dominion Post. Shelford has been mentioned as a possible replacement since Haden resigned from the role at the weekend after being embroiled in a controversy over comments he made about rugby players and rape. The minister in charge of the tournament, Murray McCully, had made it clear he did not believe Haden could continue in the position and had intended talking to him about it. Haden sent in his resignation before that happened.

A Big Message for Rugby World Cup 2011 volunteers

We need you. We need all of you." It is a clear and simple message being delivered across New Zealand to those who attend the Rugby World Cup 2011 Volunteer Roadshow, which visited Queenstown last month.

RWC 2011 Volunteer programme manager Brendon Ward, of Wellington, said the Queenstown roadshow was one of 35 being held across New Zealand in the coming weeks, aiming to appoint between 5000 and 7000 volunteers for the event.

Mr Ward said it was important anyone registering to volunteer had an understanding of the expectations of them and were realistic about what they would be required to do.

Rugby New Zealand 2011 chief executive Martin Snedden said, by video link, next year's world cup would be one of the biggest sporting events in the world.

"And we are hosting it.

"It's not about a free ticket to a match, it's about being part of delivering an amazing world cup for New Zealand - knowing that when we deliver a Rugby World Cup, it's being delivered by a stadium of 4 million hosts."


Anyone wanting to volunteer elsewhere had to provide their own transport and accommodation.

"It's hard work ...

It might be cold, wet and dark, you might have to assist non-English speakers.

"There are very few roles inside the stadium and there are no free tickets for volunteers at this stage ...

They will be unlikely to see the games and unlikely to meet the rugby stars," he said.

However, there was plenty of "good stuff", which included training, recognition and receiving a uniform which volunteers would be able to keep.

Mr Ward said registrations for volunteers would close in August and interviews for shortlisted applicants would be held in October and November.

Rugby World Cup 2011 Ticket Sellers

There are a lot of ticket agents in the market who sell Rugby World Cup Tickets but not all of them are successful to provide Rugby World Cup Tickets . Among them, only few ticket touts are successful to deliver safe, secure and 100% guaranteed tickets to their customers. The list of those sellers are as under:-

• Ticket Master
• Rugby World Cup Officials
• Gigsport
• Getmein
• See Tickets

Rugby World Cup Tickets are on sale

World Cup 2011 organisers received a massive boost on day one of the global ticketing application phase as thousands of fans, both in New Zealand and around the world, moved quickly to secure team and venue packs for the tournament. Rugby World Cup 2011 event is scheduled to be played over seven weekends from the weekend starting 10 September and culminating the weekend starting 22 October 2011. The weekend of the final was chosen so it falls on a long weekend caused by the New Zealand public holiday of Labour Day (Monday, 24 October 2011). The final is scheduled to be played in Auckland at Eden Park. Tickets for the semi finals and the final are likely to go on sale in August or September 2010. Individual match tickets will go on sale in August or September and ballots for tickets to the semi-finals and final will be held near the end of the year.
The schedule and ticket information are as follows:-
9/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Eden Park Tickets - Auckland, New Zealand
10/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Rotorua Stadium Tickets - Rotorua, New Zealand
10/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 North Harbour Stadium Tickets - North Shore, New Zealand
10/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Rugby Park Stadium Tickets - Invercargill, New Zealand
10/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Stadium Christchurch Tickets - Christchurch, New Zealand
11/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Stadium Christchurch Tickets - Christchurch, New Zealand
11/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Stadium Taranaki Tickets - New Plymouth, New Zealand
11/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Wellington Regional Stadium Tickets - Wellington, New Zealand
14/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Rotorua Stadium Tickets - Rotorua, New Zealand
14/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Northland Events Centre Tickets - Whangarei, New Zealand
14/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Carisbrook Tickets - Dunedin, New Zealand
15/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Stadium Taranaki Tickets - New Plymouth, New Zealand
16/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Waikato Stadium Tickets - Hamilton, New Zealand
17/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Eden Park Tickets - Auckland, New Zealand
17/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Rugby Park Stadium Tickets - Invercargill, New Zealand
17/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Wellington Regional Stadium Tickets - Wellington, New Zealand
18/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Waikato Stadium Tickets - Hamilton, New Zealand
18/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Stadium Christchurch Tickets - Christchurch, New Zealand
18/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 McLean Park Tickets - Napier, New Zealand20/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Trafalgar Park Tickets - Nelson, New Zealand
21/9/2011 - Rugby World Cup 2011 Northland Events Centre Tickets - Whangarei, New Zealand

All Rugby World Cup Tickets and Rwc Tickets are available on www.gigsport.com

Rugby World Cup 2011 tickets problems solved soon

Rugby World Cup call centre staff will give extra time to clear a excess of fans still waiting tickets confirmation after too much calls from the customers.

Shane Harmon, spokesman for the Rugby World Cup 2011, said yesterday that calls to the centre had settled down but the average wait time was still two minutes.

We are going to sent out almost 50k tickets to the applicants and is a big campaign against lots of inquiries. Those who are lucky enough to get tickets to find out this week and because of credit card processing problems call on a hotline number.


Frustrated fans then found the call centre was covered with people desperate to discover if they had tickets and some could not get through.


He received an email on June 16 saying he was partially successful but he should contact the help desk because of credit card issues. He then received another email yesterday saying his application was unsuccessful.

Late yesterday, Mr Baker was told the credit card problems had been sorted out and he would get his tickets.

"I don't have much confidence in them," Mr Baker said.

"Even though they're going to process the credit card, I'm a bit nervous about it."

Mr Harmon said less than 200 of 50,000 fans had been informed they were both partially successful, and had their credit card declined.

Email questions will still be answered during the weekend.

Organisers were happy to extend the July 7 deadline for resolving credit card issues if necessary.

Rugby World Cup 2011 Teams

• Africa
  • South Africa (Automatic qualifier)
  • Namibia (Africa 1)

• Americas
  • Argentina (Automatic qualifier)
  • Canada (Americas 1)
  • United States (Americas 2)

• Asia
  • Japan (Asia 1)

• Europe
  • England (Automatic qualifier)
  • France (Automatic qualifier)
  • Ireland (Automatic qualifier)
  • Italy (Automatic qualifier)
  • Scotland (Automatic qualifier)
  • Wales (Automatic qualifier)
  • Georgia (Europe 1)
  • Russia (Europe 2)

• Oceania
  • New Zealand (Automatic qualifier/Hosts)
  • Australia (Automatic qualifier)
  • Fiji (Automatic qualifier)
  • Tonga (Automatic qualifier)
  • Samoa (Oceania 1)

2011 Rugby World Cup Qualifying process

2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying commenced at the 2007 tournament in France where the first 3 teams in each pool earned a place in the finals of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

After many gossips, it was confirmed on 30 November 2007 that 20 teams would challenge the next edition of the event. The qualification system for the remaining eight places will be region-based with Europe and the Americas allocated two qualifying places; Africa, Asia and Oceania one place each; and the last place determined by a playoff.

With 86 teams participating (directly or indirectly) in local qualifying competitions and a further 12 teams qualifying spontaneously, 98 nations were participated in the 2011 Rugby World Cup process.

Rugby World Cup 2011 Venues

The 13 venues or places for the 2011 Rugby World Cup were announced on 12 March 2009.

City	Stadium	Capacity
Auckland	Eden Park	63,000*
Auckland	North Harbour Stadium	35,000*
Whangarei	Northland Events Centre	25,000
Hamilton	Waikato Stadium	40,000*
Rotorua	Rotorua International Stadium	35,000
New Plymouth	Yarrow Stadium	24,000
Napier	McLean Park	22,000
Palmerston North	Arena Manawatu	20,000*
Wellington	Westpac Stadium	40,000*
Nelson	Trafalgar Park	16,000
Christchurch	AMI Stadium	50,000*
Dunedin	Carisbrook or Forsyth Barr Stadium	30,000* or 35,000-38,000
Invercargill	Rugby Park	19,000

Introduction Rugby World Cup 2011

The 7th Rugby 2011 World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. At a meeting of the International Rugby Board (IRB) held in Dublin on 17 November 2005, New Zealand was selected as the host country in favourite to Japan and South Africa. There were two rounds of voting by the IRB Council to decide the host nation, with South Africa get rid of in the first round.

The event is expected to cost about NZ$310 million to run and will generate NZ$280 million in ticket sales. It will be the biggest sporting occasion ever held in New Zealand, hide the 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games, 1992 Cricket World Cup, 2003 America's Cup and 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand Around 70,000 viewers from different parts of the world are expected to travel to New Zealand for the associated games and matches.

The event is scheduled to be played over seven weekends from the weekend starting 10 September and finished the weekend starting 22 October 2011. The weekend of the final was chosen so it falls on a long weekend caused by the New Zealand public holiday of Labour Day (Monday, 24 October 2011). The final is scheduled to be played in Auckland at Eden Park.

As of 19 February 2008, New Zealand's progress in making plans for the event received an A+ rating from the International Rugby Board's chairman and chief executive.

After months of gossips that the number of participating teams would be reduced to 16, the IRB announced on Friday, 30 November 2007 that the 2011 tournament would again feature 20 teams. Twelve teams qualified as a result of finishing in the top three in each pool in the 2007 tournament. The remaining eight berths will be determined by regional qualifying tournaments.

Rugby World Cup 2007

The 2007 Rugby World Cup was taken by South Africa on October 20, local time, in St Denis, France. South Africa beaten defending champion England 15-6 in the final.

Except for three pool matches in Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and a quarter final also in Wales, all 2007 Rugby World Cup matches were played in France in Paris, St Denis, Marseille, Lens, St Etienne, Bordeaux, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Toulouse

Overall RWC Team Performance Records

The following table shows the generally performance records of the teams from the Six Nations and Tri-Nations competitions, plus the teams that made the knock-out stages (the quarter-finals) in at least one of the World Cups played so far. If they played in the tournament, the entries in the table show the stage at which they were knocked out, or whether they won the tournament.

Team	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	Qtr-finals	Semi-finals	Finals	Champions
Australia	SF	W	QF	W	F	QF	6	4	3	2
South Africa(1)	DNP	DNP	W	SF	QF	W	4	3	2	2
England	QF	F	SF	QF	W	F	6	4	3	1
New Zealand	W	SF	F	SF	SF	QF	6	5	2	1
France	F	QF	SF	F	SF	SF	6	5	2	0
Scotland	QF	SF	QF	QF	QF	QF	6	1	0	0
Ireland	QF	QF	QF	Group	QF	Group	4	0	0	0
Wales	SF	Group	Group	QF	QF	Group	3	1	0	0
Argentina	Group	Group	Group	QF	Group	SF	2	1	0	0
Samoa(2)	DNP	QF	QF	Group	Group	Group	2	0	0	0
Fiji(3)	QF	Group	DNQ	Group	Group	QF	2	0	0	0
Canada	Group	QF	Group	Group	Group	Group	1	0	0	0
Italy	Group	Group	Group	Group	Group	Group	0	0	0	0

History of Rugby World Cup

The first Rugby World Cup, at first suggested by the Australian Rugby Union and the New Zealand Football Union in part submissions to the International Rugby Board, was began in 1987.

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

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

Before the 2007 World Rugby Cup, Australia was the only nation to have won the Cup two time. New Zealand has won one Rugby World Cup. In the first three Rugby World Cup matches, 16 teams contested the final rounds after qualifying matches involving all the other International Rugby Board member unions over a two-year period.

The 1999, the fourth Rugby World Cup had an expanded entry of 20 teams, qualifying through 133 matches worldwide from an original entry of 65 unions.

This history of winning and runners up RWC via chart are as follows:-

Year	Host	Final venue	Teams	Qualifying participants	Matches played	Winner	Runner-up
1987	Australia New Zealand	Eden Park	16	Invitation	32	New Zealand	France
1991	Britain France Ireland	Twickenham	16	32	32	Australia	England
1995	South Africa	Ellis Park	16	52	32	South Africa	New Zealand
1999	Wales	Millennium Stadium	20	65	41	Australia	France
2003	Australia	Telstra Stadium	20	80	48	England	Australia
2007	France	Stade de France	20	91	48	South Africa	England
2011	New Zealand	Eden Park	20	-	-	-	-

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Introduction to Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup is the leading international rugby union competition. The event is managed by the sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB), and is competition by the men's national teams. The first contest was held in 1987, hosted by both Australia and New Zealand, and is now contested every four years. The contest is one of the biggest international sporting competitions in the world.


The victors are honoured the William Webb Ellis Cup. William Webb Ellis was the Rugby School pupil who – according to popular myth – invented the game after picking up the ball during a game of football. South Africa are the present World Champions, having won the 2007 Rugby World Cup final in France on 20 October 2007 with winning over England, the 2003 World Champions and present runners-up. New Zealand is hosting the next Rugby world cup. The hosts for 2015 and 2019 have been announced as England and Japan respectively