Rugby World Cup: EVERY winner in the tournament’s long history

As part of our build-up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, we take a quick tour through the history of the tournament by looking at the winners of the previous nine tournaments.

The World Cup is one of the world’s most popular sport’s brands, the pinnacle 15s event in men’s and women’s rugby union, held every four years and contested by the best international teams in the world.

The 2023 edition of the prestigious tournament will be the 10th men’s RWC and the second to be hosted by France after a memorable event in 2007.

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Over the course of the grand tournament’s 36-year history, there’s been just four winning nations: New Zealand and South Africa (thrice), Australia (twice) and England (once).

RWC 2023 matches will be played in nine venues across 10 hosts cities in France from 8 September to 28 October.

As the anticipation for the RWC builds up, here is a complete list of ALL the teams who’ve have been crowned world champions to its place in rugby’s pantheon.

EVERY RUGBY WORLD CUP WINNER TO DATE

Year	Winners	Runners-up
1987	New Zealand	France
1991	Australia	England
1995	South Africa	New Zealand
1999	Australia	France
2003	England	Australia
2007	South Africa	England
2011	New Zealand	France
2015	New Zealand	Australia
2019	South Africa	England

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