1991 Rugby World Cup
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| 1991 Rugby World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Host | England |
| Nations | 16 |
| Defending champions | New Zealand |
| Winners | Australia |
| Runner-up | England |
| Final | |
| Australia 12 - 6 England (2 November, 1991) | |
The 1991 Rugby World Cup was hosted by England with games also held throughout other nations in Europe. The desire to share in the occasion saw five nations – England as hosts with Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France – stage matches.
As the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987 was dominated by the eight International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) members at the time, the second tournament would herald the emergence of other nations onto the world stage.
The tournament again involved 16 teams – Australia, New Zealand, England, France, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Argentina, Fiji, Western Samoa (now Samoa), Japan, Italy, Romania, Canada, Zimbabwe and the USA – split between four pools. However unlike four years earlier, the IRFB members – Australia, New Zealand, England, France, Scotland, Ireland and Wales – and Fiji were not joined by invitees but by nations who had successfully negotiated a qualifying process involving 32 nations.
A capacity crowd at Twickenham saw Australia triumph 12-6 against an England side that had suddenly abandoned their feared forward approach to play a running game.
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Preliminary rounds
Pool A
Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3 0 0 95 39 9 Image:Flag of England.svg England 2 0 1 85 33 7 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1 0 2 57 76 5 Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States 0 0 3 24 113 3
- 3 October: New Zealand 18–12 England Twickenham, London
- 5 October: Italy 30–9 USA
- 8 October: New Zealand 46–6 USA Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
- 8 October: England 36–6 Italy Twickenham, London
- 11 October: England 37–9 USA Twickenham, London
- 13 October: New Zealand 31–21 Italy Welford Road, Leicester
Pool B
Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3 0 0 122 36 9 Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 2 0 1 102 51 7 Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1 0 2 77 87 5 Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 0 0 3 31 158 3
- 5 October: Scotland 47–9 Japan Murrayfield, Edinburgh
- 6 October: Ireland 55–11 Zimbabwe Lansdowne Road, Dublin
- 9 October: Ireland 32–16 Japan Lansdowne Road, Dublin
- 9 October: Scotland 51–12 Zimbabwe Murrayfield, Edinburgh
- 12 October: Scotland 24–15 Ireland Murrayfield, Edinburgh
- 14 October: Japan 52–8 Zimbabwe Ravenhill, Ulster
Pool C
Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 3 0 0 79 25 9 Image:Flag of Samoa.svg Wstrn. Samoa 2 0 1 54 34 7 Image:Flag of Wales.svg Wales 1 0 2 32 61 5 Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 0 0 3 38 83 3
- 4 October: Australia 32–19 Argentina Stradey Park, Llanelli
- 6 October: Western Samoa 16–13 Wales Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
- 9 October: Australia 9–3 Western Samoa Pontypool Park, Pontypool
- 9 October: Wales 16–7 Argentina Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
- 12 October: Australia 38–3 Wales Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
- 13 October: Western Samoa 35–12 Argentina Pontypool Park, Pontypool
Pool D
Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Image:Flag of France.svg France 3 0 0 82 25 9 Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada 2 0 1 45 3 7 Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1 0 2 31 64 5 Image:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 0 0 3 27 63 3
- 4 October: France 30–3 Romania Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers
- 5 October: Canada 13–3 Fiji Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne
- 8 October: France 33–9 Fiji Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble
- 9 October: Canada 19–11 Romania Parc Municipa, Bayonne
- 12 October: Romania 17–15 Fiji Parc Municipa, Bayonne
- 13 October: France 19–13 Canada Stade Armandie, Agen
Final Rounds
Quarter finals
- 19 October: Scotland 28–6 Western Samoa
- 19 October: England 19–10 France
- 20 October: Australia 19–18 Ireland
- 20 October: New Zealand 29–13 Canada
Semi finals
- 26 October: England 9–6 Scotland
- 27 October: Australia 16–6 New Zealand
Third/fourth place play off
- 30 October: New Zealand 13–6 Scotland
Final
- 2 November: Australia 12–6 England
External links
- Rugbyworldcup.com
- 1991 Rugby World Cup on Worldcupweb.com
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