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.

1 Preliminary rounds
2 Final Rounds
3 External links

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Preliminary rounds

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Pool A

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	3	0	95	39	9
Image:Flag of England.svg England	2	1	85	33	7
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	1	2	57	76	5
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	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

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Pool B

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	3	0	122	36	9
Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	2	1	102	51	7
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	1	2	77	87	5
Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	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

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Pool C

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	3	0	79	25	9
Image:Flag of Samoa.svg Wstrn. Samoa	2	1	54	34	7
Image:Flag of Wales.svg Wales	1	2	32	61	5
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	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

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Pool D

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Image:Flag of France.svg France	3	0	82	25	9
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada	2	1	45	3	7
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	1	2	31	64	5
Image:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	0	3	27	63	3