1991 RUGBY WORLD CUP

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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 1987 Rugby World Cup was dominated by the seven International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) members at the time, the second tournament would herald the emergence of other nations onto the world stage. 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.

Contents

Qualification

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knock-out stage

References

External links

Qualification

Main articles: 1991 Rugby World Cup qualifying

The following 16 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Of the 16 teams, eight of those places were automatically filled by quarterfinalists from the 1987 World Cup and did not have to play any qualification matches. Thirty-three nations competed in a qualification process designed to fill the remaining eight spots.

★ 'Africa' ★ ★ (Africa 1) ★ 'Americas' ★ ★ (Americas 2) ★ ★ (Americas 1) ★ ★ (Americas 3) ★ 'Oceania' ★ ★ (1987 Semi-finalist) ★ ★ (1987 Quarter-finalist) ★ ★ (1987 Champion) ★ ★ (Asia 1)

★ 'Asia' ★ ★ (Asia 2) ★ 'Europe' ★ ★ (Host and 1987 Quarter-finalist) ★ ★ (1987 Runner-up) ★ ★ (1987 Quarter-finalist) ★ ★ (Europe 1) ★ ★ (Europe 2) ★ ★ (1987 Quarter-finalist) ★ ★ (1987 Third Place)

Pool stage

Pool A

:

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
	3	0	0	95	39	'9'
	2	0	1	85	33	'7'
	1	0	2	57	76	'5'
	0	0	3	24	113	'3'

★ 3 October: England '12 – 18' New Zealand Twickenham, London, 70,000

★ 5 October: Italy '30 – 9' USA Cross Green, Otley

★ 8 October: England '36 – 6' Italy Twickenham, London

★ 8 October: New Zealand '46 – 6' USA Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester, 12,000

★ 11 October: England '37 – 9' USA Twickenham, London

★ 13 October: Italy '21 – 31' New Zealand Welford Road, Leicester, 16,800

Pool B

:

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
	3	0	0	122	36	'9'
	2	0	1	102	51	'7'
	1	0	2	77	87	'5'
	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: Scotland '51 – 12' Zimbabwe Murrayfield, Edinburgh

★ 9 October: Ireland '32 – 16' Japan Lansdowne Road, Dublin

★ 12 October: Scotland '24 – 15' Ireland Murrayfield, Edinburgh

★ 14 October: Japan '52 – 8' Zimbabwe Ravenhill, Belfast

Pool C

:

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
	3	0	0	79	25	'9'
	2	0	1	54	34	'7'
	1	0	2	32	61	'5'
	0	0	3	38	83	'3'

★ 4 October: Argentina '19 – 32' Australia Stradey Park, Llanelli

★ 6 October: Wales '13 – 16' Western Samoa 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: Wales '3 – 38' Australia Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

★ 13 October: Western Samoa '35 – 12' Argentina Sardis Road, Pontypridd

Pool D

:

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
	3	0	0	82	25	'9'
	2	0	1	45	33	'7'
	1	0	2	31	64	'5'
	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 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse

★ 12 October: Fiji '15 – 17' Romania Parc Municipal des Sports, Brive

★ 13 October: France '19 – 13' Canada Stade Armandie, Agen

Knock-out stage

1991 Rugby World Cup Winners
Australia 'Australia' 'First Title'

References

External links

★ Rugbyworldcup.com

★ 1991 Rugby World Cup on Worldcupweb.com