- The 2007 Rugby World Cup was won by South Africa on October 20, local time, in St Denis, France. South Africa defeated 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.
- 2007 Australia and New Zealand match results.
- The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be held in New Zealand.
The first Rugby World Cup, initially suggested by the Australian Rugby Union and the New Zealand Football Union in separate submissions to the International Rugby Board, was held in 1987.
The inaugural Rugby World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand in May and June, 1987, with teams from 16 countries competing. New Zealand won the inaugural 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 twice (1991 at Twickenham; Nick Farr-Jones, captain; Bob Dwyer, coach; then in 1999 at Cardiff; John Eales, captain; Rod Macqueen, coach). New Zealand has won one Rugby World Cup (1987 in Auckland; David Kirk, captain; Brian Lochore, coach). Winner of the 1995 Rugby World Cup was South Africa (Francois Pienaar, captain; Kitch Christie, coach). England (Martin Johnson, captain; Clive Woodward, coach) won the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia.
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.
Past Rugby World Cup results:
1987, Eden Park, Auckland: New Zealand 29, France 9
1991, Twickenham, London: Australia 12, England 6
1995, Ellis Park, Johannesburg: South Africa 15, New Zealand 12
1999, Millenium Stadium, Cardiff: Australia 35, France 12
2003. Telstra Stadium, Sydney: England 20, Australia 17.
2007. Stade de France, St Denis: South Africa 15, England 6.
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