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Rugby World Cup Firsts

  • The FIRST World Cup was held in 1987 in Australia and New Zealand

  • The FIRST winner of the World Cup was New Zealand in 1987.

  • The FIRST World Cup to be held in a single country was the 1995 World Cup hosted by South Africa

  • The FIRST country to win the World Cup twice was Australia in 1999.

  • The FIRST non-southern hemisphere country to win the world cup was England in 2003.

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