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1995 Rugby World Cup

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

• The final was played at Ellis Park, Johannesburg. The winner was South Africa, who beat New Zealand 15-12.

• New Zealand controversially accused a conspiracy of making their players ill through food-poisoning the day before the final.