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Rugby World Cup Guide
The first ever Rugby World Cup took place in 1987, and the tournament has grown ever since and is now watched by an audience of tens of millions, as well as over two million attending the matches to watch all the action from the stadiums.
The first Rugby World Cup was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand and was duly won by the All Blacks. Indeed southern hemisphere teams won each of the first four Rugby World Cup tournaments, and it wasn't until 2003 that a northern hemisphere nation won.
That famous occasion saw England edge out hosts Australia in a thrilling final in Sydney, with star hooker Jonny Wilkinson scoring a drop goal with just seconds remaining.
The most recent World Cup took place in Japan and was a massive success, with South Africa beating England in the final in Yokohama, a match watched by in excess of 70,000 spectators.
Rugby World Cup 2023 Group Stage - The Big Games
The upcoming 2023 Rugby World Cup takes place in France, and there are a host of great group-stage matches that are sure to be of great interest to rugby union fans.
Here are five of the biggest and best matches from the Pool Stage
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8th September France vs New Zealand
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23rd September South Africa vs Ireland
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24th September Wales vs Australia
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9th September England vs Argentina
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7th October Ireland vs Scotland
How Does the Rugby World Cup Work?
20 teams take part in the Rugby World Cup, of which 12 automatically qualify based on their group stage performance in the previous tournament.
The remaining eight places are taken by regional playoffs, and these twenty teams are then split into four groups of five teams, sorted by seeding to avoid overloading any one pool with top-quality sides.
The teams who finish in the top two places in each group make it through to the first knockout round, which is the quarter-finals, which then leads to the semi-finals.
The losing semi-finalists take part in the bronze final, and the winners play it out in the Rugby World Cup final.