Rugby World Cup

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The Rugby World Cup is the world's premier Rugby Union competition - a tournament played played every four years between the best international teams and which decides the World Champions. The competition was first staged in 1987 and has taken place on five subsequent occasions, most recently in 2007. The current World Champions are South Africa.

The next tournament will take place in New Zealand, with 20 teams competing from 9th September 2011 through to the final, which will take place in Auckland on 23rd October 2011.