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Wales At The Rugby World Cup

By position

1987 3rd place

1991 Eliminated in the pool stages.

1995 Eliminated in the pool stages.

1999 Eliminated in Quarter Finals

2003 Eliminated in Quarter Finals

2007 Eliminated in the pool stages.

Team ranking

Pos.

Team

Champion

Runner-up

Third

Fourth

1st

 Australia

2 (1991, 1999)

1 (2003)

-

1 (1987)

2nd

 South Africa

2 (1995, 2007)

-

1 (1999)

-

3rd

 England

1 (2003)

2 (1991, 2007)

-

1 (1995)

4th

 New Zealand

1 (1987)

1 (1995)

2 (1991, 2003)

1 (1999)

5th

 France

-

2 (1987, 1999)

1 (1995)

2 (2003, 2007)

6th

 Wales

-

-

1 (1987)

-

 Argentina

-

-

1 (2007)

-

8th

 Scotland

-

-

-

1 (1991)

By matches

1987 Rugby World Cup

Pool 2 games -

Team

P

W

D

L

PF

PA

Pts

 Wales

3

3

0

0

82

31

6

Ireland

3

2

0

1

84

41

4

 Canada

3

1

0

2

65

90

2

 Tonga

3

0

0

3

29

98

0

1987-05-25

Ireland

6 13

 Wales

Athletic Park, Wellington

Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald

Pen: Kiernan (2)

Try: Ring

Pen: Thorburn

Drop: Davies (2)

1987-05-29

Tonga 

16 29

 Wales

Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North

Referee: David Bishop

Tries: Fielea

Fifita

Con: Liava'a

Pen: Liava'a

Amone

Tries: Webbe (3)

Hadley

Con: Thorburn (2)

Pen: Thorburn (2)

Drop: Davies

1987-06-03

Canada 

9 40

 Wales

Rugby Park, Invercargill

Referee: David Bishop

Pen: Rees (3)

Tries: Evans (4)

Devereux

Bowen

Hadley

Phillips

Con: Thorburn (4)

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 June - Lancaster Park, Christchurch

 

 

 

 

  New Zealand

 30

14 June - Ballymore, Brisbane

  Scotland

 3

 

  New Zealand

 49

8 June - Ballymore, Brisbane

 

  Wales

 6

 

  Wales

 16

20 June - Eden Park, Auckland

  England

 3

 

  New Zealand

 29

7 June - Eden Park, Auckland

 

  France

 9

  France

 31

13 June - Concord Oval, Sydney

  Fiji

 16

 

  France

 30

Third place

7 June - Concord Oval, Sydney

 

  Australia

 24

 

  Australia

 33

  Wales

 22

 Ireland

 15

 

  Australia

 21

18 June - Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua

1987-06-08

England 

3 16

 Wales

Ballymore, Brisbane

Referee: Rene Hourquet

Pen: Webb

Tries: Roberts

Jones

Devereux

Con: Thorburn (2)

1987-06-14

New Zealand 

49 6

 Wales

Ballymore, Brisbane

Attendance: 22,576

Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald

Tries: Kirwan (2)

Shelford (2)

Drake

Whetton

Stanley

Brooke-Cowden

Con: Fox (7)

Pen: Fox

Try: Devereux

Con: Thorburn

18 June 1987

Australia 

21 22

 Wales

Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua

Referee: Fred Howard

Tries: Burke

Grigg

Con: Lynagh (2)

Pen: Lynagh (2)

Drop: Lynagh

Tries: Roberts

Moriarty

Hadley

Con: Thorburn (2)

Pen: Thorburn (2)

1991 Rugby World Cup

Pool C games -

Team

Won

Drawn

Lost

For

Against

Points

 Australia

3

0

0

79

25

9

 Western Samoa

2

0

1

54

34

7

 Wales

1

0

2

32

61

5

 Argentina

0

0

3

38

83

3

1991-10-06

Wales 

13 16

 Western Samoa

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Referee: Patrick Robin

Tries: Emyr, Evans

Con: Ring

Pen: Ring

Tries: Vaega, Vaifale

Con: Vaea

Pen: Vaea (2)

1991-10-09

Wales 

16 7

 Argentina

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Referee: Rene Hourquet

Tries: Arnold

Pen: Ring (3), Rayer

Tries: Simon

Pen: Del Castillo

1991-10-12

Wales 

3 38

 Australia

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Referee: Keith Lawrence

Pen: Ring

Tries: Roebuck (2), Slattery, Campese, Horan, Lynagh

Con: Lynagh (4)

Pen: Lynagh (2)

1995 Rugby World Cup

Pool C games -

Team

Won

Drawn

Lost

For

Against

Points

 New Zealand

3

0

0

225

45

9

Ireland

2

0

1

93

94

7

 Wales

1

0

2

89

68

5

 Japan

0

0

3

55

252

3

1995-05-27

Japan 

10 57

 Wales

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Attendance: 12 000

Referee: Efrahim Sklar

Tries: Osamu Ota (2)

Tries: Gareth Thomas (3), Ieuan Evans (2), Andrew Moore, Hemi Taylor

Con: Neil Jenkins (5)

Pen: Neil Jenkins (4)

1995-05-31

New Zealand 

34 9

 Wales

Ellis Park, Johannesburg

Attendance: 38 000

Referee: Ed Morrison

Tries: Marc Ellis, Walter Little, Josh Kronfeld

Con: Andrew Mehrtens (2)

Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (4)

Drop: Andrew Mehrtens

Pen: Neil Jenkins (2)

Drop: Neil Jenkins

1995-06-04

Ireland

24 23

 Wales

Ellis Park, Johannesburg

Attendance: 35 000

Referee: Ian Rogers

Tries: Eddie Halvey, Nick Popplewell, Denis McBride

Con: Eric Elwood (3)

Pen: Eric Elwood

Tries: Jonathan Humphreys, Hemi Taylor

Con: Neil Jenkins (2)

Pen: Neil Jenkins (2)

Drop: Adrian Davies

1999 Rugby World Cup

Pool 4 games -

Team

Won

Drawn

Lost

For

Against

Points

 Wales

2

0

1

118

71

4

 Samoa

2

0

1

97

72

4

 Argentina

2

0

1

83

51

4

 Japan

0

0

3

36

140

0

1999-10-01

Wales 

23 18

 Argentina

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Paddy O'Brien

Tries: Colin Charvis, Mark Taylor

Con: Neil Jenkins (2)

Pen: Neil Jenkins (3)

Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (6)

1999-10-09

Wales 

64 15

 Japan

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Joel Dume

Tries: Mark Taylor, (2) Robert Howley, Scott Gibbs, David Llewellyn, Gareth Thomas, Allan Bateman, Shane Howarth

Con: Neil Jenkins (8)

Con: Neil Jenkins

Tries: Patiliai Tuidraki, Daisuke Ohata

Con: Keiji Hirose

Pen: Keiji Hirose

1999-10-14

Wales 

31 38

 Samoa

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Ed Morrison

Tries: Gareth Thomas, penalty try (2)

Con: Neil Jenkins (2)

Pen: Neil Jenkins (4)

Tries: Stephen Bachop (2), Filiga Falaniko, Patrick Lam, Silao Leaegailesolo

Con: Silao Leaegailesolo

Pen: Silao Leaegailesolo

Quarter finals -

1999-10-23

Wales 

9 24

 Australia

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 74,499

Referee: Colin Hawke

Pens: Neil Jenkins (3)

Tries: George Gregan (2), Ben Tune

Con: Matthew Burke (3)

Pen: Matthew Burke

2003 Rugby World Cup

Group D games -

Team

Won

Drawn

Lost

For

Against

BP

Points

 New Zealand

4

0

0

282

57

4

20

 Wales

3

0

1

132

98

2

14

 Italy

2

0

2

77

123

0

8

 Canada

1

0

3

54

135

1

5

 Tonga

0

0

4

46

178

1

1

2003-10-12

Wales 

41 10

 Canada

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Attendance: 24,874

Referee: Chris White

Tries: Parker, Cooper, M. Jones, Charvis, Thomas

Con: Harris (5)

Pen: Harris (2)

Tries: Tkachuk

Con: Pritchard

Drop: Ross

2003-10-19

Wales 

27 20

 Tonga

Canberra Stadium

Attendance: 19,806

Referee: Paul Honiss

Tries: Cooper, M. Williams

Con: S. Jones

Pen: S. Jones (4)

Drop: M. Williams

Tries: Hola, Kivalu, Lavaka

Con: Hola

Pen: Hola

2003-10-25

Italy 

15 27

 Wales

Canberra Stadium

Attendance: 22,641

Referee: Andrew Cole

Pen: Wakarua (5)

Tries: M. Jones, Parker, D. Jones

Con: Harris (3)

Pen: Harris (3)

2003-11-02

New Zealand 

53 37

 Wales

Telstra Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 80,012

Referee: Andr Watson

Tries: Rokocoko (2), MacDonald, Williams, Howlett (2), Spencer, Mauger

Con: MacDonald (5)

Pen: MacDonald

Tries: Taylor, Parker, Charvis, S. Williams

Con: S. Jones (4)

Pen: S. Jones (3)

Quarter finals -

2003-11-09

England 

28 17

 Wales

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 45,252

Referee: Alain Rolland

Try: Greenwood 44' c

Con: Wilkinson

Pen: Wilkinson (6)

Drop: Wilkinson 80+1'

Tries: S. Jones 30' m

Charvis 35' m

M. Williams 71' c

Con: Harris

2007 Rugby World Cup

Pool B games -

Main article: 2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool B

Team

Pld

W

D

L

TF

PF

PA

+/-

BP

Pts

 Australia

4

4

0

0

30

215

41

+174

4

20

 Fiji

4

3

0

1

14

114

136

22

3

15

 Wales

4

2

0

2

23

168

105

+63

4

12

 Japan

4

0

1

3

7

64

210

146

1

3

 Canada

4

0

1

3

6

51

120

69

0

2

 

AUS

CAN

FJI

JPN

WAL

Australia

37 6

55 12

91 3

32 20

Canada

16 29

12 12

17 42

Fiji

35 31

38 34

Japan

18 72

Wales

Hosting

Main article: Rugby World Cup hosts

The Rugby World Cup is held every four years, and tends to alternate between the northern and southern hemispheres. Every northern hemisphere tournament so far has been held in Europe, and in general, Wales usually hosts some games when it is held there.

1991 Rugby World Cup

England was main host in 1991, but other countries hosted some matches. Pool C, which Wales was a part of, had all their games in Cardiff, with two taken to Pontypridd and one played in Llanelli.

The following Welsh stadiums were used (third place playoff locations emboldened):

City

Stadium

Capacity

Cardiff

Cardiff Arms Park

53,000

Llanelli

Stradey Park

10,800

Pontypool

Pontypool Park

8,800

Pontypridd

Sardis Road

7,200

1999 Rugby World Cup

Wales was main host in 1999. Wales won the right to host the World Cup in 1999. The centrepiece venue for the tournament was the Millennium Stadium, built on the site of the old National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park at a cost of 126 million from private investment. Other venues in Wales were the Racecourse Ground and Stradey Park. An agreement was reached so that the other unions in the Five Nations Championship (England, France, Ireland and Scotland) also hosted matches.

The 1999 World Cup was hosted by Wales with some matches spread across Scotland, England, Ireland and France. The format of the pool games was similar to the 1991 World Cup in England. All Pool A games were held in Scotland, Pool B games in England, Pool C games in France and Pool D games were all held in Wales. Second round play-offs and the quarter-finals were held a variety of European venues, the semi-finals were held at Twickenham Stadium, London. The third place play-off and the final were held at the new Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

The following Welsh stadiums were used:

Venues

City

Stadium

Capacity

Cardiff

Millennium Stadium

74,500

Wrexham

Racecourse Ground

15,500

Llanelli

Stradey Park

10,800

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, where Wales play their home games

2007 Rugby World Cup

France was main host.

France won the right to host the 2007 World Cup in 2003, and it was subsequently announced that four matches would be held in Wales, at Cardiff's 74,500 seat Millennium Stadium (two Pool B games involving Wales,

City

Country

Stadium

Capacity

Further reading

Cardiff

Wales

Millennium Stadium

73,350

Overview

2015

See also: 2015 Rugby World Cup#Bids

The host for the 2015 tournament has yet to be decided. Bids have been received from Australia, England, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Scotland, South Africa and Wales.

2019

The host for the 2019 tournament has yet to be decided. Bids have been received from Australia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Russia, Scotland, South Africa and Wales.

References

Davies, Gerald (2004) The History of the Rugby World Cup (Sanctuary Publishing Ltd, (ISBN 1860746020)

Farr-Jones, Nick, (2003). Story of the Rugby World Cup, Australian Post Corporation, (ISBN 0-642-36811-2)

^ "1987 Rugby World Cup Results". worldcupweb.com. http://www.worldcupweb.com/rugby/results/1987.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 

^ "Pool B", Rugby News 38 (9): 38, 2007 

^ "1999 Rugby World Cup Results". worldcupweb.com. http://www.worldcupweb.com/rugby/results/1999.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 

^ "2003 Rugby World Cup Results". worldcupweb.com. http://www.worldcupweb.com/rugby/results/2003.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 

^ "Thomas lifts lid on World Cup woe". iol.ie. 2007-10-26. http://breakingnews.iol.ie/sport/story.asp?j=235726340&p=z357z7x46&t=rugby. Retrieved 2007-11-03. 

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