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Is there any evidence for the claim that the Rugby World Cup is amongst the top three international sporting competitions, especially given the limited geographical range of rugby? Is this not POV? -- Parslad 23:53, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
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"""In addition, see Sports_league_attendances#Competitions_between_national_teams. It is second to only FIFA. Read down further, the Summer Olympics surpasses it, but the Commonwealth Games and Winter Olympics do not. Hope this helps. Cvene64 03:46, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
This article seems to fit all the criteria nicely, and it seems you've worked out that dispute up above with references, so I see no reason why it would fail stability, references, or NPOV. One thing that struck me though, is that this article is a bit on the short size for what appears to be an extensive topic, I recognize that the sections with articles which say "Came from" may just be that short because you may of wanted the bulk of the info in the other articles, but for now, maybe expanding on some of the sections wouldn't be a bad idea. Homestarmy 04:45, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Ok, the thing of it is, as User:Cvene has pointed out, we might have to wait until 2007 to give the article more comprehensiveness, which I don't think is before the end of this week. So uh....what are we gonna do? Homestarmy 18:12, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
there is no mention of this in the article. Being that they are intrinsically involved in the host nation selection and organisation, it is strange that it has been overlooked. Needs to be addressed for the article to become FA ??? -- Bob 22:15, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
As part of this project I've performed a citation spot check on this article. The results were:
Well done. -- Robth Talk 19:03, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
Wales should be left as the host nation in the table, same with France for 1999, I think even though England hosted the 1991 final, it is only appropriate for the 1991 tournament to list the other nations as hosts, whereas Wales and France are considered the hosts, regardless of where some pool matches were taken and so on, leave those details to the individual tournament pages. Cvene64 14:04, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
I think the nations best peformances image should be exchanged for a different one. First off, at first glance it looks as though those are the only countries that have ever tried to get into a world cup, which is not true. Secondly, you have to click to see what the colors/descriptions are. I think it would be better to color in all the nations that have played/tried to qualify for any world cup, those who have made it in green, those who have been unsuccessful in organe or something. This way it shows the countries that have competed in the final tournament, but also represent those who have not yet made it, then the image description can in short explain the color scheme so we dont have to click on it. I would do it my self, but Im not that flash with that kind of thing... Wkto guy 16:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
And your stupid because no one calls them the New Zealand rugby team. They are known as the All Blacks
When used in an isolated context, should it not be lower case? Narrasawa
I heard that the same whistle has been used to kick off every WC, and that it is over 100 years old. Apparently it was also used at the 1905 English/All Blacks Test, as well as the 1924 Olympic final..and...it was used in another All Blacks/English Test in 1925, the first Test where a rugby footballer was sent off. Should we integrate this into the article or somewhere else? Obviously it does warrant its own section, as it would be too short, but its a notable tradition. Narrasawa 11:10, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
We did!-- Hamedog Talk| @ 00:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
The Media coverage numbers are misleading. You should define the term "cumulative audience" (like the FIFA World Cup article does), otherwise, it would beat the FIFA World Cup by numbers. In fact, the cumulative audience is misleading and insignificant in terms of comparing with other sports events. Therefore these statistics should be removed from the article and replaced by the number of watchers for ONE match (a final probably). Check the "Media coverage" section in the FIFA World Cup article. CG 04:57, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Some vandalism has gone un-detected = Rugby_World_Cup#Records_and_statistics.-- Aqua2000 14:09, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Can someone make the title Rugby World Cup at the top appear in the middle, not slightly to the side?-- Aqua2000 14:32, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I found this article off the main page (congratulations!), but spotted a few grammar mistakes in it; normally, I'd just change it, but since this is FA and main page article, I'm reluctant to do so. So, I'll put the suggested change here, and if no-one complains will do it properly in a day or two's time:
There are also a few places throughout the article where commas are mis-used (wrong place, shouldn't be there at all, whatever); I'll change them at the same time. Carre 17:29, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, does anybody know why 1987 was chosen as the year for the first World Cup, it may be to avoid been the same year as the Football World Cup and the Olympic games, any reference on that ? Thanks Dingy 07:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
I have dug up this info from the old table, and pasted it here, just incase anyone needs it. It probably is not needed in the main article, as teh table would become too detailed, but it is interesting to keep on the talk page I think.
Captain | Coach |
David Kirk | Sir Brian Lochore |
Nick Farr-Jones | Bob Dwyer |
Francois Pienaar | Kitch Christie |
John Eales | Rod Macqueen |
Martin Johnson | Sir Clive Woodward |
Should there be any space devoted to "The World in Union?" 24.44.137.19 00:03, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
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Text "... single of numerous nation(s)..." should probably read "... single or numerous nation(s)...". Actually, "... single or multiple nations..." would probably be better still.
Cheers Gavin
The table in the "Performance of nations" section includes a column headed "Streak". What does this mean? The term is unexplained anywhere in the article, as far as I can see (apologies if I've missed something!) Tonywalton | Talk 08:58, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
This section compares the Rugby World Cup with the FIFA world cup, Superbowl and Olympics as 'international' events. Either the Superbowl should be removed or the word 'international' should. Matt Adore 11:53, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Is there, by any chance, a user box relating to the current world cup? just a thought - I'd like one. :-) -- Merbabu 13:42, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
A shamrock? The Irish flag is the tricolor isnt it? Marcus22 12:21, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
What do people think of putting an image in of England celebrating in Trafalgar Square as opposed to Millenium Stadium? They can both be in the History of the Rugby World Cup, but theres probably only enough room for one in this article. Thoughts? Cvene64 03:47, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Anythings better than a picture of the Millenium Stadium. Arguss 11:51, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
The Ireland flag is wrong. Can someone change it please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.101.239.133 ( talk) 17:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
I have replaced New Zealand with All Blacks where the team is written up. The first mention of them in All Blacks (New Zealand), so it is o.k for anyone who does not understand. Also, the table has NZ flags, and the records section describes the players as NZers. Allblacks91 16:20, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
it isnt being hosted in wales and scotland, but only a few games are being played there. France is the only nation to host the 2007 rugby world cup. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.34.125 ( talk) 22:02, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
care to change it anyone? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.172.246 ( talk) 20:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
I jumped the gun a little, I added teams in the finals a couple days before the games, not seeing that it was for the "Winners" in column 1, I thought it was home/visitors. Either way, the teams are in there and I have them in their pool standings as of the end of the regular games (Each game has the winner and 2nd place of the respected pools this year). I was thinking of removing the post for the 2 days until the games but I decided to leave it there for who ever is around a computer that day so they don't have to redo the work that is already done, all you will need to do is cut/paste IF they are in the wrong order and add the final scores. Billy Nair 20:05, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
I have put the link to the Rugby League World Cup back at the top, as users may just be looking for that tournament, so its just easier if it is there. I will remove it from the See Also I guess. Cvene64 06:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't some mention go to the fact that the Rugby League World Cup was originally called the Rugby World Cup - and was started in 1954? The IRB policy of erasing history shouldn't demote the rugby league competition from its place on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.124.112 ( talk) 18:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Its real name is the IRB Rugby World Cup, just as the Football World Cup is the FIFA World Cup.
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We really need to sort out the 1991 hosts. Currently it says United Kingdom, when in fact it was also hosted by Ireland and France. I myself don't see any way other than to list five countries, or maybe UK + France + Ireland. That's what I've put in for the moment. In this instance the tricolour Republic of Ireland flag is appropriate because it's a political entity not a rugby entity. Landr ( talk) 08:21, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
The UK and France were the official hosts —Preceding unsigned comment added by The C of E ( talk • contribs) 19:47, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
A suggestion. In the "hosts" section, list the venue for the grand final, and add footnotes under the table explaining this and any further hosts for the finals competition. Adding Eng, Sco, Irl, NIr, Wal and Fra to the table itself makes the table too messy. The same could be done with 1987. Grutness... wha? 00:14, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
What's the basis for the ranking of teams in this table? It's clearly based on the premise that a team is ranked by the number of wins, followed by the number of runner-up spots, etc - but is this a commonly/officially accepted method of ranking World Cup performance? If not, then I don't think this table should be in here. 213.42.21.156 06:11, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Here is an approximate table, up to last Sunday's results. I haven't included the 1995 final (South Africa 15 - New Zealand 12) nor the 2003 one (Australia 17 - England 20), because those ended in extra time, and in those cases only the normal time result is counted (at least in soccer). I forgot about the "Tries Against" column, and some values may be wrong, so recheck everything. I haven't included bonus point nor point columns because the different world cups gave different punctuation (2, 3 and nowadays 4 plus bonus points). However, adding the columns for best positions we could have a very useful table. Only matches for world cup are counted here.
Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Tries |
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New Zealand | 36 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 1702 | 497 | 232 |
Australia | 33 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1195 | 413 | 152 |
France | 35 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 1185 | 612 | 141 |
England | 33 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 1071 | 548 | 108 |
South Africa | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 804 | 325 | 92 |
Scotland | 29 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 899 | 561 | 108 |
Wales | 25 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 686 | 559 | 83 |
Ireland | 25 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 653 | 485 | 81 |
Argentina | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 608 | 522 | 56 |
Samoa | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 494 | 559 | 59 |
Fiji | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 479 | 590 | 52 |
Italy | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 363 | 716 | 35 |
Canada | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 387 | 539 | 40 |
Romania | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 261 | 770 | 29 |
Tonga | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 256 | 633 | 28 |
United States | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 262 | 614 | 28 |
Uruguay | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 352 | 9 |
Japan | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 359 | 975 | 48 |
Georgia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 96 | 311 | 6 |
Namibia | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 86 | 708 | 11 |
Zimbabwe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 84 | 309 | 11 |
Portugal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 209 | 4 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 172 | 3 |
Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 122 | 0 |
Nice table. But I don't think you can just not include those two finals - you have to either include the result after normal time (i.e. a draw, with the relevant number of points), or the final result.
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("All the tournaments thus far have been held in nations in which rugby union is a major sport; this trend continued when New Zealand was awarded the 2011 event ahead of Japan, a traditionally weaker rugby nation. The allocation of a tournament to a host nation is now made five or six years prior to the commencement of the particular event, as New Zealand were awarded the 2011 event in late 2005.")
is now out of date and therefore does not seem to add anything to the article. I would suggest it is deleted or updated.
the next section mentions that cups have had single and multiple hosts. We should mention that it is now official IRB policy to have 1 host only where possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.220.40.86 ( talk) 15:04, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
How can anyone claim that the Springboks are the No.1 seed? This has to be a personal point of view! Look at all of the bookies numbers, as much as I hate to say it NZ is out in front by far. Every single site clearly confirms this. In fact, quite a few sites are no longer including NZ in their pools and are looking to second place.
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I am transating this page into sinhala. It is still under construction. I neeed to put a link to the sinhala page on this page.
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I noticed that an article for the 2023 Rugby world Cup was created but was deleted at some point. There have been some new developments in regards to bids for that edition. Should the page be re-created? what are your thoughts? -- MusicGeek101 ( talk) 21:20, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
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If Portugal is listed as Most Recent (2007) so should all the other 2007 nations. Goldman07 03:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Most points scored in a game is 162 when New Zealand beat Japan 145-17 in 1995. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.111.160.170 ( talk) 12:10, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
Are the hosts the country or the union. i.e. for 2015 are the hosts a) England, the country or b) the RFU? -- Bob247 ( talk) 07:14, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
I see that data which serves as basis for the paragraph about the tournament's television audience comes from reports that, while being issued by separate firms, have been commissioned by the IRB.
It is well documented that audits whose authors have ties to sports governing bodies often feature inflated figures. Even FIFA World Cup audience numbers have similarly been debunked as much lower than officially stated.
Here is an article from a reputable NZ publication during the last WC in that country. It clearly casts doubts about the high numbers boasted by IRB and their partners.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10761073
I think this at least deserves a mention next to the "official" figures quoted in the article. — Preceding
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The current comment "The 2003 tournament had a cumulative world television audience of 3.5 billion,[27] and the final, between Australia and England, became the most watched rugby union match in the history of Australian television.[28]" is underwhelming based on the source, it would be more informative to say most watched "football match of any code" instead of "rugby union match". This is especially significant in an Australian context given the competitiveness between Rugby and the other major football codes in Australia (Australian Rules, League and Soccer). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.187.226.20 ( talk) 15:23, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
The numbers are all wrong. 3 billion + people did not watch the the World Cup. This is spin by some very creative PR men. Even the soccer World Cup does not get half the entire world watching the final.
What the figures probably indicate is that the audience for all the games totalled up to 3 billion. I.e. if 20 games were watched an average audience of 150 million then 150 millin X 20 = 3 billion. It does not mean that any game had half the world watching it.
Even this might well be rather creative use of figures. PR men often talk about a potential audience of 1 billion which merely means that if everybody who could possibly watch the game on TV did so, the audience would be 1 billion. Free to air programmes in the UK have a potential audience of 60 million but in reality 18 million is the maximum achievable. GordyB 20:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
According to Initiative, the company which collates worldwide TV audiences, the opening game of the last rugby union world cup was watched worldwide by 10 million people and the final by 23 million people. That hardly fits the 3.5 bilion estimate considering the final was by far the most watched of all the games.
The figures are usually revised downwards before the next RUWC figures are published, so they don't look bad. For example, there are claims that 4.2bn people watched last year's RUWC (2007). However, only 33million watched the final and Georgia vs Namibia probably didn't pull in too many viewers. Did the remaining games really do so well? If this is meant to be an accurate encyclopedia then the dubious IRB claims should be countered. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.124.112 ( talk) 18:25, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
I agree with the above. The [1} citation is from a company that sold the software they used for the RWC so I doubt its credibility. Even with the inflated numbers ICC WChttp://knol.google.com/k/most-popular-team-sports-soccer-cricket-baseball-basketball-rugby-hockey# has bigger numbers. Reegan.milne ( talk) 21:01, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
The comment as it is in the article is nonsense as it's comparing the claimed total audience for the entire tournament with the number of people with access to television. Exilenm ( talk) 19:13, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
It says here that 24 teams have particpated in the RWC. It should be 25 (the 20 in this year's edition plus Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.49.226.93 ( talk) 13:18, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
It says that only 12 teams have participated in all world cups - and while strictly true - this does not allow for the expansion from 16 to 20 teams. In the first three world cups held only 2 Pacific Island teams were allowed to qualify, T H U S either Tonga / Samoa / Fiji had to miss out on attending. Indeed each team missed out once. Since the expansion to 20 teams at the world cup, all three teams have been participating in all world-cups thereafter. I feel your statement ought to reflect the earlier restrictions and qualifying criteria. I am sure other countries are in the same boat. . . . Cheers Reinhold - member of Assoc of Rugby Historians and Statisticians — Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.153.23.147 ( talk) 20:47, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Should the hosts for 2015 be England and Ireland? I note from the schedule that eight matches, including two of the quarter finals, are being played at Millenium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.155.244 ( talk) 09:18, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
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It should say 11 instead of 10. Canada has qualified for them all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1970:4F66:5900:BC55:3999:3D29:6333 ( talk) 02:17, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Should we replace the Ireland on the list of host with IRFU or add Northern Ireland? Gnevin ( talk) 10:13, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
Regarding this announcement
[1] (as now noted in the fourth paragraph of this article) that World Rugby is to introduce gender neutral naming for Rugby World Cup tournaments, should not Wikipedia reflect this...!? Thus;
Quite a big job that may put a few noses out of joint. But I feel we must respect World Rugby's decision whether or not we applaud and support it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.57.33 ( talk) 13:27, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
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So the Rugby World Cup is held every four years? Their just like FIFA. I could tell by the time-skip. Magmablizard ( Magmablizard ( talk) 16:16, 29 September 2019 (UTC))
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Please modify the hatnote for other world cups.
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so that we can handle rugby sevens, and the women's tournaments -- 67.70.33.184 ( talk) 09:56, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
New suggestion South Africa are the current champions, having defeated England in the final of the 2019 tournament in Japan.
Current New Zealand are the current champions, having defeated Australia in the final of the 2015 tournament in England. Isoloda ( talk) 11:44, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
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Please update "The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested..." by "The Rugby World Cup is a men's and women's rugby union tournament contested..." as Rugby World Cup is now gender neutral.
Source : world.rugby and rugbyworldcup.com Wrdigital ( talk) 23:35, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
This article is about the men's rugby union tournament. For the current women's World Cup in union, see Rugby World Cup (women's). For other world cups for rugby, see World cup of rugby.
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Could the unofficial anthem of the RWC "World in Union" be added somewhere in this article. It holds a great importance to the RWC as it has been consistent throughout unlike other tournaments themes which change with every tournament. 115.188.160.148 ( talk) 10:32, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
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This article was promoted to Featured article in 2006, and no longer meets Featured article standards. There is significant unsourced text, MOS issues, and in general it doesn't really seem like this article is comprehensive. Many sections seem to haphazardly cover information from a single instance of the tournament, rather than covering the whole scope of the cup. CMD ( talk) 03:28, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
The statement under the section Records and Statistics needs updating. Currently it states:
and the source provided is from 2014. Since then another nine Red Cards have been issued in the two World Cups hosted as listed in the List of Rugby World Cup red cards wiki article. 83.56.113.79 ( talk) 11:59, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
There are some stats that are missing from the Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup and would compliment that article if they were present, as well as a brief mention in this article, mainly the statistics of Runs (by player and team per tournament and all time), Carries (by player and team per tournament and all time), and Tackles (by player and team per tournament and all time), and the Disciplinary stats (Yellow cards and Red cards (by player and team per tournament and all time)) and Penalty Tries awarded (by player and team per tournament and all time). I cant seem to track them all down ((I see tackles is on RugbyWorldCup.com) but if anyone knows where to find them the other stats it would be appreciated if they could add in or post them here so that I may add them in. 83.56.113.79 ( talk) 12:03, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
Letting people know this article has been nominated for featured article review by another editor. Feel free to help improve the article and address the stated issues that I have pasted below here for convenience. CUA 27 ( talk) 20:53, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
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I am nominating this featured article for review because it has unsourced text and tables scattered throughout, areas which have not been kept up to date, and short paragraphs and proseline in several sections. I also have concerns about the depth of coverage, the article is quite short and some subsections are tables without any explanatory or contextual text. CMD (talk) 14:12, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
CMD -- I can work on improving the article. I'll start with the easy stuff. Please identify the sections you think are the worst offendors for WP:Proseline? If you do that, I will get to work on revising. CUA 27 ( talk) 21:02, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
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On the Records and Statistics section the total number of red cards issued at Rugby World Cup tournaments is incorrectly listed as 16 red Cards. Change 16 to 25 total Red cards issued in Rugby World Cup tournaments as is evidence on List of Rugby World Cup red cards wiki article with the appropriate citations. 37.18.134.184 ( talk) 10:05, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
I'm starting a discussion here with User:MarioBayo and any other interested editors re how much information and details to include in tournament tables. I think the tables have the right amount of detail and don't need more. Especially considering that most people viewing wikipedia articles are using their phone, which is a small screen. CUA 27 ( talk) 23:36, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
In the opening paragraph describing the Webb Ellis cup, it says that William Webb Ellis picked up the ball during a “football game”. To a casual reader this may be confusing as they may not know what part of the work Webb Ellis is from and could assume it is Gridiron, Aussie Rules, Gaelic or other types of sports known as “Football” I think it would be better to change it to “association football” to avoid any confusion. 51.198.13.245 ( talk) 22:44, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
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The article should carry some info about TV coverage for English-speaking regions, if it is known. en.Wikipedia is where I would come first for this information. Tony Holkham (Talk) 21:03, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion on the Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup talk related to the removal of some statistical tables. The discusssion can be accessed here. Your input is most welcome and, of course, the consensus of the community will be abided by. 79.154.65.115 ( talk) 13:34, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
In appearances in the last 8 you have NEw Zealand as 10 but they appear to have only 9 2A02:C7C:4869:2900:E4E6:79D1:9EB2:27F2 ( talk) 15:11, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
I noticed that the article's introduction states that the All Blacks are the current Rugby World Cup champions. However, this is incorrect as South Africa beat the All Blacks in the final. Joshuasmaug ( talk) 07:19, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
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Please correct the second paragraph to indicate that South Africa, and not New Zealand, are the current champions having defeated the All Blacks in 2023. 165.73.25.7 ( talk) 06:27, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
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Is there any evidence for the claim that the Rugby World Cup is amongst the top three international sporting competitions, especially given the limited geographical range of rugby? Is this not POV? -- Parslad 23:53, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
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"""In addition, see Sports_league_attendances#Competitions_between_national_teams. It is second to only FIFA. Read down further, the Summer Olympics surpasses it, but the Commonwealth Games and Winter Olympics do not. Hope this helps. Cvene64 03:46, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
This article seems to fit all the criteria nicely, and it seems you've worked out that dispute up above with references, so I see no reason why it would fail stability, references, or NPOV. One thing that struck me though, is that this article is a bit on the short size for what appears to be an extensive topic, I recognize that the sections with articles which say "Came from" may just be that short because you may of wanted the bulk of the info in the other articles, but for now, maybe expanding on some of the sections wouldn't be a bad idea. Homestarmy 04:45, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Ok, the thing of it is, as User:Cvene has pointed out, we might have to wait until 2007 to give the article more comprehensiveness, which I don't think is before the end of this week. So uh....what are we gonna do? Homestarmy 18:12, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
there is no mention of this in the article. Being that they are intrinsically involved in the host nation selection and organisation, it is strange that it has been overlooked. Needs to be addressed for the article to become FA ??? -- Bob 22:15, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
As part of this project I've performed a citation spot check on this article. The results were:
Well done. -- Robth Talk 19:03, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
Wales should be left as the host nation in the table, same with France for 1999, I think even though England hosted the 1991 final, it is only appropriate for the 1991 tournament to list the other nations as hosts, whereas Wales and France are considered the hosts, regardless of where some pool matches were taken and so on, leave those details to the individual tournament pages. Cvene64 14:04, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
I think the nations best peformances image should be exchanged for a different one. First off, at first glance it looks as though those are the only countries that have ever tried to get into a world cup, which is not true. Secondly, you have to click to see what the colors/descriptions are. I think it would be better to color in all the nations that have played/tried to qualify for any world cup, those who have made it in green, those who have been unsuccessful in organe or something. This way it shows the countries that have competed in the final tournament, but also represent those who have not yet made it, then the image description can in short explain the color scheme so we dont have to click on it. I would do it my self, but Im not that flash with that kind of thing... Wkto guy 16:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
And your stupid because no one calls them the New Zealand rugby team. They are known as the All Blacks
When used in an isolated context, should it not be lower case? Narrasawa
I heard that the same whistle has been used to kick off every WC, and that it is over 100 years old. Apparently it was also used at the 1905 English/All Blacks Test, as well as the 1924 Olympic final..and...it was used in another All Blacks/English Test in 1925, the first Test where a rugby footballer was sent off. Should we integrate this into the article or somewhere else? Obviously it does warrant its own section, as it would be too short, but its a notable tradition. Narrasawa 11:10, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
We did!-- Hamedog Talk| @ 00:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
The Media coverage numbers are misleading. You should define the term "cumulative audience" (like the FIFA World Cup article does), otherwise, it would beat the FIFA World Cup by numbers. In fact, the cumulative audience is misleading and insignificant in terms of comparing with other sports events. Therefore these statistics should be removed from the article and replaced by the number of watchers for ONE match (a final probably). Check the "Media coverage" section in the FIFA World Cup article. CG 04:57, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Some vandalism has gone un-detected = Rugby_World_Cup#Records_and_statistics.-- Aqua2000 14:09, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Can someone make the title Rugby World Cup at the top appear in the middle, not slightly to the side?-- Aqua2000 14:32, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I found this article off the main page (congratulations!), but spotted a few grammar mistakes in it; normally, I'd just change it, but since this is FA and main page article, I'm reluctant to do so. So, I'll put the suggested change here, and if no-one complains will do it properly in a day or two's time:
There are also a few places throughout the article where commas are mis-used (wrong place, shouldn't be there at all, whatever); I'll change them at the same time. Carre 17:29, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, does anybody know why 1987 was chosen as the year for the first World Cup, it may be to avoid been the same year as the Football World Cup and the Olympic games, any reference on that ? Thanks Dingy 07:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
I have dug up this info from the old table, and pasted it here, just incase anyone needs it. It probably is not needed in the main article, as teh table would become too detailed, but it is interesting to keep on the talk page I think.
Captain | Coach |
David Kirk | Sir Brian Lochore |
Nick Farr-Jones | Bob Dwyer |
Francois Pienaar | Kitch Christie |
John Eales | Rod Macqueen |
Martin Johnson | Sir Clive Woodward |
Should there be any space devoted to "The World in Union?" 24.44.137.19 00:03, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
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Text "... single of numerous nation(s)..." should probably read "... single or numerous nation(s)...". Actually, "... single or multiple nations..." would probably be better still.
Cheers Gavin
The table in the "Performance of nations" section includes a column headed "Streak". What does this mean? The term is unexplained anywhere in the article, as far as I can see (apologies if I've missed something!) Tonywalton | Talk 08:58, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
This section compares the Rugby World Cup with the FIFA world cup, Superbowl and Olympics as 'international' events. Either the Superbowl should be removed or the word 'international' should. Matt Adore 11:53, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Is there, by any chance, a user box relating to the current world cup? just a thought - I'd like one. :-) -- Merbabu 13:42, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
A shamrock? The Irish flag is the tricolor isnt it? Marcus22 12:21, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
What do people think of putting an image in of England celebrating in Trafalgar Square as opposed to Millenium Stadium? They can both be in the History of the Rugby World Cup, but theres probably only enough room for one in this article. Thoughts? Cvene64 03:47, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Anythings better than a picture of the Millenium Stadium. Arguss 11:51, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
The Ireland flag is wrong. Can someone change it please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.101.239.133 ( talk) 17:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
I have replaced New Zealand with All Blacks where the team is written up. The first mention of them in All Blacks (New Zealand), so it is o.k for anyone who does not understand. Also, the table has NZ flags, and the records section describes the players as NZers. Allblacks91 16:20, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
it isnt being hosted in wales and scotland, but only a few games are being played there. France is the only nation to host the 2007 rugby world cup. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.34.125 ( talk) 22:02, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
care to change it anyone? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.172.246 ( talk) 20:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
I jumped the gun a little, I added teams in the finals a couple days before the games, not seeing that it was for the "Winners" in column 1, I thought it was home/visitors. Either way, the teams are in there and I have them in their pool standings as of the end of the regular games (Each game has the winner and 2nd place of the respected pools this year). I was thinking of removing the post for the 2 days until the games but I decided to leave it there for who ever is around a computer that day so they don't have to redo the work that is already done, all you will need to do is cut/paste IF they are in the wrong order and add the final scores. Billy Nair 20:05, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
I have put the link to the Rugby League World Cup back at the top, as users may just be looking for that tournament, so its just easier if it is there. I will remove it from the See Also I guess. Cvene64 06:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't some mention go to the fact that the Rugby League World Cup was originally called the Rugby World Cup - and was started in 1954? The IRB policy of erasing history shouldn't demote the rugby league competition from its place on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.124.112 ( talk) 18:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Its real name is the IRB Rugby World Cup, just as the Football World Cup is the FIFA World Cup.
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We really need to sort out the 1991 hosts. Currently it says United Kingdom, when in fact it was also hosted by Ireland and France. I myself don't see any way other than to list five countries, or maybe UK + France + Ireland. That's what I've put in for the moment. In this instance the tricolour Republic of Ireland flag is appropriate because it's a political entity not a rugby entity. Landr ( talk) 08:21, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
The UK and France were the official hosts —Preceding unsigned comment added by The C of E ( talk • contribs) 19:47, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
A suggestion. In the "hosts" section, list the venue for the grand final, and add footnotes under the table explaining this and any further hosts for the finals competition. Adding Eng, Sco, Irl, NIr, Wal and Fra to the table itself makes the table too messy. The same could be done with 1987. Grutness... wha? 00:14, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
What's the basis for the ranking of teams in this table? It's clearly based on the premise that a team is ranked by the number of wins, followed by the number of runner-up spots, etc - but is this a commonly/officially accepted method of ranking World Cup performance? If not, then I don't think this table should be in here. 213.42.21.156 06:11, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Here is an approximate table, up to last Sunday's results. I haven't included the 1995 final (South Africa 15 - New Zealand 12) nor the 2003 one (Australia 17 - England 20), because those ended in extra time, and in those cases only the normal time result is counted (at least in soccer). I forgot about the "Tries Against" column, and some values may be wrong, so recheck everything. I haven't included bonus point nor point columns because the different world cups gave different punctuation (2, 3 and nowadays 4 plus bonus points). However, adding the columns for best positions we could have a very useful table. Only matches for world cup are counted here.
Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Tries |
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New Zealand | 36 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 1702 | 497 | 232 |
Australia | 33 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1195 | 413 | 152 |
France | 35 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 1185 | 612 | 141 |
England | 33 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 1071 | 548 | 108 |
South Africa | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 804 | 325 | 92 |
Scotland | 29 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 899 | 561 | 108 |
Wales | 25 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 686 | 559 | 83 |
Ireland | 25 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 653 | 485 | 81 |
Argentina | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 608 | 522 | 56 |
Samoa | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 494 | 559 | 59 |
Fiji | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 479 | 590 | 52 |
Italy | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 363 | 716 | 35 |
Canada | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 387 | 539 | 40 |
Romania | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 261 | 770 | 29 |
Tonga | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 256 | 633 | 28 |
United States | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 262 | 614 | 28 |
Uruguay | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 352 | 9 |
Japan | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 359 | 975 | 48 |
Georgia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 96 | 311 | 6 |
Namibia | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 86 | 708 | 11 |
Zimbabwe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 84 | 309 | 11 |
Portugal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 209 | 4 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 172 | 3 |
Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 122 | 0 |
Nice table. But I don't think you can just not include those two finals - you have to either include the result after normal time (i.e. a draw, with the relevant number of points), or the final result.
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("All the tournaments thus far have been held in nations in which rugby union is a major sport; this trend continued when New Zealand was awarded the 2011 event ahead of Japan, a traditionally weaker rugby nation. The allocation of a tournament to a host nation is now made five or six years prior to the commencement of the particular event, as New Zealand were awarded the 2011 event in late 2005.")
is now out of date and therefore does not seem to add anything to the article. I would suggest it is deleted or updated.
the next section mentions that cups have had single and multiple hosts. We should mention that it is now official IRB policy to have 1 host only where possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.220.40.86 ( talk) 15:04, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
How can anyone claim that the Springboks are the No.1 seed? This has to be a personal point of view! Look at all of the bookies numbers, as much as I hate to say it NZ is out in front by far. Every single site clearly confirms this. In fact, quite a few sites are no longer including NZ in their pools and are looking to second place.
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I am transating this page into sinhala. It is still under construction. I neeed to put a link to the sinhala page on this page.
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I noticed that an article for the 2023 Rugby world Cup was created but was deleted at some point. There have been some new developments in regards to bids for that edition. Should the page be re-created? what are your thoughts? -- MusicGeek101 ( talk) 21:20, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
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If Portugal is listed as Most Recent (2007) so should all the other 2007 nations. Goldman07 03:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Most points scored in a game is 162 when New Zealand beat Japan 145-17 in 1995. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.111.160.170 ( talk) 12:10, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
Are the hosts the country or the union. i.e. for 2015 are the hosts a) England, the country or b) the RFU? -- Bob247 ( talk) 07:14, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
I see that data which serves as basis for the paragraph about the tournament's television audience comes from reports that, while being issued by separate firms, have been commissioned by the IRB.
It is well documented that audits whose authors have ties to sports governing bodies often feature inflated figures. Even FIFA World Cup audience numbers have similarly been debunked as much lower than officially stated.
Here is an article from a reputable NZ publication during the last WC in that country. It clearly casts doubts about the high numbers boasted by IRB and their partners.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10761073
I think this at least deserves a mention next to the "official" figures quoted in the article. — Preceding
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The current comment "The 2003 tournament had a cumulative world television audience of 3.5 billion,[27] and the final, between Australia and England, became the most watched rugby union match in the history of Australian television.[28]" is underwhelming based on the source, it would be more informative to say most watched "football match of any code" instead of "rugby union match". This is especially significant in an Australian context given the competitiveness between Rugby and the other major football codes in Australia (Australian Rules, League and Soccer). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.187.226.20 ( talk) 15:23, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
The numbers are all wrong. 3 billion + people did not watch the the World Cup. This is spin by some very creative PR men. Even the soccer World Cup does not get half the entire world watching the final.
What the figures probably indicate is that the audience for all the games totalled up to 3 billion. I.e. if 20 games were watched an average audience of 150 million then 150 millin X 20 = 3 billion. It does not mean that any game had half the world watching it.
Even this might well be rather creative use of figures. PR men often talk about a potential audience of 1 billion which merely means that if everybody who could possibly watch the game on TV did so, the audience would be 1 billion. Free to air programmes in the UK have a potential audience of 60 million but in reality 18 million is the maximum achievable. GordyB 20:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
According to Initiative, the company which collates worldwide TV audiences, the opening game of the last rugby union world cup was watched worldwide by 10 million people and the final by 23 million people. That hardly fits the 3.5 bilion estimate considering the final was by far the most watched of all the games.
The figures are usually revised downwards before the next RUWC figures are published, so they don't look bad. For example, there are claims that 4.2bn people watched last year's RUWC (2007). However, only 33million watched the final and Georgia vs Namibia probably didn't pull in too many viewers. Did the remaining games really do so well? If this is meant to be an accurate encyclopedia then the dubious IRB claims should be countered. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.124.112 ( talk) 18:25, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
I agree with the above. The [1} citation is from a company that sold the software they used for the RWC so I doubt its credibility. Even with the inflated numbers ICC WChttp://knol.google.com/k/most-popular-team-sports-soccer-cricket-baseball-basketball-rugby-hockey# has bigger numbers. Reegan.milne ( talk) 21:01, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
The comment as it is in the article is nonsense as it's comparing the claimed total audience for the entire tournament with the number of people with access to television. Exilenm ( talk) 19:13, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
It says here that 24 teams have particpated in the RWC. It should be 25 (the 20 in this year's edition plus Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.49.226.93 ( talk) 13:18, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
It says that only 12 teams have participated in all world cups - and while strictly true - this does not allow for the expansion from 16 to 20 teams. In the first three world cups held only 2 Pacific Island teams were allowed to qualify, T H U S either Tonga / Samoa / Fiji had to miss out on attending. Indeed each team missed out once. Since the expansion to 20 teams at the world cup, all three teams have been participating in all world-cups thereafter. I feel your statement ought to reflect the earlier restrictions and qualifying criteria. I am sure other countries are in the same boat. . . . Cheers Reinhold - member of Assoc of Rugby Historians and Statisticians — Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.153.23.147 ( talk) 20:47, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Should the hosts for 2015 be England and Ireland? I note from the schedule that eight matches, including two of the quarter finals, are being played at Millenium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.155.244 ( talk) 09:18, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
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It should say 11 instead of 10. Canada has qualified for them all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1970:4F66:5900:BC55:3999:3D29:6333 ( talk) 02:17, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Should we replace the Ireland on the list of host with IRFU or add Northern Ireland? Gnevin ( talk) 10:13, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
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So the Rugby World Cup is held every four years? Their just like FIFA. I could tell by the time-skip. Magmablizard ( Magmablizard ( talk) 16:16, 29 September 2019 (UTC))
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Please modify the hatnote for other world cups.
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so that we can handle rugby sevens, and the women's tournaments -- 67.70.33.184 ( talk) 09:56, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
New suggestion South Africa are the current champions, having defeated England in the final of the 2019 tournament in Japan.
Current New Zealand are the current champions, having defeated Australia in the final of the 2015 tournament in England. Isoloda ( talk) 11:44, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
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Please update "The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested..." by "The Rugby World Cup is a men's and women's rugby union tournament contested..." as Rugby World Cup is now gender neutral.
Source : world.rugby and rugbyworldcup.com Wrdigital ( talk) 23:35, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
This article is about the men's rugby union tournament. For the current women's World Cup in union, see Rugby World Cup (women's). For other world cups for rugby, see World cup of rugby.
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Could the unofficial anthem of the RWC "World in Union" be added somewhere in this article. It holds a great importance to the RWC as it has been consistent throughout unlike other tournaments themes which change with every tournament. 115.188.160.148 ( talk) 10:32, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
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This article was promoted to Featured article in 2006, and no longer meets Featured article standards. There is significant unsourced text, MOS issues, and in general it doesn't really seem like this article is comprehensive. Many sections seem to haphazardly cover information from a single instance of the tournament, rather than covering the whole scope of the cup. CMD ( talk) 03:28, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
The statement under the section Records and Statistics needs updating. Currently it states:
and the source provided is from 2014. Since then another nine Red Cards have been issued in the two World Cups hosted as listed in the List of Rugby World Cup red cards wiki article. 83.56.113.79 ( talk) 11:59, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
There are some stats that are missing from the Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup and would compliment that article if they were present, as well as a brief mention in this article, mainly the statistics of Runs (by player and team per tournament and all time), Carries (by player and team per tournament and all time), and Tackles (by player and team per tournament and all time), and the Disciplinary stats (Yellow cards and Red cards (by player and team per tournament and all time)) and Penalty Tries awarded (by player and team per tournament and all time). I cant seem to track them all down ((I see tackles is on RugbyWorldCup.com) but if anyone knows where to find them the other stats it would be appreciated if they could add in or post them here so that I may add them in. 83.56.113.79 ( talk) 12:03, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
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I am nominating this featured article for review because it has unsourced text and tables scattered throughout, areas which have not been kept up to date, and short paragraphs and proseline in several sections. I also have concerns about the depth of coverage, the article is quite short and some subsections are tables without any explanatory or contextual text. CMD (talk) 14:12, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
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On the Records and Statistics section the total number of red cards issued at Rugby World Cup tournaments is incorrectly listed as 16 red Cards. Change 16 to 25 total Red cards issued in Rugby World Cup tournaments as is evidence on List of Rugby World Cup red cards wiki article with the appropriate citations. 37.18.134.184 ( talk) 10:05, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
I'm starting a discussion here with User:MarioBayo and any other interested editors re how much information and details to include in tournament tables. I think the tables have the right amount of detail and don't need more. Especially considering that most people viewing wikipedia articles are using their phone, which is a small screen. CUA 27 ( talk) 23:36, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
In the opening paragraph describing the Webb Ellis cup, it says that William Webb Ellis picked up the ball during a “football game”. To a casual reader this may be confusing as they may not know what part of the work Webb Ellis is from and could assume it is Gridiron, Aussie Rules, Gaelic or other types of sports known as “Football” I think it would be better to change it to “association football” to avoid any confusion. 51.198.13.245 ( talk) 22:44, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
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Change page title to Mens' Rugby World Cup 151.210.139.13 ( talk) 05:44, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
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The article should carry some info about TV coverage for English-speaking regions, if it is known. en.Wikipedia is where I would come first for this information. Tony Holkham (Talk) 21:03, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion on the Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup talk related to the removal of some statistical tables. The discusssion can be accessed here. Your input is most welcome and, of course, the consensus of the community will be abided by. 79.154.65.115 ( talk) 13:34, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
In appearances in the last 8 you have NEw Zealand as 10 but they appear to have only 9 2A02:C7C:4869:2900:E4E6:79D1:9EB2:27F2 ( talk) 15:11, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
I noticed that the article's introduction states that the All Blacks are the current Rugby World Cup champions. However, this is incorrect as South Africa beat the All Blacks in the final. Joshuasmaug ( talk) 07:19, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
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Please correct the second paragraph to indicate that South Africa, and not New Zealand, are the current champions having defeated the All Blacks in 2023. 165.73.25.7 ( talk) 06:27, 29 October 2023 (UTC)