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	Rugby Union World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rugby World Cup was originally thought up in late 1983, when the Australian Rugby Union and the New Zealand Rugby Football Union each independently wrote to the International Rugby Board seeking to conduct a World Cup tournament.
		In 1985 the IRB approved for the inaugural Rugby World Cup to be jointly staged in Australia and New Zealand during May and June of 1987.
		The 2003 Cup was intended to be held jointly by Australia and New Zealand, but disagreements between the International Rugby Board and the NZ Union, over sponsorship, advertising and ticketing, saw the competition relocated to Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rugby_Union_World_Cup (349 words)

	Millennium Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Millennium Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm y Mileniwm) in Cardiff is the national stadium of Wales, used primarily for rugby union and football.
		It was initially built for the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup, which Wales hosted.
		Efforts were made by the WRU to persuade the rugby club to move to a new stadium, but these were unsuccessful; the stadium had to be completed with a break in its bowl structure (now known colloquially as "Glanmor's Gap", after, then chairman of the WRU).
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Millennium_Stadium (814 words)

	1987 Rugby Union World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Rugby Union World Cup took place in New Zealand and Australia in 1987, and was won by New Zealand.
		The inaugural Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand and Australia in 1987.
		It is therefore no surprise that five of the seven highest-scoring Rugby World Cup matches were witnessed during this tournament, a statistic that is echoed in the ‘most points by an individual’ and ‘most tries by a team’ statistics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1987_Rugby_Union_World_Cup (256 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rugby Union World Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rugby Union is a team sport that was developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England.
		A view of Rugby School from the rear, including the playing field, where according to legend Rugby football was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby in Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in the United Kingdom and is perhaps one of the top co-educational...
		The International Rugby Board (IRB), headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is the world governing and law-making body for the game of Rugby Union (as opposed to Rugby Leagueâ€”see the respective entries for differences between the two).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rugby-Union-World-Cup (1434 words)

	Jonah Lomu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lomu, who is currently attempting a comeback after undergoing a kidney transplant in 2004, is generally regarded as the first superstar of rugby union's professional era.
		Lomu was born in Auckland, New Zealand of Tongan descent.
		His international coming-out party was at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, when he scored seven tries in five matches, including four in the semifinals against England.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Jonah_Lomu (997 words)

	Articles - France national rugby union team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rugby was introduced to the Le Havre region of France by English merchants in 1872 and spread through the country with them, but despite this arrival in the north of the country the game began to flourish in the poorer, more rural south amongst workers in the wine trade.
		Rugby Union is still much more popular in the southern part of France than in the North.
		During the German occupation of France in World War II, Vichy France forcibly merged the French rugby league into the French rugby union, declaring that there was only one rugby.
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/France_national_rugby_union_team (518 words)

	1999 Rugby Union World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fourth Rugby World Cup broke new ground as for the first time the big eight nations did not qualify automatically.
		This meant that South Africa, New Zealand, France and Wales were assured of their places in the expanded 20-team tournament with 65 nations taking part in the qualification process for the other 16 places.
		Another innovation for the 1999 tournament, which also featured matches in England, France, Scotland and Ireland, was the introduction of a repechage, a second chance for teams that had finished runners-up in each qualifying zone.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1999_Rugby_Union_World_Cup (467 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Rugby union \| World Cup sides warned of tough stance on drugs
		Rugby Union: Heineken Cup: Edinburgh 32 - 31 Wasps
		An independent tribunal set up by the Australian Rugby Union last week decided to take no action against Tune after ruling that he had had no idea the medication he had been given was on the IRB's banned list.
		The IRB has ruled that the former Wales full-back Shane Howarth, who was banned from international rugby after being snared in the Grannygate saga two years ago, should not be allowed to play for his adopted country again because he appeared for the All Blacks in 1994.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /rugbyunion/story/0,10069,778192,00.html (726 words)

	Cardiff Arms Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cardiff Arms Park is a stadium situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales, the spiritual and physical home of Welsh rugby.
		The stadium was rebuilt for the 1999 World Cup and renamed the Millenium Stadium.
		An entirely new stadium, the Millennium Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm y Mileniwm) was constructed for the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/c/ca/cardiff_arms_park.html (165 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Rugby Union \| Rugby World Cup \| Team Pages \| England \| The man behind the Wilkinson myth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rugby union editor Jonathon Moore, who had exclusive access to Jonny Wilkinson for most of this year, profiles England's greatest number 10.
		I first met the man attached to English rugby union's most coveted left foot in 2001, ahead of what was to become the failed Lions tour down under.
		He remains the heartbeat of his country's rugby hopes and, much as then, he is one game away from a memorable victory over the Wallabies.
	212.58.226.61 /sport2/low/rugby_union/3279171.stm (725 words)

	Sports Venue Technology - 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia.
		On 18 April 2002, the International Rugby Board in Dublin announced that the 5th Rugby World Cup, to be held in 2003, would be hosted by Australia without New Zealand's involvement.
		The 20 teams competing in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia were paid a minimum of £150,000 ($216,000) for their participation, after the International Rugby Board (IRB) accepted recommendations from the Rugby World Cup Board.
		Canberra Stadium is one of the smaller venues for the Rugby World Cup.
	www.sportsvenue-technology.com /projects/2003rugby (1532 words)

	Rugby union in Wales - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rugby union has a particular hold on the national psyche of Wales, especially the Six Nations tournament.
		At the time of the 1999 World Cup held in Cardiff, Graham Henry, the new Welsh coach, was relatively unexposed to Welsh culture.
		Despite coming from New Zealand, a country with notoriously passionate rugby followers, he was taken aback by the fervour of Welsh supporters: he was somewhat surprised for example when informed of one supporter's decision to sell the lead off the roof of his house to be able to buy World Cup tickets.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Rugby_union_in_Wales (1066 words)

	Rugby Union: World Cup 2007 Draw
		England are in line to kick off the 2007 Rugby World Cup against South Africa at the Stade de France following a less than ideal draw yesterday that left Sir Clive Woodward's defending champions with a distinct sense of deja vu.
		Ireland's captain Brian O'Driscoll, mindful of his side's heavy World Cup quarter-final defeat by France last year, said the pool was the toughest in the tournament.
		The Irish Rugby Union's hopes of staging three pool games are also under threat because of the proposed redevelopment of Lansdowne Road.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/5-12-2004-54060.asp (427 words)

	2003 Rugby Union World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 2003 Rugby Union World Cup was the fifth world cup in rugby history.
		Similarly the Australia - Ireland match was a classic match and Wales' performance against New Zealand demonstrated that the All Blacks, who were previously thought to be undefeatable, had a weak defence, while also showing that Wales were reviving from the long decline since their glory days of the 1970s.
		The knock-out quarter final stage produced the widely predicted set of semi-finalists, although England again made heavy weather of defeating Wales -- England were widely rated the world's best team, but throughout the competition they made a habit of getting the expected results while not particularly impressing with the quality of their play.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/2003_Rugby_Union_World_Cup (1131 words)

	2003 Rugby Union World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2003 Rugby Union World Cup was the fifth world cup in rugby union history.
		The eight quarter-finalists from the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup all received automatic entry, with the other twelve teams selected from a qualifying series around the world.
		Early in the competition there was some criticism in the Australian media of mismatches when "minnow" countries were crushed by the rugby superpowers by 60 points or more.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup (895 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Rugby union \| World Cup trips hit by ticket chaos
		Supporters travelling to Australia for the World Cup have yet to receive their tickets despite assurances from the organisers that they would be printed well in advance of the October 10 kick-off.
		John Hall, the managing director of Gulliver's Sports Travel, which has arranged for 3,000 fans to see the World Cup, said that, whereas supporters in Australia had received their tickets, the ones earmarked for those from abroad had still not been distributed.
		Rugby Logis tics blame the Australian Rugby Union who blame the IRB and so it goes round.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /rugbyunion/story/0,10069,1048587,00.html (621 words)

	ABC Sport - Rugby Union - Campese backs minnows to host World Cup
		He said the idea would be to alternate the venue with one of the traditional rugby nations with a strong fan base, like England, to make up for any financial loss from a World Cup staged where rugby is a marginal sport.
		"Rugby wants to be a truly international sport," said the outspoken rugby pundit, who retired from Rugby Union in 1999 with 101 caps and 64 international tries, which still stand as a world record.
		He said rugby was "improving" in Japan, which made history by being trounced 145-17 by New Zealand in the 1995 World Cup in South Africa, a record beaten last year when Australia demolished Namibia 142-0.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s1126577.htm (795 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Rugby union \| World Cup call-ups leave trapdoor open
		English rugby is about to walk alone down this precarious road and, for all the optimism of a new Zurich Premiership season which opens with Northampton's visit to Sale tonight, the looming hulk of next month's World Cup is scaring everyone.
		Clubs can cope with breakfast-time distractions from Australia - English rugby's profile is so sky-high that the 48% attendance rise over the past three years should be sustained - but losing their Premiership status as well as their main assets is a horrific prospect.
		Instead they have six men away at the World Cup, uncertainty reigns and their coach Jon Callard confesses only to a sense of trepidation.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /rugbyunion/story/0,10069,1040236,00.html (1145 words)

	Australian rugby union football Wallaby rugby and the World Cup
		The Golden Decade is captured in a new collectors’ piece from Legends Genuine Memorabilia, suggested by a Rugby buff (see accompanying story) and presented with photo-graphs that freeze the magic moments of an extraordinary period and boast the signatures of the principal characters.
		This was an era in which Australia won two World Cups, grabbed a record tenure of the Bledisloe Cup, won the Tri Nations Trophy, had their first ever home series-win against the British and Irish Lions, and defeated, in most cases repeatedly, every major Rugby nation on earth.
		That unhappy alternative, of course, fails to take into account the character inherent in Wallaby Rugby which, since the 1991 World Cup, has generated at least two champion teams, and turned Australia from a battler on the world stage to a trend-setter.
	www.cia.com.au /thorpe/unionrugby/rugby1.html (1233 words)

	Station Information - Rugby Union World Cup
		The prize is the "William Webb Ellis Trophy" named after the pupil of Rugby School credited, probably apocryphally, with the game's invention.
		The 1995 Cup, hosted and won by South Africa, will probably be most remembered for two moments--the emergence of Jonah Lomu as a rugby superstar, and the trophy presentation.
		This was widely seen as a sign of reconciliation between South Africa's fl and white communities.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/r/ru/rugby_union_world_cup.html (257 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Rugby Union \| Rugby World Cup \| England set for Aussie showdown
		The 2003 Rugby World Cup final will take place in front of a capacity 83,500 crowd in Sydney - almost 40,000 of whom are expected to be travelling England fans.
		The World Cup final will be the 29th meeting between the two sides and the fourth in World Cup history.
		England were also the last side to beat Australia at the World Cup, Rob Andrew's last-minute drop goal accounting for the Wallabies in 1995 - a record 12 matches ago.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/3223472.stm (1010 words)

	Sporting Life - Rugby Union World Cup 2003
		Daisuke Ohata crossed for this try as Japan took on the United States in World Cup Pool B, but it wasn't enough to save his side from falling to a thrilling 39-26 defeat in Gosford on Monday.
		Attempts by the JRU to promote the national team were massively stepped up following the 1999 World Cup - a tournament in which Japan again lost all three pool matches - and the JRU is counting the cost with a reported debt of 400 million yen (£2m).
		For that to be cleared, a decent World Cup is a must - and coach Shogo Mukai will be hoping his team can at least avoid finishing bottom of pool B, which also includes France, Scotland, Fiji and the USA.
	www.sportinglife.com /rugbyunion/worldcup2003/team_sections/japan.html (310 words)

	2003 Rugby Union World Cup -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 2003 Rugby Union World Cup was the fifth world cup in (A form of football played with an oval ball) rugby history.
		The eight quarter-finalists from the (Click link for more info and facts about 1999 Rugby Union World Cup) 1999 Rugby Union World Cup all received automatic entry, with the other twelve teams selected from a qualifying series around the world.
		On the other hand, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan, not a favoured team, acquitted themselves well in their opening matches against Scotland and France, although eventually being defeated.
	absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/2/20/2003_Rugby_Union_World_Cup.htm (3159 words)

	Rugby World Cup, Teams, Fixtures, History and Cup Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At that meeting The IRB instigated a World Cup feasibility study.
		The IRB then met again in Paris on 20-21 March 1985, this meeting turned out to be crucial to the Rugby World Cup concept.
		The Rugby World Cup was approved by 10 votes to 6.
	napit.co.uk /viewus/infobank/rugby/worldcup.php (316 words)

	CNN/SI - 1999 Rugby World Cup
		The biggest surprise of the World Cup was not so much that Australia won.
		The shocker was that because New Zealand did not qualify for the final, then lost its playoff match against the Springboks, the pre-tournament favorite All Blacks will suffer the ignominy of having to qualify for the 2003 World Cup.
		English rugby club London Irish on Monday confirmed it had joined the bidding war for the All Blacks' winger.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /rugby/1999/world_cup (222 words)

	Missoula, Montana All-Maggots Rugby Club
		The Rugby park, with its full-sized pitch and views of the mountains, is widely acclaimed as one of the premier rugby venues in the northwest.
		In rugby, even the fat boys run 5-7 miles per game, so your average prop is in far better shape that an NFL offensive lineman.
		An important tradition in rugby is the after-game party, an opportunity to get to know the other players, with plenty of beverages and the all-important (but often neglected these days) singing of rugby songs.
	www.maggots.org (4016 words)

	Rugby Union World Cup: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Rugby Union World Cup
		Rugby Union World Cup: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Rugby Union World Cup
		The premier international Rugby Union contest in the world, first held jointly in Australia and New Zealand in 1987 and now held ever four years.
		Nominally hosted by England and Wales, respectively, the 1991 and 1999 tournaments had games spread over Great Britain, Ireland and France.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ru/Rugby-Union-World-Cup.html (147 words)

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