1991 Rugby World Cup

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1991 Rugby World Cup
1991-10-03 - 1991-11-02
Host nation	England
No. of nations	16 (32 qualifying)
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	England
Matches played	32
Attendance	1,007,760 (31,493 per match)
Top scorer	Ralph Keyes (68)
Preceded by	1987 Rugby World Cup
Succeeded by	1995 Rugby World Cup

The 1991 Rugby World Cup was jointly hosted by England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France. As the final was played at Twickenham, it is often erroneously assumed that England were the sole hosts. The desire to share the tournament between five rugby nations with three different legal codes remains the most complicated hosting arrangement of the tournament to date, and it is not likely that it will ever be repeated. As the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup was dominated by the seven International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) members at the time, the second tournament would herald the emergence of other nations onto the world stage. A capacity crowd at Twickenham saw Australia triumph 12-6 against an England side that had suddenly abandoned their forward approach to play a running game.

Contents 1 Stadia 2 Qualification 3 Pool stage 3.1 Pool A 3.2 Pool B 3.3 Pool C 3.4 Pool D 4 Knock-out stage 4.1 Quarter-finals 4.2 Semi-finals 4.3 Third-place play-off 4.4 Final 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Stadia

City	Stadium	Capacity
London	Twickenham Stadium	82,000
Edinburgh	Murrayfield Stadium	67,800
Cardiff	Cardiff Arms Park	53,000
Paris	Parc des Princes	48,712
Dublin	Landsdowne Road	36,000
Toulouse	Stade Ernest-Wallon	19,000
Villeneuve d'Ascq	Stadium Lille-Metropole	18,185
Béziers	Stade de la Méditerranée	18,000
Leicester	Welford Road	16,815
Brive	Parc Municipal des Sports	16,000
Grenoble	Stade Lesdiguières	14,000
Agen	Stade Armandie	14,000
Bayonne	Stade Jean Dauger	13,500
Gloucester	Kingsholm	12,500
Belfast	Ravenhill	12,300
Llanelli	Stradey Park	10,800
Pontypool	Pontypool Park	8,800
Otley_R.U.F.C.	Cross Green	5,000
Pontypridd	Sardis Road	12,000

[edit] Qualification

Main article: 1991 Rugby World Cup qualifying

The following 16 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Of the 16 teams, eight of those places were automatically filled by quarterfinalists from the 1987 World Cup and did not have to play any qualification matches. Thirty-three nations competed in a qualification process designed to fill the remaining eight spots.

Africa  Zimbabwe (Africa 1) Americas  Argentina (Americas 2)  Canada (Americas 1)  United States (Americas 3) Oceania  Australia (1987 Semi-finalist)  Fiji (1987 Quarter-finalist)  New Zealand (1987 Champion)  Western Samoa (Asia 1)

Asia  Japan (Asia 2) Europe  England (Joint Host and 1987 Quarter-finalist)  France (Joint Host and 1987 Runner-up)  Ireland (Joint Host and 1987 Quarter-finalist)  Italy (Europe 1)  Romania (Europe 2)  Scotland (Joint Host and 1987 Quarter-finalist)  Wales (Joint Host and 1987 Third Place)

[edit] Pool stage

[edit] Pool A

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
New Zealand	3	0	0	95	39	9
England	2	0	1	85	33	7
Italy	1	0	2	57	76	5
United States	0	0	3	24	113	3

1991-10-03
	England	12 – 18	New Zealand	Twickenham, London Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Jim Fleming
	Pen: Webb (3) Drop: Andrew		Tries: Jones Con: Fox Pen: Fox (4)

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1991-10-05
	Italy	30 – 9	United States	Cross Green, Otley Referee: Owen Doyle
	Tries: Barba, Francescato, Vaccari, Gaetaniello Con: Dominguez (4) Pen: Dominguez (2)		Tries: Swords Con: Williams Pen: Williams

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1991-10-08
	New Zealand	46 – 6	United States	Kingsholm, Gloucester Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Efraim Sklar
	Tries: Wright (3), Earl, Purvis, Timu, Tuigamala, Innes Con: Preston (4) Pen: Preston (2)		Pen: Williams (2)

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1991-10-08
	England	36 – 6	Italy	Twickenham, London Referee: Brian Anderson
	Tries: Guscott (2), Underwood, Webb Con: Webb (4) Pen: Webb (4)		Tries: Cuttitta Con: Dominguez

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1991-10-11
	England	37 – 9	United States	Twickenham, London Referee: Les Peard
	Tries: Underwood (2), Carling, Skinner, Heslop Con: Hodgkinson (4) Pen: Hodgkinson (3)		Tries: Nelson Con: Williams Pen: Williams

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1991-10-13
	Italy	21 – 31	New Zealand	Welford Road, Leicester Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald
	Tries: Cuttitta, Bonomi Con: Dominguez (2) Pen: Dominguez (3)		Tries: Brooke, Innes, Tuigamala, Hewett Con: Fox (3) Pen: Fox (3)

[edit] Pool B

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Scotland	3	0	0	122	36	9
Ireland	2	0	1	102	51	7
Japan	1	0	2	77	87	5
Zimbabwe	0	0	3	31	158	3

1991-10-05
	Scotland	47 – 9	Japan	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Ed Morrison
	Tries: S. Hastings, Stanger, Chalmers, White, Penalty Try, Tukalo, G. Hastings Con: G. Hastings (5) Pen: G. Hastings (2), Chalmers		Tries: Hosokawa Con: Hosokawa Drop: Hosokawa

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1991-10-06
	Ireland	55 – 11	Zimbabwe	Landsdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Keith Lawrence
	Tries: Robinson (4), Popplewell (2), Geoghegan, Curtis Con: Keyes (4) Pen: Keyes (5)		Tries: Dawson, Schultz Pen: Ferreira

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1991-10-09
	Ireland	32 – 16	Japan	Landsdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Laikini Colati
	Tries: Mannion (2), O’Hara, Staples Con: Keyes (2) Pen: Keyes (4)		Tries: Hayashi, Kajihara, Yoshida Con: Hosokawa (2)

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1991-10-09
	Scotland	51 – 12	Zimbabwe	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Don Reordan
	Tries: Tukalo (3), Turnbull, S. Hastings, Stanger, Weir, White Con: Dods (5) Pen: Dods (2) Drop: Wylie		Tries: Garvey (2) Con: Currin (2)

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1991-10-12
	Scotland	24 – 15	Ireland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Fred Howard
	Tries: Shiel, Armstrong, S. Hastings Con: G. Hastings (2) Pen: G. Hastings (3) Drop: Chalmers		Pen: Keyes (4) Drop: Keyes

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1991-10-14
	Japan	52 – 8	Zimbabwe	Ravenhill, Belfast Referee: Rene Hourquet
	Tries: Yoshida (2), Mashuho (2), Kutsuki (2), Horikoshi, Luaiufi, Matsuo Con: Hosokawa (2) Pen: Hosokawa (4)		Tries: Tsimba, Nguruve

[edit] Pool C

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

1991-10-04
	Argentina	19 – 32	Australia	Stradey Park, Llanelli Referee: David Bishop
	Tries: Teran (2) Con: Del Castillo Del Castillo Drop: Arbizu (2)		Tries: Campese (2), Horan (2), Kearns Con: Lynagh (3) Pen: Lynagh (2)

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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)

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1991-10-09
	Australia	9 – 3	Western Samoa	Pontypool Park, Pontypool Referee: Ed Morrison
	Pen: Lynagh (3)		Pen: Vaea

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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

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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)

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1991-10-13
	Argentina	12 – 35	Western Samoa	Sardis Road, Pontypridd Referee: Brian Anderson
	Tries: Teran Con: Arbizu Pen: Laborde, Arbizu		Tries: Tagaola (2), Lima (2), Bunce, Bachop Con: Vaea (4) Pen: Vaea

[edit] Pool D

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
France	3	0	0	82	25	9
Canada	2	0	1	45	33	7
Romania	1	0	2	31	64	5
Fiji	0	0	3	27	63	3

1991-10-04
	France	30 – 3	Romania	Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers Referee: Les Peard
	Tries: Roumat, Lafond, Penalty Try, Saint-André Con: Camberabero Pen: Camberabero (4)		Pen: Nichitean

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1991-10-05
	Canada	13 – 3	Fiji	Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald
	Tries: Stewart Pen: Rees (3)		Drop: Serevi

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1991-10-08
	France	33 – 9	Fiji	Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble Referee: Derek Bevan
	Tries: Lafond (3), Sella (2), Camberabero Con: Camberabero (3) Pen: Camberabero		Tries: Naruma Con: Koroduadua Pen: Koroduadua

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1991-10-09
	Canada	19 – 11	Romania	Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse Referee: Sandy MacNeill
	Tries: McKinnon, Ennis Con: Mark Wyatt Pen: Wyatt (2) Drop: Rees		Tries: Lungu, Sasu Pen: Nichitean

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1991-10-12
	Fiji	15 – 17	Romania	Parc Municipal des Sports, Brive Referee: Owen Doyle
	Pen: Turuva (2) Drop: Rabaka (2), Turuva		Tries: Ion, Dumitras, Sasu Con: Racean Pen: Nichitean

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1991-10-13
	France	19 – 13	Canada	Stade Armandie, Agen Referee: Stephen Hilditch
	Tries: Lafond, Saint-André Con: Camberabero Pen: Lacroix (2), Camberabero		Tries: Wyatt Pen: Wyatt, Rees Drop: Rees

[edit] Knock-out stage

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	19 October - Murrayfield, Edinburgh
	Scotland	28
					26 October - Murrayfield, Edinburgh
	Western Samoa	6
					Scotland	6
	19 October - Parc des Princes, Paris
					England	9
	France	10
									2 November - Twickenham, London
	England	19
									England	6
	20 October - Stadium Lille-Metropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq
									Australia	12
	New Zealand	29
					27 October - Lansdowne Road, Dublin
	Canada	13
					New Zealand	6			Third place
	20 October - Lansdowne Road, Dublin
					Australia	16
	Australia	19							Scotland	6
	Ireland	18							New Zealand	13
									30 October - Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

[edit] Quarter-finals

1991-10-19
	France	10 – 19	England	Parc des Princes, Paris Referee: David Bishop
	Tries: Lafond Pen: Lacroix (2)		Tries: Underwood, Carling Con: Webb Pen: Webb (3)

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1991-10-19
	Scotland	28 – 6	Western Samoa	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Derek Bevan
	Tries: Jeffrey (2), Stanger Con: Hastings (2) Pen: Hastings (4)		Pen: Vaea Drop goals: Bachop

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1991-10-20
	Ireland	18 – 19	Australia	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Jim Fleming
	Tries: Hamilton Con: Keyes Pen: Keyes (3) Drop: Keyes		Tries: Campese (2), Lynagh Con: Lynagh (2) Pen: Lynagh

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1991-10-20
	Canada	13 – 29	New Zealand	Stadium Lille-Metropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq Referee: Fred Howard
	Tries: Tynan, Charron Con: Rees Pen: Wyatt		Tries: Timu (2), McCahill, Brooke, Kirwan Con: Fox (3) Pen: Fox

[edit] Semi-finals

1991-10-26
	Scotland	6 – 9	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald
	Pen: G. Hastings (2)		Pen: Webb (2) Drop: Andrew

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1991-10-27
	Australia	16 – 6	New Zealand	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Jim Fleming
	Tries: Campese, Horan Con: Lynagh Pen: Lynagh (2)		Pen: Fox (2)

[edit] Third-place play-off

1991-10-30
	New Zealand	13 – 6	Scotland	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Stephen Hilditch
	Tries: Little Pen: Preston (3)		Pen: G. Hastings (2)

[edit] Final

2 November 1991
	Australia	12 – 6	England	Twickenham, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Derek Bevan
	Tries: Daly Con: Lynagh Pen: Lynagh (2)		Pen: Webb (2)

1991 Rugby World Cup Champions
Australia First title

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Rugbyworldcup.com
• 1991 Rugby World Cup on Worldcupweb.com

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