1995 Rugby World Cup

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The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted by South Africa, and had the distinction of being the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country.

Nelson Mandela, wearing a Springbok baseball cap, presented the William Webb Ellis Trophy to South African captain Francois Pienaar to the delight of the capacity crowd at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on 24 June, 1995. The victory was not without controversy however, the majority of the New Zealand team was struck down by food poisoning the day before the final and it is alleged that this was done on purpose.

Qualification

The following 16 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Forty-five nations took part in the qualifying campaign for Rugby World Cup 1995. Rugby World Cup 1995 was also the first to feature South Africa following the end of their international sports boycott due to the apartheid regime.

Results in the Qual Rounds

AFRICA Round 1

Group A
Kenya 7-42 Zimbabwe
Namibia 64-20 Arabian Gulf
Kenya 9-60 Namibia
Zimbabwe 50-21 Arabian Gulf
Kenya 24-23 Arabian Gulf
Namibia 41-26 Zimbabwe

Group B
Tunisia 16-19 Cote d'Ivoire
Tunisia 5-6 Morocco
Cote d'Ivoire 25-3 Morocco

Round 2

Namibia 25-20 Zimbabwe
Morocco 17-9 Cote d'Ivoire
Morocco 9-21 Zimbabwe
Cote d'Ivoire 13-12 Namibia
Cote d'Ivoire 17-10 Zimbabwe
Morocco 16-16 Namibia

AMERICAS Round 1

South
Chile 24-25 Paraguay
Paraguay 3-67 Uruguay
Uruguay 14-6 Chile
Argentina 70-7 Chile
Argentina 51-3 Paraguay
Uruguay 10-19 Argentina

North
Bermuda 3-60 USA

Round 2

USA 22-28 Argentina
Argentina 16-11 USA

ASIA Round 1

Group A
Japan 56-5 Taiwan
Japan 67-3 Sri Lanka
Malaysia 23-18 Sri Lanka
Malaysia 15-23 Taiwan
Malaysia 9-103 Japan
Taiwan 25-9 Sri Lanka

Group B
Korea 28-17 Hong Kong
Korea 90-3 Singapore
Thailand 69-5 Singapore
Hong Kong 93-0 Thailand
Korea 65-13 Thailand
Hong Kong 164-13 Singapore

Round 2

Hong Kong 80-26 Taiwan (3rd place play off)
Japan 26-11 Korea

EUROPE Prelim Round

West Group
Andorra	3	-	0	Denmark
Denmark	8	-	3	Switzerland
Switzerland	14	-	0	Andorra

Central Group
Hungary	8	-	67	Israel

Round 1

West Group
Spain	        40	-	0	Switzerland
Portugal	8	-	3	Belgium
Spain	        67	-	6	Belgium
Portugal	32	-	0	Switzerland
Portugal	15	-	37	Spain
Belgium	42	-	3	Switzerland

East Group A
Russia	15	-	9	Georgia
Poland	23	-	6	Georgia
Poland	5	-	41	Russia

East Group B
Germany	31	-	5	Lithuania
Germany	27	-	5	Latvia
Latvia	7	-	6	Lithuania

Central Group
Sweden	26	-	10	Israel
Netherlands	42	-	6	Czech Rep
Netherlands	56	-	0	Israel
Czech Rep	34	-	7	Sweden
Netherlands	31	-	6	Sweden
Czech Rep	28	-	0	Israel

Round 2

West Group
Portugal	11	-	102	Wales
Spain	0	-	54	Wales
Spain	35	-	19	Portugal

East Group
Romania	60	-	6	Germany
Russia	67	-	5	Germany
Romania	30	-	0	Russia

Central Group
Netherlands	38	-	9	Czech Rep
Italy	104	-	8	Czech Rep
Italy	63	-	9	Netherlands

Round 3

Wales	16	-	9	Romania
Italy	24	-	6	Romania
Wales	29	-	19	Italy

OCEANIA

Fiji	11	-	24	Tonga
Tonga	10	-	15	Fiji

Africa * Côte d'Ivoire * South Africa (host) Americas * Argentina * Canada Oceania * Australia * New Zealand * Tonga * Western Samoa

Asia * Japan Europe * England * France * Ireland * Italy * Romania * Scotland * Wales

Results

Pool A

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
South Africa	3	0	0	68	26	9
Australia	2	0	1	87	41	7
Canada	1	0	2	45	50	5
Romania	0	0	3	14	97	3

1995-05-25
	'''South Africa '''	27–18	''' Australia'''	Newlands Attendance: Referee: Derek Bevan
	Tries: Pieter Hendriks, Joel Stransky Con: Joel Stransky Joel Stransky (4) Joel Stransky		Tries: Phil Kearns, Michael Lynagh Con: Michael Lynagh Pen: Michael Lynagh

1995-05-26
	'''Canada '''	34–3	''' Romania'''	Boet Erasmus Stadium Attendance: Referee: Colin Hawke
	Tries: Alan Charron, Colin McKenzie, Rod Snow Con: Gareth Rees (2) Pen: Gareth Rees (4)

1995-05-30
	'''South Africa '''	21–3	''' Romania'''	Newlands Attendance: Referee: Ken McCartney
	Tries: Adriaan Richter (2) Con: Gavin Johnson Pen: Gavin Johnhson (3)		Tries: Andrei Guranescu Pen: Ilie Ivancuic

1995-05-31
	'''Australia '''	27–11	''' Canada'''	Boet Erasmus Stadium Attendance: Referee: Patrick Robin
	Tries: Michael Lynagh, Tabua Tamanivalu, Joe Roff Con: Michael Lynagh (3) Pen: Michael Lynagh (2)		Tries: Alan Charron Pen: Gareth Rees (2)

1995-06-03
	'''Australia '''	42–3	''' Romania'''	Danie Craven Stadium Attendance: Referee: Naoki Saito
	Tries: Damian Smith, David Wilson, Joe Roff, Michael Foley, Matt Burke Con: John Eales (4)		Tries: Ilie Ivancuic

1995-06-03
	'''South Africa '''	20–0	''' Canada'''	Boet Erasmus Stadium Attendance: Referee: David McHugh
	Tries: Adriaan Richter (2) Con: Joel Stransky (2) Pen: Joel Stransky (2)

Pool B

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
England	3	0	0	95	60	9
Western Samoa	2	0	1	96	88	7
Italy	1	0	2	69	94	5
Argentina	0	0	3	69	87	3

1995-05-27
	'''Western Samoa '''	42–18	''' Italy'''	Basil Kenyon Stadium Attendance: Referee: Joel Dume
	Tries: Brian Lima (2), George Harder (2), Darren Kellet, Shem Tatupu Con: Darren Kellet (3) Pen: Darren Kellet (2)		Tries: Paolo Vaccari, Massimo Cuttitta Con: Diego Dominguez Pen: Diego Dominguez Drop goals: Diego Dominguez

	'''England '''	24–18	''' Argentina'''	Kings Park Attendance: Referee: Jim Fleming
	Pen: Rob Andrew (6) Drop goals: Rob Andrew (2)		Tries: Lisandro Arbizu, Patricio Noriega Con: Lisandro Arbizu Pen: Lisandro Arbizu (2)

1995-05-30
	'''Western Samoa '''	32–26	''' Argentina'''	Basil Kenyon Stadium Attendance: Referee: David Bishop
	Tries: Pat Lam, George Leaupepe, George Harder Con: Darren Kellet Pen: Darren Kellet (5)		Tries: Rodrigo Crexwell Con: Jose Cilley (2) Pen: Jose Cilley (4)

1995-05-31
	'''England '''	27–20	''' Italy'''	Kings Park Attendance: Referee: Stephen Hilditch
	Tries: Rory Underwood, Tony Underwood Con: Rob Andrew Pen: Rob Andrew (5)		Tries: Massimo Cuttitta, Paolo Vaccari Con: Diego Dominguez (2) Pen: Diego Dominguez (2)

1995-06-04
	'''Italy '''	31–25	''' Argentina'''	East London Attendance: Referee: Clayton Thomas
	Tries: Paolo Vaccari, Mario Gerosa, Diego Dominguez Con: Diego Dominguez (2) Pen: Diego Dominguez (4)		Tries: Matias Corral, Rolando Martin, Jose Cilley Con: Jose Cilley Pen: Jose Cilley

	'''England '''	44–22	''' Western Samoa'''	Kings Park Attendance: Referee: Patrick Robin
	Tries: Rory Underwood (2), Neil Back Con: Jon Callard Pen: Jon Callard Drop goals: Mike Catt		Tries: Fata Sini (2), Mike Umaga Con: Tupo Fa'amasino (2) Pen: Tupo Fa'amasino

Pool C

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
	'''Wales '''	57–10	''' Japan'''	Free State Stadium Attendance: Referee: Efrahim Sklar
	Tries: Gareth Thomas (3), Ieuan Evans (2), Andrew Moore, Hemi Taylor Co: Neil Jenkins (5) Pen:Neil Jenkins (4)		Tries: Osamu Ota (2)

	'''New Zealand '''	43–19	''' Ireland'''	Ellis Park Attendance: Referee: Wayne Erickson
	Tries: Jonah Lomu (2), Josh Kronfield, Bunce, Glen Osborne Con: Andrew Mehrtens (3) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (4)		Tries: Sean Corkery, Walter McBride, Garrett Halpin Con: Eric Elwood (2)

1995-05-31
	'''Ireland '''	50–28	''' Japan'''	Free State Stadium Attendance: Referee: Stef Neethling
	Tries: Neil Franis, Simon Geoghean, Sean Corkery, Eddie Halvey, Niall Hogan Con: Paul Burke (6) Pen: Paul Bukre		Tries: Sinali-Tui Latu, Ko Izawa, Seiji Hirao, Masanori Takura Con: Yoshihito Yoshida (4)

	'''New Zealand '''	34–9	''' Wales'''	Ellis Park Attendance: Referee:
	Tries: Marc Ellis, Walter Little, Josh Kronfield Con: Andrew Mehrtens (2) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (4) Drop goals: Andrew Mehrtens		Pen: Neil Jenkins (2) Drop goals: Neil Jenkins

1995-06-04
	'''New Zealand '''	145–17	''' Japan'''	Free State Stadium Attendance: Referee: George Gadjovic
	Tries: Marc Ellis (6), Eric Rush (3), Jeff Wilson (3), Robin Brooke (2), Glen Osborne (2), Richard Loe, Simon Culhane, Paul Henderson, Craig Dowd, IAlama Ieremia Con: Simon Culhane (20)		Tries: Hiroyuki Kajihara (2) Con: Keiji Hirose (2) Pen: Keiji Hirose

	'''Ireland '''	24–23	''' Wales'''	Ellis Park Attendance: 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 goals: Adrian Davies

Pool D

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
France	3	0	0	114	47	9
Scotland	2	0	1	149	27	7
Tonga	1	0	2	44	90	5
Côte d'Ivoire	0	0	3	29	172	3

1995-05-26
	'''France '''	38–10	''' Tonga'''	Loftus Versfeld Attendance: Referee: Steve Lander
	Tries: Thierry Lacroix (2), Aubin Hueber, Philippe Saint-Andre Con: Thierry Lacroix (3) Pen: Thierrry Lacroix (3) Drop goals: Yann Delaigue		Tries: Tevita Va'enuku Con: Sateki Tuipulotu Pen: Sateki Tuipulotu

	'''Scotland '''	89–0	''' Côte d'Ivoire'''	Olympia Park Attendance: Referee: Felise Vito
	Tries: Gavin Hastings (4), Kenny Logan (2), Peter Walton (2), Peter Wright, Craig Chalmers, Tony Stanger, Paul Burnell, Graham Shiel Con: Gavin Hastings (9) Pen: Gavin Hastings (2)

1995-05-30
	'''France '''	54–18	''' Côte d'Ivoire'''	Olympia Park Attendance: Referee: Han Moon Soo (Korea)
	Tries: Thierry Lacroix (2), Abdelatif Benazzi, William Techoueyres, Sebastien Viars, Guy Accoceberry, Philippe Saint-Andre, Arnaud Costes Con: Christophe Deylaud (2), Thierry Lacroix (2) Pen: Thierry Lacroix (2)		Tries: Aboubacar Soulama, Abubacar Camara Con: Victor Kouassi Pen: Victor Kouassi (2)

	'''Scotland '''	41–5	''' Tonga'''	Loftus Versfeld Attendance: Referee: Steve Lander
	Tries: Scott Hastings, Eric Peters, Gavin Hastings Con: Gavin HastingsPen: Gavin Hastings (8)		Tries: 'Ipolito Fenukitau

1995-06-03
	'''Tonga '''	29–11	''' Côte d'Ivoire'''	Olympia Park Attendance: Referee: Don Reordan
	Tries: Mana 'Otai, Sateki Tuipulotu, Pouvalu Latukefu Con: Sateki Tuipulotu (3) Pen: Sateki Tuipulotu		Tries: Alfred Okou Pen: Athanase Dali (2)

	'''France '''	22–19	''' Scotland'''	Loftus Versfeld Attendance: Referee: Wayne Erickson
	Tries: Emile Ntamack Con: Thierry Lacroix Pen: Thierry Lacroix (5)		Tries: Rob Wainwright Con: Gavin Hastings Pen: Gavin Hastings (4)

Knock-out stages

External links

• [Rugbyworldcup.com]
• [Results and statistics] on 334notout.com

Rugby World Cup
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