1991 Rugby World Cup

1991 Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup

datefrom = 1991-10-03
dateto = 1991-11-02
host = England
nations = 16 (32 qualifying)
champion = Australia
runnerup = England
matches = 32
attendance = 1007760
apm = 31250
top scorer = flagicon|IRE|rugby Ralph Keyes (68)
most tries = flagicon|FRA Jean-Baptiste Lafond (6)
flagicon|AUS David Campese (6)
preceded by = 1987 Rugby World Cup
succeeded by = 1995 Rugby World Cup

about|the men's Rugby World Cup held in 1991|information about the Women's Rugby World Cup also held in 1991|1991 Women's 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 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.

tadia

rugbybox
date = 1991-10-03
home = ru-rt|ENG
score = 12 – 18
away = ru|NZL
homescore = Pen: Webb (3)
Drop: Andrew
awayscore = Tries: Jones
Con: Fox
Pen: Fox (4)
stadium = Twickenham, London
attendance = 70,000
referee = Jim Fleming----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-05
home = ru-rt|ITA
score = 30 – 9
away = ru|USA
homescore = Tries: Barba, Francescato, Vaccari, Gaetaniello
Con: Dominguez (4)
Pen: Dominguez (2)
awayscore = Tries: Swords
Con: Williams
Pen: Williams
stadium = Cross Green, Otley
attendance =
referee = Owen Doyle----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-08
home = ru-rt|NZL
score = 46 – 6
away = ru|USA
homescore = Tries: Wright (3), Earl, Purvis, Timu, Tuigamala, Innes
Con: Preston (4)
Pen: Preston (2)
awayscore = Pen: Williams (2)
stadium = Kingsholm, Gloucester
attendance = 12,000
referee = Efraim Sklar----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-08
home = ru-rt|ENG
score = 36 – 6
away = ru|ITA
homescore = Tries: Guscott (2), Underwood, Webb
Con: Webb (4)
Pen: Webb (4)
awayscore = Tries: Cuttitta
Con: Dominguez
stadium = Twickenham, London
attendance =
referee = Brian Anderson----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-11
home = ru-rt|ENG
score = 37 – 9
away = ru|USA
homescore = Tries: Underwood (2), Carling, Skinner, Heslop
Con: Hodgkinson (4)
Pen: Hodgkinson (3)
awayscore = Tries: Nelson
Con: Williams
Pen: Williams
stadium = Twickenham, London
attendance =
referee = Les Peard----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-13
home = ru-rt|ITA
score = 21 – 31
away = ru|NZL
homescore = Tries: Cuttitta, Bonomi
Con: Dominguez (2)
Pen: Dominguez (3)
awayscore = Tries: Brooke, Innes, Tuigamala, Hewett
Con: Fox (3)
Pen: Fox (3)
stadium = Welford Road, Leicester
attendance = 16,800
referee = Kerry Fitzgerald

Pool B

:

rugbybox
date = 1991-10-04
home = ru-rt|FRA
score = 30 – 3
away = ru|ROM
homescore = Tries: Roumat, Lafond, Penalty Try, Saint-André
Con: Camberabero
Pen: Camberabero (4)
awayscore = Pen: Nichitean
stadium = Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers
attendance =
referee = Les Peard----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-05
home = ru-rt|CAN
score = 13 – 3
away = ru|FIJ
homescore = Tries: Stewart
Pen: Rees (3)
awayscore = Drop: Serevi
stadium = Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne
attendance =
referee = Kerry Fitzgerald----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-08
home = ru-rt|FRA
score = 33 – 9
away = ru|FIJ
homescore = Tries: Lafond (3), Sella (2), Camberabero
Con: Camberabero (3)
Pen: Camberabero
awayscore = Tries: Naruma
Con: Koroduadua
Pen: Koroduadua
stadium = Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble
attendance =
referee = Derek Bevan----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-09
home = ru-rt|CAN
score = 19 – 11
away = ru|ROM
homescore = Tries: McKinnon, Ennis
Con: Mark Wyatt
Pen: Wyatt (2)
Drop: Rees
awayscore = Tries: Lungu, Sasu
Pen: Nichitean
stadium = Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
attendance =
referee = Sandy MacNeill----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-12
home = ru-rt|FIJ
score = 15 – 17
away = ru|ROM
homescore = Pen: Turuva (2)
Drop: Rabaka (2), Turuva
awayscore = Tries: Ion, Dumitras, Sasu
Con: Racean
Pen: Nichitean
stadium = Parc Municipal des Sports, Brive
attendance =
referee = Owen Doyle----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-13
home = ru-rt|FRA
score = 19 – 13
away = ru|CAN
homescore = Tries: Lafond, Saint-André
Con: Camberabero
Pen: Lacroix (2), Camberabero
awayscore = Tries: Wyatt
Pen: Wyatt, Rees
Drop: Rees
stadium = Stade Armandie, Agen
attendance =
referee = Stephen Hilditch

Knock-out stage

Round8-with third
19 October - Murrayfield, Edinburgh|ru|SCO|28|ru|SAM|name=Western Samoa|6
19 October - Parc des Princes, Paris|ru|FRA|10|ru|ENG|19
20 October - Stadium Lille-Metropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq|ru|NZL|29|ru|CAN|13
20 October - Lansdowne Road, Dublin|ru|AUS|19|ru|IRE|18
26 October - Murrayfield, Edinburgh|ru|SCO|6|ru|ENG|9
27 October - Lansdowne Road, Dublin|ru|NZL|6|ru|AUS|16
2 November - Twickenham, London|ru|ENG|6|ru|AUS|12
30 October - Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff|ru|SCO|6|ru|NZL|13

Quarter-finals

rugbybox
date = 1991-10-19
home = ru-rt|FRA
score = 10 – 19
away = ru|ENG
homescore = Tries: Lafond
Pen: Lacroix (2)
awayscore = Tries: Underwood, Carling
Con: Webb
Pen: Webb (3)
stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris
attendance =
referee = David Bishop----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-19
home = ru-rt|SCO
score = 28 – 6
away = ru|SAM|name=Western Samoa
homescore = Tries: Jeffrey (2), Stanger
Con: Hastings (2)
Pen: Hastings (4)
awayscore = Pen: Vaea
Drop goals: Bachop
stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh
attendance =
referee = Derek Bevan----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-20
home = ru-rt|IRE
score = 18 – 19
away = ru|AUS
homescore = Tries: Hamilton
Con: Keyes
Pen: Keyes (3)
Drop: Keyes
awayscore = Tries: Campese (2), Lynagh
Con: Lynagh (2)
Pen: Lynagh
stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin
attendance =
referee = Jim Fleming----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-20
home = ru-rt|CAN
score = 13 – 29
away = ru|NZL
homescore = Tries: Tynan, Charron
Con: Rees
Pen: Wyatt
awayscore = Tries: Timu (2), McCahill, Brooke, Kirwan
Con: Fox (3)
Pen: Fox
stadium = Stadium Lille-Metropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq
attendance =
referee = Fred Howard

emi-finals

rugbybox
date = 1991-10-26
home = ru-rt|SCO
score = 6 – 9
away = ru|ENG
homescore = Pen: G. Hastings (2)
awayscore = Pen: Webb (2)
Drop: Andrew
stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh
attendance =
referee = Kerry Fitzgerald----rugbybox
date = 1991-10-27
home = ru-rt|AUS
score = 16 – 6
away = ru|NZL
homescore = Tries: Campese, Horan
Con: Lynagh
Pen: Lynagh (2)
awayscore = Pen: Fox (2)
stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin
attendance =
referee = Jim Fleming

Third-place play-off

rugbybox
date = 1991-10-30
home = ru-rt|NZL
score = 13 – 6
away = ru|SCO
homescore = Tries: Little
Pen: Preston (3)
awayscore = Pen: G. Hastings (2)
stadium = Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
attendance =
referee = Stephen Hilditch

Final

rugbybox
date = 2 November 1991
home = ru-rt|AUS
score = 12 – 6
away = ru|ENG
homescore = Tries: Daly
Con: Lynagh
Pen: Lynagh (2)
awayscore = Pen: Webb (2)
stadium = Twickenham, London
attendance = 75,000
referee = Derek Bevan

References

External links

* [http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/ Rugbyworldcup.com]
* [http://www.worldcupweb.com/WCrugby/1991.asp 1991 Rugby World Cup] on Worldcupweb.com


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