The Rugby World Cup was first held in Australia and New Zealand with the host, New Zealand, winning the final.
The event is held every four years and is one of the world's major sport events.
In 2011, the Rugby World Cup was again held in New Zealand and the hosts won for the second time.

Below we have listed our Rugby World Cup rankings.

Rugby World Cup
Rankings method - Points are awarded for finishing in the Top 8 on a 1st - 50pts, 2nd - 24pts, 3rd - 12pts, 4th -10pts, 5th -8th - 7pts and one point for making the World Cup final stages.

Rugby World Cup Rankings.

Pos	Nation	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th to 8th	Finals	Ranking Points
1	New Zealand	2	1	2	1	1	0	165
2	Australia	2	1	1	1	2	0	160
3	England	1	2	0	1	3	0	129
4	S.Africa	2	0	1	0	2	0	126
5	France	0	3	1	2	1	0	111
6	Scotland	0	0	0	1	5	1	46
7	Ireland	0	0	0	0	6	1	43
8	Wales	0	0	1	1	2	3	39
9	Argentina	0	0	1	0	2	4	30
10	Samoa	0	0	0	0	2	4	18
11	Fiji	0	0	0	0	2	4	18
12	Canada	0	0	0	0	1	6	13
13	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
14	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
15	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
16	USA	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
17	Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
18	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
19	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
20	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
21	Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
22	Cote d'Ivoire	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
23	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
24	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
25	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	1	1