England is hopeful to emerge triumphant in Rugby World Cup 2011, after their thrilling win on Australian Soil
England national Rugby team represents the Australian Rugby union. Its history dates back to 1871, when the English team played the first official match. England was the member of the first Six-Nation Rugby Union, which came into being in 1883. It was England who dominated this Six Nations Rugby Union. After its inception the team used to play within the home leagues only. However with the end of nineteenth century they came out of the home series and started to confront the outside world for the first time. England played its first international match against New Zealand in 1905 and then faced South Africa in 1906.
At the beginning, the team was not in a position to win over the international teams. Till 1910, the team couldn’t win any cup, but with the course of time they managed to face the challenges being posed by world power in the field of Rugby. England participated in the World Cup for the first time in1987 and also played 1991 World Cup.
Although the team won a few small cups but they could not manage to achieve much until 2000. In 2000, they managed to win the World Cup for the first time. After 2007, the team once again went into depression and could not manage to win any big cup for a long time. Yet their last two years performance and especially the last thrilling win against the Australians emboldened them.
Australia is among the top three teams according IRB world ranking list. Although the Australian used to play Rugby even during 1860 and 1870, but the Australian Rugby team was formally established in in1908. At the beginning the team used to play home series with the Rugby club like, Queens land New south Wales etc, but at the end of the first quarter of the 20th century they came to confront the outside world for the first time. They made their first visits to England and New Zealand at the end of the first quarter of the 20th century. Australia is one out of the three members of the Tri-Nations, the most prestigious and powerful alliance in the world of Rugby Union.
So, wining the match against such a powerful team like the Australia is considered to be a great achievement by the English. The English, who pulled their muscles to confront the outside world for the first time in 1905, has been in constant struggle to achieve their goal but they couldn’t manage to do so until 2000. It was only after 2000 that the English team mange to win different competition against different international teams.
The team has been trying hard to make their entry into the Tri-Nations, but due to the hard and fast requirements of the Tri-Nations the English team hasn’t been successful to achieve their goal so far.
However after the recent thrilling win of the England against Australia has emboldened the former, and made them optimistic about the upcoming Rugby world cup. Rugby world cup is going to be held in northland, New Zealand next year, i.e., September and October, and about 20 nations are going to participate. The top ranking teams in 2011 World Cup are the Tri-Nation teams according to IRB ranking list.
However England got confidence after defeating the world top ranking team. As Australia occupies the third position according the IRB world ranking list, this is because, England’s success against them has made the latter optimistic about their success in the upcoming World Cup as well.
So while boiling down the discussion regarding England’s optimism about the upcoming world cup, we can say that, England, which started its competition in 1905 by playing their first match with New Zealand, had been struggling hard to achieve the objectives, but couldn’t manage to win any major cup. However, their recent year’s success and especially their success against Australia mad them hopeful that they will emerge triumphant during 2011 World Cup.
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