Which year has the 1st world cup been for rugby union?

Question

Which year has the 1st world cup been for rugby union?

Answer 1

1987, won by NZ . The final v France 29-9

Answer 2

1987 in New Zealand/Australia

Answer 3

The first Rugby World Cup was hosted by both New Zealand and Australia in 1987, and was won by New Zealand. Seven of the 16 places were automatically filled by the International Rugby Football Board members – New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and France – with South Africa unable to compete because of the international sports boycott due to apartheid. There was no qualification process to fill the remaining nine spots. Instead invitations were sent out to Argentina, Fiji, Italy, Canada, Romania, Tonga, Japan, Zimbabwe and the United States.

On the whole the tournament witnessed fairly one-sided matches, the seven IRFB members proving too strong for the other teams. Half of the 24 matches across the four pools saw one team score 40 or more points. It is therefore no surprise that five of the seven highest-scoring Rugby World Cup matches were witnessed during this tournament, a statistic that is echoed in the ‘most points by an individual’ and ‘most tries by a team’ statistics. New Zealand won the final against France at Eden Park in Auckland by 29 points to 9. The New Zealand team was captained by David Kirk, substituting for an injured Andy Dalton, and included such rugby greats as; Sean Fitzpatrick, John Kirwan, Grant Fox and Michael Jones.

Answer 4

1987

Answer 5

1987 New Zealand beat France 29-9 3 tries to 1.