9th Sept - 23rd Oct
The best tries of the first ever Rugby World Cup tournament back in 1987 - including a scintillating effort by John Kirwan
Wales fought back from 15-7 down to win one of the best World Cup matches in history and achieve bronze at the 1987 World Cup
The first ever Rugby World Cup final between hosts New Zealand and France, an historic match that saw the All Blacks win the Webb Ellis trophy in style
England reached the final on home soil in 1991, but fell foul of David Campese and co as the Wallabies lifted their first ever Rugby World Cup
The terrifying sight of a 20-year-old Jonah Lomu demolishing the England defence with four tries made the young winger a global star
In front of a home crowd which included President Nelson Mandela, South Africa beat the dominant All Blacks to lift the Webb Ellis trophy and unite a nation
Billed by many as the greatest of all Rugby World Cup matches, a mercurial France team hit back to deny the favourites a place in the final
An impressive all-round display was too much for the French at the Millennium Stadium, Ben Tune and Owen Finegan both crossing for tries
Brian O'Driscoll's brilliant try gave the hosts a scare in Melbourne in this pool encounter, but the Wallabies sneaked away with a one-point win
Jonny Wilkinson memorably kicks England to World Cup glory in front of a partisan home crowd at Sydney's Telstra Stadium
Wales crashed out in one of the most dramatic matches in the tournament's history, a four-point defeat at the hands of brilliant Fiji
ITV.com's selection of some of the best tries of the Rugby World Cup in France including a blistering effort by Takudzwa Ngwenya
The Springboks downed England in the final in Paris, but it could have been so different had Mark Cueto not crossed the whitewash by a matter of inches to deny him a try
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