RWC 1995 staged in South Africa

The 1995 World Cup saw the first occasion that South Africa took part, as hosts they did not have to qualify for the pools. This was the first occasion the contest had been staged in one country and again 8 countries were seeded and 8 qualified through a knockout competition.

South Africa claimed the trophy beating New Zealand by 15 points to 12 in a packed and tumultuous Ellis Park. The tournament was also noted for the emergence of Jonah Lomu who was an unknown appearing in his first ever World cup and went home with an amazing record of seven tries in five match's. Though surely his highlight would have been scoring 4 tries and bulldozing England off the park in their semi-final.
Nelson Mandela presents the trophy to the South African captain

Pool Stage Qualifiers

Pool A	Australia	Canada	Romania	South Africa
Pool B	Argentina	England	Italy	Western Samoa
Pool C	Ireland	Japan	New Zealand	Wales
Pool D	France	Ivory Coast	Scotland	Tonga

Scores from the pools:

Date	Venue	Sides	Score
25 May 1995	Newlands Stadium	South Africa v Australia	27-18
26 May 1995	Boet Erasmus Stadium	Canada v Romania	34-3
26 May 1995	Olympia Park	Scotland v Ivory Coast	89-0
26 May 1995	Loftus Versfeld	France v Tonga	38-10
27 May 1995	Basil Kenyon Stadium	Samoa v Italy	42-18
27 May 1995	Springbok Park	Wales v Japan	57-10
27 May 1995	Kings Park	England v Argentina	24-18
27 May 1995	Ellis Park	New Zealand v Ireland	43-19
30 May 1995	Basil Kenyon Stadium	Samoa v Argentina	32-26
30 May 1995	Newlands Stadium	South Africa v Romania	21-8
30 May 1995	Olympia Park	France v Ivory Coast	54-18
30 May 1995	Loftus Versfeld	Scotland v Tonga	41-5
31 May 1995	Ellis Park	New Zealand v Wales	34-9
31 May 1995	Boet Erasmus Stadium	Australia v Canada	27-11
31 May 1995	Free State Stadium	Ireland v Japan	50-28
31 May 1995	Kings Park	England v Italy	27-20
3 June 1995	Danie Craven Stadium	Australia v Romania	42-3
3 June 1995	Loftus Versfeld	France v Scotland	22-19
3 June 1995	Boet Erasmus Stadium	South Africa v Canada	20-0
3 June 1995	Olympia Park	Tonga v Ivory Coast	29-11
4 June 1995	Ellis Park	Ireland v Wales	24-23
4 June 1995	Basil Kenyon Stadium	Italy v Argentina	31-25
4 June 1995	Free State Stadium	New Zealand v Japan	145-17
4 June 1995	Kings Park	England v Samoa	44-22

Quarter finals

10 June 1995	Kings Park	France v Ireland	36-12
10 June 1995	Ellis Park	South Africa v Samoa	42-14
11 June 1995	Newlands Stadium	England v Australia	25-22
11 June 1995	Loftus Versfeld	New Zealand v Scotland	48-30

Semi finals

17 June 1995	Kings Park	South Africa v France	19-15
18 June 1995	Newlands Stadium	New Zealand v England	45-29

3rd place play off

22 June 1995

Loftus Versfeld

France v England

19-9

Final

24 June 1995

Ellis Park

South Africa v New Zealand

15-12