The game has gather popularity in the past 100 years and more and more countries are now taking to the game and enjoying the gladiatorial aspect and the interaction of supporters, who (unlike soccer) are seated and standing together.

Rugby is one of several variants of an oblong ball game (US football, Canadian football, Australian footy) as opposed to the round ball used in soccer. These games use the hands more extensively in play.

For England Jason Robinson scored a Try and Jonny Wilkinson scored 4 Penalties and a Drop Goal, giving a total score of 20. For Australia Lote Tuqiri scored a try and Elton Flatley scored 4 Penalties, giving a total score of 17.

I believe it's Ben Franks, but I'm not positive.

Harlequins of England won the 1987 Melrose Sevens event. Click on the 'Melrose Sevens' link on this page to go to the official Melrose Sevens website.

The record for the fastest try in international rugby is 10 seconds, jointly held by former Scotland centre John Leslie against Wales on February 6, 1999 and Bart Price for England against Wales on January 20, 1923.

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Chris Paterson

This is a foul play that is not tolerated in the game as the result of which can cost a player teir sight - This was evident when Gavin Quinnell permanently lost the sight in his left eye following an incident. Sadly the person that did it was not caught

Not including the qualifiers which have already been played. there are 48 to be played in the 2011 New Zealand Event.

40 - pool matches

4 quarter finals

2 semi finals

1 runner up

1 final

World in union

Nothing at all happened in the 2000 Rugby World Cup as there was not one. Rugby World Cups are held every four years with first being in 1987, hence 1999 and 2003 were the ones on either side of 2000

Grant Fox of New Zealand holds the record for most amount of points in a single Rugby World Cup, accumulating 126 points in the 1987 tournament.

For New Zealand All Blacks, I think Mark Cooksley 2.05 metres.

For France, maybe Olivier Merle.

For Wales Luke Charteris 2.06m

For South Africa, must be that new lock who is 2.08 metres! Andries Bekker.

South Africa was at that time engaged in Apartheid, which was condemned by most world bodies including the IRB (international Rugby Board). Research the subject for a subjective and historical view.

It's the Rugby Football Union.

5 and 4 are the two second rows or lock as some people call them. Their main job its line outs, when they are lifted buy other forwards to compete for the ball which is thrown in by the hooker number 2. They are in the second row of the scrum behind the props and hooker. this is a diagram of the scrum 1 2 3

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Yes South Africa did play in the 1998 world cup , it was their first world cup ever.

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It is actually just called the World Cup Trophy. In 1974 it replaced the Jules Rimet (pronounced rim - ay) trophy, which was won for the third time by Brazil in 1970 and awarded to them permanently.

Setanta Sports are not showing the six nations. Mb some of the bars will stream it from the internet.

Bad luck for me, Ive got Setanta and useless internet.

262 tries were scored in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Scotland has never won the Six Nations although they won the last Five Nations in 1999.

me i am dan glee balls and i won the 3rd world cup against Ivory coast