2011 Rugby World Cup

The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be the seventh staging of the tournament. At a meeting of the International Rugby Board (IRB) held in Dublin on 17 November 2005, New Zealand was selected as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa. There were two rounds of voting... Read More

The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be the seventh staging of the tournament. At a meeting of the International Rugby Board (IRB) held in Dublin on 17 November 2005, New Zealand was selected as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa. There were two rounds of voting by the IRB Council to decide the host nation, with South Africa eliminated in the first round. See Less