France came 4th and Argentina came 3rd
Germany came third in the 2010 world cup.
Australia's first Rugby World Cup tournament victory came in 1991, defeating co-hosts England in the final.
Rugby came to be when William Webb Ellis picked up a soccer ball and ran with it at an England School (at Rugby school in Rugby, warwickshire, hence the name) therefore the rugby union world cup named after the founder William webb Ellis. Rugby league was formed from rugby union
It originated in Rugby School, Warwickshire. England in 1823.
The United States of Amercia came third in the 1930 World Cup.
Yes the name for the sport rugby came from the place (Rugby School) where the sport was first played
France lost, on home soil, to England in the 2007 Rugby World Cup semi final.
The expression "the third world" came about during the Cold War - it referred then to countries which were not within the sphere of influence of either America or Russia. From that it came to refer to the 'underdeveloped' countries of the world.
Butch Reynolds
I came to know from a School syllabus book that the term "Third World" first used by ---Franis Frenol..
England won the football world cup first. They won it in 1966, and the Rugby World Cup in 2003.