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It you refer to the actual Web Ellis Cup itself ten it was originally a award for another sporting event and had not been used since 1907. In 1987 it was offered to the founding nation of the RWC and accepted then renamed to The Web Ellis Cup.

If you refer to the RWC event then Australia and New Zealand presented the idea back in 1985. At that time the key nations - Wales, England Scotland Ireland and France were asked to vote on the event. Initially Australia, New Zealand and France were the only countries that showed favour for a global tournament plus South Africa who were of course banned form international games because of Apartheid. their vote however was vital in tying the vote 8-8. When one English delegate followed by a Welsh delegate switched sides, the IRFB finally approved the inaugural cup, by 10 votes to 6

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