1863 - The first recorded club game - Richmond Vs Blackheath - played in London
its believed Blackheath won.
The first Rugby Union World Cup was held in 1987 and won by New Zealand.
The United States team won the 1924 gold medal for rugby union.
France won the inaugural rugby union gold medal at their home games in 1900.
The USA won the tournament and because rugby union has not been played in the games since the USA are still the Olympic champions
Rugby Union would not mathmatically be considered a fair game as it can be won by playing tactically. "A game in which a given player can always win by playing correctly is therefore called an unfair game".It is widely known that rugby can be played tactically, one tactic maybe to pick much larger and faster players than the other team thus creating and unfair game.
France
France
New Zeland
to 2015 they have never won
New Zealand beat France 29 - 9 and won the first Rugby Union World Cup.
Which cup do you refer to please and which code - Union or League. Union Rugby world cup was NOT played in 2001 it was 1999 and 2003
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