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It is the Gil Evans whistle and was first blown by Gil Evans, the Welsh referee overseeing a match between England and New Zealand in 1905 MATCH FACTS KICK OFF THE OPENING GAME AT EVERY THE SAME WHISTLE IS USED TO RUGBY WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT FIRST RUGBY WORLD CUP was held in 1987 and was won by New Zealand Played on 4th June 1995 when New Zealand beat Japan 145 points to 17 WEBB ELLIS TROPHY Named after the 16 year old schoolboy said to invent the game in 1823 Most points scored: 277 JONNY WILKINSON England Most tries scored: 15 JONAH LOMU New Zealand Youngest player: 20 JONAH LOMU New Zealand ENGLAND ..are the only northern hemisphere country to win the world cup (2003) SOUTH AFRICA & NEW ZEALAND The only nations to host and win a tournament + 159 days + 26 days Oldest player: 40 DIEGO ORMAECHEA Uruguay 162 HIGHEST NUMBER OF POINTS SCORED RUGBY WORLD CUP PLAYER RECORDS 20 NATIONS TAKING PART 21 MOST TRIES SCORED: 142 WIDEST WINNING MARGIN: NEW ZEALAND JAPAN Rugby World Cup 1995 AUSTRALIA NAMIBIA Rugby World Cup 2003 CLUBS WITH TWO WORLD CUP WINS Australia, South Africa and New Zealand (2003) (1987, 2011) (1995) EXETER LONDON LEICESTER BIRMINGHAM LEEDS NEWCASTLE MANCHESTER MILTON KEYNES CARDIFF GLOUCESTER BRIGHTON & HOVE 11 CITIES ACROSS THE UK DESIGNED AND CREATED BY © CHALK & WARD ADVERTISING INFORMATION SOURCED FROM: thescotlandteam.com • telegraph.co.uk • rugbyworldcup.com • tenfactsabout.co.uk • youthsporttrust.org • mensxp.com • allblacks.com POOL A Australia England Wales Fiji Uruguay POOL B South Africa Samoa Japan Scotland USA POOL C New Zealand Argentina Tonga Georgia Namibia POOL D France Ireland Italy Canada Romania
