{"id":124,"date":"2010-02-05T15:45:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T15:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/?p=124"},"modified":"2020-03-31T08:45:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T08:45:23","slug":"rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/rugby\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby World Cup champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rugby World Cup is contested every four years. The winners are awarded the Webb Ellis Cup, named after <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Webb_Ellis\">William Webb Ellis<\/a>, who, according to legend, invented rugby by picking up the ball during a football (soccer) game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Year<\/strong> : <strong>Venue<\/strong> : <strong>Score<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2019 : International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama : South Africa 32, England 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2015 : Twickenham Stadium, London : New Zealand 37, Australia 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2011 : Eden Park, Auckland, NZ : New Zealand 8, France 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2007 : Stade de France, Paris : South Africa 15, England 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2003 : Telstra Stadium, Sydney : England 20, Australia 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1999 : Millenium Stadium, Cardiff : Australia 35, France 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1995 : Ellis Park, Johannesburg : South Africa 15, New Zealand 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1991 : Twickenham, London : Australia 12, England 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1987 : Eden Park, Auckland : New Zealand 29, France 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbyworldcup.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/03\/Webb-Ellis-Cup.jpg\" alt=\"Webb Ellis Cup\" class=\"wp-image-1087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/03\/Webb-Ellis-Cup.jpg 400w, https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/03\/Webb-Ellis-Cup-350x527.jpg 350w, https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/03\/Webb-Ellis-Cup-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Webb Ellis Cup<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ten of the Best Sidesteps from Rugby World Cup 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-2RStr_KtP4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbyworldcup.com\">Rugby World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.world.rugby\/rankings\/mru\">Int Rugby Board World Ranking<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rugby World Cup is contested every four years. The winners are awarded the Webb Ellis Cup, named after William Webb Ellis, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[52,204],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-champions","tag-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}