who won the first rugby union world cup
Rugby World Cup The inaugural tournament, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, was held in May and June 1987, with sixteen nations taking part.[16] New Zealand became the first ever champions, defeating France 29–9 in the final.[17] The subsequent 1991 tournament was hosted by England, with matches played throughout Britain, Ireland and France. This tournament saw the introduction of a qualifying tournament; eight places were allocated to the quarter-finalists from 1987, and the remaining eight decided by a thirty-five nation qualifying tournament.[1] Australia won the second tournament, defeating England 12–6 in the final.[18]
Test match (rugby union) The first recorded use of the word in relation to sport occurs in 1861[3] when it was used, especially by journalists, to designate the most important (but at that stage non-international) games played as part of a cricket tour by an unofficial English team to Australia and it is thought to arise[4] from the idea that the matches were a "test of strength and competency" between the sides involved. When official and fully representative Australian and English cricket and rugby teams began touring each other's countries a decade or so later the term gradually began to be applied by journalists exclusively to the international fixtures on each tour, though this was not widespread until well into the 1880s.[4]
1980 State of Origin game After a match involving intense all-in brawling, the Maroons won the first state of origin game 20-10.
2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Australia clinched their tenth title in this tournament after defeating England 2â€“1 in the final match.
Winning streak (sports) 21 games â€” New England Patriots
Six Nations Championship The tournament was first played in 1883 as the Home Nations Championship among the four Home Nations â€” England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The tournament then became the Five Nations Championship in 1910 with the addition of France. The tournament expanded in 2000 to become the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy.