Women's Rugby World Cup in Edmonton, Canada, and was the first major international rugby union tournament and women's world cup held in North America. New Zealand defeated England in the final to win their third successive world cup title. A record four countries expressed interest in hosting the 2010 World Cup. After considering bids from England, Germany, Kazakhstan and South Africa, the IRB announced that the 2010 event would take place in England. The tournament was staged in London, with the final played at the Twickenham Stoop. The 2017 World Cup was hosted by the Irish Rugby Football Union, which governs the sport on
Namibia at the Rugby World Cup the end of some very severe defeats- Nil Namibia at the Rugby World Cup Namibia has competed in five Rugby World Cup tournaments, having qualified as the African representative. The Namibian rugby union team, nicknamed the "Welwitschias" after the Namibian national symbol, made their first appearance at the Rugby World Cup in 1999 and appeared at the following four tournaments. Namibia has so far played 19 games at that cup without ever winning one. Namibia's best match result was in 2015 when they lost to Georgia by a single point. So far Namibia has not hosted any World Cup games.