Rugby World Cup hosts a part, saw games played in Agen, Bayonne, Béziers Brive, Grenoble, and Toulouse. None of the quarter-finals or semi-finals was played in England. The final was played at the Rugby Football Union's Twickenham. The 1995 World Cup was hosted and won by South Africa. The IRB broke new ground by awarding the tournament to an African nation, making it the first major sporting event ever held on the continent. This was also the first Rugby World Cup to be played entirely in one country. The tournament will probably be most remembered for two moments—the emergence of Jonah Lomu as a
Ivory Coast at the Rugby World Cup living an unhappy life. He was quoted as saying that Brito's injury raised concerns about the presence of such teams in a rugby union environment on the brink of professionalisation. Pool D matches - So far the Ivory Coast has not hosted any World Cup games. Ivory Coast at the Rugby World Cup The Ivory Coast's only Rugby World Cup appearance was in 1995 when they were placed in Pool D with France, Scotland and Tonga. Their appearance in the 1995 Rugby World Cup was fairly notorious and controversial. In the opening game against Scotland, the Ivory Coast lost by