France at the Rugby World Cup following stadiums were used (finals locations emboldened). France will host the Rugby World Cup for the second time in 2023. France can be seen playing South Africa in the feature film "Invictus" based on the 1995 Rugby World Cup. France at the Rugby World Cup The France national rugby team have competed in all the Rugby World Cup tournaments. They are one of five teams who have played in the final match, having done so three times (1987, 1999, 2011), losing and finishing second in the tournament each time. They have made it to at least the quarter-finals at every
Rugby League World Cup Rugby League World Cup The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament, contested by national teams of the Rugby League International Federation, which was first held in France in 1954, the first World Cup in either rugby code. The idea of a rugby league world cup tournament was first mooted in the 1930s with the French proposal to hold a tournament in 1931, and again in 1951. The fifteen tournaments held to date have been at intervals ranging from two to eight years, and have featured a number of formats. So far three nations have won the