Springboks Win the 2019 Rugby World Cup
For our South African National Team the Springboks, the 2019 Rugby World Cup started with a loss against the then Reigning champions New Zealand. No one gave the South African Team a benefit of the Doubt to can win the World Cup. That is because all the Previous World Cup Winners in the Prevous World Cups Won all of their Game, so South Africa had to Change History Records, if they wanted to win that 2019 Rugby World Cup Title. But as we all know South African did Change History and Set a New Record as the First Country to Loose a Match and to go all the way to Winning the 2019 Rugby Final against the English National Team, which was one of the best National Teams at the Tournament because they Reached the final wihi=out even lossig a signle match game. Below are a list of National Teams that Qualified for the 2019, Rugby World Cup.
Region: Team: Qualification: Played: Best World Cup result: World Cup Ranking:
Europe Ireland Automatic 8 Quarter-finals (six times) 1
Oceania New Zealand Automatic 8 Champions (1987, 2011, 2015) 2
Europe England Automatic 8 Champions (2003) 3
Africa South Africa Automatic 6 Champions (1995, 2007) 4
Europe Wales Automatic 8 Third place (1987) 5
Oceania Australia Automatic 8 Champions (1991, 1999) 6
Europe Scotland Automatic 8 Fourth place (1991) 7
Europe France Automatic 8 Runners-up (1987, 1999, 2011) 8
Oceania Fiji Oceania 1 7 Quarter-finals (1987, 2007) 9
Asia Japan Hosts 8 Pool stage 10
S America Argentina Automatic 8 Third place (2007) 11
Europe Georgia Automatic 4 Pool stage 12
N America United States Americas 1 7 Pool stage 13
Europe Italy Automatic 8 Pool stage 14
Oceania Tonga Oceania 2 7 Pool stage 15
Oceania Samoa Playoff win 7 Quarter-finals (1991, 1995) 16
S America Uruguay Americas 2 3 Pool stage 19
Europe Russia Europe 1 1 Pool stage 20
N America Canada Americas 8 Quarter-finals (1991) 22
Africa Namibia Africa 1 5 Pool stage 23 South African World Cup Matches:
Date: Team 1: Score Result: Team 2: Match Type: Venue:
21 September 2019 South Africa 13–23 New Zealand Group Match International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
28 September 2019 South Africa 57–3 Namibia Group Match City of Toyota Stadium, Toyota
4 October 2019 South Africa 49–3 Italy Group Match Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi
8 October 2019 South Africa 66–7 Canada Group Match Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe
20 October 2019 South Africa 26–3 Japan Quater Final Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu
27 October 2019 South Africa 19–16 Wales Semi Final International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
2 November 2019 South Africa 32–12 England Cup Final International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
1995 Rugby World Cup
Here we see President Nelson Mandela, together with the 1995 Springbok Captain Francois Pienaar, lifting the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Which is the 1st widely Recognized World Cup to be won by the Country.
2007 Rugby World Cup
Here we see 2nd President Thabo Mbeki, together with the 2007 Springbok Captain John Smit, lifting the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Which is the 2nd Rugby World Cup to be won by South Africa.
2019 Rugby World Cup
This is the 3rd Rugby World Cup, being won by South Africa. We see the 4th President Cyril Ramaphosa together with the 2019 Springbok Captain (Siyamthanda) Siya Kolisi, lifting the 2019 Rugby World Cup.