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Post by january1may on Oct 1, 2019 12:51:13 GMT
So have Japan just become World Champions? No, England are still champions - they beat Ireland back in August, and apparently have yet to lose to anyone else after that. Their next match is against Argentina on Saturday. |
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Post by brazikowski on Oct 10, 2019 11:20:31 GMT
So why is this competition following different rules than the Raeburn Shield, where Japan is the current holder?
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Post by petewaring on Oct 29, 2019 8:57:04 GMT
In fact, yes, Japan were champions. Wales lost the title to England in their first World Cup warm-up match, but then beat the English the following week to reclaim the title. Wales then lost both of their remaining warm-ups to Ireland, who thus took the title into the World Cup. Japan then took it with victory over Ireland (it was the second time Japan had held the title - the first being in 2013). They lost to South Africa in the quarter-finals. England have, of course, got the chance to reclaim the title on Saturday. Fingers crossed!
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Post by january1may on Nov 2, 2019 7:29:01 GMT
In fact, yes, Japan were champions. This is correct, and I apologize; in retrospect, I apparently misinterpreted the previous explanation comment and thought it said that Ireland were the champions (a line that led to England), when in fact it said that Wales were (a line that led to Japan). |
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Post by petewaring on Aug 4, 2020 15:55:38 GMT
So South Africa won the Rugby World Cup to retain the title last November. Coronavirus has meant that the Springboks have not played an international since - hopefully they will be competing in the Rugby Championship this November.
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Post by petewaring on Jul 13, 2021 20:25:49 GMT
South Africa finally returned to international rugby on 2nd July 2021, exactly 20 months after they last played a match (which was, of course, the 2019 Rugby World Cup final). They beat Georgia 40-9. Their next three internationals are against the British & Irish Lions which don't count for the purposes of the URUWC (because if they did, and the Lions won the last match, the title would remain dormant for four years). Instead, the URUWC resumes on 14th August with South Africa vs Argentina.
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Post by petewaring on Jun 25, 2022 17:55:49 GMT
South Africa won both their matches against Argentina in August 2021, but then lost to Australia. The Wallabies kept the URUWC for the rest of the Rugby Championship, by beating South Africa again, before doing the double over Argentina. They then beat Japan.
There then followed a remarkable sequence of seven successive matches where the holders lost the title; the first time this has ever happened in URUWC history.
07/11/21 Scotland 15-13 Australia
13/11/21 Scotland 15-30 South Africa
20/11/21 England 27-26 South Africa
05/02/22 Scotland 20-17 England
12/02/22 Wales 20-17 Scotland
26/02/22 England 23-19 Wales
12/03/22 England 15-32 Ireland
Finally, Ireland held the title with a 26-5 win over Scotland, and now head to New Zealand next month.
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