World Cup, though the competition would not be operated by World Rugby until 1998, and its pre-1998 winners would not be officially recognised by World Rugby until 2009. 1995: PARA Pan American Championship 1996: The Tri Nations Series begins between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. 1996 The Women's Home Nations Championship begins. 1998: Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games commences. Also, the first Women's Rugby World Cup to be officially sanctioned by the IRB takes place. 1999: World Rugby Sevens Series commences as IRB Sevens World Series. The Women's Home Nations Championship becomes the Women's Five Nations Championship when France joins. 2000: The Five Nations becomes the Six Nations Championship when Italy joins. Africa Cup commences. 2002: The Women's Five Nations Championship becomes the Women's Six Nations Championship when Spain join full-time. 2003: Churchill Cup commences with Canada, the US, and England Saxons (England "A") as permanent participants and one invited team (later three). 2004: CAR Development Trophy (Africa) commences. 2006: Pacific Nations Cup/Pacific Rugby Cup and IRB Nations Cup commence. 2007: The (men's) Six Nations committee formally takes over the Women's Six Nations; Spain is replaced with Italy to align the men's and women's competitions. 2008: Asian Five Nations founded. The IRB folds its former under-19 and under-21 world championships into a new two-tiered under-20 structure, with the competitions now known as the World Rugby Under 20 Championship and World Rugby Under 20 Trophy. 2011: The Churchill Cup holds its final edition. From 2012 on, the US and Canada have been included in the WR international tour calendar. 2012: The Tri Nations adds Argentina, and is renamed The Rugby Championship. 2013: The World Rugby Women's Sevens Series commences as the IRB Women's Sevens World Series. 2016: The Americas Rugby Championship is established in its current "Six Nations" format, with Argentina's "A" side, now known as Argentina XV, joined by the senior sides of Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay and the USA. The first Olympic sevens tournaments took place. 2018: Women's sevens made its Commonwealth Games debut. List of Rugby World Cup Finals For more details see the article Rugby World Cup 1987: New Zealand defeated France 29–9 at Eden Park, Auckland, in the first Rugby World Cup, held in New Zealand and Australia. 1991: Australia defeated England 12–6 at Twickenham, London, in the second Rugby World Cup, held in the British Isles and France. 1995: South