Africa defeated New Zealand 15–12 (after extra time) at Ellis Park, Johannesburg in the third Rugby World Cup, held in South Africa. 1999: Australia defeated France 35–12 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff in the fourth Rugby World Cup, held in Wales with matches also being played in England, Scotland, Ireland and France. 2003: England defeated Australia 20–17 (after extra time) at Stadium Australia, Sydney in the fifth Rugby World Cup, held in Australia. 2007: South Africa defeated England 15–6 at Stade de France, Saint-Denis in the sixth Rugby World Cup, held in France with matches also being played in Scotland and Wales. 2011: New Zealand defeated France 8–7 at Eden Park, Auckland, in the seventh Rugby World Cup, held in New Zealand. 2015: New Zealand defeated Australia 34–17 at Twickenham, London, in the eighth Rugby World Cup, held in England with matches also being played in Wales. 2019: South Africa defeated England 32–12 at Yokohama, Japan, in the ninth Rugby World Cup, held in Japan. Notable games 1871: First recognised international match, played between England and Scotland at Raeburn Place. 1905: Wales narrowly beat the first touring New Zealand team, dubbed 'The Game of the Century'. 1973: The Barbarians defeat the All Blacks at Cardiff Arms Park 1978: Irish provincial side Munster defeat the All Blacks 12–0 at Thomond Park. It is the All Blacks only defeat on the 1978 tour. 1999: France upsets the heavily favoured All Blacks in the 1999 Rugby World Cup semi-finals. 2000: New Zealand narrowly defeats Australia at Stadium Australia in front of a world-record crowd of 109,874. International debuts of Tier 1 & 2 nations 1871: and after Scottish invitation. 1875: . 1881: 1891: (against a British Isles side.) 1899: (against a British Isles side.) 1903: 1906: (against New Zealand). 1910: (against a British Isles side.) 1912: (against Australia.) 1919: . 1924: and (against one another) and also (against Fiji in a different match.) 1929: (against ). 1932: International debut of and , against one another. See also England v Scotland representative football matches (1870–1872) First ever international Association Football match, organised by the Football Association. List of oldest rugby union competitions McGill University – Athletics The inventions of North American football, hockey, rugby and basketball are all related to McGill in some way. In 1865, the first recorded game of rugby in Canada (and North America) occurred in Montreal, between British army officers