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  1. The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Union and Rugby World Cup Limited. The pre-event favourites were England ...

  2. The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Union and Rugby World Cup Limited. The pre-event favourites were England, regarded by many at the time as the best team in the ...

  3. The 2003 Rugby World Cup final was contested at Stadium Australia on 22 November. This action-packed match delivered one of the most dramatic finals in the tournament’s history. The entire game was neck-and-neck. Australia started out strong with an early penalty but things soon changed.

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  5. 2003 IRB report. The 2003 Rugby World Cup was staged in Australia, the land of the defending champions; the first time the Rugby World Cup had been defended on home soil. In a modification from the tournament in 1999, the competition consisted of four pools of five competing nations.

  6. The knockout stage at the 2003 Rugby World Cup featured the eight teams that qualified from the pool stage (the top two teams from each of the four pools), competing in a single-elimination tournament. The stage began with the quarter-final between New Zealand and South Africa in Melbourne on 8 November 2003, and concluded with the final ...

  7. Nov 25, 2003 · Paul Wilson - Football. The 2003 Rugby Union World Cup showed how much progress the newly professional game has made. In another 10 years or so it should be well on the way to becoming a spectator ...

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