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- The Rugby World Cup is the most important international rugby union contest in the world
- The prize for winning the event is the William Webb Ellis Trophy, named after the pupil of Rugby School who is reported to have invented rugby
- The event was first held in Australia and New Zealand in 1987 and takes place every four years
- There is a two-year qualification process
- The host country usually hosts the competition in several stadiums
- The 2007 Rugby World Cup will be hosted in France and games will be played in 10 different French cities with group games at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium and Murrayfield in Scotland
- The 2011 competition will be hosted by New Zealand
