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<blockquote data-quote="Johnny Storm" data-source="post: 1000204" data-attributes="member: 80747"><p>1987 - Just a starter to get things rolling, rugby was still an obscure sport and several pool matches were played to empty stadiums.</p><p></p><p>1991 - (my favorite) much more exciting. England lucky to squeeze through to the final. This was also the last time I can remember a really dominant Scottish side.</p><p></p><p>1995 - SA joined the party. Some heavy thrashings in the pool stages, but good tournament once the knock-outs started. I remember the infamous match between SA and Canada when the lights went out in the stadium for 30 minutes, the match when it later started was just a brawl. Also the 747 aircraft doing the low passes over the stadium just before the final kicked off - You had to be there to know what it was like.</p><p></p><p>1999 - Over shadowed by the Paddington rail disaster which took a lot of the headlines. Wales beat SA for the very first time in the first match at the Millenium stadium. Some obscure fixtures eg SA v England played in Paris.</p><p></p><p>2003 - Boring. Nothing spectacular. England ground out a boring win in the final.</p><p></p><p>2007 - Two words "Bryan Habana"</p><p></p><p>2011 - Lots of off-the-field shenanigans. England boys in all sorts of trouble, Tuilagi arrested for swimming in the harbour. Sam Warburton's red card was correct - could have been Wales best chance of winning, dashed. </p><p></p><p>2015 - Japan beating SA will be talked about 1000 years from now. Some terrible scheduling after Wales beat England in pool, meaning that Wales played a QF game at Twickers while 2 other QF games were played the same weekend in Cardiff. Hotels were packed full. Some poor reffing - Scotland v Australia.</p><p></p><p>2019 - Uruguay and South Africa were the only two teams who went home happy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnny Storm, post: 1000204, member: 80747"] 1987 - Just a starter to get things rolling, rugby was still an obscure sport and several pool matches were played to empty stadiums. 1991 - (my favorite) much more exciting. England lucky to squeeze through to the final. This was also the last time I can remember a really dominant Scottish side. 1995 - SA joined the party. Some heavy thrashings in the pool stages, but good tournament once the knock-outs started. I remember the infamous match between SA and Canada when the lights went out in the stadium for 30 minutes, the match when it later started was just a brawl. Also the 747 aircraft doing the low passes over the stadium just before the final kicked off - You had to be there to know what it was like. 1999 - Over shadowed by the Paddington rail disaster which took a lot of the headlines. Wales beat SA for the very first time in the first match at the Millenium stadium. Some obscure fixtures eg SA v England played in Paris. 2003 - Boring. Nothing spectacular. England ground out a boring win in the final. 2007 - Two words "Bryan Habana" 2011 - Lots of off-the-field shenanigans. England boys in all sorts of trouble, Tuilagi arrested for swimming in the harbour. Sam Warburton's red card was correct - could have been Wales best chance of winning, dashed. 2015 - Japan beating SA will be talked about 1000 years from now. Some terrible scheduling after Wales beat England in pool, meaning that Wales played a QF game at Twickers while 2 other QF games were played the same weekend in Cardiff. Hotels were packed full. Some poor reffing - Scotland v Australia. 2019 - Uruguay and South Africa were the only two teams who went home happy. [/QUOTE]
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