Host countries: New Zealand and Australia
Champions: New Zealand
Runners up: France
Dates: May 22 – June 20
Number of teams: 16
Matches played: 32
Venues: 11
Attendance: 604,500
Top scorer: Grant Fox (NZ) 126
Most tries: Craig Green (NZ) 6, John Kirwan (NZ) 6
Pool 1
Australia 19 – 7 England
United States 21 – 18 Japan
England 60 – 7 Japan
Australia 47 – 12 United States
Australia 42 – 23 Japan
England 34 – 6 United States
Concord Oval, Sydney, May 23
Ballymore, Brisbane, May 24
Concord Oval, Sydney, May 30
Ballymore, Brisbane, May 31
Concord Oval, Sydney, June 3
Concord Oval, Sydney, June 3
Standings W D L P F PA Pts
Australia 30 0 1 0 8 4 16
England 20 1 1 0 0 3 24
US 10 2 3 9 9 9 02
Japan 00 3 4 8 1 2 30
Pool 2
Canada 37 – 4 Tonga
Wales 13 – 6 Ireland
Wales 29 – 16 Tonga
Ireland 46 – 19 Canada
Ireland 32 – 9 Tonga
Wales 40 – 9 Canada
McLean Park, Napier, May 24
Athletic Park, Wellington, May 25
Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North, May 29
Carisbrook, Dunedin, May 30
Ballymore, Brisbane, June 3
Rugby Park, Invercargill, June 3
Standings W D L P F PA Pts
Wales 30 0 8 2 3 1 6
Ireland 20 1 8 4 4 1 4
Canada 10 2 6 5 9 0 2
Tonga 00 3 2 9 9 8 0
Pool 3
New Zealand 70 – 6 Italy
Fiji 28 – 9 Argentina
New Zealand 74 – 13 Fiji
Argentina 25 – 16 Italy
Italy 18- 15 Fiji
New Zealand 46 – 15 Argentina
Eden Park, Auckland, May 22
Rugby Park, Hamilton, May 24
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, May 27
Lancster Park, Christchurch, May 28
Carisbrook, Dunedin, May 31
Athletic Park, Wellington, June 1
Standings W D L P F PA Pts
NZ 30 0 1 9 0 3 46
Fiji 10 2 5 6 1 0 12
Italy 10 2 4 0 1 1 02
Argentina 10 2 4 9 9 0 02
Pool 4
Romania 21 – 20 Zimbabwe
France 20 – 20 Scotland
France 55 – 12 Romania
Scotland 60 – 21 Zimbabwe
Scotland 55 – 28 Romania
France 70 – 12 Zimbabwe
Eden Park, Auckland, May 23
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, May 23
Athletic Park, Wellington, May 28
Athletic Park, Wellington, May 30
Carisbrook, Dunedin, June 2
Eden Park, Auckland, June 2
Standings W D L P F PA Pts
France 21 0 1 4 5 4 45
Scotland 21 0 1 3 5 6 95
Romania 10 2 6 1 1 3 02
Zimbabwe 00 3 5 3 1 5 10
Quarter- finals
New Zealand 30 (Whetton, Gallagher tries; Fox 6 pen, 2 con) – 3 Scotland (Hastings pen)
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, June 6
Australia 33 (Burke 2, McIntyre, Smith tries; Lynagh 3 pen, 4 con) – 15 Ireland (MacNeill, Kiernan tries; Kiernan pen, 2 con)
Concord Oval, Sydney, June 7
France 31 (Rodriguez 2, Lorieux, Lagisquet tries; Laporte 2 pen, 3 con, dropped goal) – 16 Fiji (Qoro, Damu tries; Koroduadua 2 pen, con)
Eden Park, Auckland, June 7
Wales 16 (Roberts, Jones, Devereux tries; Thorburn 2 con) – 3 England (Webb pen)
Ballymore, Brisbane, June 8
Semi-finals
France 30 (Lorieux, Sella, Lagisquet, Blanco tries; Camberabero 2 pen, 4 con) – 24 Australia (Campese, Codey tries; Lynagh 3 pen, 2 con, dropped goal)
Concord Oval, Sydney, June 13
New Zealand 49 (Kirwan 2, Shelford 2, Drake, Whetton, Stanley, Brooke-Cowden tries; Fox pen, 7 con) – 6 Wales (Devereux try; Thorburn con)
Ballymore, Brisbane, June 14
Third play-off
Wales 22 (Roberts, Moriarty, Hadley tries; Thorburn 2 pen, 2 con) – 21 Australia (Burke, Grigg tries; Lynagh 2 pen, 2 con, dropped goal)
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua, June 18
Final
New Zealand 29 (Jones, Kirk, Kirwan tries; Fox 4 pen, con, dropped goal) – 9 France (Berbezier try; Camberabero pen, con)
Eden Park, Auckland, June 20
