1995 Rugby World Cup

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Rugby World Cup international rugby union tournament

The 1995 Rugby World Cup was a landmark international rugby union tournament remembered for South Africa’s emotional post-apartheid victory and its powerful role in national reconciliation.

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Label Occurrences
1995 Rugby World Cup canonical 18
Rugby World Cup 1995 2
1995 Rugby World Cup Final 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Rugby World Cup ⓘ
international rugby union tournament ⓘ
decisiveScoreInFinal drop goal by Joel Stransky ⓘ
editionNumber 3 ⓘ
endDate 1995-06-24 ⓘ
featuredTeam England national rugby union team ⓘ
France national rugby union team ⓘ
All Blacks ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand national rugby union team

South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
finalCity Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
finalDate 1995-06-24 ⓘ
finalOutcome after extra time ⓘ
finalReferee Ed Morrison ⓘ
finalScore South Africa 15–12 New Zealand ⓘ
finalVenue Ellis Park Stadium ⓘ
fourthPlace England national rugby union team ⓘ
headOfStateInFinal Nelson Mandela ⓘ
hostContinent Africa ⓘ
hostCountry South Africa ⓘ
hostNationCaptain Francois Pienaar ⓘ
hostNationCoach Kitch Christie ⓘ
knockoutStage final ⓘ
quarter-finals ⓘ
semi-finals ⓘ
third-place play-off ⓘ
legacy boosted international image of South Africa ⓘ
symbol of national reconciliation in South Africa ⓘ
nextEdition 1999 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
notablePlayer Francois Pienaar ⓘ
Joel Stransky ⓘ
Jonah Lomu ⓘ
numberOfPools 4 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 16 ⓘ
openingMatchCity Cape Town ⓘ
openingMatchVenue Newlands Stadium ⓘ
organisedBy World Rugby ⓘ
surface form: International Rugby Board
politicalContext post-apartheid South Africa ⓘ
previousEdition 1991 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
runnerUp All Blacks ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand national rugby union team
significance first Rugby World Cup held entirely in one country ⓘ
first Rugby World Cup hosted by South Africa ⓘ
sport rugby union ⓘ
startDate 1995-05-25 ⓘ
symbolicMoment Nelson Mandela wearing Springbok jersey in final ⓘ
teamsPerPool 4 ⓘ
thirdPlace France national rugby union team ⓘ
topTryScorer Jonah Lomu ⓘ
topTryScorerTeam All Blacks ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand national rugby union team
topTryScorerTries 7 ⓘ
winner South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ

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South Africa → hostedEvent → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Loftus Versfeld Stadium → hostedTournament → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Invictus → basedOn → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Invictus → portrays → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1995 Rugby World Cup Final
Invictus → depictsEvent → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa
South Africa national rugby union team → wonRugbyWorldCup → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Jonah Lomu → participantIn → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Rugby World Cup → hasEdition → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rugby World Cup 1995
1999 Rugby World Cup → previousEdition → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
1991 Rugby World Cup → nextEdition → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Francois Pienaar → competitionWonAsCaptain → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Kitch Christie → coachedCompetition → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Free State Stadium → hostedEvent → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Joel Stransky → participatedIn → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Joel Stransky → worldCupWinner → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
New Zealand national rugby union team → worldCupRunnerUp → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Ed Morrison → refereed → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1995 Rugby World Cup final
Chester Williams → notableWork → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Chester Williams → participantIn → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Joost van der Westhuizen → worldCupWinner → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Joost van der Westhuizen → tournament → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Canada national rugby union team → worldCupParticipation → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rugby World Cup 1995
Romania national rugby union team → hasParticipatedIn → 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ