England, along with other four nations-Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France hosted the 1991 Rugby World Cup and the venues were the various stadiums of these countries.
Sixteen countries participated in the Rugby carnival that spanned from 3 rd October to 2 nd November, 1991. The sixteen teams were divided into four pools and each pool had four countries under it. Australia emerged as the winner of the 1991 Rugby World Cup and England was the runner-up.
The popularity of the Rugby World Cup spread to various countries as the venues for the game were scattered in five countries. The venues were located at convenient locations and were surrounded by fantastic landscape features. The first match of 1991 Rugby World Cup was played between England and New Zealand at Twickenham in London . Other venues for the matches were Stade Mediteranee in Beziers, Stradey Park in Llanelli, Cross Green, Stade Jean Dauger in Bayonne, Murrayfield in Edinburgh , Lansdowne Road in Dublin, Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Stade Lesdiguieres in Grenoble , Kingsholm Rugby Ground, Ponty Pool Park in Pontypool, Stade Municipal in Toulouse, Parc Municipal des Sports in Brive, Welford Road, Stade Armandie a Agen, Ravenhill in Belfast, Parc de Princes in Paris and Stadium Lille Metropole in Villeneuve . The final match between England and Australia was played at Twickenham in London .
