Welcome to the Latest Rugby News website. Find all the latest news, results and gossip in the Rugby world. The Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand in 2011. It was a great event, and this was helped by the fact that New Zealand as a nation is absolutely crazy about rugby. New Zealand is a nation that has won the Rugby World Cup the greatest number of times, and an immense number of tourists are expected to visit the country for this big event.
Rugby fans travel the world to support their national teams at the major rugby tournaments. For the Rugby World Cup in 2011, fans from all participating nations flocked to New Zealand. In all, twenty nations took part in the World Cup in New Zealand. The largest number of travelling fans came from Australia, South Africa, Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales. These are some of the major rugby playing countries and their national teams have a huge following.
For the Rugby World Cup in 2011, the New Zealand organizers hoped to see more fans travelling from the USA as well. In the USA, American football is the number one sport, but rugby is slowly building a fan-base and increasing in popularity. New Zealand is also well known in the USA as a holiday destination, so New Zealand travel operators offered special 2011 Rugby World Cup tourist packages to American tourists. All the crucial information that fans needed about the world cup game schedule, venues, rail and air bookings, and other important details was provided via the official website of the Rugby World Cup. If you are interested in the Latest Rugby News, feel free to contact us.