Rugby World Cups – Philatelic Coverage – South Africa stamp 2020.
The Rugby World Cup is played every Four Years. The Inaugural World Cup was played in 1987 and was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia. Nine editions of World Cup have been held till now. The last World Cup was played in Japan in 2019 and 10th world Cup is being played in France at nine venues from 08 September 2023 to 28 November 2023. There will twenty teams participating in 2023 Rugby World Cup. South Africa is current World Champions and New Zealand have won the Webb Ellis Trophy thrice, Australia won it twice and England have won it once.
South Africa issued a NO FACE VALUE stamp in October 2020 to mark Victory of its Rugby Team in 2019 Rugby World Cup. It was the First time that a mixed South African Team had won the Rugby World Cup.
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