The great eddie butler rip

This was one of the greatest RWCs of all time. A few years later there was wholesale law changes to the game, something the late Frank Keating, rugby correspondent for decades, said was totally unnecessary, because of the success of the 1991 RWC.  Since that time, more law changes have turned rugby union into some sort of game of rugby league.  Perhaps if the laws were kept pretty much as they were in 1991, even the scoring, there'd be no points inflation and real rucking and mauling without legalized obstruction.  Maybe then the mid-field would be re-opened.

Thanks for posting - my favourite video as a kid

I watched Wales play Western Samoa at Cardiff Arms Park at this world cup, gutted by the loss but Samoa had a string of NZ players. Australia only beat them by 6. Wales had lost so many players to rugby league too, not a great side we had 1990-1991. Shame the footage is blurry could have looked for myself in the crowd.

0:13 the title song and a snippet of the opening ceremony

Well its back baby

25:50 for japan's only rugby world cup win prior to 2015

2:23 cue Eddie butler

1:15:39 31 games of the RWC 1991 are now in the books this is match 32 of 32

1:27:10 nearing the final whistle of game 32 means that we are

6:14 typical british weather

50:06 1:05:49 and 1:14:15 my fave music besides the intro

14:49 BT satellites beamed the 1991 rwc

Shame Zimbabwe fell away on international Rugby

43:35 cue the eerie music

47:47 the 1st game of 32

Kind of a Heroes 86 feeling to it...music score much worst though...still kind of cool.