Rugby World Cup team guide 2019

World Cup appearances, including 2019

World Cup wins


Pool A

IRELAND
Rank 2 
Coach: Josef Schmidt
Captain: Rory Best
9
Best finish: Quarter-final 6 times
Record: W21-L14

SCOTLAND
Rank 7 
Coach: Gregor Townsend
Captain: Stuart McInally
9
Best finish: Fourth place 1991
Record: W22-D1-L15

JAPAN
Rank 10 
Coach: Jamie Joseph
Captain: Michael Leitch
9 
Best finish: Pool stage 8 times
Record: W4-D2-L22

RUSSIA
Rank 20 
Coach: Lyn Jones
Captain: Vasily Artemyev
2
Best finish: Pool stage 2011
Record: W0-L4

SAMOA
Rank 16 
Coach: Steve Jackson
Captain: Jack Lam
8 
Best finish: Quarter-final 1991, 1995
Record: W12-L16

Pool B

NEW ZEALAND 
Rank 1
Coach: Steve Hansen 
Capt: Kieran Read
9 3
Winner 1987, 2011, 2015
Record: W44-L6

SOUTH AFRICA
Rank 5 
Coach: Rassie Erasmus 
Capt: Siya Kolisi
7 2
Winner 1995, 2007
Record: W30-L6

ITALY
Rank 13 
Coach: Conor O’Shea
Captain: Sergio Parisse
9 
Best finish: Pool stage 8 times
Record: W11-L17

NAMIBIA
Rank 23 
Coach: Phil Davies
Captain: Johan Deysel
6
Best finish: Pool stage 5 times
Record: W0-L19

CANADA
Rank 21 
Coach: Kingsley Jones
Captain: Tyler Ardron
9
Best finish: Quarter-final 1991
Record: W7-D2-L20

Pool C

ENGLAND
Rank 3 
Coach: Eddie Jones
Captain: Owen Farrell
9 1 
Winner 2003
Record: W31-L13

FRANCE
Rank 8 
Coach: Jacques Brunel
Captain: Guilhem Guirado
9
Best finish: Final 1987, 1999, 2011
Record: W33-D1-L14

ARGENTINA
Rank 11 
Coach: Mario Ledesma
Captain: Pablo Matera
9 
Best finish: Third place 2007
Record: W19-L18

USA
Rank 14 
Coach: Gary Gold
Captain: Blaine Scully
8
Best finish: Pool stage 7 times
Record: W3-L22

TONGA
Rank 15 
Coach: Toutai Kefu
Captain: Siale Piutau
8 
Best finish: Pool stage 7 times
Record: W7-L18

Pool D

AUSTRALIA
Rank 6 
Coach: Michael Cheika
Captain: Michael Hooper
9  2
Winner 1991, 1999
Record: W39-L9

WALES
Rank 4 
Coach: Warren Gatland
Captain: Alun Wyn Jones
9 
Best finish: Third place 1987
Record: W21-L16

GEORGIA
Rank 12 
Coach: Milton Haig
Captain: Merab Sharikadze
5
Best finish: Pool stage 4 times
Record: W4-L12

FIJI
Rank 9
Coach: John McKee
Captain: Dominiko Waqaniburotu
8
Best finish: Quarter-final 1987, 2007
Record: W10-L18

URUGUAY
Rank 19 
Coach: Esteban Meneses
Captain: Juan Manuel Gaminara
4
Best finish: Pool stage 3 times
Record: W2-L9


World Rugby ranking as of September 2019


Sources: World Rugby, Scrum.com
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