How Campo brought the cup home for Australia

As the Wallabies begin their test campaign in Britain, here’s a look back at when, 30 years ago, the national team emerged triumphant, thanks to superstar player David Campese.

James CurranInternational affairs expert

Oct 29, 2021 – 10.26am

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This week the Australian Wallabies landed in Britain for upcoming tests against Scotland, England and Wales. Their arrival coincides with the 30th anniversary of the team’s most golden moment: Australia’s first Rugby World Cup win at London’s Twickenham ground on November 2, 1991.

During that tournament, the Australians played a style of running rugby, which, carefully nurtured from the late 1970s, and manifest in several triumphs during the 1980s, brought its ultimate reward as Captain Nick Farr-Jones lifted the William Webb Ellis trophy.