Webb Ellis Cup

Webb Ellis Cup
	Webb Ellis Cup in 2015
Sport	Rugby union
Competition	Rugby World Cup
Awarded for	Winning the Rugby World Cup
Local name	Cwpan Webb Ellis (Welsh); Cupa Webb Ellis (Scots Gaelic); Paetukutuku Ellis Cup (Māori); ウェッブエリスカップ (Japanese);
Nickname	"Bill"
Presented by	World Rugby
History
First award	1987
First winner	New Zealand (1987)
Most wins	South Africa (4 times);
Most recent	South Africa (2023)
Website	rugbyworldcup.com

The Webb Ellis Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the men's Rugby World Cup, the premier competition in men's international rugby union. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis, who is often credited as being the inventor of rugby football. The trophy is silver gilt and has been presented to the winner of the Rugby World Cup since the first competition in 1987. It has been won four times by South Africa (1995, 2007, 2019 & 2023), three times by New Zealand (1987, 2011 & 2015), twice by Australia (1991 & 1999), and once by England (2003).

The 38-centimetre trophy weighs 4.5 kg, is gilded silver and has two cast scroll handles.^[1] One handle bears the head of a satyr, the other the head of a nymph. On the face of the trophy, the words International Rugby Football Board, and below that arch The Webb Ellis Cup are engraved.^[1] The Webb Ellis Cup is also referred to (incorrectly) as the "Webb Ellis Trophy" or colloquially as "Bill," a nickname coined by the 1991 Rugby World Cup winners, the Wallabies.

^ ^a ^b "The History of the William Webb Ellis Cup". wesclark.com. Retrieved 2007-09-12.

[history-1] "The History of the William Webb Ellis Cup". wesclark.com. Retrieved 2007-09-12.

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