List of years in rugby union explained

This page indexes the individual year in rugby union pages. Each year is annotated with one or more significant events as a reference point.

Years in rugby union

20th century

• 2000

21st century

• 2001
• 2002
• 2003 — England win the World Cup
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007 — South Africa win the World Cup
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011 — New Zealand win the World Cup
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015 — New Zealand win the World Cup
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023

See also

• History of rugby union