title: List of years in rugby union
text: # List of years in rugby union
  
  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
  