it was scotland who stepped in to save the event with only 90 days to organise it. the second world cup was in the end a purely northern hemisphere affair with 11 remaining teams (consisting of the four home nations, france, the united states, japan, sweden, russia, canada and kazakhstan) joined by a scottish students xv. the final was a repeat of 1991, but with this time england overcoming the united states 38–23, the final being played at raeburn place, edinburgh. despite everything, the tournament had been a success, and the game continued to grow.