the major rugby playing nations of scotland, italy and argentina have yet to defeat the all blacks in a test match. the all blacks were winners of the inaugural rugby world cup in 1987 and were runners-up in 1995. the all blacks were the only team to have reached the semi-final stage at every world cup until the 2007 world cup where they were defeated 20-18 by france in the quarter-finals. new zealand won its second rugby world cup on home soil in 2011. in 2015 new zealand became the first country to win back to back rugby world cups beating australia 34-17 in the final played at twickenham on 31 october. new zealand is the only country to have never lost a rugby world cup pool game.