The Rugby World Cup 2007 starts today!

Paris – September 07, 2007 – The Rugby World Cup is the premier international rugby union competition. The event is organized by the sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB), and is contested by the best men's national teams.

The title of world champion is currently held by England, who won the 2003 tournament held in Australia.
This year the Rugby World Cup will be hosted in France from September to October.

This evening the first game of the Rugby World Cup 2007 will be played with France against Argentina at the Stade de France Stadium in St Dennis Paris.

Italy, that, after the great results achieved far in the 2007 Six Nations competition, is in the top 10 teams made by International Rugby Board (IRB), will debut with the All Blacks on Saturday.
Italy and its captain and Diadora athlete, Marco Botolami, will play the Rugby World Cup 2007 in Pool C, against New Zealand, Scotland, Romania and again Portugal (beaten 83-0 in the qualifiers) and have a very good chance of making the quarter finals and even the semi finals for the first time.

George Smith , another Diadora athlete, is going to play with Australia. He has already won 58 caps for the Australian national rugby union team since his test debut in 2000 against France in Paris.