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Justin Purdie ( born 13 May 1980 in Samatau ) is a Samoan rugby union flanker . He is a member of the ___MASK6___ national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup . Currently living in ___MASK78___ playing rugby . The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup , a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987 . Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament , which was hosted by ___MASK78___ from 7 September to 20 October . ___MASK78___ won the hosting rights in 2003 , beating a bid from England . The competition consisted of 48 matches over 44 days ; 42 matches were played in ten cities throughout ___MASK78___ , as well as four in Cardiff , ___MASK39___ , and two in Edinburgh , Scotland . Cardiff is the capital and largest city in ___MASK39___ and the eleventh - largest city in the United Kingdom . The city is the country ' s chief commercial centre , the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions , the Welsh national media , and the seat of the National Assembly for ___MASK39___ . The unitary authority area ' s mid - 2011 population was estimated to be 346 , 100 , while the population of the Larger Urban Zone was estimated at 861 , 400 in 2009 . The Cardiff metropolitan area makes up over a third of the total population of ___MASK39___ , with a mid - 2011 population estimate of about 1 , 100 , 000 people . Cardiff is a significant tourist centre and the most popular visitor destination in ___MASK39___ with 18 . 3 million visitors in 2010 . In 2011 , Cardiff was ranked sixth in the world in National Geographic ' s alternative tourist destinations . The Webb Ellis Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the Rugby World Cup , the premier competition in men ' s international rugby union . The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis , who is often credited as the inventor of rugby football . The trophy is silver gilt and has been presented to the winner of the Rugby World Cup since the first competition in 1987 . It has been held thrice by ___MASK43___ ( 1987 , 2011 & 2015 ), twice by Australia ( 1991 & 1999 ) and South Africa ( 1995 & 2007 ), and once by England in 2003 . The ___MASK6___ national rugby union team ( also known as Manu ___MASK6___ ) is the men ' s representative side of ___MASK6___ in rugby union . The ___MASK6___ Rugby Union is owned by the affiliated rugby unions of ___MASK6___ . The name Manu ___MASK6___ is in honour of a famous Samoan warrior . They perform a traditional Samoan challenge called the siva tau before each game . ___MASK6___ Rugby Union were formerly members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance ( PIRA ) along with ___MASK5___ and Tonga . They are ranked 12th in the world . Rugby union , or simply rugby , is a contact team sport which originated in ___MASK4___ in the first half of the 19th century . One of the two codes of rugby football , it is based on running with the ball in hand . In its most common form , a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval - shaped ball on a rectangular field with H - shaped goalposts on each try line . The Independent State of ___MASK6___ , commonly known as ___MASK6___ and , until 1997 , known as Western ___MASK6___ , is a unitary parliamentary democracy with eleven administrative divisions . The two main islands are Savai ' i and Upolu with four smaller islands surrounding the landmasses . The capital city is Apia . The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan islands around 3 , 500 years ago . They developed a unique language and cultural identity . The Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance ( PIRA ) was set up in 2002 as a basis of co - operation between the ___MASK5___ , Samoa and Tonga Rugby Unions . ___MASK26___ and the ___MASK75___ also became members of the Alliance and supplied players to the Pacific Islanders team . Both the PIRA and the Pacific Islanders team were disbanded in 2009 . ___MASK4___ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and ___MASK39___ to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of ___MASK4___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . ___MASK4___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . The Rugby World Cup is a men ' s rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams . The tournament was first held in 1987 , when the tournament was co - hosted by ___MASK43___ and Australia . ___MASK43___ are the current champions , having defeated Australia in the final of the 2015 tournament in England . Edinburgh is the capital city of ___MASK94___ and one of its 32 local government council areas . Located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth ' s southern shore , it is ___MASK94___ ' s second most populous city and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom . The 2014 official population estimates are 464 , 990 for the city of Edinburgh , 492 , 680 for the local authority area , and 1 , 339 , 380 for the city region as of 2014 ( Edinburgh lies at the heart of the proposed Edinburgh and South East ___MASK94___ city region ). Recognised as the capital of ___MASK94___ since at least the 15th century , Edinburgh is home to the Scottish Parliament and the seat of the monarchy in ___MASK94___ . The city is also the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of ___MASK94___ and home to national institutions such as the National Museum of ___MASK94___ , the National Library of ___MASK94___ and the Scottish National Gallery . It is the largest financial centre in the UK after ___MASK72___ . The ___MASK6___ Rugby Union are the governing body of the sport of rugby union in ___MASK6___ . They were formerly members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance ( PIRA ) along with ___MASK5___ and Tonga .