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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  New Zealand |
| Dates | 1990-08-19 – 1990-09-01 |
| No. of nations | 4 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | New Zealand |
Runner-up  |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 7 |
RugbyFest 1990 (officially the "Women's World Rugby Festival") was a two-week festival of women's rugby, held in Christchurch, New Zealand between 19 August and 1 September 1990. The event has been inflated sometimes to the status of a mini-world cup. In reality with only four teams taking part, and lacking major nations such as France, England and Canada, it was never that. However it was still a significant step forward – the first ever world-wide multi-regional women's rugby tournament.[citation needed] Held only eight years after the first women's international it was a sign of how much the game had already expanded.