The following table shows the generally performance records of the teams from the Six Nations and Tri-Nations competitions, plus the teams that made the knock-out stages (the quarter-finals) in at least one of the World Cups played so far. If they played in the tournament, the entries in the table show the stage at which they were knocked out, or whether they won the tournament.
| Team | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | Qtr-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Champions |
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| Australia | SF | W | QF | W | F | QF | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| South Africa(1) | DNP | DNP | W | SF | QF | W | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| England | QF | F | SF | QF | W | F | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| New Zealand | W | SF | F | SF | SF | QF | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| France | F | QF | SF | F | SF | SF | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Scotland | QF | SF | QF | QF | QF | QF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | QF | QF | QF | Group | QF | Group | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wales | SF | Group | Group | QF | QF | Group | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Argentina | Group | Group | Group | QF | Group | SF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Samoa(2) | DNP | QF | QF | Group | Group | Group | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiji(3) | QF | Group | DNQ | Group | Group | QF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | Group | QF | Group | Group | Group | Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | Group | Group | Group | Group | Group | Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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