| Rugby World Cup record | Qualification | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Squad | Head coach | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | |
  1987
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Not invited | Not invited | |||||||||||||||
     1991
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Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 72 | Squad | P. Schuster | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 21 | |
 1995
|
Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 130 | Squad | Automatically qualified | ||||||||
| 1999
|
Quarter-final play-offs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 107 | Squad | B. Williams | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 71 | |
| 2003
|
Pool stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 117 | Squad | J. Boe | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 58 | |
| 2007
|
Pool stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 143 | Squad | M. Jones | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 78 | |
| 2011
|
Pool stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 49 | Squad | T. Tafua | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 19 | |
| 2015
|
Pool stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 124 | Squad | S. Betham | Automatically qualified | |||||||
 2019
|
Pool stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 128 | Squad | S. Jackson | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 196 | 47 | |
| 2023
|
Pool stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 75 | Squad | S. Mapusua | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 28 | |
| 2027
|
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
 2031
| |||||||||||||||||
| Total | — | 36 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 804 | 977 | — | — | — | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 874 | 422 | |
| Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place | Home venue |
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