Jonny Wilkinson arrives in Land Rover Defender with the Webb Ellis Cup

Ahead of the Opening Ceremony, Rugby World Cup 2003 winner Jonny Wilkinson drove the last leg of the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour. The 100-day Tour travelled through the UK and Ireland before arriving at Twickenham Stadium in a unique Rugby World Cup 2015 Land Rover Defender. Thousands of fans lined the street for the iconic moment and the rugby legend received a hero’s welcome.

Rugby World Cup 2015 is on course to become the best attended, most viewed and most socially engaged Tournament ever.

Given its 20 year heritage in Rugby around the world from grassroots to elite, Land Rover is using its position as a proud Worldwide Partner of Rugby World Cup 2015 to shine a spotlight on grassroots rugby. Land Rover’s #WeDealInReal campaign champions and celebrates the people that are the heart and soul of the game, by putting local clubs on the global stage.

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