Editing 2010s (section)

====Rugby====
[[Rugby (sport)|Rugby]] was another well-attended sport in this decade. The landscape of club rugby saw the emergence of the Japanese theatre, with big players heading to Japan. [[RC Toulon|Toulon]] versus [[Racing 92]] in the [[2015–16 Top 14 season|2015–16 Top 14]] final broke records for club rugby when it clocked over 99,000 in attendance at [[Camp Nou]] in Barcelona.

International rugby saw the emergence of several new elite sides, with teams like [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] as a new major player in the European sphere, and on a larger global sphere, where they peaked at Number 1 in 2019, [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] also saw significant improvement and wins, with their overall achievements leading to a stint at Number 1 in 2019. [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] and [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]] made headlines during the decade, the latter by beating the [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa national side]] in [[The Brighton Miracle|2015]]. Wales, [[England national rugby union team|England]], and Ireland dominated the [[Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]], though France did win in 2010. In the [[The Rugby Championship|Rugby Championship]], [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]] were admitted during the 2011 season, in a general surge in South American rugby, with [[Uruguay national rugby union team|Uruguay]] becoming established. New Zealand dominated the Rugby Championship, winning all but 2 of the tournaments, losing out in Rugby World Cup years. [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] earned wins versus France and Ireland as well as a shock win against South Africa alongside semi-regular wins against [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]].

The [[Rugby World Cup]] was held three times in the 2010s, firstly in New Zealand in [[2011 Rugby World Cup|2011]], where hosts New Zealand beat France 8–7 in the final. New Zealand beat Australia in [[2015 Rugby World Cup|2015]], 34–17 to become the most successful world cup team and the first team to win Back-to-Back titles. Japan hosted the [[2019 Rugby World Cup|2019]] World Cup and [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]], led by their first Black Captain, [[Siya Kolisi]], won against England in the final 32–12. This was a World Cup of firsts, being the first in Asia, and because Japan progressed as top of their Group after famous wins versus Ireland and Scotland and were beaten only by the eventual winners in the Quarter final. It also saw Uruguay get their first World Cup win against [[Fiji national rugby union team|Fiji]]. This world cup was the first one in which a team who had lost a group game won the tournament, with South Africa previously losing to New Zealand in pool play.