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The [[Rugby Football Union]] (RFU) was involved in the organization of the sport at this edition of the Olympics. Like the 1900 Games, three teams entered: Australasia (representing Australia and New Zealand), France, and hosts Great Britain (which included the whole of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]), but France pulled out prior to the commencement of the tournament, due to being unable to field a representative team.
Australasia was represented by the [[Australia national rugby union team|Wallabies]], who were already on tour in Britain. As the best English and Welsh players were on tour in New Zealand at the time,<ref name="sportnet" /> Great Britain was represented by the [[Rugby union in Cornwall|Cornwall]] county team,<ref name=Barker>{{cite web |first=Philip |last=Barker |url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/contentpage.aspx?page=492 |title=Rugby World Cup Stirs Olympic Memories |publisher=British Olympic Association |access-date=26 October 2010 |archive-date=24 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124080205/http://www.olympics.org.uk/contentpage.aspx?page=492 |url-status=dead }}</ref> who were chosen by the RFU as an appropriate side after they defeated [[Durham, England|Durham]] to win the 1907 English County Championship. The choice of Cornwall was controversial, as only three of their players had ever represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] and the Wallabies had defeated them 18 points to five.<ref name="rfhistory">{{Cite web |work=rugbyfootballhistory.com |title=Rugby at the Olympics |url=http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/olympics.htm |access-date=15 May 2006}}</ref>
As expected, Australasia defeated Great Britain, claiming the gold medal, the score being 32 points to three. The match at the White City Stadium was played under poor conditions, in [[fog]] and on a slippery field.<ref name="mallon1908">{{Cite book |first1=Bill |last1=Mallon |first2=Ian |last2=Buchanan |title=The 1908 Olympic Games – Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary |publisher=McFarland |year=2000 |isbn=0-7864-0598-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0 }}</ref> Two of the Australian team members would later win another Olympic gold medal: [[Daniel Carroll (rugby union)|Danny Carroll]] would win another rugby gold with the United States in [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]],<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference
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== Medal table ==
Accurate as of the conclusion of the 1924 Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries¶m_dbversion=¶m_country=¶m_games=ALL¶m_sport=Rugby |title=Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries |website=olympanalyt.com |access-date=2022-01-31 |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204204931/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries¶m_dbversion=¶m_country=¶m_games=ALL¶m_sport=Rugby |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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