Get set for the Rugby World Cup with our world tour of where to see rugby at its very best.

Sport wouldn’t be quite the same without its stadia, its theatres, its fields of dreams. Lords, the Maracana, the Yankee Stadium: cricket, football and baseball have their hallowed grounds, rugby union is no exception.

Here are seven of the world’s top stadia in which to experience rugby at its best:

1. Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand (capacity 50,000)

This Kiwi corker is New Zealand’s largest stadium and, although it can suffer from some pretty changeable weather, that’s a small quibble. It’s bang in the centre of the country’s largest city for some serious big match build up. In use since 1900, it was the first stadium in the world to host two Rugby World Cup finals (the inaugural tournament in 1987 and again in 2011). History will live on: plans to build a replacement for 2011 on the Auckland waterfront were shelved at the last minute.

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For tour information: http://www.edenpark.co.nz/tours