THE Rugby World Cup won by Sir Clive Woodward and his England squad will be on display at various venues in Kent during the next few days.

The Webb Ellis Cup will be in the county from Sunday (March 21) to next Tuesday (March 23). It is part a tour stopping off at more than 250 clubs, schools and shopping centres throughout the country to give people the opportunity to see the trophy and encourage them to take up the game.

The programme in Kent starts on Sunday morning at the Bluewater Shopping Centre at Greenhithe, near Dartford, where the cup will be on display alongside the RFU's new 40-ton open-out interactive Travelling Exhibition Unit, which also contains the RBS Six Nations Championship Trophy, the Calcutta Cup and the Women's Six Nations Trophy.

Visitors to the exhibition can practise their rugby skills with kicking and passing games as well as learning more about the clubs in their area and how to take up the sport.

On Monday the cup will be on display at Hayesbrook School in Tonbridge from 2pm to 3pm and then from 3pm to 6pm outside County Hall in Maidstone before a reception hosted by Kent County Council.

Tuesday begins with the cup and exhibition unit at Betteshanger RFC, near Deal, from 10am to midday, before visiting the University of Kent at Canterbury (1.30-2.30pm) and arriving at Tesco, in Faversham, from 3.30pm until 5.30pm.

The Kent leg of the tour ends with a reception in Faversham for east Kent clubs hosted by county rugby sponsors Shepherd Neame.

Tessa Jowell, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, said: "This is a great chance for people throughout the country to see the Webb Ellis Cup as part of its triumphant tour - reminding everyone of that great day last November when the whole country cheered the England team to victory.

"There will be no-one who did not walk a little bit taller in the days that followed. That is the power of sport."