It lasts 45 days starting 9/9/2011 and the final on 23/10/2011

In 1823 William Web Ellis a 17 year old student of Rugby School Warwickshire England whilst playing Football (Soccer) picked up the ball (which was allowed in the game at that time) and instead of running back toward team mates as was the rule to make a pass carried on running forward toward the opposing goal line. The concept caught on and 14 years later Rugby was formalised as a game

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1987 - New Zealand - David Kirk 1991 - Australia - Nick Farr-Jones 1995 - South Africa - Francois Pienaar 1999 - Australia - John Eales 2003 - England - Martin Johnson 2007 - South Africa - John Smit

The head coach for the side is Marc Lièvremont. The captain of the side is flanker Thierry Dusautoir.

2007 - South Africa

2003 - England

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Uruguay, Italy, France, England, Germany, Argentina.

The first verse is taken from the hymn "I vow to thee my country" with music by Gustav Holst. The rest has been added to suit the Rugby Union as far as I can tell. "Bulphrog"

There are 94 countries commencing the knockout stages with 4 pools of 5 teams in the final tournament (20 teams in total)

1-0 followed by 1-1, the home team is most likely to win with scores 1-0, 2-0 and 2-1 in that order.

New Zealand (the All Blacks) won the World Cup in 1987. The runner-up was France.

For the 2011 RWC it is New Zealander, Robbie Deans.

The Rugby World Cup competition of 1999 was held in Wales.

The 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand is getting broadcasted over nearly all urbanised countries, including New Zealand (obviously), Australia, South Africa, France, USA, England, Italy, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Russia, Germany, Spain, Portugal, China, Japan etc.

The score was Australia - 10, England - 12

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Australia, new zealand, England, wales, south Africa, Ireland, Fiji , Italy, France, Argentina

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All the above plus USA, Canada, Russia, Sweden, Germany, Geogie,Spain, Romania,Portugal, Ukraine,Moldova, Czech Republic, Belgium,Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Croatia. Malta, Netherlands, Israel, Sebia, Andorra Aemenia, Finland, Denmark, Slovinia,Norway, Luxenburg, Austria, Bulgaria,Hungey,Korea, Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong,Japan,Kazakhstan,Korea,Singapore, Thailand,Srilanka,Thiland,India, Malasya, Chineses Taipei,Pakistan,Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Trinidad and tobago, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Nambia,Tunisia, Cote D'Ivoire, Uganda,Namibia, Kenya, Madagascar, Cameroon, Botswana, Morocco, Swaziland, Nigeria,

For results and to see how these countrys are doing look at the RWC website for the qualifying rounds and scores.

The concept was put in place that to spread the interest it would be fair and reasonable to assume that generically the top 10 teams in the World Rugby Rankings would always be a host. Therefore it was set out that all member countries could bid to host the event. This allowed emerging countries like Japan to have an opportunity to host the event, gain more experience in hosting and allow people from differing countries to see the game in different parts of the world. This has been effective as more that 1 hundred teams are now registered with World Rugby and more rare plaining to start the process

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A few examples of this:

1. South Africa plays a tactic which involve their forwards to dominate and then play around 9 and 10. This means that South Africa's forwards dominate scrums, line outs and makes it easy for the scrum half (9) and fly half (10) to kick tactically.


2. France are know for their quick counter attacks. This means they play there backline players close to the opposition. When a turn over comes they spread the ball wide for the wings. France love an open game, their tactics is very good at running freely.


3. Alway have a open side flanker who could turn over possession quickly. Teams like Australia and New Zealand have players like George Smith and Richie Mcaw. Even the USA has a player called Todd Cleaver who could win back the ball for his team. Europe also has a number of flankers who dominates the breakdown and it's a very good tactic.


Use this website for reference: www.rugbytactics.com/

France hosted the 2007 Rugby Union World Cup which was won by South Africa with England as the runners up

Here is the copy I have - Its been checked against the RWC fixture list before printting so is up to date. Please note that due to the issues in Christchurch the RWC Board my move some games if there is any problems with public safety or the potential for further earth quakes

Date

Time (NZ)

Pool

Match Details

Locations

Stadium

Fri Sept 9

20.30

A

New Zealand v Tonga

Auckland

Eden Park

Sat Sept 10

13.00

B

Scotland v Romania

Invercargill

Rugby Park Stadium

Sat Sept 10

15.30

D

Fiji v Namibia

Rotorua

Rotorua International Stadium

Sat Sept 10

18.00

A

France v Japan

Auckland

North Harbour Stadium

Sat Sept 10

20.30

B

Argentina v England

Dunedin

Otago Stadium

Sun Sept 11

15.30

C

Australia v Italy

Auckland

North Harbour Stadium

Sun Sept 11

18.00

C

Ireland v USA

New Plymouth

Stadium Taranaki

Sun Sept 11

20.30

D

South Africa v Wales

Wellington

Wellington Regional Stadium

Wed Sept 14

14.30

D

Samoa v Namibia

Rotorua

Rotorua International Stadium

Wed Sept 14

17.00

A

Tonga v Canada

Whangarei

Northland Events Centre

Wed Sept 14

19.30

B

Scotland v Georgia

Invercargill

Rugby Park Stadium

Thurs Sept 15

19.30

C

Russia v USA

New Plymouth

Stadium Taranaki

Fri Sept 16

20.00

A

New Zealand v Japan

Hamilton

Waikato Stadium

Sat Sept 17

15.30

B

Argentina v Romania

Invercargill

Rugby Park Stadium

Sat Sept 17

18.00

D

South Africa v Fiji

Wellington

Wellington Regional Stadium

Sat Sept 17

20.30

C

Australia v Ireland

Auckland

Eden Park

Sun Sept 18

15.30

D

Wales v Samoa

Hamilton

Waikato Stadium

Sun Sept 18

18.00

B

England v Georgia

Dunedin

Otago Stadium

Sun Sept 18

20.30

A

France v Canada

Napier

McLean Park

Tues Sept 20

19.30

C

Italy v Russia

Nelson

Trafalgar Park

Wed Sept 21

19.30

A

Tonga v Japan

Whangarei

Northland Events Centre

Thurs Sept 22

20.00

D

South Africa v Namibia

Auckland

North Harbour Stadium

Fri Sept 23

20.30

C

Australia v USA

Wellington

Wellington Regional Stadium

Sat Sept 24

18.00

B

England v Romania

Dunedin

Otago Stadium

Sat Sept 24

20.30

A

New Zealand v France

Auckland

Eden Park

Sun Sept 25

15.30

D

Fiji v Samoa

Auckland

Eden Park

Sun Sept 25

18.00

C

Ireland v Russia

Rotorua

Rotorua International Stadium

Sun Sept 25

20.30

B

Argentina v Scotland

Wellington

Wellington Regional Stadium

Mon Sept 26

19.30

D

Wales v Namibia

New Plymouth

Stadium Taranaki

Tues Sept 27

17.00

A

Canada v Japan

Napier

McLean Park

Tues Sept 27

19.30

C

Italy v USA

Nelson

Trafalgar Park

Wed Sept 28

19.30

B

Georgia v Romania

Palmerston North

Arena Manawatu

Fri Sept 30

20.30

D

South Africa v Samoa

Auckland

North Harbour Stadium

Sat Oct 1

15.30

C

Australia v Russia

Nelson

Trafalgar Park

Sat Oct 1

18.00

A

France v Tonga

Wellington

Wellington Regional Stadium

Sat Oct 1

20.30

B

England v Scotland

Auckland

Eden Park

Sun Oct 2

13.00

B

Argentina v Georgia

Palmerston North

Arena Manawatu

Sun Oct 2

15.30

A

New Zealand v Canada

Wellington

Wellington Regional Stadium

Sun Oct 2

18.00

D

Wales v Fiji

Hamilton

Waikato Stadium

Sun Oct 2

20.30

C

Ireland v Italy

Dunedin

Otago Stadium

Sat Oct 8

18.00

Blank

QF1: W Pool C v RU Pool D

Wellington

Wellington Regional Stadium

Sat Oct 8

20.30

Blank

QF2: W Pool B v RU Pool A

Auckland

Eden Park

Sun Oct 9

18.00

Blank

QF3: W Pool D v RU Pool C

Wellington

Wellington Regional Stadium

Sun Oct 9

20.30

Blank

QF4: W Pool A v RU Pool B

Auckland

Eden Park

Sat Oct 15

21.00

Blank

SF1: W QF1 v W QF2

Auckland

Eden Park

Sun Oct 16

21.00

Blank

SF2: W QF3 v W QF4

Auckland

Eden Park

Fri Oct 21

20.30

Blank

Bronze Final

Auckland

Eden Park

Sun Oct 23

21.00

Blank

Final

Auckland

Eden Park