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TwitterWales became the first side to enter the semi-final of the Rugby World Cup when they defeated the Ireland team in the quarter-finals at Wellington. Wales won the game 22-10 against the side which had gone into the game as favourites to enter the last four stage. Ireland had gone into the match having won [...]
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Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand v Argentina
October 7th, 2011 
In the fourth and the last quarter-final of the Rugby World Cup this year, the All Blacks, who are the home team and one of the strong favourites will take on Argentina. Argentina have scraped through to the quarter-finals with wins over Scotland, Georgia and Romania, but after having gone down to England. However, it [...]
Australia play South Africa in the third quarter-final of the Rugby World Cup
October 7th, 2011 The all-important game will be held at Wellington on October 9. This will be the first game of the evening and third of the four quarter-finals. Australia have had a rough ride getting to the quarter-finals. They did beat the minnows, USA and Russia, had a small difficulty in defeating the Italians but it was [...]
England will play France in Rugby World Cup quarter-final
October 6th, 2011 England will play France in a rather important Rugby World Cup quarter-final that will be played on October 8. This will be the second quarter-final after the first one to be played will be between Wales and Ireland. This game will be held at Eden Park in Auckland. England, despite all their on and off [...]
Rugby World Cup 2011 quarter-finals decided
October 3rd, 2011 The quarter-final line-up for the Rugby World Cup 2011 has been decided. In the first quarter-final of the tournament, the two European sides, Ireland and Wales will play each other. This game will be played at Wellington. In the second quarter-final, to be played at Eden Park in Auckland on the same day on October [...]
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No Comments »Tonga upset France 19-14 – Rugby World Cup 2011
October 1st, 2011 In one of the biggest upsets of all time in World Cup rugby, Tonga beat France 19-14 in a Pool A match. With this defeat, France still remain on the second position and will still go on to qualify for the next round but the side has probably hit its worst lows. France has not [...]
Posted in Rugby, Rugby World Cup Tags: Marc Livremont, Suka Hufanga, Vincent Clerc, World Cup rugby No Comments »South Africa crush Namibia 87-0
September 22nd, 2011 South Africa recorded their third win in the Rugby World Cup on Thursday when they defeated Namibia 87-0, in a superb performance. The winners led Namibia 31-0 at half-time but as the match progressed the Springboks only improved and their African neighbours continued to fall apart, conceding a total of 11 tries in the game. [...]
Scotland go in with new-look side for Georgia game
September 12th, 2011 In a move that is bound to surprise many, the Scottish side has made 11 changes to the team that beat Romania in their opening fixture of the Rugby World Cup 2011. Scotland beat Romania in the Rugby World Cup match on Saturday but struggled to do so and will now have to ensure that [...]