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2011 Rugby World Cup

Ipu o te Ao Whutupōro 2011
Tournament details
Host nation	New Zealand
Dates	9 September – 23 October (45 days)
No. of nations	20 (91 qualifying)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	France
Third-place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Attendance	1,477,294 (30,777 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Morné Steyn (62)
Most tries	Chris Ashton Vincent Clerc (6 tries each)
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The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. The tournament was won by New Zealand, who defeated France 8–7 in the final.^[1] The defending champions, South Africa, were eliminated by Australia 11–9 in the quarter-finals.^[2] The result marked the third time that the tournament was won by the country that hosted the event (following New Zealand in 1987 and South Africa in 1995).

It was the largest sporting event ever held in New Zealand,^[3] eclipsing the 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games, 1992 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 America's Cup.^[4] Overseas visitors to New Zealand for the event totalled 133,000, more than the 95,000 that the organisers expected. However, there was a drop in non-event visitors, meaning the net increase in visitors over the previous year was less than 80,000.^[5][6]

The games ran over six weeks, commencing on 9 September 2011 with the Opening Ceremony showcasing New Zealand's history and diverse cultures. The final was played at Eden Park in Auckland on Sunday 23 October 2011, a date chosen because it fell on a long weekend of New Zealand's Labour Day holiday.^[7]

After speculation that the number of participating teams would be reduced to 16, the IRB announced on 30 November 2007 that the 2011 tournament would again feature 20 teams.^[8] Twelve teams qualified as a result of finishing in the top three in each pool in the 2007 tournament. The remaining eight berths were determined by regional qualifying tournaments.^[9] Of the 20 countries that competed in the previous World Cup in 2007, there was only one change – Russia replaced Portugal.

Host selection

Three nations bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup — New Zealand, Japan, and South Africa.

New Zealand had co-hosted the first Rugby World Cup with Australia in 1987, and had been set to co-host the 2003 World Cup with Australia before a disagreement over ground signage rights resulted in New Zealand being dropped and Australia became the sole host. The 2011 New Zealand bid contained plans to enlarge the size of Eden Park and other stadiums to help increase the commercial viability of the bid.

Japan was bidding to become the first Asian nation to host the first Rugby World Cup.^[10] Japan had the necessary infrastructure already in place, by virtue of its co-hosting the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

South Africa had hosted the tournament in 1995. The 2011 South African bid, led by former national captain Francois Pienaar, had strong support from their national government. South Africa had also won the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The IRB Council meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005 announced that New Zealand had been selected after IRB inspections of each applicant host nation during June and July 2005. After winning the bid, the New Zealand Rugby Union, expressed disappointment towards their Australian counterparts who voted against New Zealand hosting the event, due to the misplaced expectation that the "Anzac spirit" would result in a vote for New Zealand.^{[citation needed]}

Preparations

Costs and benefits

The event was expected to cost about NZ$310 million to run and to generate NZ$280 million in ticket sales.^[11] In Auckland, the city where many of the most important games took place, the costs to the local ratepayers alone was estimated at $102 million.^[12]

Ticket sales exceeding NZ$285 million, accommodation-related spending of another NZ$260 million, and NZ$236 million spent on food and drink was expected to provide a significant fiscal stimulus, of nearly 1.4% of the quarterly GDP.

Concerns

In the years between winning the bid and the staging of the event, New Zealand news media and social agencies cast aspersions on the nation's readiness and appropriate use of national funds for sports infrastructure, as has happened with most large, international, quadrennial, multi-location sporting events of recent decades such as the 2012 Olympics, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Concerns were raised about the process of upgrading Eden Park to expand the capacity to the 60,000 required by the IRB. In late 2008 Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully said the remaining consent process might need to be overridden by legislation for the work to be completed on time.^[13]

A July 2009 report by the Auckland Regional Transport Authority, released under the Official Information Act, warned of lack of readiness and complacency, despite the fact that "the levels of patron movement and operational standard [needed for the RWC] are in reality significantly above what is currently delivered."^[14] The report was dismissed by Michael Barnett, the Auckland Chamber of Commerce CEO and planning co-coordinator for RWC events in Auckland, who characterised it as a case of "a Wellington media organisation us[ing] an outdated report".^[15]

The nation's largest hospitality workers' union, Unite, which represents 25% of hotel, restaurant and casino workers in New Zealand, demanded that workers share in windfall profits and said there was the possibility of a strike during the tournament.^[16]

The construction of Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium, known during the tournament as Otago Stadium, was a source of concern as the project was operating in a tight time frame. An April 2010 progress report stated that the project remained on target for completion prior to the Rugby World Cup, although there was a medium level of risk with some significant and potentially damaging concerns.^[17] If the project had not been completed on time, organisers would have reverted to Carisbrook as the backup option. Forsyth Barr Stadium was officially opened on 6 August 2011.^[18]

Damage caused by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake forced the relocation of a number of cup matches, including the quarter finals.

Warm-up matches

The 2011 Tri Nations Series was shortened to include only six games instead of the usual nine. It served as the primary preparation for the tournament for Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. In the northern hemisphere, a series of friendlies played in August 2011 replaced the annual tours to the southern hemisphere. North American entrants Canada beat USA in two warm-up friendlies in August 2011.

Qualifying

Twenty teams competed in the 2011 World Cup. Twelve teams qualified by finishing in the top three of their pool in the 2007 Rugby World Cup.^[9][19]

Twelve of the nations at this tournament had competed in every previous Rugby World Cup – Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, Scotland, and Wales. All the other sides also had previous World Cup experience, except for Russia who appeared in a Rugby World Cup for the first time.

Qualified teams

The following 20 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,^[20] qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

The 13 venues for the 2011 Rugby World Cup were confirmed on 12 March 2009.^[21] A number of the venues were redeveloped to increase capacity for the event. The Government considered passing a law bypassing the consent process to allow all the stadiums' redevelopment to be completed in time.^[13]

Due to damage to Stadium Christchurch and many other facilities in Christchurch caused by the earthquake on 22 February 2011, it was announced on 16 March that the matches to be played in the city would be relocated. The two quarter-finals scheduled would be moved to Auckland, while the five pool matches moved to other centres.^[22]

On 10 November 2006, the New Zealand Government announced plans for Stadium New Zealand in Auckland. The proposal was to build the new stadium seating 70,000 on the waterfront. After much public outcry, and lack of support from the Auckland Regional Council, the proposal was dropped in favour of the redevelopment of Eden Park. The redevelopment of Eden Park's Southern and South Western stands was completed during 2010.

Dunedin's new stadium, Forsyth Barr Stadium (known as Otago Stadium during the tournament), was completed in August 2011 and was used instead of Carisbrook.^[23]

Auckland	Wellington	Dunedin	Auckland
Eden Park	Wellington Regional Stadium	Otago Stadium	North Harbour Stadium
Capacity: 60,0001	Capacity: 40,0001	Capacity: 30,748	Capacity: 30,000
Hamilton	Okara Park North Harbour Stadium Eden Park Waikato Stadium Rotorua Int'l Stadium Yarrow Stadium McLean Park Arena Manawatu Wellington Regional Stadium Trafalgar Park Otago Stadium Rugby Park Stadium Location of the 12 stadia to host matches at the 2011 Rugby World Cup		Rotorua
Waikato Stadium			Rotorua Int'l Stadium
Capacity: 36,000			Capacity: 26,000
New Plymouth			Nelson
Stadium Taranaki			Trafalgar Park
Capacity: 26,000			Expansion to 18,000
Invercargill	Whangarei	Napier	Palmerston North
Rugby Park Stadium	Northland Events Centre	McLean Park	Arena Manawatu
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 18,000	Expansion to 22,000	Expansion to 15,000

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Draw

Seeding of teams for the 2011 World Cup was based on their respective IRB World Rankings.^[24] The top four at the 2007 Rugby World Cup (South Africa, England, Argentina, and France) were not therefore allocated top pool spots, but "the rankings are now very well established and provide us with a credible and succinct way of seeding teams for the rugby World Cup pool draw", according to Rugby World Cup Ltd (RWCL) chairman Syd Millar.^[24]

The draw was conducted in December 2008 and used the World Rankings as of 1 December 2008,^[25] after the Northern Hemisphere Autumn internationals.^[26] The teams were placed into three bands depending on their seedings at the time, with one team from each band in each of the pools.^[24] The rankings and bands were therefore: New Zealand (1), South Africa (2), Australia (3) and Argentina (4); Wales (5), England (6), France (7) and Ireland (8); Scotland (9), Fiji (10), Italy (11) and Tonga (12).^[25]

The full draw and venues for the tournament were announced on 12 March 2009.^[27]

The opening match saw the hosts, New Zealand, take on Tonga.

By coincidence, the final match and third-place playoff match were between the countries which contested the same matches at the first Rugby World Cup, which were also held in New Zealand, in 1987.

Squads

Each country was allowed a squad of 30 players for the tournament. These squads were to be submitted to the International Rugby Board by a deadline of 22 August 2011.^[28] Once the squad was submitted a player could be replaced if injured, but would not be allowed to return to the squad. There is also a stand-down period of 72 hours before the new player is allowed to take the field. Hence, a replacement player called into a squad on the eve of a game will not be permitted to play in that game.

Match officials

On 8 April 2011, the IRB named ten referees, seven assistant referees and four television match officials to handle the pool stage games. Two of the seven assistants will also be reserve referees if required.^[29]

Pool stage

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
New Zealand  France  Tonga  Canada  Japan	Argentina  England  Scotland  Georgia  Romania	Australia  Ireland  Italy  United States  Russia	South Africa  Wales  Samoa  Fiji  Namibia

The first round, or pool stage, saw the twenty teams divided into four pools of five teams using the same format that was used in 2003 and in 2007. Each pool was a round-robin of ten games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams were awarded four points for a win, two points for a draw and none for a defeat. A team scoring four or more tries in one match scored a bonus point, as did a team losing by seven or fewer points.

The teams finishing in the top two of each pool advanced to the quarterfinals. The top three teams of each pool have automatically qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams were tied on match points, the following tiebreakers would have applied:^[30]

1. The winner of the match between the two teams (would not apply if more than two teams were tied);


2. Difference between points scored for and points scored against in all pool matches;


3. Difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all pool matches;


4. Points scored in all pool matches;


5. Most tries scored in all pool matches;


6. Official IRB World Rankings as of 3 October 2011.

Key to colours in pool tables
	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup
	Eliminated but qualified for 2015 Rugby World Cup

Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = draws, L = losses, TF = tries for, PF = match points for, PA = match points against, +/− = sum total of points for/against, BP = bonus points, Pts = pool points

Pool A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
New Zealand	4	4	0	0	36	240	49	+191	4	20
France	4	2	0	2	13	124	96	+28	3	11
Tonga	4	2	0	2	7	80	98	−18	1	9
Canada	4	1	1	2	9	82	168	−86	0	6
Japan	4	0	1	3	8	69	184	−115	0	2

9 September 2011	New Zealand	41–10	Tonga	Eden Park, Auckland
10 September 2011	France	47–21	Japan	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
14 September 2011	Tonga	20–25	Canada	Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
16 September 2011	New Zealand	83–7	Japan	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
18 September 2011	France	46–19	Canada	McLean Park, Napier
21 September 2011	Tonga	31–18	Japan	Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
24 September 2011	New Zealand	37–17	France	Eden Park, Auckland
27 September 2011	Canada	23–23	Japan	McLean Park, Napier
1 October 2011	France	14–19	Tonga	Regional Stadium, Wellington
2 October 2011	New Zealand	79–15	Canada	Regional Stadium, Wellington

Pool B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
England	4	4	0	0	18	137	34	+103	2	18
Argentina	4	3	0	1	10	90	40	+50	2	14
Scotland	4	2	0	2	4	73	59	+14	3	11
Georgia	4	1	0	3	3	48	90	−42	0	4
Romania	4	0	0	4	3	44	169	−125	0	0

10 September 2011	Scotland	34–24	Romania	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
10 September 2011	England	13–9	Argentina	Otago Stadium, Dunedin
14 September 2011	Scotland	15–6	Georgia	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
17 September 2011	Argentina	43–8	Romania	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
18 September 2011	England	41–10	Georgia	Otago Stadium, Dunedin
24 September 2011	England	67–3	Romania	Otago Stadium, Dunedin
25 September 2011	Argentina	13–12	Scotland	Regional Stadium, Wellington
28 September 2011	Georgia	25–9	Romania	Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North
1 October 2011	England	16–12	Scotland	Eden Park, Auckland
2 October 2011	Argentina	25–7	Georgia	Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North

Pool C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
Ireland	4	4	0	0	15	135	34	+101	1	17
Australia	4	3	0	1	25	173	48	+125	3	15
Italy	4	2	0	2	13	92	95	−3	2	10
United States	4	1	0	3	4	38	122	−84	0	4
Russia	4	0	0	4	8	57	196	−139	1	1

11 September 2011	Australia	32–6	Italy	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
11 September 2011	Ireland	22–10	United States	Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
15 September 2011	Russia	6–13	United States	Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
17 September 2011	Australia	6–15	Ireland	Eden Park, Auckland
20 September 2011	Italy	53–17	Russia	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
23 September 2011	Australia	67–5	United States	Regional Stadium, Wellington
25 September 2011	Ireland	62–12	Russia	International Stadium, Rotorua
27 September 2011	Italy	27–10	United States	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
1 October 2011	Australia	68–22	Russia	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
2 October 2011	Ireland	36–6	Italy	Otago Stadium, Dunedin

Pool D

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
South Africa	4	4	0	0	21	166	24	+142	2	18
Wales	4	3	0	1	23	180	34	+146	3	15
Samoa	4	2	0	2	9	91	49	+42	2	10
Fiji	4	1	0	3	7	59	167	−108	1	5
Namibia	4	0	0	4	5	44	266	−222	0	0

10 September 2011	Fiji	49–25	Namibia	International Stadium, Rotorua
11 September 2011	South Africa	17–16	Wales	Regional Stadium, Wellington
14 September 2011	Samoa	49–12	Namibia	International Stadium, Rotorua
17 September 2011	South Africa	49–3	Fiji	Regional Stadium, Wellington
18 September 2011	Wales	17–10	Samoa	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
22 September 2011	South Africa	87–0	Namibia	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
25 September 2011	Fiji	7–27	Samoa	Eden Park, Auckland
26 September 2011	Wales	81–7	Namibia	Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
30 September 2011	South Africa	13–5	Samoa	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
2 October 2011	Wales	66–0	Fiji	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 October – Wellington
	Ireland	10
					15 October – Auckland (Eden)
	Wales	22
					Wales	8
	8 October – Auckland (Eden)
					France	9
	England	12
									23 October – Auckland (Eden)
	France	19
									France	7
	9 October – Wellington
									New Zealand	8
	South Africa	9
					16 October – Auckland (Eden)
	Australia	11
					Australia	6
	9 October – Auckland (Eden)
					New Zealand	20			Third place
	New Zealand	33
									21 October – Auckland (Eden)
	Argentina	10
									Wales	18
									Australia	21

Quarter-finals

Ireland vs Wales

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England vs France

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South Africa vs Australia

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New Zealand vs Argentina

Semi-finals

Wales vs France

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Australia vs New Zealand

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Bronze final: Wales vs Australia

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Final: France vs New Zealand

Point scorers

Overall points scorers
Player	Team	Total	Details
			Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop Goals
Morné Steyn	South Africa	62	2	14	7	1
James O'Connor	Australia	52	1	13	7	0
Kurt Morath	Tonga	45	0	6	11	0
Ronan O'Gara	Ireland	44	0	10	8	0
Piri Weepu	New Zealand	41	0	4	11	0
Dimitri Yachvili	France	39	0	6	9	0
Morgan Parra	France	37	1	4	8	0
Colin Slade	New Zealand	36	1	14	1	0
James Arlidge	Japan	34	2	3	6	0
Chris Ashton	England	30	6	0	0	0
Vincent Clerc	France	30	6	0	0	0
Rhys Priestland	Wales	29	0	10	3	0
Jonny Wilkinson	England	28	0	5	5	1
Merab Kvirikashvili	Georgia	28	0	2	8	0
Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia	25	5	0	0	0
Keith Earls	Ireland	25	5	0	0	0
Israel Dagg	New Zealand	25	5	0	0	0
Tusi Pisi	Samoa	25	0	2	6	1
Felipe Contepomi	Argentina	24	1	2	5	0
Theuns Kotzé	Namibia	24	1	2	2	3
Dan Parks	Scotland	24	0	0	5	3
Chris Paterson	Scotland	23	0	1	7	0
Stephen Jones	Wales	23	0	10	1	0
Ander Monro	Canada	22	1	1	3	2
Seremaia Bai	Fiji	22	0	5	4	0
Toby Flood	England	21	0	9	1	0
Jonathan Sexton	Ireland	21	0	3	4	1
Dan Carter	New Zealand	21	0	6	2	1
Paul Williams	Samoa	21	1	5	2	0
François Steyn	South Africa	21	3	0	2	0
James Pritchard	Canada	20	0	4	4	0
Mark Cueto	England	20	4	0	0	0
Vereniki Goneva	Fiji	20	4	0	0	0
Zac Guildford	New Zealand	20	4	0	0	0
Richard Kahui	New Zealand	20	4	0	0	0
Jerome Kaino	New Zealand	20	4	0	0	0
Sonny Bill Williams	New Zealand	20	4	0	0	0
Scott Williams	Wales	20	4	0	0	0
Martín Rodríguez	Argentina	19	0	5	3	0
Mirco Bergamasco	Italy	19	0	2	5	0
Konstantin Rachkov	Russia	19	1	4	1	1
Berrick Barnes	Australia	18	2	4	0	0
Chris Wyles	United States	18	1	2	3	0
James Hook	Wales	17	0	1	5	0
François Trinh-Duc	France	18	2	1	0	2
Drew Mitchell	Australia	15	3	0	0	0
Dănuţ Dumbravă	Romania	15	0	0	5	0
Alesana Tuilagi	Samoa	15	3	0	0	0
Francois Hougaard	South Africa	15	3	0	0	0
Jonathan Davies	Wales	15	3	0	0	0
George North	Wales	15	3	0	0	0
Ruan Pienaar	South Africa	12	0	6	0	0
Ionuţ Dimofte	Romania	11	0	1	3	0
Lucas González Amorosino	Argentina	10	2	0	0	0
Juan José Imhoff	Argentina	10	2	0	0	0
Quade Cooper	Australia	10	0	2	2	0
Anthony Faingaa	Australia	10	2	0	0	0
David Pocock	Australia	10	0	2	2	0
Phil Mackenzie	Canada	10	2	0	0	0
Conor Trainor	Canada	10	2	0	0	0
Ben Foden	England	10	2	0	0	0
Shontayne Hape	England	10	2	0	0	0
Manu Tuilagi	England	10	2	0	0	0
Ben Youngs	England	10	2	0	0	0
Tommy Bowe	Ireland	10	2	0	0	0
Tommaso Benvenuti	Italy	10	2	0	0	0
Sergio Parisse	Italy	10	2	0	0	0
Giulio Toniolatti	Italy	10	2	0	0	0
Heinz Koll	Namibia	10	2	0	0	0
Ma'a Nonu	New Zealand	10	2	0	0	0
Adam Thomson	New Zealand	10	2	0	0	0
Victor Vito	New Zealand	10	2	0	0	0
Vladimir Ostroushko	Russia	10	2	0	0	0
Denis Simplikevich	Russia	10	2	0	0	0
Kahn Fotuali'i	Samoa	10	2	0	0	0
George Stowers	Samoa	10	2	0	0	0
Simon Danielli	Scotland	10	2	0	0	0
Gio Aplon	South Africa	10	2	0	0	0
Jaque Fourie	South Africa	10	2	0	0	0
Bryan Habana	South Africa	10	2	0	0	0
Juan de Jongh	South Africa	10	2	0	0	0
Danie Rossouw	South Africa	10	2	0	0	0
Siale Piutau	Tonga	10	2	0	0	0
Taulupe Faletau	Wales	10	2	0	0	0
Jamie Roberts	Wales	10	2	0	0	0
Lloyd Williams	Wales	10	2	0	0	0
Riccardo Bocchino	Italy	8	0	4	0	0
Leigh Halfpenny	Wales	8	1	0	1	0
Ruaridh Jackson	Scotland	6	0	0	1	1
Santiago Fernández	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Genaro Fessia	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Juan Figallo	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Agustin Gosio	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Juan Manuel Leguizamón	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Ben Alexander	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Kurtley Beale	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Rocky Elsom	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Robert Horne	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Digby Ioane	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Salesi Ma'afu	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Pat McCabe	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Ben McCalman	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Stephen Moore	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Radike Samo	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Aaron Carpenter	Canada	5	1	0	0	0
Jebb Sinclair	Canada	5	1	0	0	0
Ryan Smith	Canada	5	1	0	0	0
DTH van der Merwe	Canada	5	1	0	0	0
Delon Armitage	England	5	1	0	0	0
Tom Croft	England	5	1	0	0	0
Leone Nakarawa	Fiji	5	1	0	0	0
Napolioni Nalaga	Fiji	5	1	0	0	0
Netani Talei	Fiji	5	1	0	0	0
Thierry Dusautoir	France	5	1	0	0	-
Maxime Medard	France	5	1	0	0	0
Maxime Mermoz	France	5	1	0	0	0
Lionel Nallet	France	5	1	0	0	0
Pascal Papé	France	5	1	0	0	0
Julien Pierre	France	5	1	0	0	0
Damien Traille	France	5	1	0	0	0
Dimitri Basilaia	Georgia	5	1	0	0	0
Mamuka Gorgodze	Georgia	5	1	0	0	0
Lasha Khmaladze	Georgia	5	1	0	0	0
Rory Best	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Isaac Boss	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Tony Buckley	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Shane Jennings	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Rob Kearney	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Fergus McFadden	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Sean O'Brien	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Brian O'Driscoll	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Andrew Trimble	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Martin Castrogiovanni	Italy	5	1	0	0	0
Edoardo Gori	Italy	5	1	0	0	0
Luke McLean	Italy	5	1	0	0	0
Luciano Orquera	Italy	5	1	0	0	0
Alessandro Zanni	Italy	5	1	0	0	0
Kosuke Endo	Japan	5	1	0	0	0
Kensuke Hatakeyama	Japan	5	1	0	0	0
Shota Horie	Japan	5	1	0	0	0
Michael Leitch	Japan	5	1	0	0	0
Hirotoki Onozawa	Japan	5	1	0	0	0
Alisi Tupuailai	Japan	5	1	0	0	0
Chrysander Botha	Namibia	5	1	0	0	0
Danie Van Wyk	Namibia	5	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Cowan	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Andrew Ellis	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Andrew Hore	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Cory Jane	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Kevin Mealamu	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Mils Muliaina	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Conrad Smith	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Isaia Toeava	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Daniel Carpo	Romania	5	1	0	0	0
Ionel Cazan	Romania	5	1	0	0	0
Mihăiţă Lazăr	Romania	5	1	0	0	0
Vasily Artemyev	Russia	5	1	0	0	0
Alexey Makovetskiy	Russia	5	1	0	0	0
Alexander Yanyushkin	Russia	5	1	0	0	0
Anthony Perenise	Samoa	5	1	0	0	0
Joe Ansbro	Scotland	5	1	0	0	0
Mike Blair	Scotland	5	1	0	0	0
Tendai Mtawarira	South Africa	5	1	0	0	0
Gurthrö Steenkamp	South Africa	5	1	0	0	0
Tukulua Lokotui	Tonga	5	1	0	0	0
Viliami Ma'afu	Tonga	5	1	0	0	0
Sona Taumalolo	Tonga	5	1	0	0	0
Fetu'u Vainikolo	Tonga	5	1	0	0	0
Paul Emerick	United States	5	1	0	0	0
JJ Gagiano	United States	5	1	0	0	0
Mike Petri	United States	5	1	0	0	0
Aled Brew	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Lloyd Burns	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Lee Byrne	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Gethin Jenkins	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Mike Phillips	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Sam Warburton	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Alun Wyn Jones	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Shane Williams	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Shaun Webb	Japan	3	0	0	1	0
Yuri Kushnarev	Russia	3	0	0	1	0
James Paterson	United States	3	0	0	1	0
Stephen Donald	New Zealand	3	0	0	1	0
Waisea Luveniyali	Fiji	2	0	1	0	0
Murray Williams	Japan	2	0	1	0	0

Players of the tournament

Following the completion of the Rugby World Cup, the IRB's Rugby News Service listed the Top 5 players of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.^[31] These players were:

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  Israel Dagg
  


• 
  Jerome Kaino
  


• 
  Jamie Roberts
  


• 
  Seán O'Brien
  


• 
  Jacques Burger
  

Broadcasting

Sky Network Television, New Zealand's largest subscription television provider, was host broadcaster for the Rugby World Cup, transmitting all matches live and in high definition coverage was available. Games were also available on free-to-air networks in New Zealand but not all pool matches were screened live on free to air. Broadcasting rights were allocated throughout the world by the IRB, including highlights, free to air and pay per view.^[32]

References

General

Specific

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2011 Rugby World Cup.

• 
  Official website


• 
  2011 RWC official website (Archived)