Pool B of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 8 September and was completed on 29 September. The pool was composed of 2003

2003 Rugby World Cup

The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...

 hosts Australia

Australia national rugby union team

The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

, as well as Canada

Canada national rugby union team

The Canada national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union. They are governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and black. Canada is classified by the International Rugby Board as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and seven tier two nations, the...

, Fiji

Fiji national rugby union team

The Fiji national rugby union team is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance formerly along with Samoa and Tonga. In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga. Fiji are ranked sixteenth in the world by the IRB as of 26...

, Japan

Japan national rugby union team

The Japan national rugby union team represent Japan in international rugby union competitions. Japan is traditionally the strongest rugby union power in Asia but has both enjoyed and endured mixed results against non-Asian teams over the years...

 and Wales

Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...

.

The biggest surprise in Pool B was Wales' failure to qualify for the quarter-finals, having been beaten 38–34 in their final pool game against Fiji (their third World Cup loss to a Pacific island nation, having previously been beaten 16–13 by Western Samoa in 1991 and 38-31 by Samoa in 1999, both times in Cardiff), who claimed second place. Elsewhere, Australia kept up appearances by finishing in top spot with the maximum of 20 points, while Japan and Canada played out the first draw in a Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....

 game since a 20–20 draw between France and Scotland back in 1987. Japan performed much stronger than expected, and came in 4th after a close see-sawing game against Fiji earned them a bonus point.

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		4	4	0	0	215	41
4	20
2		4	3	0	1	114	136	−22	3	15
3		4	2	0	2	168	102
4	12
4		4	0	1	3	64	210	−146	1	3
5		4	0	1	3	51	120	−69	0	2

All times local (UTC+2

Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time is one of the names of the Daylight saving time offset using the UTC offset of UTC+02:00, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European countries. During the winter, Central European Time is used...

)

Australia vs Japan

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Australia
FB	15	Chris Latham Chris Latham (rugby player) Chris Latham is an Australian rugby union player, who played fullback for the Worcester Warriors, following a long career with the Queensland Reds and Australia....
RW	14	Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper is an Australian rugby union footballer. He he has signed with the NSW Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition for 2012 and also plays for Australia. He was educated at the Berkeley Vale High School and played his junior rugby for Ourimbah on the NSW Central Coast...
OC	13	Stirling Mortlock Stirling Mortlock Stirling Austin Mortlock is an Australian professional rugby union player. He has scored over 1,000 points in Super Rugby, and nearly 500 test points for the Wallabies. Mortlock is a former Wallaby and Brumbies captain, and the current captain of the Melbourne Rebels.-Early life:Mortlock began...  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
IC	12	Matt Giteau Matt Giteau Matthew Giteau is an Australian rugby union footballer, a former international who now plays for the French Top 14 side Toulon. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky...
LW	11	Lote Tuqiri
FH	10	Stephen Larkham Stephen Larkham Stephen Larkham is an Australian rugby union footballer currently playing for the Ricoh Black Rams in Japan. He is best known for his career with the Brumbies in Super Rugby, for whom he played from the inception of the professional Super 12 in 1996 through 2007, and his long tenure with the...
SH	9	George Gregan George Gregan George Musarurwa Gregan AM is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history....
N8	8	Wycliff Palu Wycliff Palu Wycliff Palu is an Australian rugby union footballer of Tongan descent. He plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition...
OF	7	George Smith
BF	6	Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom is a former captain of the Australia national rugby union team. Raised in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated Rugby players. Elsom has played over 50 times for Australia and has over 80 Super rugby caps with the Waratahs 2003–08 and the...
RL	5	Daniel Vickerman Daniel Vickerman Daniel Vickerman is a rugby union footballer for the New South Wales Waratahs and Australia who left a successful international career in 2008 to attend the University of Cambridge, where he read a degree in Land Economy at Hughes Hall, and returned to Australian Rugby in 2011...
LL	4	Nathan Sharpe Nathan Sharpe Nathan Sharpe is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock and is the captain of the Western Force.-Early career:...
TP	3	Al Baxter Al Baxter Al Baxter is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Waratahs in the Super 14. He played in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, but was not selected for the 2011 squad.-Career:...
HK	2	Stephen Moore Stephen Moore (rugby player) Stephen Moore is an Australian rugby union footballer. Born in Saudi Arabia to Irish parents, Stephen and his family moved back to Tuam, Galway, Ireland in the mid-eighties before they emigrated to Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia in 1988...
LP	1	Matt Dunning Matt Dunning Matt Dunning is an Australian rugby union footballer. He was educated at Northholm Grammar School and represented New South Wales and Australian Schools, U19s and U21s. Dunning plays club rugby for Eastwood and has represented the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super 14 since 2001...
Replacements:
HK	16	Adam Freier Adam Freier Adam Freier is a rugby union footballer. He most recently played for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super 14 competition. His usual position is at hooker...
PR	17	Guy Shepherdson Guy Shepherdson Guy Shepherdson is an Australian rugby union footballer.His usual position is at tight-head prop...
LK	18	Hugh McMeniman Hugh McMeniman Hugh McMeniman is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Kubota in Japan and has played for Australia. His favoured position is blindside flanker but he can also play lock.-Career:...
N8	19	Stephen Hoiles Stephen Hoiles Stephen Hoiles is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Brumbies in the international Super 14 competition. Hoiles previously played for the New South Wales Waratahs. He has also played for the national team, the Wallabies.-Career:...
FH	20	Berrick Barnes Berrick Barnes Berrick Barnes is an Australian rugby union footballer with the NSW Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition. His usual position is fly-half or inside centre and he previously played for the Queensland Reds....
WG	21	Drew Mitchell Drew Mitchell Drew Alan Mitchell is an Australian rugby union player. He usually plays on the wing or as fullback. Up to the 2006 season he played for the Queensland Reds. He played for the Western Force for the 2007–2009 Super 14 seasons. In 2010 he is playing for the New South Wales Waratahs franchise...
WG	22	Mark Gerrard Mark Gerrard Mark Gerrard is an Australian professional rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby competition. In 2011 he was one of 10 players nominated to become the competition's Super Rugby player of the year....
Coach:
John Connolly John Connolly (rugby) John "Knuckles" Connolly is a rugby union coach and the former head coach of the Wallabies. Connolly has in the past worked with the Queensland Reds, Stade Français, Swansea RFC as well as Bath Rugby....

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Japan | FB 15 Tatsuya Kusumi RW 14 Tomoki Kitagawa OC 13 Koji Taira IC 12 Nataniela Oto

Nataniela Oto

Nataniela Oto is a Tongan-Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a flanker. In 2004, he obtained Japanese citizenship.Oto plays for Toshiba Brave Lupus. He has 12 caps for Japan, with 4 tries scored, 20 points in aggregate, from 2001 to 2007. He was present at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing a...

LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa

Hirotoki Onozawa

Hirotoki Onozawa plays rugby union at wing for Suntory Sungoliath in the Top League...

FH 10 Kosei Ono

Kosei Ono

is a Japanese rugby union player. He began his rugby career in Christchurch, New Zealand as a schoolboy. Ono has gained 4 caps with the Japanese side since his debut at fly half against Australia A on 9 May 2007...

SH 9 Yuki Yatomi

Yuki Yatomi

Yuki Yatomi is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half.Yatomi is currently a player for Yamaha Jubilo, from Iwata....

N8 8 Hajime Kiso

Hajime Kiso

Hajime Kiso is a Japanese rugby union player, he plays Number 8.He plays for Yamaha Jubilo and was a regular member of the Japan national rugby union team during the 2000s.He played six games at the 2003 and 2007 World Cups....

OF 7 Takamichi Sasaki (c

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) BF 6 Yasunori Watanabe

Yasunori Watanabe

was a former Japanese rugby player, who played for Japan in three Rugby World Cups from 1999 to 2007.-Career:Watanabe was born in Hokkaido, and joined the team Toshiba Brave Lupus in Tokyo in 1997 after graduating from Nippon Sport Science University...

  RL 5 Luatangi Samurai Vatuvei LL 4 Takanori Kumagae TP 3 Ryo Yamamura

Ryō Yamamura

is a Japanese rugby union player, born 9 August 1981 in Saga , 1 m 85, 108 kg, he plays as a prop.Yamamura had the qualities to become a sumo professional, but preferred rugby instead.He plays for Kanto Gakuin University....

HK 2 Taku Inokuchi LP 1 Masahito Yamamoto Replacements: HK 16 Yuji Matsubara PR 17 Tomokazu Soma LK 18 Hitoshi Ono

Hitoshi Ono

Hitoshi Ōno is a Japanese rugby player. He plays at lock for Japan.Ono's current team is the Toshiba Brave Lupus, in Japan. Ono currently has 35 caps for Japan, with 5 tries scored, 25 points in aggregate from 2004 to 2009. He was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing three...

FL 19 Hare Makiri  SH 20 Tomoki Yoshida

Tomoki Yoshida

is a Japanese rugby union footballer. He plays for the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's Top League, and the Japanese rugby team. He plays for his country in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.-External links:* *...

CE 21 Bryce Robins

Bryce Robins

Bryce B. Robins is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player who plays as a centre for the NEC Green Rockets in the Top League and Japan. He played for the Hurricanes in 2002 and 2003....

WG 22 Kosuke Endo

Kosuke Endo

Kosuke Endo is a Japanese rugby union player. He was a member of the Japan squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, scoring a spectacular break-out try against Wales at the Millennium Stadium, and another against Canada in the 12-12 draw .He played for Toyota Verblitz before joining Canterbury for...

Coach:   John Kirwan

Man of the Match: Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom is a former captain of the Australia national rugby union team. Raised in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated Rugby players. Elsom has played over 50 times for Australia and has over 80 Super rugby caps with the Waratahs 2003–08 and the...  (Australia) Touch judges: Hugh Watkins Hugh Watkins Hugh David Watkins is a Welsh former rugby union referee who currently works as the video referee on the UK television gameshow Gladiators. In 2007, he went to the 2007 Rugby World Cup as a touch judge before being used as a television match official later in the competition...  (Wales Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the... ) Dave Pearson Dave Pearson (rugby) Dave Pearson is an English rugby union referee. He is on the International Rugby Board's list of 17 international referees for the 2009/10 season. Pearson officiated the first test match between Argentina and Scotland in June 2010. David Pearson also refereed France V Ireland in the 2011 six...  (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Television match official: Malcolm Changleng Malcolm Changleng Malcolm Changleng is a Scottish former professional rugby union referee. He is the identical twin brother of fellow referee David Changleng....  (Scotland Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. It is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873, as the Scottish Football Union.-History:... ) Fourth official: Steve Walsh Steve Walsh (rugby) Steve Walsh is a professional rugby union referee from New Zealand.Walsh's rugby playing career ended at age 13, due to a spinal injury resulting from a birth deformity and he began refereeing at the age of 16....  (New Zealand) Fifth official: Laurent Valin (France)

• Australia's starting 15 in this match was the most-experienced starting team in the sport's history, as measured by total number of international caps entering the match. The Wallabies squad that took the field for the opening kickoff had earned a combined total of 798 caps.

Wales vs Canada

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Wales
FB	15	Kevin Morgan
RW	14	Mark Jones
OC	13	Tom Shanklin Tom Shanklin Tomos George L. Shanklin is a former Welsh rugby union player who played Outside Centre for Cardiff Blues and Wales. He is Wales' most-capped centre...
IC	12	Sonny Parker
LW	11	Shane Williams Shane Williams Shane Mark Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Ospreys and who can also play scrum-half. Williams is the record try scorer for the Wales national team and he is third on the international list of leading Rugby union Test try scorers behind Daisuke Ohata...
FH	10	James Hook James Hook (rugby player) James William Hook is a Welsh rugby union player for USA Perpignan. Hook is widely regarded as one of the most talented players in world rugby....
SH	9	Dwayne Peel Dwayne Peel Dwayne John Peel is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Sale Sharks and Wales. He is the most capped scrum-half for the Wales national rugby union team....  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
N8	8	Alix Popham Alix Popham Alix Jon Popham is a Welsh rugby union footballer, who plays at Number eight or flanker and is captain for the 2009 season at Brive in the French Top 14, having signed from the Llanelli Scarlets in 2008...
OF	7	Martyn Williams Martyn Williams Martyn Elwyn Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player. A flanker, he plays for Cardiff Blues and the Wales national rugby union team as an open-side flanker...
BF	6	Jonathan Thomas Jonathan Thomas Jonathan Thomas is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays at flanker for the Ospreys. He has also played at number eight and lock....
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones Alun Wyn Jones Alun Wyn Jones is a Welsh international rugby union rugby player, currently playing for the Ospreys in the Celtic League. Having previously represented Wales at under-21 level, he made his Test debut for Wales in June 2006 against Argentina. Originally playing as a blindside flanker, he has shown...
LL	4	Ian Gough Ian Gough Ian Gough is a Welsh rugby union footballer, currently playing for the Ospreys in the Celtic League. His usual position is at lock. He has also played for the Welsh national team, making his debut against South Africa in 1998, and has been a regular since, including playing in the 2006 Six Nations...
TP	3	Adam Jones Adam Rhys Jones Adam Rhys Jones is a Welsh international rugby union player, currently playing for the Ospreys in the RaboDirect Pro12. His usual position is at tighthead prop...
HK	2	Matthew Rees Matthew Rees Matthew Rees is a Wales and British Lions international rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Scarlets in the Celtic League. His usual position is at hooker...
LP	1	Gethin Jenkins Gethin Jenkins Gethin Jenkins is a Wales and British Lions international rugby union player, currently playing for Cardiff Blues. He is the most capped prop-forward for Wales.-Early career:...
Replacements:
HK	16	Thomas Rhys Thomas T. Rhys Thomas For other people with this name see Rhys ThomasThomas Rhys Thomas is a Welsh International rugby player, currently with Cardiff Blues. His usual position is at hooker. Thomas made a try-scoring debut for the Cardiff Blues against Celtic Warriors on December 27, 2003...
PR	17	Duncan Jones
N8	18	Michael Owen Michael Owen (rugby player) Michael Owen , was educated at Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive school in Beddau and was a Welsh rugby union player. He played for Saracens at club level and Wales internationally, having previously represented Newport Gwent Dragons in the Magners League. Owen, who is , most often played Number 8, but...
FL	19	Colin Charvis Colin Charvis Colin Charvis is a former captain of the Welsh national rugby union team and also played for the British and Irish lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no...
SH	20	Michael Phillips Mike Phillips (rugby player) William Michael "Mike" Phillips is a Welsh international rugby union rugby player who plays at scrum-half for Bayonne.-Personal life:...
FH	21	Stephen Jones Stephen Jones (rugby player) Stephen Michael Jones is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays primarily at fly-half for Wales, the British and Irish Lions and Scarlets....
FB	22	Gareth Thomas Gareth Thomas (rugby player) Gareth Thomas , known as Alfie, is a retired Welsh professional rugby footballer who played rugby league for the Crusaders RL in the Super League. He also previously played rugby union for the Cardiff Blues and as a fullback, wing or centre.On 26 May 2007, Thomas surpassed Gareth Llewellyn as the...
Coach:
Gareth Jenkins Gareth Jenkins Gareth Jenkins is a former Welsh rugby union footballer, and former head coach of the Welsh national team. After a long and distinguished career at Llanelli RFC, Jenkins was appointed Wales coach in 2006, succeeding Mike Ruddock...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Canada | FB 15 Mike Pyke

Mike Pyke

Michael Anthony Patrick Pyke is a Canadian dual-code football player.He is best known in his homeland as a rugby union player, who played for Canada's national side and French Top 14 squad US Montauban.Pyke is currently a professional Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans.-Early...

RW 14 DTH van der Merwe

DTH van der Merwe

Daniel Tailliferrer Hauman van der Merwe is a South African-Canadian rugby union player. He was born in Worcester, South Africa, and attended there before emigrating from South Africa. He currently plays for the Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect Pro12.Van der Merwe joined Scottish side Glasgow...

OC 13 Craig Culpan

Craig Culpan

Craig Culpan is a Canadian rugby union player. Culpan is a member of the Canadian national team.-Notes:...

IC 12 Dave Spicer

Dave Spicer

David Spicer , is a Canadian rugby union player who plays club rugby for the UBCOB Ravens of the British Columbia Premiership and who is also a member of the Canadian national team. Spicer is a centre but can also fill in at fly-half as well as on the wing.Spicer made his debut for Canada on...

LW 11 James Pritchard FH 10 Ander Monro

Ander Monro

Alexander Monro is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He previously played for the Edinburgh Gunners, Waterloo R.F.C. and Colorno Rugby Club in Italy. He currently plays club rugby for Castaway Wanderers and plays with the Ontario Blues in the Canadian Rugby Championship...

  SH 9 Morgan Williams (c

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) N8 8 Sean-Michael Stephen

Sean-Michael Stephen

Sean-Michael Stephen is a Canadian rugby union player. From 2006 to 2008, Stephen played for French club AS Béziers Hérault. Since 2008, he has played for and currently captains Plymouth Albion in the RFU Championship....

OF 7 Dave Biddle  BF 6 Jamie Cudmore

Jamie Cudmore

Jamie Cudmore is a Canadian rugby union player currently playing for the Top 14 club ASM Clermont Auvergne. Previously Cudmore played for Llandovery RFC, Llanelli RFC and FC Grenoble...

  RL 5 Mike James

Mike James (rugby)

Mike B. James is one of a handful of professional Canadian rugby union players. Standing at 196 cm tall and weighing in at 110 kg, James is an imposing figure and is well known for his expertise in the set pieces...

LL 4 Luke Tait

Luke Tait

Luke Tait is a Canadian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.Tait's current club is James Bay of the British Columbia Premiership. He has played previously for Cardiff RFC, Ospreys, Overmach Parma, and Stade Montois.He has been a part of the Canadian national team since his debut on 25 May,...

  TP 3 Jon Thiel

Jon Thiel

Jon Thiel is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He plays prop.He has played in 3 Rugby World Cups for Canada. He has also played professionally for Sale Sharks, RC Narbonne, Bridgend RFC, and Llanelli RFC....

  HK 2 Pat Riordan

Pat Riordan

Pat Riordan is a Canada rugby union player. He plays club rugby for Burnaby Lake, and for the Canada national side, having also played at Pontypridd...

LP 1 Rod Snow

Rod Snow

Gerald Arthur Rod Snow is a Canadian former professional rugby union prop.Snow began his senior club rugby with the Newfoundland amateur club team Dogs RFC. He went on to play professionally in South Africa for Eastern Province in 1995, before joining Newport RFC in 1996, the club he remained...

  Replacements: HK 16 Aaron Carpenter

Aaron Carpenter

Aaron Carpenter is a Canadian rugby player.Carpenter played his first international game for Canada vs. the United States on May 25, 2005, and has continued to be a strong member of the squad. Aaron played as a member of the Canadian team in the 2007 Rugby World Cup...

  PR 17 Dan Pletch

Dan Pletch

Dan Pletch is a Canadian rugby union player, who plays for the Canada national rugby team. He plays as a hooker or prop. Pletch, along with his identical twin brother Mike, was in the Canada squad for the 2007 World Cup. -References:**...

  PR 18 Mike Pletch

Mike Pletch

Mike Pletch is a Canadian rugby union player, who plays for the Canada national rugby team. He plays as a hooker. Pletch, along with his identical twin brother Dan, was in the Canada squad for the 2007 World Cup. He is a graduate of McMaster University with a degree in Civil Engineering and...

  LK 19 Mike Burak

Mike Burak

Michael Burak is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He played for Canada at the 2007 Rugby World Cup and professionally for the Cornish Pirates in England.-External links:*...

  FL 20 Colin Yukes

Colin Yukes

Colin Yukes is a Canadian rugby player.He has represented Canada 27 times including at the 2003 Rugby World Cup....

  SH 21 Ed Fairhurst

Ed Fairhurst

Edward Fairhurst is a Canadian international rugby union player. He is currently playing with the UBC Old Boys Ravens in the BC Premier League and the BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship....

  FH 22 Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith (rugby player)

Ryan Smith is a Canadian rugby union player, who has played club football for French team US Montauban in the Top 14 division, and has represented at international level. Smith's first appearance for the national side was on June 14, 2003, in a match against England Saxons...

  Coach:   Ric Suggitt

Ric Suggitt

Ric "Sluggo" Suggitt is a former Canadian rugby union footballer and National Rugby Team Coach since 1998. Ric also is currently the Head Coach of the USA Women's 7's Olympic Rugby team and a coach educator....

Man of the Match: Morgan Williams (Canada) Touch judges: Carlo Damasco (Italy) Simon McDowell (Ireland Irish Rugby Football Union The Irish Rugby Football Union is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where Irish rugby union international matches are played... ) Television match official: Kelvin Deaker Kelvin Deaker Kelvin Deaker is a former New Zealand rugby union international referee and member of the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union, who has now retired from all refereeing. Deaker took up refereeing in 1991, and refereed his first representative match in 1996, when he took charge of a National Provincial...  (New Zealand) Fourth official: Tony Spreadbury Tony Spreadbury Antony John "Tony" Spreadbury, commonly known as Spreaders , is a retired international rugby union referee....  (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Fifth official: Christophe Dutreuilh (France)

Japan vs Fiji

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Japan
FB	15	Go Aruga
RW	14	Christian Loamanu Christian Loamanu Christian Loamanu is a Japanese rugby union player. and 108 kg, who plays as a winger. He can also play as centre. He plays in the Top 14 for RC Toulonnais....
OC	13	Yuta Imamura
IC	12	Shotaro Onishi
LW	11	Kosuke Endo Kosuke Endo Kosuke Endo is a Japanese rugby union player. He was a member of the Japan squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, scoring a spectacular break-out try against Wales at the Millennium Stadium, and another against Canada in the 12-12 draw .He played for Toyota Verblitz before joining Canterbury for...
FH	10	Bryce Robins Bryce Robins Bryce B. Robins is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player who plays as a centre for the NEC Green Rockets in the Top League and Japan. He played for the Hurricanes in 2002 and 2003....
SH	9	Tomoki Yoshida Tomoki Yoshida is a Japanese rugby union footballer. He plays for the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's Top League, and the Japanese rugby team. He plays for his country in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.-External links:* *...
N8	8	Takuro Miuchi Takuro Miuchi Takuro Miuchi is a Japanese rugby union player, who plays number eight. He was captain of the Japan national rugby union team until relieved of that responsibility by Japan national team coach Jean-Pierre Elissalde in a surprise move during February 2006...  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
OF	7	Philip O'Reil
BF	6	Hare Makiri
RL	5	Luke Thompson Luke Thompson (rugby player) is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a lock.Thompson's current club is Kintetsu Liners based in Osaka. He also plays for the Japan national rugby union team....
LL	4	Hitoshi Ono Hitoshi Ono Hitoshi Ōno is a Japanese rugby player. He plays at lock for Japan.Ono's current team is the Toshiba Brave Lupus, in Japan. Ono currently has 35 caps for Japan, with 5 tries scored, 25 points in aggregate from 2004 to 2009. He was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing three...
TP	3	Tomokazu Soma
HK	2	Yuji Matsubara
LP	1	Tatsukichi Nishiura
Replacements:
HK	16	Taku Inokuchi
PR	17	Ryo Yamamura Ryō Yamamura is a Japanese rugby union player, born 9 August 1981 in Saga , 1 m 85, 108 kg, he plays as a prop.Yamamura had the qualities to become a sumo professional, but preferred rugby instead.He plays for Kanto Gakuin University....
LK	18	Takanori Kumagae
FL	19	Ryota Asano
SH	20	Yuki Yatomi Yuki Yatomi Yuki Yatomi is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half.Yatomi is currently a player for Yamaha Jubilo, from Iwata....
CE	21	Koji Taira
WG	22	Hirotoki Onozawa Hirotoki Onozawa Hirotoki Onozawa plays rugby union at wing for Suntory Sungoliath in the Top League...
Coach:
John Kirwan

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Fiji | FB 15 Kameli Ratuvou

Kameli Ratuvou

-Career:He is currently playing for professional English club, Saracens he joined the squad from Fiji for the 2006/07 season. His usual position is on the wing even though he can also play at centre and fullback...

  RW 14 Vilimoni Delasau

Vilimoni Delasau

Vilimoni Waqatabu Delasau is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing. His nickname is Delz.-Career:...

  OC 13 Seru Rabeni

Seru Rabeni

Ratu Seru Raveive Rabeni is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a centre or wing for Stade Rochelais....

IC 12 Seremaia Bai

Seremaia Bai

-Career:He currently plays for Castres Olympique after signing from ASM Clermont Auvergne in 2010 who both compete in France's Top 14 competition. He also plays for the Fiji national team and the Pacific Islanders. He has played under-19s, under 21s and under 23s for the Fiji national side...

LW 11 Isoa Neivua

Isoa Neivua

Isoa Coalala Neivua is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a wing or centre.-Career:Playing in Fiji, he moved from Navosa to Nadroga in 2003 to get more chance of being spotted by for the national team...

FH 10 Nicky Little

Nicky Little

Nicky Tyrone Little in Tokoroa, New Zealand, is a rugby union footballer. He plays at fly-half. He is a nephew of All Blacks centre Walter Little, but represents Fiji at international level.-Career:...

SH 9 Mosese Rauluni (c

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) N8 8 Sisa Koyamaibole

Sisa Koyamaibole

Sisaro Dautu Koyamaibole is a Fijian rugby union player. His usual position is number eight. Koyamaibole has been capped 38 times by| Fiji, including playing in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, and has played for the country in rugby sevens tournaments...

  OF 7 Akapusi Qera

Akapusi Qera

Akapusi Qera is a Fijian professional rugby union player. A Flanker or No.8, Qera is from a sporting family; his father was an international cricketer for Fiji and his brother also played international rugby for Fiji. Qera is a current test international and has also captained the national side...

  BF 6 Semisi Naevo

Semisi Naevo

Ratu Meli Semisi Naevo Saukawa is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker. His nickname is Mountain Bear. As such, he enjoys eating. His father, Joeli Lesavua, and two brothers, Apenisa and Manoa Naevo, are also Fiji reps.-Career:He plays sevens for Fiji...

RL 5 Wame Lewaravu

Wame Lewaravu

Ratu Wame Ganilau Lewaravu is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.-Club:He currently plays for Sale Sharks having previously played for Overmach Parma and London Welsh.-Debut:...

LL 4 Kele Leawere

Kele Leawere

Senikavika Kelemete Leawere is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.-Career:He is the elder brother of former Fiji sevens rep, Mika Leawere and Sekove Leawere...

TP 3 Henry Qiodravu

Henry Qiodravu

Anare Qiodravu Rawaico is a Fijian rugby union player. His position is as a prop.-Career:Qiodravu played for Waikato University, in New Zealand, moving then to France, first playing at FC Auch , and for RC Orléans, since 2006. He was first capped for Fiji, in a 37-21 win over the USA, on 30 June...

  HK 2 Sunia Koto

Sunia Koto

Sunia Koto Vuli is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.He played for the Fijian teams Highlanders, and Fiji Warriors, London Welsh in England, and currently Narbonne....

LP 1 Graham Dewes

Graham Dewes

Graham Charles Dewes is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a prop.-Career:He got his first cap for Fiji on 26 May 2007 in a 30–15 win over Japan...

Replacements: HK 16 Vereniki Sauturaga

Vereniki Sauturaga

Vereniki Sauturaga Racagi is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.-Career:His present team is Fiji Warriors. He was selected for the Fijian squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, he played in three matches. He has been selected into the Fiji squad for the 2008 IRB Pacific Nations...

PR 17 Jone Railomo

Jone Railomo

Jone Railomo Taginayavusa was a Fijian rugby union player. He played as a prop.-Career:Railomo played in Fiji for Piteia. He moved to France, where he played for Racing Club Vichy for the 2005/06 season, then for Poitiers for 2006/07, returning to Racing Club Vichy for 2007/08...

  N8 18 Netani Talei

Netani Talei

Netani Edward Talei is a Fijian rugby union player. He currently plays for Edinburgh in the RaboDirect Pro12. He plays as a number eight or flanker.-Career:...

  CE 19 Aca Ratuva

Aca Ratuva

Ratu Aca Ronald Gavidi Ratuva, better known as Aca Ratuva is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker or centre.-Career:...

  SH 20 Jone Daunivucu

Jone Daunivucu

Jone Daunivucu is a Fijian rugby union player.-Career:He is a former captain of the Fiji national sevens team. His knowledge of the game and discipline on-field allowed coach Waisale Serevi to give him the captaincy for the 2005-06 IRB World series...

CE 21 Gabiriele Lovobalavu

Gabiriele Lovobalavu

Gabiriele Voduadua Lovobalavu is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a centre. Lovobalavu is from Kanakana, Tunuloa from Cakaudrove Province...

FB 22 Norman Ligairi

Norman Ligairi

Norman Armstrong Senibici Ligairi is a Fijian rugby union player who usually plays as a fullback. He represents Fiji at international level in both the 15-a-side and 7-a-side game...

  Coach:   Ilie Tabua

Man of the Match: Akapusi Qera Akapusi Qera Akapusi Qera is a Fijian professional rugby union player. A Flanker or No.8, Qera is from a sporting family; his father was an international cricketer for Fiji and his brother also played international rugby for Fiji. Qera is a current test international and has also captained the national side...  (Fiji) Touch judges: Federico Cuesta (Argentina) Paul Marks (New Zealand) Television match official: Malcolm Changleng Malcolm Changleng Malcolm Changleng is a Scottish former professional rugby union referee. He is the identical twin brother of fellow referee David Changleng....  (Scotland Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. It is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873, as the Scottish Football Union.-History:... ) Fourth official: Chris White Chris White (referee) Chris White is an English international rugby referee. He is one of England's top rugby referees and has refereed at three Rugby World Cups....  (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Fifth official: Romain Poite Romain Poite Romain Poite is a French rugby union international referee. He made his World Cup debut in 2007 during the match between Ireland and Namibia. He also officiated during three games in the 2009 Six Nations Championship. He refereed his first Six Nations match in 2010.-Notes and references:...  (France)

Wales vs Australia

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Wales
FB	15	Gareth Thomas Gareth Thomas (rugby player) Gareth Thomas , known as Alfie, is a retired Welsh professional rugby footballer who played rugby league for the Crusaders RL in the Super League. He also previously played rugby union for the Cardiff Blues and as a fullback, wing or centre.On 26 May 2007, Thomas surpassed Gareth Llewellyn as the...  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
RW	14	Mark Jones
OC	13	Tom Shanklin Tom Shanklin Tomos George L. Shanklin is a former Welsh rugby union player who played Outside Centre for Cardiff Blues and Wales. He is Wales' most-capped centre...
IC	12	Sonny Parker
LW	11	Shane Williams Shane Williams Shane Mark Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Ospreys and who can also play scrum-half. Williams is the record try scorer for the Wales national team and he is third on the international list of leading Rugby union Test try scorers behind Daisuke Ohata...
FH	10	Stephen Jones Stephen Jones (rugby player) Stephen Michael Jones is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays primarily at fly-half for Wales, the British and Irish Lions and Scarlets....
SH	9	Dwayne Peel Dwayne Peel Dwayne John Peel is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Sale Sharks and Wales. He is the most capped scrum-half for the Wales national rugby union team....
N8	8	Jonathan Thomas Jonathan Thomas Jonathan Thomas is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays at flanker for the Ospreys. He has also played at number eight and lock....
OF	7	Martyn Williams Martyn Williams Martyn Elwyn Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player. A flanker, he plays for Cardiff Blues and the Wales national rugby union team as an open-side flanker...
BF	6	Colin Charvis Colin Charvis Colin Charvis is a former captain of the Welsh national rugby union team and also played for the British and Irish lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no...
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones Alun Wyn Jones Alun Wyn Jones is a Welsh international rugby union rugby player, currently playing for the Ospreys in the Celtic League. Having previously represented Wales at under-21 level, he made his Test debut for Wales in June 2006 against Argentina. Originally playing as a blindside flanker, he has shown...
LL	4	Ian Gough Ian Gough Ian Gough is a Welsh rugby union footballer, currently playing for the Ospreys in the Celtic League. His usual position is at lock. He has also played for the Welsh national team, making his debut against South Africa in 1998, and has been a regular since, including playing in the 2006 Six Nations...
TP	3	Adam Jones Adam Rhys Jones Adam Rhys Jones is a Welsh international rugby union player, currently playing for the Ospreys in the RaboDirect Pro12. His usual position is at tighthead prop...
HK	2	Matthew Rees Matthew Rees Matthew Rees is a Wales and British Lions international rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Scarlets in the Celtic League. His usual position is at hooker...
LP	1	Gethin Jenkins Gethin Jenkins Gethin Jenkins is a Wales and British Lions international rugby union player, currently playing for Cardiff Blues. He is the most capped prop-forward for Wales.-Early career:...
Replacements:
HK	16	Thomas Rhys Thomas T. Rhys Thomas For other people with this name see Rhys ThomasThomas Rhys Thomas is a Welsh International rugby player, currently with Cardiff Blues. His usual position is at hooker. Thomas made a try-scoring debut for the Cardiff Blues against Celtic Warriors on December 27, 2003...
PR	17	Duncan Jones
LK	18	Michael Owen Michael Owen (rugby player) Michael Owen , was educated at Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive school in Beddau and was a Welsh rugby union player. He played for Saracens at club level and Wales internationally, having previously represented Newport Gwent Dragons in the Magners League. Owen, who is , most often played Number 8, but...
N8	19	Alix Popham Alix Popham Alix Jon Popham is a Welsh rugby union footballer, who plays at Number eight or flanker and is captain for the 2009 season at Brive in the French Top 14, having signed from the Llanelli Scarlets in 2008...
SH	20	Michael Phillips Mike Phillips (rugby player) William Michael "Mike" Phillips is a Welsh international rugby union rugby player who plays at scrum-half for Bayonne.-Personal life:...
FH	21	James Hook James Hook (rugby player) James William Hook is a Welsh rugby union player for USA Perpignan. Hook is widely regarded as one of the most talented players in world rugby....
FB	22	Kevin Morgan
Coach:
Gareth Jenkins Gareth Jenkins Gareth Jenkins is a former Welsh rugby union footballer, and former head coach of the Welsh national team. After a long and distinguished career at Llanelli RFC, Jenkins was appointed Wales coach in 2006, succeeding Mike Ruddock...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Australia | FB 15 Chris Latham

Chris Latham (rugby player)

Chris Latham is an Australian rugby union player, who played fullback for the Worcester Warriors, following a long career with the Queensland Reds and Australia....

RW 14 Drew Mitchell

Drew Mitchell

Drew Alan Mitchell is an Australian rugby union player. He usually plays on the wing or as fullback. Up to the 2006 season he played for the Queensland Reds. He played for the Western Force for the 2007–2009 Super 14 seasons. In 2010 he is playing for the New South Wales Waratahs franchise...

  OC 13 Stirling Mortlock

Stirling Mortlock

Stirling Austin Mortlock is an Australian professional rugby union player. He has scored over 1,000 points in Super Rugby, and nearly 500 test points for the Wallabies. Mortlock is a former Wallaby and Brumbies captain, and the current captain of the Melbourne Rebels.-Early life:Mortlock began...

 (c

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) IC 12 Matt Giteau

Matt Giteau

Matthew Giteau is an Australian rugby union footballer, a former international who now plays for the French Top 14 side Toulon. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky...

LW 11 Lote Tuqiri FH 10 Berrick Barnes

Berrick Barnes

Berrick Barnes is an Australian rugby union footballer with the NSW Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition. His usual position is fly-half or inside centre and he previously played for the Queensland Reds....

  SH 9 George Gregan

George Gregan

George Musarurwa Gregan AM is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history....

N8 8 Wycliff Palu

Wycliff Palu

Wycliff Palu is an Australian rugby union footballer of Tongan descent. He plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition...

  OF 7 George Smith  BF 6 Rocky Elsom

Rocky Elsom

Rocky Elsom is a former captain of the Australia national rugby union team. Raised in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated Rugby players. Elsom has played over 50 times for Australia and has over 80 Super rugby caps with the Waratahs 2003–08 and the...

  RL 5 Daniel Vickerman

Daniel Vickerman

Daniel Vickerman is a rugby union footballer for the New South Wales Waratahs and Australia who left a successful international career in 2008 to attend the University of Cambridge, where he read a degree in Land Economy at Hughes Hall, and returned to Australian Rugby in 2011...

LL 4 Nathan Sharpe

Nathan Sharpe

Nathan Sharpe is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock and is the captain of the Western Force.-Early career:...

  TP 3 Guy Shepherdson

Guy Shepherdson

Guy Shepherdson is an Australian rugby union footballer.His usual position is at tight-head prop...

  HK 2 Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore (rugby player)

Stephen Moore is an Australian rugby union footballer. Born in Saudi Arabia to Irish parents, Stephen and his family moved back to Tuam, Galway, Ireland in the mid-eighties before they emigrated to Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia in 1988...

  LP 1 Matt Dunning

Matt Dunning

Matt Dunning is an Australian rugby union footballer. He was educated at Northholm Grammar School and represented New South Wales and Australian Schools, U19s and U21s. Dunning plays club rugby for Eastwood and has represented the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super 14 since 2001...

Replacements: HK 16 Adam Freier

Adam Freier

Adam Freier is a rugby union footballer. He most recently played for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super 14 competition. His usual position is at hooker...

  PR 17 Al Baxter

Al Baxter

Al Baxter is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Waratahs in the Super 14. He played in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, but was not selected for the 2011 squad.-Career:...

  LK 18 Mark Chisholm

Mark Chisholm

Mark Chisholm is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Brumbies in the international Super Rugby competition...

  N8 19 Stephen Hoiles

Stephen Hoiles

Stephen Hoiles is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Brumbies in the international Super 14 competition. Hoiles previously played for the New South Wales Waratahs. He has also played for the national team, the Wallabies.-Career:...

  FL 20 Phil Waugh

Phil Waugh

Phillip Waugh is an Australian rugby union player, widely regarded as one of the world's leading flankers.His career as a player began at the Shore School, Captaining the school's team in 1997...

  CE 21 Scott Staniforth

Scott Staniforth

Scott Nicholas Gelling Staniforth is an Australian rugby union footballer.- Career :Returning to Australia after two years with London Irish, Scott Staniforth was the last player to sign with the Western Force and has played in every match bar one for the new team...

  FB 22 Julian Huxley

Julian Huxley (rugby player)

Julian Huxley is an Australian rugby union footballer. In 2008 he had established himself in the Wallabies and was named Australian Rookie of the Year...

  Coach:   John Connolly

John Connolly (rugby)

John "Knuckles" Connolly is a rugby union coach and the former head coach of the Wallabies. Connolly has in the past worked with the Queensland Reds, Stade Français, Swansea RFC as well as Bath Rugby....

Man of the Match: Chris Latham Chris Latham (rugby player) Chris Latham is an Australian rugby union player, who played fullback for the Worcester Warriors, following a long career with the Queensland Reds and Australia....  (Australia) Touch judges: Mark Lawrence Mark Lawrence (rugby) Mark Lawrence is an international rugby union referee, from the Republic of South Africa. He refereed his first international test match, in 2000, and was chosen to officiate at both the 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2007 Rugby World Cup acting as a touch judge and a TMO in both competitions...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Craig Joubert Craig Joubert Craig Paul Joubert is a South African professional rugby union referee. He has officiated at international level since 2003 with the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final being his most profile match.-Biography:...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Television match official: Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos is a full-time international rugby union referee with the French Rugby Federation and is one of the two French representatives on the IRB's International Referees Panel....  (France) Fourth official: Tony Spreadbury Tony Spreadbury Antony John "Tony" Spreadbury, commonly known as Spreaders , is a retired international rugby union referee....  (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Fifth official: Tim Hayes Tim Hayes Tim Hayes is a screenwriter and coauthor of the film Teen Wolf.- External links :*...  (Wales Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the... )

Fiji vs Canada

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Fiji
FB	15	Kameli Ratuvou Kameli Ratuvou -Career:He is currently playing for professional English club, Saracens he joined the squad from Fiji for the 2006/07 season. His usual position is on the wing even though he can also play at centre and fullback...
RW	14	Vilimoni Delasau Vilimoni Delasau Vilimoni Waqatabu Delasau is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing. His nickname is Delz.-Career:...
OC	13	Seru Rabeni Seru Rabeni Ratu Seru Raveive Rabeni is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a centre or wing for Stade Rochelais....
IC	12	Seremaia Bai Seremaia Bai -Career:He currently plays for Castres Olympique after signing from ASM Clermont Auvergne in 2010 who both compete in France's Top 14 competition. He also plays for the Fiji national team and the Pacific Islanders. He has played under-19s, under 21s and under 23s for the Fiji national side...
LW	11	Isoa Neivua Isoa Neivua Isoa Coalala Neivua is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a wing or centre.-Career:Playing in Fiji, he moved from Navosa to Nadroga in 2003 to get more chance of being spotted by for the national team...
FH	10	Nicky Little Nicky Little Nicky Tyrone Little in Tokoroa, New Zealand, is a rugby union footballer. He plays at fly-half. He is a nephew of All Blacks centre Walter Little, but represents Fiji at international level.-Career:...
SH	9	Mosese Rauluni (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
N8	8	Sisa Koyamaibole Sisa Koyamaibole Sisaro Dautu Koyamaibole is a Fijian rugby union player. His usual position is number eight. Koyamaibole has been capped 38 times by| Fiji, including playing in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, and has played for the country in rugby sevens tournaments...
OF	7	Akapusi Qera Akapusi Qera Akapusi Qera is a Fijian professional rugby union player. A Flanker or No.8, Qera is from a sporting family; his father was an international cricketer for Fiji and his brother also played international rugby for Fiji. Qera is a current test international and has also captained the national side...
BF	6	Semisi Naevo Semisi Naevo Ratu Meli Semisi Naevo Saukawa is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker. His nickname is Mountain Bear. As such, he enjoys eating. His father, Joeli Lesavua, and two brothers, Apenisa and Manoa Naevo, are also Fiji reps.-Career:He plays sevens for Fiji...
RL	5	Ifereimi Rawaqa Ifereimi Rawaqa Ifereimi Rawaqa is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a lock or flanker.-Career:In 2002, when he was still 21 when he made his test debut in the victory over Samoa, in Apia...
LL	4	Kele Leawere Kele Leawere Senikavika Kelemete Leawere is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.-Career:He is the elder brother of former Fiji sevens rep, Mika Leawere and Sekove Leawere...
TP	3	Jone Railomo Jone Railomo Jone Railomo Taginayavusa was a Fijian rugby union player. He played as a prop.-Career:Railomo played in Fiji for Piteia. He moved to France, where he played for Racing Club Vichy for the 2005/06 season, then for Poitiers for 2006/07, returning to Racing Club Vichy for 2007/08...
HK	2	Sunia Koto Sunia Koto Sunia Koto Vuli is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.He played for the Fijian teams Highlanders, and Fiji Warriors, London Welsh in England, and currently Narbonne....
LP	1	Graham Dewes Graham Dewes Graham Charles Dewes is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a prop.-Career:He got his first cap for Fiji on 26 May 2007 in a 30–15 win over Japan...
Replacements:
HK	16	Vereniki Sauturaga Vereniki Sauturaga Vereniki Sauturaga Racagi is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.-Career:His present team is Fiji Warriors. He was selected for the Fijian squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, he played in three matches. He has been selected into the Fiji squad for the 2008 IRB Pacific Nations...
PR	17	Henry Qiodravu Henry Qiodravu Anare Qiodravu Rawaico is a Fijian rugby union player. His position is as a prop.-Career:Qiodravu played for Waikato University, in New Zealand, moving then to France, first playing at FC Auch , and for RC Orléans, since 2006. He was first capped for Fiji, in a 37-21 win over the USA, on 30 June...
N8	18	Netani Talei Netani Talei Netani Edward Talei is a Fijian rugby union player. He currently plays for Edinburgh in the RaboDirect Pro12. He plays as a number eight or flanker.-Career:...
N8	19	Jone Qovu Jone Qovu Jone Qovu Railiko is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a number eight.-Career:He currently plays for Racing Métro 92, in France. Qovu made his debut for Fiji on 3 June 2005, in a 27–29 loss to New Zealand Maori...
SH	20	Jone Daunivucu Jone Daunivucu Jone Daunivucu is a Fijian rugby union player.-Career:He is a former captain of the Fiji national sevens team. His knowledge of the game and discipline on-field allowed coach Waisale Serevi to give him the captaincy for the 2005-06 IRB World series...
CE	21	Maleli Kunavore Maleli Kunavore Maleli Kunavore is a Fijian rugby union footballer.-Career:He plays as a centre, wing or fullback . He plays for Toulouse in the Top 14 and Heineken Cup. He was found by Fiji coach Wayne Pivac when he spotted Maleli playing in the Colonial Cup for the Coastal Stallions. He was selected for the...
FB	22	Norman Ligairi Norman Ligairi Norman Armstrong Senibici Ligairi is a Fijian rugby union player who usually plays as a fullback. He represents Fiji at international level in both the 15-a-side and 7-a-side game...
Coach:
Ilie Tabua

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Canada | FB 15 Mike Pyke

Mike Pyke

Michael Anthony Patrick Pyke is a Canadian dual-code football player.He is best known in his homeland as a rugby union player, who played for Canada's national side and French Top 14 squad US Montauban.Pyke is currently a professional Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans.-Early...

RW 14 DTH van der Merwe

DTH van der Merwe

Daniel Tailliferrer Hauman van der Merwe is a South African-Canadian rugby union player. He was born in Worcester, South Africa, and attended there before emigrating from South Africa. He currently plays for the Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect Pro12.Van der Merwe joined Scottish side Glasgow...

OC 13 Craig Culpan

Craig Culpan

Craig Culpan is a Canadian rugby union player. Culpan is a member of the Canadian national team.-Notes:...

IC 12 Dave Spicer

Dave Spicer

David Spicer , is a Canadian rugby union player who plays club rugby for the UBCOB Ravens of the British Columbia Premiership and who is also a member of the Canadian national team. Spicer is a centre but can also fill in at fly-half as well as on the wing.Spicer made his debut for Canada on...

LW 11 James Pritchard FH 10 Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith (rugby player)

Ryan Smith is a Canadian rugby union player, who has played club football for French team US Montauban in the Top 14 division, and has represented at international level. Smith's first appearance for the national side was on June 14, 2003, in a match against England Saxons...

SH 9 Morgan Williams (c

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) N8 8 Sean-Michael Stephen

Sean-Michael Stephen

Sean-Michael Stephen is a Canadian rugby union player. From 2006 to 2008, Stephen played for French club AS Béziers Hérault. Since 2008, he has played for and currently captains Plymouth Albion in the RFU Championship....

  OF 7 Dave Biddle BF 6 Jamie Cudmore

Jamie Cudmore

Jamie Cudmore is a Canadian rugby union player currently playing for the Top 14 club ASM Clermont Auvergne. Previously Cudmore played for Llandovery RFC, Llanelli RFC and FC Grenoble...

RL 5 Mike James

Mike James (rugby)

Mike B. James is one of a handful of professional Canadian rugby union players. Standing at 196 cm tall and weighing in at 110 kg, James is an imposing figure and is well known for his expertise in the set pieces...

LL 4 Mike Burak

Mike Burak

Michael Burak is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He played for Canada at the 2007 Rugby World Cup and professionally for the Cornish Pirates in England.-External links:*...

  TP 3 Jon Thiel

Jon Thiel

Jon Thiel is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He plays prop.He has played in 3 Rugby World Cups for Canada. He has also played professionally for Sale Sharks, RC Narbonne, Bridgend RFC, and Llanelli RFC....

HK 2 Pat Riordan

Pat Riordan

Pat Riordan is a Canada rugby union player. He plays club rugby for Burnaby Lake, and for the Canada national side, having also played at Pontypridd...

  LP 1 Rod Snow

Rod Snow

Gerald Arthur Rod Snow is a Canadian former professional rugby union prop.Snow began his senior club rugby with the Newfoundland amateur club team Dogs RFC. He went on to play professionally in South Africa for Eastern Province in 1995, before joining Newport RFC in 1996, the club he remained...

  Replacements: HK 16 Aaron Carpenter

Aaron Carpenter

Aaron Carpenter is a Canadian rugby player.Carpenter played his first international game for Canada vs. the United States on May 25, 2005, and has continued to be a strong member of the squad. Aaron played as a member of the Canadian team in the 2007 Rugby World Cup...

  PR 17 Dan Pletch

Dan Pletch

Dan Pletch is a Canadian rugby union player, who plays for the Canada national rugby team. He plays as a hooker or prop. Pletch, along with his identical twin brother Mike, was in the Canada squad for the 2007 World Cup. -References:**...

  PR 18 Mike Pletch

Mike Pletch

Mike Pletch is a Canadian rugby union player, who plays for the Canada national rugby team. He plays as a hooker. Pletch, along with his identical twin brother Dan, was in the Canada squad for the 2007 World Cup. He is a graduate of McMaster University with a degree in Civil Engineering and...

LK 19 Luke Tait

Luke Tait

Luke Tait is a Canadian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.Tait's current club is James Bay of the British Columbia Premiership. He has played previously for Cardiff RFC, Ospreys, Overmach Parma, and Stade Montois.He has been a part of the Canadian national team since his debut on 25 May,...

  FL 20 Colin Yukes

Colin Yukes

Colin Yukes is a Canadian rugby player.He has represented Canada 27 times including at the 2003 Rugby World Cup....

  SH 21 Ed Fairhurst

Ed Fairhurst

Edward Fairhurst is a Canadian international rugby union player. He is currently playing with the UBC Old Boys Ravens in the BC Premier League and the BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship....

FH 22 Ander Monro

Ander Monro

Alexander Monro is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He previously played for the Edinburgh Gunners, Waterloo R.F.C. and Colorno Rugby Club in Italy. He currently plays club rugby for Castaway Wanderers and plays with the Ontario Blues in the Canadian Rugby Championship...

Coach:   Ric Suggitt

Ric Suggitt

Ric "Sluggo" Suggitt is a former Canadian rugby union footballer and National Rugby Team Coach since 1998. Ric also is currently the Head Coach of the USA Women's 7's Olympic Rugby team and a coach educator....

Man of the Match: Kameli Ratuvou Kameli Ratuvou -Career:He is currently playing for professional English club, Saracens he joined the squad from Fiji for the 2006/07 season. His usual position is on the wing even though he can also play at centre and fullback...  (Fiji) Touch judges: Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos is a full-time international rugby union referee with the French Rugby Federation and is one of the two French representatives on the IRB's International Referees Panel....  (France) Mark Lawrence Mark Lawrence (rugby) Mark Lawrence is an international rugby union referee, from the Republic of South Africa. He refereed his first international test match, in 2000, and was chosen to officiate at both the 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2007 Rugby World Cup acting as a touch judge and a TMO in both competitions...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Television match official: Craig Joubert Craig Joubert Craig Paul Joubert is a South African professional rugby union referee. He has officiated at international level since 2003 with the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final being his most profile match.-Biography:...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Fourth official: Joël Jutge Joël Jutge Joël Jutge is a former French international rugby union referee. He made his international refereeing debut in a 2000 match between Italy and Romania in Naples. Jutge decided to be a referee in 1991 after his playing career was brought to an end by a knee ligament injury...  (France) Fifth official: Tim Hayes Tim Hayes Tim Hayes is a screenwriter and coauthor of the film Teen Wolf.- External links :*...  (Wales Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the... )

Wales vs Japan

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Wales
FB	15	Kevin Morgan
RW	14	Dafydd James Dafydd James Dafydd Rhys James is a former Welsh international rugby union footballer who plays on the wing or at centre. He toured with the British and Irish Lions in 2001. He has earned 45 caps for Wales and three for the British & Irish Lions...
OC	13	Jamie Robinson Jamie Robinson Jamie Peter Robinson is a Wales international rugby union footballer who currently plays for Agen at outside centre. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf with younger brother Nick Robinson. He is known for his saloon door defence, blistering pace and ability to beat defenders.Robinson came to...
IC	12	James Hook James Hook (rugby player) James William Hook is a Welsh rugby union player for USA Perpignan. Hook is widely regarded as one of the most talented players in world rugby....
LW	11	Shane Williams Shane Williams Shane Mark Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Ospreys and who can also play scrum-half. Williams is the record try scorer for the Wales national team and he is third on the international list of leading Rugby union Test try scorers behind Daisuke Ohata...
FH	10	Stephen Jones Stephen Jones (rugby player) Stephen Michael Jones is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays primarily at fly-half for Wales, the British and Irish Lions and Scarlets....  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
SH	9	Michael Phillips Mike Phillips (rugby player) William Michael "Mike" Phillips is a Welsh international rugby union rugby player who plays at scrum-half for Bayonne.-Personal life:...
N8	8	Alix Popham Alix Popham Alix Jon Popham is a Welsh rugby union footballer, who plays at Number eight or flanker and is captain for the 2009 season at Brive in the French Top 14, having signed from the Llanelli Scarlets in 2008...
OF	7	Martyn Williams Martyn Williams Martyn Elwyn Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player. A flanker, he plays for Cardiff Blues and the Wales national rugby union team as an open-side flanker...
BF	6	Colin Charvis Colin Charvis Colin Charvis is a former captain of the Welsh national rugby union team and also played for the British and Irish lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no...
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones Alun Wyn Jones Alun Wyn Jones is a Welsh international rugby union rugby player, currently playing for the Ospreys in the Celtic League. Having previously represented Wales at under-21 level, he made his Test debut for Wales in June 2006 against Argentina. Originally playing as a blindside flanker, he has shown...
LL	4	Will James Will James (rugby player) Will James is a Wales international rugby union player. He currently plays for Gloucester Rugby, and has also played for Pontypridd RFC and Cornish Pirates. His usual position is second-row forward....
TP	3	Chris Horsman Chris Horsman Chris Horsman is a former Wales international rugby union player.-Club career:Horsman attended Sheldon school in Chippenham, Wiltshire and represented England at youth international level....
HK	2	Thomas Rhys Thomas T. Rhys Thomas For other people with this name see Rhys ThomasThomas Rhys Thomas is a Welsh International rugby player, currently with Cardiff Blues. His usual position is at hooker. Thomas made a try-scoring debut for the Cardiff Blues against Celtic Warriors on December 27, 2003...
LP	1	Duncan Jones
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HK	16	Huw Bennett Huw Bennett Huw Bennett is a Wales international rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the Ospreys in the Celtic League and the Heineken Cup. His usual position is at hooker....
PR	17	Gethin Jenkins Gethin Jenkins Gethin Jenkins is a Wales and British Lions international rugby union player, currently playing for Cardiff Blues. He is the most capped prop-forward for Wales.-Early career:...
LK	18	Ian Evans
N8	19	Michael Owen Michael Owen (rugby player) Michael Owen , was educated at Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive school in Beddau and was a Welsh rugby union player. He played for Saracens at club level and Wales internationally, having previously represented Newport Gwent Dragons in the Magners League. Owen, who is , most often played Number 8, but...
SH	20	Gareth Cooper Gareth Cooper Gareth Cooper is a former Wales international rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for the Cardiff Blues. He is renowned for his darting breaks from rucks.-Career:...
FH	21	Ceri Sweeney Ceri Sweeney Ceri Sweeney is a rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Cardiff Blues and Wales.-Club career:In 1998, Sweeney joined Pontypridd RFC from Glyncoch RFC....
CE	22	Tom Shanklin Tom Shanklin Tomos George L. Shanklin is a former Welsh rugby union player who played Outside Centre for Cardiff Blues and Wales. He is Wales' most-capped centre...
Coach:
Gareth Jenkins Gareth Jenkins Gareth Jenkins is a former Welsh rugby union footballer, and former head coach of the Welsh national team. After a long and distinguished career at Llanelli RFC, Jenkins was appointed Wales coach in 2006, succeeding Mike Ruddock...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Japan | FB 15 Christian Loamanu

Christian Loamanu

Christian Loamanu is a Japanese rugby union player. and 108 kg, who plays as a winger. He can also play as centre. He plays in the Top 14 for RC Toulonnais....

RW 14 Kosuke Endo

Kosuke Endo

Kosuke Endo is a Japanese rugby union player. He was a member of the Japan squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, scoring a spectacular break-out try against Wales at the Millennium Stadium, and another against Canada in the 12-12 draw .He played for Toyota Verblitz before joining Canterbury for...

OC 13 Yuta Imamura  IC 12 Shotaro Onishi  LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa

Hirotoki Onozawa

Hirotoki Onozawa plays rugby union at wing for Suntory Sungoliath in the Top League...

FH 10 Bryce Robins

Bryce Robins

Bryce B. Robins is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player who plays as a centre for the NEC Green Rockets in the Top League and Japan. He played for the Hurricanes in 2002 and 2003....

SH 9 Tomoki Yoshida

Tomoki Yoshida

is a Japanese rugby union footballer. He plays for the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's Top League, and the Japanese rugby team. He plays for his country in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.-External links:* *...

  N8 8 Takuro Miuchi

Takuro Miuchi

Takuro Miuchi is a Japanese rugby union player, who plays number eight. He was captain of the Japan national rugby union team until relieved of that responsibility by Japan national team coach Jean-Pierre Elissalde in a surprise move during February 2006...

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Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) OF 7 Hare Makiri  BF 6 Yasunori Watanabe

Yasunori Watanabe

was a former Japanese rugby player, who played for Japan in three Rugby World Cups from 1999 to 2007.-Career:Watanabe was born in Hokkaido, and joined the team Toshiba Brave Lupus in Tokyo in 1997 after graduating from Nippon Sport Science University...

RL 5 Luke Thompson

Luke Thompson (rugby player)

is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a lock.Thompson's current club is Kintetsu Liners based in Osaka. He also plays for the Japan national rugby union team....

  LL 4 Hitoshi Ono

Hitoshi Ono

Hitoshi Ōno is a Japanese rugby player. He plays at lock for Japan.Ono's current team is the Toshiba Brave Lupus, in Japan. Ono currently has 35 caps for Japan, with 5 tries scored, 25 points in aggregate from 2004 to 2009. He was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing three...

TP 3 Tomokazu Soma  HK 2 Yuji Matsubara  LP 1 Tatsukichi Nishiura  Replacements: HK 16 Taku Inokuchi  PR 17 Ryo Yamamura

Ryō Yamamura

is a Japanese rugby union player, born 9 August 1981 in Saga , 1 m 85, 108 kg, he plays as a prop.Yamamura had the qualities to become a sumo professional, but preferred rugby instead.He plays for Kanto Gakuin University....

  LK 18 Hajime Kiso

Hajime Kiso

Hajime Kiso is a Japanese rugby union player, he plays Number 8.He plays for Yamaha Jubilo and was a regular member of the Japan national rugby union team during the 2000s.He played six games at the 2003 and 2007 World Cups....

  FL 19 Ryota Asano  SH 20 Chulwon Kim  CE 21 Koji Taira  FB 22 Tatsuya Kusumi  Coach:   John Kirwan

Man of the Match: Michael Phillips Mike Phillips (rugby player) William Michael "Mike" Phillips is a Welsh international rugby union rugby player who plays at scrum-half for Bayonne.-Personal life:...  (Wales) Touch judges: Mark Lawrence Mark Lawrence (rugby) Mark Lawrence is an international rugby union referee, from the Republic of South Africa. He refereed his first international test match, in 2000, and was chosen to officiate at both the 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2007 Rugby World Cup acting as a touch judge and a TMO in both competitions...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Craig Joubert Craig Joubert Craig Paul Joubert is a South African professional rugby union referee. He has officiated at international level since 2003 with the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final being his most profile match.-Biography:...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Television match official: Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos is a full-time international rugby union referee with the French Rugby Federation and is one of the two French representatives on the IRB's International Referees Panel....  (France) Fourth official: Nigel Owens Nigel Owens Nigel Owens is a Welsh international rugby union referee. He is an international and Heineken Cup referee and was the only Welsh referee at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France....  (Wales Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the... ) Fifth official: Tim Hayes Tim Hayes Tim Hayes is a screenwriter and coauthor of the film Teen Wolf.- External links :*...  (Wales Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the... )

Australia vs Fiji

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Australia
FB	15	Chris Latham Chris Latham (rugby player) Chris Latham is an Australian rugby union player, who played fullback for the Worcester Warriors, following a long career with the Queensland Reds and Australia....
RW	14	Drew Mitchell Drew Mitchell Drew Alan Mitchell is an Australian rugby union player. He usually plays on the wing or as fullback. Up to the 2006 season he played for the Queensland Reds. He played for the Western Force for the 2007–2009 Super 14 seasons. In 2010 he is playing for the New South Wales Waratahs franchise...
OC	13	Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper is an Australian rugby union footballer. He he has signed with the NSW Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition for 2012 and also plays for Australia. He was educated at the Berkeley Vale High School and played his junior rugby for Ourimbah on the NSW Central Coast...
IC	12	Matt Giteau Matt Giteau Matthew Giteau is an Australian rugby union footballer, a former international who now plays for the French Top 14 side Toulon. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky...
LW	11	Lote Tuqiri
FH	10	Berrick Barnes Berrick Barnes Berrick Barnes is an Australian rugby union footballer with the NSW Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition. His usual position is fly-half or inside centre and he previously played for the Queensland Reds....
SH	9	George Gregan George Gregan George Musarurwa Gregan AM is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history....  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
N8	8	Wycliff Palu Wycliff Palu Wycliff Palu is an Australian rugby union footballer of Tongan descent. He plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition...
OF	7	Phil Waugh Phil Waugh Phillip Waugh is an Australian rugby union player, widely regarded as one of the world's leading flankers.His career as a player began at the Shore School, Captaining the school's team in 1997...
BF	6	Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom is a former captain of the Australia national rugby union team. Raised in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated Rugby players. Elsom has played over 50 times for Australia and has over 80 Super rugby caps with the Waratahs 2003–08 and the...
RL	5	Daniel Vickerman Daniel Vickerman Daniel Vickerman is a rugby union footballer for the New South Wales Waratahs and Australia who left a successful international career in 2008 to attend the University of Cambridge, where he read a degree in Land Economy at Hughes Hall, and returned to Australian Rugby in 2011...
LL	4	Mark Chisholm Mark Chisholm Mark Chisholm is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Brumbies in the international Super Rugby competition...
TP	3	Guy Shepherdson Guy Shepherdson Guy Shepherdson is an Australian rugby union footballer.His usual position is at tight-head prop...
HK	2	Stephen Moore Stephen Moore (rugby player) Stephen Moore is an Australian rugby union footballer. Born in Saudi Arabia to Irish parents, Stephen and his family moved back to Tuam, Galway, Ireland in the mid-eighties before they emigrated to Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia in 1988...
LP	1	Matt Dunning Matt Dunning Matt Dunning is an Australian rugby union footballer. He was educated at Northholm Grammar School and represented New South Wales and Australian Schools, U19s and U21s. Dunning plays club rugby for Eastwood and has represented the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super 14 since 2001...
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HK	16	Adam Freier Adam Freier Adam Freier is a rugby union footballer. He most recently played for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super 14 competition. His usual position is at hooker...
PR	17	Greg Holmes Greg Holmes Greg Holmes is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition and has played for Australia. His usual position is at prop.-Career:...
LK	18	Hugh McMeniman Hugh McMeniman Hugh McMeniman is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Kubota in Japan and has played for Australia. His favoured position is blindside flanker but he can also play lock.-Career:...
N8	19	Stephen Hoiles Stephen Hoiles Stephen Hoiles is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Brumbies in the international Super 14 competition. Hoiles previously played for the New South Wales Waratahs. He has also played for the national team, the Wallabies.-Career:...
SH	20	Sam Cordingley Sam Cordingley Sam Cordingley is an Australian rugby union footballer. He plays for the Melbourne Rebels in the international Super Rugby competition. He was educated at the St Patrick's Marist school, Dundas.-Career:...
CE	21	Scott Staniforth Scott Staniforth Scott Nicholas Gelling Staniforth is an Australian rugby union footballer.- Career :Returning to Australia after two years with London Irish, Scott Staniforth was the last player to sign with the Western Force and has played in every match bar one for the new team...
FB	22	Julian Huxley Julian Huxley (rugby player) Julian Huxley is an Australian rugby union footballer. In 2008 he had established himself in the Wallabies and was named Australian Rookie of the Year...
Coach:
John Connolly John Connolly (rugby) John "Knuckles" Connolly is a rugby union coach and the former head coach of the Wallabies. Connolly has in the past worked with the Queensland Reds, Stade Français, Swansea RFC as well as Bath Rugby....

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Fiji | FB 15 Norman Ligairi

Norman Ligairi

Norman Armstrong Senibici Ligairi is a Fijian rugby union player who usually plays as a fullback. He represents Fiji at international level in both the 15-a-side and 7-a-side game...

RW 14 Vilimoni Delasau

Vilimoni Delasau

Vilimoni Waqatabu Delasau is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing. His nickname is Delz.-Career:...

OC 13 Maleli Kunavore

Maleli Kunavore

Maleli Kunavore is a Fijian rugby union footballer.-Career:He plays as a centre, wing or fullback . He plays for Toulouse in the Top 14 and Heineken Cup. He was found by Fiji coach Wayne Pivac when he spotted Maleli playing in the Colonial Cup for the Coastal Stallions. He was selected for the...

  IC 12 Seremaia Bai

Seremaia Bai

-Career:He currently plays for Castres Olympique after signing from ASM Clermont Auvergne in 2010 who both compete in France's Top 14 competition. He also plays for the Fiji national team and the Pacific Islanders. He has played under-19s, under 21s and under 23s for the Fiji national side...

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Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) LW 11 Isoa Neivua

Isoa Neivua

Isoa Coalala Neivua is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a wing or centre.-Career:Playing in Fiji, he moved from Navosa to Nadroga in 2003 to get more chance of being spotted by for the national team...

FH 10 Waisea Luveniyali

Waisea Luveniyali

Waisea Sedre Luveniyali is a Fijian rugby union footballer.-Career:He plays as a fly-half, formerly for Fiji Warriors....

  SH 9 Jone Daunivucu

Jone Daunivucu

Jone Daunivucu is a Fijian rugby union player.-Career:He is a former captain of the Fiji national sevens team. His knowledge of the game and discipline on-field allowed coach Waisale Serevi to give him the captaincy for the 2005-06 IRB World series...

  N8 8 Jone Qovu

Jone Qovu

Jone Qovu Railiko is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a number eight.-Career:He currently plays for Racing Métro 92, in France. Qovu made his debut for Fiji on 3 June 2005, in a 27–29 loss to New Zealand Maori...

OF 7 Aca Ratuva

Aca Ratuva

Ratu Aca Ronald Gavidi Ratuva, better known as Aca Ratuva is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker or centre.-Career:...

BF 6 Netani Talei

Netani Talei

Netani Edward Talei is a Fijian rugby union player. He currently plays for Edinburgh in the RaboDirect Pro12. He plays as a number eight or flanker.-Career:...

  RL 5 Ifereimi Rawaqa

Ifereimi Rawaqa

Ifereimi Rawaqa is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a lock or flanker.-Career:In 2002, when he was still 21 when he made his test debut in the victory over Samoa, in Apia...

LL 4 Isoa Domolailai

Isoa Domolailai

Isoa Ulago Domolailai is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock.-Career:He currently plays for Tarbes in France. Domolailai's first game for Fiji was on 10 November 2001, in a 10-66 loss to Italy. He missed the 2003 Rugby World Cup finals, due to an injury, but was selected again for...

  TP 3 Henry Qiodravu

Henry Qiodravu

Anare Qiodravu Rawaico is a Fijian rugby union player. His position is as a prop.-Career:Qiodravu played for Waikato University, in New Zealand, moving then to France, first playing at FC Auch , and for RC Orléans, since 2006. He was first capped for Fiji, in a 37-21 win over the USA, on 30 June...

HK 2 Vereniki Sauturaga

Vereniki Sauturaga

Vereniki Sauturaga Racagi is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.-Career:His present team is Fiji Warriors. He was selected for the Fijian squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, he played in three matches. He has been selected into the Fiji squad for the 2008 IRB Pacific Nations...

LP 1 Alefoso Yalayalatabua

Alefoso Yalayalatabua

Alefoso Yalayalatabua is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a prop. He currently plays for Fiji Warriors.-Career:...

  Replacements: HK 16 Bill Gadolo

Bill Gadolo

Viliame Titoko Gadolo is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.-Career:He played for the Suva side in the Sanyo Cup since 1999 although he spent one year with Nadroga. By profession, he is a teacher and he teaches at Yat Sen Secondary School. He was a member of the Fiji U21 team that...

PR 17 Jone Railomo

Jone Railomo

Jone Railomo Taginayavusa was a Fijian rugby union player. He played as a prop.-Career:Railomo played in Fiji for Piteia. He moved to France, where he played for Racing Club Vichy for the 2005/06 season, then for Poitiers for 2006/07, returning to Racing Club Vichy for 2007/08...

  LK 18 Wame Lewaravu

Wame Lewaravu

Ratu Wame Ganilau Lewaravu is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.-Club:He currently plays for Sale Sharks having previously played for Overmach Parma and London Welsh.-Debut:...

  N8 19 Sisa Koyamaibole

Sisa Koyamaibole

Sisaro Dautu Koyamaibole is a Fijian rugby union player. His usual position is number eight. Koyamaibole has been capped 38 times by| Fiji, including playing in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, and has played for the country in rugby sevens tournaments...

  SH 20 Mosese Rauluni  CE 21 Gabiriele Lovobalavu

Gabiriele Lovobalavu

Gabiriele Voduadua Lovobalavu is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a centre. Lovobalavu is from Kanakana, Tunuloa from Cakaudrove Province...

  CE 22 Seru Rabeni

Seru Rabeni

Ratu Seru Raveive Rabeni is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a centre or wing for Stade Rochelais....

  Coach:   Ilie Tabua

Man of the Match: Matt Giteau Matt Giteau Matthew Giteau is an Australian rugby union footballer, a former international who now plays for the French Top 14 side Toulon. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky...  (Australia) Touch judges: Mark Lawrence Mark Lawrence (rugby) Mark Lawrence is an international rugby union referee, from the Republic of South Africa. He refereed his first international test match, in 2000, and was chosen to officiate at both the 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2007 Rugby World Cup acting as a touch judge and a TMO in both competitions...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos is a full-time international rugby union referee with the French Rugby Federation and is one of the two French representatives on the IRB's International Referees Panel....  (France) Television match official: Craig Joubert Craig Joubert Craig Paul Joubert is a South African professional rugby union referee. He has officiated at international level since 2003 with the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final being his most profile match.-Biography:...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Fourth official: Romain Poite Romain Poite Romain Poite is a French rugby union international referee. He made his World Cup debut in 2007 during the match between Ireland and Namibia. He also officiated during three games in the 2009 Six Nations Championship. He refereed his first Six Nations match in 2010.-Notes and references:...  (France) Fifth official: Jean-Christophe Gastou (France)

Canada vs Japan

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Canada
FB	15	Mike Pyke Mike Pyke Michael Anthony Patrick Pyke is a Canadian dual-code football player.He is best known in his homeland as a rugby union player, who played for Canada's national side and French Top 14 squad US Montauban.Pyke is currently a professional Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans.-Early...
RW	14	DTH van der Merwe DTH van der Merwe Daniel Tailliferrer Hauman van der Merwe is a South African-Canadian rugby union player. He was born in Worcester, South Africa, and attended there before emigrating from South Africa. He currently plays for the Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect Pro12.Van der Merwe joined Scottish side Glasgow...
OC	13	Craig Culpan Craig Culpan Craig Culpan is a Canadian rugby union player. Culpan is a member of the Canadian national team.-Notes:...
IC	12	Dave Spicer Dave Spicer David Spicer , is a Canadian rugby union player who plays club rugby for the UBCOB Ravens of the British Columbia Premiership and who is also a member of the Canadian national team. Spicer is a centre but can also fill in at fly-half as well as on the wing.Spicer made his debut for Canada on...
LW	11	James Pritchard
FH	10	Ryan Smith Ryan Smith (rugby player) Ryan Smith is a Canadian rugby union player, who has played club football for French team US Montauban in the Top 14 division, and has represented at international level. Smith's first appearance for the national side was on June 14, 2003, in a match against England Saxons...
SH	9	Morgan Williams (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
N8	8	Aaron Carpenter Aaron Carpenter Aaron Carpenter is a Canadian rugby player.Carpenter played his first international game for Canada vs. the United States on May 25, 2005, and has continued to be a strong member of the squad. Aaron played as a member of the Canadian team in the 2007 Rugby World Cup...
OF	7	Adam Kleeberger Adam Kleeberger Adam Kleeberger is a Canadian rugby union player. Previously, Kleeberger had played for Canadian clubs University of Victoria and Bayside as well as Rotherham Titans of the RFU Championship. In 2010 he joined Auckland in the ITM Cup...
BF	6	Colin Yukes Colin Yukes Colin Yukes is a Canadian rugby player.He has represented Canada 27 times including at the 2003 Rugby World Cup....
RL	5	Mike James Mike James (rugby) Mike B. James is one of a handful of professional Canadian rugby union players. Standing at 196 cm tall and weighing in at 110 kg, James is an imposing figure and is well known for his expertise in the set pieces...
LL	4	Mike Burak Mike Burak Michael Burak is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He played for Canada at the 2007 Rugby World Cup and professionally for the Cornish Pirates in England.-External links:*...
TP	3	Jon Thiel Jon Thiel Jon Thiel is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He plays prop.He has played in 3 Rugby World Cups for Canada. He has also played professionally for Sale Sharks, RC Narbonne, Bridgend RFC, and Llanelli RFC....
HK	2	Pat Riordan Pat Riordan Pat Riordan is a Canada rugby union player. He plays club rugby for Burnaby Lake, and for the Canada national side, having also played at Pontypridd...
LP	1	Rod Snow Rod Snow Gerald Arthur Rod Snow is a Canadian former professional rugby union prop.Snow began his senior club rugby with the Newfoundland amateur club team Dogs RFC. He went on to play professionally in South Africa for Eastern Province in 1995, before joining Newport RFC in 1996, the club he remained...
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PR	16	Mike Pletch Mike Pletch Mike Pletch is a Canadian rugby union player, who plays for the Canada national rugby team. He plays as a hooker. Pletch, along with his identical twin brother Dan, was in the Canada squad for the 2007 World Cup. He is a graduate of McMaster University with a degree in Civil Engineering and...
PR	17	Dan Pletch Dan Pletch Dan Pletch is a Canadian rugby union player, who plays for the Canada national rugby team. He plays as a hooker or prop. Pletch, along with his identical twin brother Mike, was in the Canada squad for the 2007 World Cup. -References:**...
PR	18	Scott Franklin Scott Franklin Scott Franklin , is a Canadian rugby union player who plays rugby for the Prairie Wolf Pack in Canada, and for the Canadian national team. Franklin is a prop.- Career :...
LK	19	Josh Jackson
FL	20	Mike Webb Mike Webb (rugby player) Michael Webb is a Canadian rugby player, who has played for Newfoundland Rock and the Canadian national team...
SH	21	Ed Fairhurst Ed Fairhurst Edward Fairhurst is a Canadian international rugby union player. He is currently playing with the UBC Old Boys Ravens in the BC Premier League and the BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship....
WG	22	Justin Mensah-Coker Justin Mensah-Coker Justin Mensah-Coker is a Canadian rugby union player who plays internationally with the Canadian national team...
Coach:
Ric Suggitt Ric Suggitt Ric "Sluggo" Suggitt is a former Canadian rugby union footballer and National Rugby Team Coach since 1998. Ric also is currently the Head Coach of the USA Women's 7's Olympic Rugby team and a coach educator....

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Japan | FB 15 Go Aruga RW 14 Kosuke Endo

Kosuke Endo

Kosuke Endo is a Japanese rugby union player. He was a member of the Japan squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, scoring a spectacular break-out try against Wales at the Millennium Stadium, and another against Canada in the 12-12 draw .He played for Toyota Verblitz before joining Canterbury for...

  OC 13 Yuta Imamura  IC 12 Shotaro Onishi LW 11 Christian Loamanu

Christian Loamanu

Christian Loamanu is a Japanese rugby union player. and 108 kg, who plays as a winger. He can also play as centre. He plays in the Top 14 for RC Toulonnais....

FH 10 Bryce Robins

Bryce Robins

Bryce B. Robins is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player who plays as a centre for the NEC Green Rockets in the Top League and Japan. He played for the Hurricanes in 2002 and 2003....

SH 9 Tomoki Yoshida

Tomoki Yoshida

is a Japanese rugby union footballer. He plays for the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's Top League, and the Japanese rugby team. He plays for his country in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.-External links:* *...

  N8 8 Takuro Miuchi

Takuro Miuchi

Takuro Miuchi is a Japanese rugby union player, who plays number eight. He was captain of the Japan national rugby union team until relieved of that responsibility by Japan national team coach Jean-Pierre Elissalde in a surprise move during February 2006...

 (c

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) OF 7 Philip O'Reilly

Philip O'Reilly

Colonel Philip O’Reilly was a Member of Parliament for County Cavan, Ireland in the Irish Parliament from 1639 to 1641.-Ancestry:His Gaelic name was Phillip mac Aodh mac Sean mac Aodh Conallach O’Raghallaigh and by the English he was named Philip McHugh McShane O'Rely. His father, grandfather and...

BF 6 Hare Makiri RL 5 Luke Thompson

Luke Thompson (rugby player)

is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a lock.Thompson's current club is Kintetsu Liners based in Osaka. He also plays for the Japan national rugby union team....

LL 4 Hitoshi Ono

Hitoshi Ono

Hitoshi Ōno is a Japanese rugby player. He plays at lock for Japan.Ono's current team is the Toshiba Brave Lupus, in Japan. Ono currently has 35 caps for Japan, with 5 tries scored, 25 points in aggregate from 2004 to 2009. He was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing three...

  TP 3 Tomokazu Soma  HK 2 Yuji Matsubara LP 1 Tatsukichi Nishiura  Replacements: HK 16 Taku Inokuchi PR 17 Ryo Yamamura

Ryō Yamamura

is a Japanese rugby union player, born 9 August 1981 in Saga , 1 m 85, 108 kg, he plays as a prop.Yamamura had the qualities to become a sumo professional, but preferred rugby instead.He plays for Kanto Gakuin University....

  LK 18 Luatangi Samurai Vatuvei  FL 19 Hajime Kiso

Hajime Kiso

Hajime Kiso is a Japanese rugby union player, he plays Number 8.He plays for Yamaha Jubilo and was a regular member of the Japan national rugby union team during the 2000s.He played six games at the 2003 and 2007 World Cups....

  SH 20 Chulwon Kim  CE 21 Koji Taira  FB 22 Hirotoki Onozawa

Hirotoki Onozawa

Hirotoki Onozawa plays rugby union at wing for Suntory Sungoliath in the Top League...

  Coach:   John Kirwan

Man of the Match: Morgan Williams (Canada) Touch judges: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand) Bryce Lawrence Bryce Lawrence Bryce Lawrence is a professional international rugby union referee from the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.Originally a school headmaster, Lawrence took up refereeing in 1994, following in footsteps of his father, Keith Lawrence, who had been an international rugby union referee from 1985 to 1991...  (New Zealand) Television match official: Joël Jutge Joël Jutge Joël Jutge is a former French international rugby union referee. He made his international refereeing debut in a 2000 match between Italy and Romania in Naples. Jutge decided to be a referee in 1991 after his playing career was brought to an end by a knee ligament injury...  (France) Fourth official: Alain Rolland Alain Rolland Alain Colm Pierre Rolland is an Irish rugby union referee and former player.During his playing days as a scrum-half, Rolland earned three caps for . He started the match on 27 October 1990 against , and gained further caps as a replacement against in 1994 and the USA in 1995. He won 40 provincial...  (Ireland Irish Rugby Football Union The Irish Rugby Football Union is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where Irish rugby union international matches are played... ) Fifth official: Hervé Dubes (France)

Australia vs Canada

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Australia
FB	15	Chris Latham Chris Latham (rugby player) Chris Latham is an Australian rugby union player, who played fullback for the Worcester Warriors, following a long career with the Queensland Reds and Australia....
RW	14	Cameron Shepherd Cameron Shepherd Cameron Shepherd is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Western Force in the international Super 14 competition. His usual position is at fullback or wing.-Biography:...
OC	13	Lote Tuqiri
IC	12	Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper is an Australian rugby union footballer. He he has signed with the NSW Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition for 2012 and also plays for Australia. He was educated at the Berkeley Vale High School and played his junior rugby for Ourimbah on the NSW Central Coast...
LW	11	Drew Mitchell Drew Mitchell Drew Alan Mitchell is an Australian rugby union player. He usually plays on the wing or as fullback. Up to the 2006 season he played for the Queensland Reds. He played for the Western Force for the 2007–2009 Super 14 seasons. In 2010 he is playing for the New South Wales Waratahs franchise...
FH	10	Julian Huxley Julian Huxley (rugby player) Julian Huxley is an Australian rugby union footballer. In 2008 he had established himself in the Wallabies and was named Australian Rookie of the Year...
SH	9	Sam Cordingley Sam Cordingley Sam Cordingley is an Australian rugby union footballer. He plays for the Melbourne Rebels in the international Super Rugby competition. He was educated at the St Patrick's Marist school, Dundas.-Career:...
N8	8	David Lyons David Lyons David Lyons plays Number Eight for the Wallabies.-Playing career:From his debut in 2000 Lyons played 83 consecutive games for Waratahs, a record for Australian players. His run ended when a knee injury forced him to miss the start of the 2007 season...
OF	7	George Smith (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
BF	6	Hugh McMeniman Hugh McMeniman Hugh McMeniman is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Kubota in Japan and has played for Australia. His favoured position is blindside flanker but he can also play lock.-Career:...
RL	5	Mark Chisholm Mark Chisholm Mark Chisholm is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Brumbies in the international Super Rugby competition...
LL	4	Nathan Sharpe Nathan Sharpe Nathan Sharpe is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock and is the captain of the Western Force.-Early career:...
TP	3	Al Baxter Al Baxter Al Baxter is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Waratahs in the Super 14. He played in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, but was not selected for the 2011 squad.-Career:...
HK	2	Adam Freier Adam Freier Adam Freier is a rugby union footballer. He most recently played for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super 14 competition. His usual position is at hooker...
LP	1	Greg Holmes Greg Holmes Greg Holmes is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition and has played for Australia. His usual position is at prop.-Career:...
Replacements:
HK	16	Sean Hardman Sean Hardman Sean Hardman is an Australian rugby union player who plays Hooker for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition.-Career:...
PR	17	Guy Shepherdson Guy Shepherdson Guy Shepherdson is an Australian rugby union footballer.His usual position is at tight-head prop...
FL	18	Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom is a former captain of the Australia national rugby union team. Raised in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated Rugby players. Elsom has played over 50 times for Australia and has over 80 Super rugby caps with the Waratahs 2003–08 and the...
FL	19	Phil Waugh Phil Waugh Phillip Waugh is an Australian rugby union player, widely regarded as one of the world's leading flankers.His career as a player began at the Shore School, Captaining the school's team in 1997...
N8	20	Stephen Hoiles Stephen Hoiles Stephen Hoiles is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Brumbies in the international Super 14 competition. Hoiles previously played for the New South Wales Waratahs. He has also played for the national team, the Wallabies.-Career:...
SH	21	George Gregan George Gregan George Musarurwa Gregan AM is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history....
CE	22	Matt Giteau Matt Giteau Matthew Giteau is an Australian rugby union footballer, a former international who now plays for the French Top 14 side Toulon. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky...
Coach:
John Connolly John Connolly (rugby) John "Knuckles" Connolly is a rugby union coach and the former head coach of the Wallabies. Connolly has in the past worked with the Queensland Reds, Stade Français, Swansea RFC as well as Bath Rugby....

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Canada | FB 15 DTH van der Merwe

DTH van der Merwe

Daniel Tailliferrer Hauman van der Merwe is a South African-Canadian rugby union player. He was born in Worcester, South Africa, and attended there before emigrating from South Africa. He currently plays for the Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect Pro12.Van der Merwe joined Scottish side Glasgow...

  RW 14 Justin Mensah-Coker

Justin Mensah-Coker

Justin Mensah-Coker is a Canadian rugby union player who plays internationally with the Canadian national team...

OC 13 Mike Pyke

Mike Pyke

Michael Anthony Patrick Pyke is a Canadian dual-code football player.He is best known in his homeland as a rugby union player, who played for Canada's national side and French Top 14 squad US Montauban.Pyke is currently a professional Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans.-Early...

IC 12 Derek Daypuck  LW 11 James Pritchard FH 10 Ander Monro

Ander Monro

Alexander Monro is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He previously played for the Edinburgh Gunners, Waterloo R.F.C. and Colorno Rugby Club in Italy. He currently plays club rugby for Castaway Wanderers and plays with the Ontario Blues in the Canadian Rugby Championship...

SH 9 Morgan Williams (c

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) N8 8 Sean-Michael Stephen

Sean-Michael Stephen

Sean-Michael Stephen is a Canadian rugby union player. From 2006 to 2008, Stephen played for French club AS Béziers Hérault. Since 2008, he has played for and currently captains Plymouth Albion in the RFU Championship....

  OF 7 Dave Biddle BF 6 Colin Yukes

Colin Yukes

Colin Yukes is a Canadian rugby player.He has represented Canada 27 times including at the 2003 Rugby World Cup....

  RL 5 Mike James

Mike James (rugby)

Mike B. James is one of a handful of professional Canadian rugby union players. Standing at 196 cm tall and weighing in at 110 kg, James is an imposing figure and is well known for his expertise in the set pieces...

  LL 4 Luke Tait

Luke Tait

Luke Tait is a Canadian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.Tait's current club is James Bay of the British Columbia Premiership. He has played previously for Cardiff RFC, Ospreys, Overmach Parma, and Stade Montois.He has been a part of the Canadian national team since his debut on 25 May,...

TP 3 Jon Thiel

Jon Thiel

Jon Thiel is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He plays prop.He has played in 3 Rugby World Cups for Canada. He has also played professionally for Sale Sharks, RC Narbonne, Bridgend RFC, and Llanelli RFC....

HK 2 Pat Riordan

Pat Riordan

Pat Riordan is a Canada rugby union player. He plays club rugby for Burnaby Lake, and for the Canada national side, having also played at Pontypridd...

  LP 1 Rod Snow

Rod Snow

Gerald Arthur Rod Snow is a Canadian former professional rugby union prop.Snow began his senior club rugby with the Newfoundland amateur club team Dogs RFC. He went on to play professionally in South Africa for Eastern Province in 1995, before joining Newport RFC in 1996, the club he remained...

  Replacements: HK 16 Aaron Carpenter

Aaron Carpenter

Aaron Carpenter is a Canadian rugby player.Carpenter played his first international game for Canada vs. the United States on May 25, 2005, and has continued to be a strong member of the squad. Aaron played as a member of the Canadian team in the 2007 Rugby World Cup...

  PR 17 Dan Pletch

Dan Pletch

Dan Pletch is a Canadian rugby union player, who plays for the Canada national rugby team. He plays as a hooker or prop. Pletch, along with his identical twin brother Mike, was in the Canada squad for the 2007 World Cup. -References:**...

  PR 18 Mike Pletch

Mike Pletch

Mike Pletch is a Canadian rugby union player, who plays for the Canada national rugby team. He plays as a hooker. Pletch, along with his identical twin brother Dan, was in the Canada squad for the 2007 World Cup. He is a graduate of McMaster University with a degree in Civil Engineering and...

  LK 19 Mike Burak

Mike Burak

Michael Burak is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He played for Canada at the 2007 Rugby World Cup and professionally for the Cornish Pirates in England.-External links:*...

  FL 20 Mike Webb

Mike Webb (rugby player)

Michael Webb is a Canadian rugby player, who has played for Newfoundland Rock and the Canadian national team...

  SH 21 Ed Fairhurst

Ed Fairhurst

Edward Fairhurst is a Canadian international rugby union player. He is currently playing with the UBC Old Boys Ravens in the BC Premier League and the BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship....

  CE 22 Nick Trenkel  Coach:   Ric Suggitt

Ric Suggitt

Ric "Sluggo" Suggitt is a former Canadian rugby union footballer and National Rugby Team Coach since 1998. Ric also is currently the Head Coach of the USA Women's 7's Olympic Rugby team and a coach educator....

Man of the Match: Hugh McMeniman Hugh McMeniman Hugh McMeniman is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Kubota in Japan and has played for Australia. His favoured position is blindside flanker but he can also play lock.-Career:...  (Australia) Touch judges: Steve Walsh Steve Walsh (rugby) Steve Walsh is a professional rugby union referee from New Zealand.Walsh's rugby playing career ended at age 13, due to a spinal injury resulting from a birth deformity and he began refereeing at the age of 16....  (New Zealand) Bryce Lawrence Bryce Lawrence Bryce Lawrence is a professional international rugby union referee from the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.Originally a school headmaster, Lawrence took up refereeing in 1994, following in footsteps of his father, Keith Lawrence, who had been an international rugby union referee from 1985 to 1991...  (New Zealand) Television match official: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand) Fourth official: Marius Jonker Marius Jonker Marius Jonker is one of South Africa's top rugby union referees. He refereed at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, and regularly takes charge of Super 14 and Currie Cup matches.-Career:...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Fifth official: Stephan Pomarede (France)

Wales vs Fiji

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Wales
FB	15	Gareth Thomas Gareth Thomas (rugby player) Gareth Thomas , known as Alfie, is a retired Welsh professional rugby footballer who played rugby league for the Crusaders RL in the Super League. He also previously played rugby union for the Cardiff Blues and as a fullback, wing or centre.On 26 May 2007, Thomas surpassed Gareth Llewellyn as the...  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
RW	14	Mark Jones
OC	13	Tom Shanklin Tom Shanklin Tomos George L. Shanklin is a former Welsh rugby union player who played Outside Centre for Cardiff Blues and Wales. He is Wales' most-capped centre...
IC	12	James Hook James Hook (rugby player) James William Hook is a Welsh rugby union player for USA Perpignan. Hook is widely regarded as one of the most talented players in world rugby....
LW	11	Shane Williams Shane Williams Shane Mark Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Ospreys and who can also play scrum-half. Williams is the record try scorer for the Wales national team and he is third on the international list of leading Rugby union Test try scorers behind Daisuke Ohata...
FH	10	Stephen Jones Stephen Jones (rugby player) Stephen Michael Jones is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays primarily at fly-half for Wales, the British and Irish Lions and Scarlets....
SH	9	Dwayne Peel Dwayne Peel Dwayne John Peel is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Sale Sharks and Wales. He is the most capped scrum-half for the Wales national rugby union team....
N8	8	Alix Popham Alix Popham Alix Jon Popham is a Welsh rugby union footballer, who plays at Number eight or flanker and is captain for the 2009 season at Brive in the French Top 14, having signed from the Llanelli Scarlets in 2008...
OF	7	Martyn Williams Martyn Williams Martyn Elwyn Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player. A flanker, he plays for Cardiff Blues and the Wales national rugby union team as an open-side flanker...
BF	6	Colin Charvis Colin Charvis Colin Charvis is a former captain of the Welsh national rugby union team and also played for the British and Irish lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no...
RL	5	Ian Evans
LL	4	Alun Wyn Jones Alun Wyn Jones Alun Wyn Jones is a Welsh international rugby union rugby player, currently playing for the Ospreys in the Celtic League. Having previously represented Wales at under-21 level, he made his Test debut for Wales in June 2006 against Argentina. Originally playing as a blindside flanker, he has shown...
TP	3	Chris Horsman Chris Horsman Chris Horsman is a former Wales international rugby union player.-Club career:Horsman attended Sheldon school in Chippenham, Wiltshire and represented England at youth international level....
HK	2	Matthew Rees Matthew Rees Matthew Rees is a Wales and British Lions international rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Scarlets in the Celtic League. His usual position is at hooker...
LP	1	Gethin Jenkins Gethin Jenkins Gethin Jenkins is a Wales and British Lions international rugby union player, currently playing for Cardiff Blues. He is the most capped prop-forward for Wales.-Early career:...
Replacements:
HK	16	Thomas Rhys Thomas T. Rhys Thomas For other people with this name see Rhys ThomasThomas Rhys Thomas is a Welsh International rugby player, currently with Cardiff Blues. His usual position is at hooker. Thomas made a try-scoring debut for the Cardiff Blues against Celtic Warriors on December 27, 2003...
PR	17	Duncan Jones
LK	18	Ian Gough Ian Gough Ian Gough is a Welsh rugby union footballer, currently playing for the Ospreys in the Celtic League. His usual position is at lock. He has also played for the Welsh national team, making his debut against South Africa in 1998, and has been a regular since, including playing in the 2006 Six Nations...
N8	19	Michael Owen Michael Owen (rugby player) Michael Owen , was educated at Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive school in Beddau and was a Welsh rugby union player. He played for Saracens at club level and Wales internationally, having previously represented Newport Gwent Dragons in the Magners League. Owen, who is , most often played Number 8, but...
SH	20	Michael Phillips Mike Phillips (rugby player) William Michael "Mike" Phillips is a Welsh international rugby union rugby player who plays at scrum-half for Bayonne.-Personal life:...
CE	21	Jamie Robinson Jamie Robinson Jamie Peter Robinson is a Wales international rugby union footballer who currently plays for Agen at outside centre. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf with younger brother Nick Robinson. He is known for his saloon door defence, blistering pace and ability to beat defenders.Robinson came to...
WG	22	Dafydd James Dafydd James Dafydd Rhys James is a former Welsh international rugby union footballer who plays on the wing or at centre. He toured with the British and Irish Lions in 2001. He has earned 45 caps for Wales and three for the British & Irish Lions...
Coach:
Gareth Jenkins Gareth Jenkins Gareth Jenkins is a former Welsh rugby union footballer, and former head coach of the Welsh national team. After a long and distinguished career at Llanelli RFC, Jenkins was appointed Wales coach in 2006, succeeding Mike Ruddock...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Fiji | FB 15 Kameli Ratuvou

Kameli Ratuvou

-Career:He is currently playing for professional English club, Saracens he joined the squad from Fiji for the 2006/07 season. His usual position is on the wing even though he can also play at centre and fullback...

RW 14 Vilimoni Delasau

Vilimoni Delasau

Vilimoni Waqatabu Delasau is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing. His nickname is Delz.-Career:...

OC 13 Seru Rabeni

Seru Rabeni

Ratu Seru Raveive Rabeni is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a centre or wing for Stade Rochelais....

  IC 12 Seremaia Bai

Seremaia Bai

-Career:He currently plays for Castres Olympique after signing from ASM Clermont Auvergne in 2010 who both compete in France's Top 14 competition. He also plays for the Fiji national team and the Pacific Islanders. He has played under-19s, under 21s and under 23s for the Fiji national side...

LW 11 Isoa Neivua

Isoa Neivua

Isoa Coalala Neivua is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a wing or centre.-Career:Playing in Fiji, he moved from Navosa to Nadroga in 2003 to get more chance of being spotted by for the national team...

  FH 10 Nicky Little

Nicky Little

Nicky Tyrone Little in Tokoroa, New Zealand, is a rugby union footballer. He plays at fly-half. He is a nephew of All Blacks centre Walter Little, but represents Fiji at international level.-Career:...

  SH 9 Mosese Rauluni (c

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) N8 8 Sisa Koyamaibole

Sisa Koyamaibole

Sisaro Dautu Koyamaibole is a Fijian rugby union player. His usual position is number eight. Koyamaibole has been capped 38 times by| Fiji, including playing in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, and has played for the country in rugby sevens tournaments...

OF 7 Akapusi Qera

Akapusi Qera

Akapusi Qera is a Fijian professional rugby union player. A Flanker or No.8, Qera is from a sporting family; his father was an international cricketer for Fiji and his brother also played international rugby for Fiji. Qera is a current test international and has also captained the national side...

  BF 6 Semisi Naevo

Semisi Naevo

Ratu Meli Semisi Naevo Saukawa is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker. His nickname is Mountain Bear. As such, he enjoys eating. His father, Joeli Lesavua, and two brothers, Apenisa and Manoa Naevo, are also Fiji reps.-Career:He plays sevens for Fiji...

RL 5 Ifereimi Rawaqa

Ifereimi Rawaqa

Ifereimi Rawaqa is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a lock or flanker.-Career:In 2002, when he was still 21 when he made his test debut in the victory over Samoa, in Apia...

LL 4 Kele Leawere

Kele Leawere

Senikavika Kelemete Leawere is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.-Career:He is the elder brother of former Fiji sevens rep, Mika Leawere and Sekove Leawere...

TP 3 Jone Railomo

Jone Railomo

Jone Railomo Taginayavusa was a Fijian rugby union player. He played as a prop.-Career:Railomo played in Fiji for Piteia. He moved to France, where he played for Racing Club Vichy for the 2005/06 season, then for Poitiers for 2006/07, returning to Racing Club Vichy for 2007/08...

  HK 2 Sunia Koto

Sunia Koto

Sunia Koto Vuli is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.He played for the Fijian teams Highlanders, and Fiji Warriors, London Welsh in England, and currently Narbonne....

  LP 1 Graham Dewes

Graham Dewes

Graham Charles Dewes is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a prop.-Career:He got his first cap for Fiji on 26 May 2007 in a 30–15 win over Japan...

Replacements: HK 16 Vereniki Sauturaga

Vereniki Sauturaga

Vereniki Sauturaga Racagi is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.-Career:His present team is Fiji Warriors. He was selected for the Fijian squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, he played in three matches. He has been selected into the Fiji squad for the 2008 IRB Pacific Nations...

  PR 17 Henry Qiodravu

Henry Qiodravu

Anare Qiodravu Rawaico is a Fijian rugby union player. His position is as a prop.-Career:Qiodravu played for Waikato University, in New Zealand, moving then to France, first playing at FC Auch , and for RC Orléans, since 2006. He was first capped for Fiji, in a 37-21 win over the USA, on 30 June...

  LK 18 Wame Lewaravu

Wame Lewaravu

Ratu Wame Ganilau Lewaravu is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.-Club:He currently plays for Sale Sharks having previously played for Overmach Parma and London Welsh.-Debut:...

CE 19 Aca Ratuva

Aca Ratuva

Ratu Aca Ronald Gavidi Ratuva, better known as Aca Ratuva is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker or centre.-Career:...

  SH 20 Jone Daunivucu

Jone Daunivucu

Jone Daunivucu is a Fijian rugby union player.-Career:He is a former captain of the Fiji national sevens team. His knowledge of the game and discipline on-field allowed coach Waisale Serevi to give him the captaincy for the 2005-06 IRB World series...

  FB 21 Norman Ligairi

Norman Ligairi

Norman Armstrong Senibici Ligairi is a Fijian rugby union player who usually plays as a fullback. He represents Fiji at international level in both the 15-a-side and 7-a-side game...

  WG 22 Sereli Bobo  Coach:   Ilie Tabua

Man of the Match: Shane Williams Shane Williams Shane Mark Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Ospreys and who can also play scrum-half. Williams is the record try scorer for the Wales national team and he is third on the international list of leading Rugby union Test try scorers behind Daisuke Ohata...  (Wales) Touch judges: Kelvin Deaker Kelvin Deaker Kelvin Deaker is a former New Zealand rugby union international referee and member of the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union, who has now retired from all refereeing. Deaker took up refereeing in 1991, and refereed his first representative match in 1996, when he took charge of a National Provincial...  (New Zealand) Simon McDowell (Ireland Irish Rugby Football Union The Irish Rugby Football Union is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where Irish rugby union international matches are played... ) Television match official: Carlo Damasco (Italy) Fourth official: Alain Rolland Alain Rolland Alain Colm Pierre Rolland is an Irish rugby union referee and former player.During his playing days as a scrum-half, Rolland earned three caps for . He started the match on 27 October 1990 against , and gained further caps as a replacement against in 1994 and the USA in 1995. He won 40 provincial...  (Ireland Irish Rugby Football Union The Irish Rugby Football Union is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where Irish rugby union international matches are played... ) Fifth official: Christophe Dutreuilh (France)

External links

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