2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The knockout stage of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 6 October with a quarter-final between 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...

and England

England national rugby union team

The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...

and concluded on 20 October with the final

2007 Rugby World Cup Final

The 2007 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match, played on Saturday, 20 October 2007 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris. The match determined the winner of the 2007 Rugby World Cup and the de facto world champions for the next four years...

, at the Stade de France

Stade de France

The Stade de France is the national stadium of France, situated just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis. It has an all-seater capacity of 80,000, making it the fifth largest stadium in Europe, and is used by both the France national football team and French rugby union team for...

in Saint-Denis

Saint-Denis

Saint-Denis is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Saint-Denis is a sous-préfecture of the Seine-Saint-Denis département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Saint-Denis....

, Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, between England

England national rugby union team

and South Africa

South Africa national rugby union team

The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...

, their second meeting in this tournament.

South Africa were the first team to qualify for the knockout stage, when they beat Tonga

Tonga national rugby union team

The Tonga national rugby union team is nicknamed Ikale Tahi . Like their Polynesian neighbours, the Tongans start their matches with a war dance – the Kailao . They are members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance along with Fiji and Samoa...

30–25 in their penultimate Pool A game.

This was the first Rugby World Cup tournament to have its semi-finalists coming from only two pools (Pools A and D), and the finalists coming from just one pool (Pool A). The top two representative nations of each of pools B and C were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Summary

Australia vs England


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	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	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:...
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...
FH	21	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...
WG	22	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...
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"> England | FB 15 Jason Robinson

Jason Robinson

Jason Thorpe Robinson OBE is an English former international rugby union and rugby league player of the 1990s and 2000s. Playing at wing or fullback, he won fifty-one rugby union international test caps in total for England, and in rugby league he won twelve caps for Great Britain and seven for...

RW 14 Paul Sackey

Paul Sackey

Paul Henry Sackey is an English rugby union footballer who currently plays at wing for Stade Français in the Top 14.As of 28 February 2009 he has 22 full England caps...

OC 13 Mathew Tait

Mathew Tait

Mathew Tait is an English rugby union footballer. He is an outside centre, a fullback or wing...

IC 12 Mike Catt

Mike Catt

Michael John "Mike" Catt OBE is a South African-born former English rugby union footballer who played for London Irish and Bath. He earned 75 international caps for England and played in three World Cup Finals, in 1995, 2003 and 2007...

LW 11 Josh Lewsey

Josh Lewsey

Owen Joshua Lewsey MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played fullback, wing or centre for Wasps.-Career:...

FH 10 Jonny Wilkinson

Jonny Wilkinson

Jonathan Peter "Jonny" Wilkinson OBE is an English rugby union player and member of the England national team. Wilkinson rose to acclaim from 2001 to 2003, before and during the 2003 Rugby World Cup and was acknowledged as one of the world’s best rugby players...

SH 9 Andy Gomarsall

Andy Gomarsall

Andrew Charles Thomas Gomarsall MBE is a rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for Leeds Carnegie and England.He previously played for Gloucester Rugby, Bedford and Wasps...

N8 8 Nick Easter

Nick Easter

Nick Easter is a rugby union rugby player who plays at No. 8 or Flanker for Harlequins and England.He is the brother of Sale Sharks player Mark Easter and the nephew of author Anne Easter Smith. His father John, played squash professionally and reached number 1 in Britain and No.9 in the world...

OF 7 Lewis Moody

Lewis Moody

Lewis Walton Moody MBE is an English rugby union rugby player who currently plays for Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. He is renowned for his commitment to the physical aspects of the game....

BF 6 Martin Corry RL 5 Ben Kay

Ben Kay

Benedict James Kay MBE is a retired English international rugby union footballer who played Second row forward for Leicester Tigers and .-Background:...

LL 4 Simon Shaw

Simon Shaw

Simon Dalton Shaw MBE is an English rugby union player who plays at lock for Toulon and England.-Biography:...

TP 3 Phil Vickery

Phil Vickery (rugby player)

Philip John Vickery MBE is a former English rugby union tighthead prop and member of the England squad. He was a member of England's World Cup winning squad in 2003, playing in all seven matches in the tournament, and is a former England captain. Vickery ended his club rugby career at Wasps,...

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...

) HK 2 Mark Regan

Mark Regan

Mark 'Ronnie' Regan MBE is an English rugby union player. He has played as a hooker for Bristol, Bath, Leeds Tykes as well as England and the British Lions.-Career:...

LP 1 Andrew Sheridan

Andrew Sheridan

Andrew Sheridan is an English rugby union player and musician, who plays loosehead prop for Sale Sharks.Sheridan is tall, which is unusually tall for a prop, and weighs...

Replacements: HK 16 George Chuter

George Chuter

George Scala Chuter is an English rugby union player who plays at Hooker for Leicester Tigers.-Biography:...

PR 17 Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens (rugby player)

Matthew Stevens is an English rugby union player, who plays at prop for Saracens F.C. and .He can cover both sides of the scrum and most of his England caps have come at tighthead. He formerly played for Bath Rugby club...

N8 18 Lawrence Dallaglio

Lawrence Dallaglio

Lorenzo Bruno Nero "Lawrence" Dallaglio, OBE is a retired English rugby union player and former captain of the English national team. He played as a flanker or number eight for London Wasps and never played for another club, having arrived at Sudbury as a teenager...

FL 19 Joe Worsley

Joe Worsley

Joseph Paul Richard Worsley MBE is a retired English rugby union player who played flanker for Wasps and England.-Biography:...

SH 20 Peter Richards

Peter Richards (rugby player)

Peter Charles Richards is a former English rugby union player. A versatile player, he has played in three positions: scrum half , fly-half and centre. Richards retired in the summer of 2010 because of a back injury.-Early career:His began playing mini rugby at , before he went to the Royal...

FH 21 Toby Flood

Toby Flood

Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven "Toby" Flood is an English rugby union player. He currently plays at fly half or inside centre for Leicester Tigers, having signed from Newcastle Falcons, and England.-Background:...

CE 22 Dan Hipkiss

Dan Hipkiss

Daniel James Hipkiss is a professional Rugby Union player who currently plays at Centre for Bath Rugby. Hipkiss has represented England at U16, U17, U18, U21 and England A. His full England début came versus Wales in a World Cup warm up match at Twickenham on 4 August 2007.He went to school at...

Coach:

Brian Ashton

Brian Ashton (rugby player)

William Brian Ashton MBE is a former rugby union player and the former Head Coach of the England and Ireland national rugby union teams.-Biography:...

Man of the Match:

Andrew Sheridan

Andrew Sheridan

Andrew Sheridan is an English rugby union player and musician, who plays loosehead prop for Sale Sharks.Sheridan is tall, which is unusually tall for a prop, and weighs...

(England)

Touch judges:

Paul Honiss

Paul Honiss

Paul Gerard Honiss is a retired rugby union referee from Hamilton, New Zealand.Honiss held the record of the most test matches refereed when he retired as an international rugby union referee in July 2008. That record has since been surpassed by Jonathan Kaplan...

(New Zealand)

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...

)

Television match 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...

)

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:

Alan Lewis

Alan Lewis

David Alan Lewis is an Irish former cricketer and current Rugby Union referee. His father Ian also played cricket for Ireland...

(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...

)

New Zealand vs France


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	New Zealand
FB	15	Leon MacDonald Leon MacDonald Leon Raymond MacDonald is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer, and now assistant coach for the Tasman Makos rugby team, who played 56 tests for the national team, All Blacks. He plays first five-eighths and fullback.-Biography:MacDonald was born in Blenheim, New Zealand, and attended...
RW	14	Joe Rokocoko Joe Rokocoko Josevata Taliga "Joe" Rokocoko is a professional New Zealand rugby union player. Rokocoko is known for his speed and strength which has accounted for his prolific try strike rate...
OC	13	Mils Muliaina Mils Muliaina Junior Malili Muliaina , better known as Mils Muliaina, is a rugby union player. He plays for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and New Zealand at international level. He was born in Salesi, Samoa, then moved with his family to Invercargill, New Zealand, at the age of two...
IC	12	Luke McAlister Luke McAlister Charles Luke McAlister is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays first five-eighths and second five-eighths ....
LW	11	Sitiveni Sivivatu Sitiveni Sivivatu Sitiveni Waica Sivivatu is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, playing on the position of a wing. He was largely successful in the 2005 Super 12 season playing for the Chiefs, and acquired a starting position in the All Blacks. He has scored 29 tries in 45 tests...
FH	10	Dan Carter
SH	9	Byron Kelleher Byron Kelleher Byron Terrance Kelleher is a rugby union half-back who currently plays for Stade Francais in the French Top 14 competition, and has played over 57 tests with the New Zealand All Blacks...
N8	8	Rodney So'oialo Rodney So'oialo Rodney So'oialo is a New Zealand rugby union player currently playing in Japan for the Honda Heat. Previously, he had been a stalwart for the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby competition, making 101 appearances for the franchise. He also made 62 test appearances for the All Blacks between 2002 and 2009...
OF	7	Richie McCaw Richie McCaw Richard Hugh "Richie" McCaw is a New Zealand rugby union player, and is the current test captain. He plays in the openside flanker position for the New Zealand, Crusaders and Canterbury rugby teams... (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	Jerry Collins Jerry Collins Jerry Collins is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who formerly played for the national team, the All Blacks in which he was capped 48 times. He now plays for Yamaha Jubilo, in Japanese Top league rugby.-Early career:...
RL	5	Ali Williams Ali Williams Alexander James "Ali" Williams is a New Zealand rugby union player at the position of lock. He represented Auckland and plays for the Blues in the Super 14, when he signed for the Tasman provincial side. In 2008, he played for the Crusaders in the Super 14 and in 2010 signed on loan for Nottingham...
LL	4	Keith Robinson Keith Robinson (rugby player) Keith Robinson is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. His usual position is at lock. He was first selected for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks in 2002. His career was plagued by injury, and he was selected into the 2006 All Blacks after making a remarkable comeback from a...
TP	3	Carl Hayman Carl Hayman Carl Hayman is an international rugby union footballer who has played at tighthead prop for Otago at provincial level, the Highlanders in the Super 14 and the All Blacks at international level...
HK	2	Anton Oliver Anton Oliver Anton David Oliver is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer who most recently played professionally for the French second-division club Toulon, noted for signing veteran greats including former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga and great George Gregan...
LP	1	Tony Woodcock Tony Woodcock (rugby player) Tony Dale Woodcock is a New Zealand rugby union player. His position is loosehead prop, and he has played 83 tests for the national team, the All Blacks. He plays for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Auckland Blues in the Super 14. He plays for North Harbour Marist in the North...
Replacements:
HK	16	Andrew Hore Andrew Hore For the rugby union coach from New Zealand see Andrew Hore Andrew Hore is a rugby union player who plays for Taranaki in the ITM Cup. He has played for the All Blacks since 2002, in which time he has played 48 tests. His position is hooker...
PR	17	Neemia Tialata Neemia Tialata Neemia Stanley Tialata is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. As well as representing New Zealand, he also plays for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby and for Wellington in the Air New Zealand Cup when available....
LK	18	Chris Jack Chris Jack Christopher Raymond Jack is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a lock. He has played for Canterbury and the Tasman Makos in the National Provincial Championship and its successor, the Air New Zealand Cup; the Crusaders in Super Rugby; Saracens in the Guinness Premiership; and...
FL	19	Chris Masoe Chris Masoe Chris Masoe is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and currently plays for Castres Olympique.-Super 14:...
SH	20	Brendon Leonard Brendon Leonard Brendon Leonard is a New Zealand rugby union footballer.-Career:Leonard plays half-back and made his provincial debut for Waikato in the 2005 National Provincial Championship. He was in the Chiefs wider training group for the 2006 Super 14...
FH	21	Nick Evans
CE	22	Isaia Toeava Isaia Toeava Isaia "Ice" Toeava , is a professional rugby union player in New Zealand.-Early career:Toeava attended De La Salle College, Mangere East, he played alongside Taniela Moa in the school's First XV rugby team. He represented New Zealand U-19 where he was named the IRB's Under-19 2005 player of the year...
Coach:
Graham Henry Graham Henry Graham Henry is a New Zealand Rugby Union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks. He played rugby union for Canterbury and cricket for Otago in the Plunket Shield. Henry was heavily criticized following the All Blacks quarterfinal exit at the 2007 Rugby World...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> France | FB 15 Damien Traille

Damien Traille

Damien Traille is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centre, fly-half and fullback. He currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 club competition in France...

RW 14 Vincent Clerc

Vincent Clerc

Vincent Clerc is a French rugby union player who plays on the wing.-Biography:Born in the city of Échirolles, suburb of the south of Grenoble , Clerc first played rugby at FC Grenoble, helping them reach the Top 16 before moving to Toulouse in 2002, where he has been playing ever since...

OC 13 David Marty

David Marty

David Marty is a French rugby union footballer who plays at center three-quarter in the Top 14 competition for Catalan club USA Perpignan, and has also played for France, having played in the 2005 and 2006 Six Nations....

IC 12 Yannick Jauzion

Yannick Jauzion

Yannick Jauzion is a French rugby union footballer. He plays at centre for Stade Toulousain and the French national team....

LW 11 Cédric Heymans

Cédric Heymans

Cédric Heymans is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Aviron Bayonnais after signing from Stade Toulousain in 2011. He started his club career with CA Brive before moving to SU Agen, where he stayed until the late 1990s, before signing with Toulouse...

FH 10 Lionel Beauxis

Lionel Beauxis

Lionel Beauxis is a French rugby union player. He is tall and weighs . He plays at fly half for Stade Français....

SH 9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde

Jean-Baptiste Élissalde

Jean-Baptiste Élissalde is a former French rugby union player, playing either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half, and current backs coach of the Stade Toulousain.-Early life:...

N8 8 Julien Bonnaire

Julien Bonnaire

Julien Bonnaire is a French rugby union footballer, who played for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in the Top 14 competition in France until the 2006–2007 season...

OF 7 Thierry Dusautoir

Thierry Dusautoir

Thierry Dusautoir is a French rugby union player who currently plays for France at international level and Toulouse in the French Top 14 club competition. Dusautoir is a strong ball carrier with good speed and strength to get out of tackles.Dusautoir was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire...

BF 6 Serge Betsen

Serge Betsen

Serge Betsen Tchoua is a French rugby union player who plays as a flanker for London Wasps at club level and formerly for internationally...

RL 5 Jérôme Thion

Jérôme Thion

Jerome Thion is a French rugby union footballer who currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 club competition in France...

LL 4 Fabien Pelous

Fabien Pelous

Fabien Pelous is a retired French rugby union footballer. A lock who also occasionally played as a number eight and flanker, he played almost all of his professional career for Stade Toulousain, and is the all-time leader in appearances for the French national team...

TP 3 Pieter de Villiers

Pieter de Villiers (rugby player)

Pieter de Villiers is a retired South African-born French rugby union footballer who represented France at international level and played in two Rugby World Cups, and ended his club career with Stade Français in the Top 14 competition in France...

HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez

Raphaël Ibanez

Raphaël Ibañez is a retired French rugby union footballer. A hooker, he was also a former captain of the France national team.-Club career:...

Captain (sports)

) LP 1 Olivier Milloud

Olivier Milloud

Olivier Milloud is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Stade Francais in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has also played for the French national team, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad. He usually plays as a prop.He made his...

Replacements: HK 16 Dimitri Szarzewski

Dimitri Szarzewski

Dimitri Szarzewski is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Stade Français in the Top 14 club championship in France. His usual position is at hooker, and he has represented France....

PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux

Jean-Baptiste Poux

Jean-Baptiste Poux is a French rugby union footballer who plays as a prop, and is capable of playing on either side of the scrum. He currently plays for Toulouse in the Top 14 rugby competition...

LK 18 Sébastien Chabal

Sebastien Chabal

Sébastien Chabal, born 8 December 1977 in Valence, Drôme, is a French rugby union rugby player. He has played number eight and lock professionally for the French team Bourgoin ; the English team Sale Sharks ; the French team Racing Métro 92 Paris ; and the French national side. He earned his first...

N8 19 Imanol Harinordoquy

Imanol Harinordoquy

Imanol Harinordoquy is a French rugby union player who typically plays as a number 8 for Biarritz at club level in the Top 14 and for France internationally...

FH 20 Frédéric Michalak

Frédéric Michalak

Frédéric Michalak is a French rugby union footballer, who currently plays in South Africa for the Sharks in Super Rugby and the Natal Sharks in the Currie Cup. His early career was spent playing for his hometown team, Toulouse, in the Top 14 and in the Heineken Cup...

WG 21 Christophe Dominici

Christophe Dominici

Christophe Dominici is a former French rugby union footballer of Italian origin. He played wing for Stade Français and France. He has been a coach with Stade Français since the start of the 2008/9 season and a board member since 2009/10 season.-Club career:Christophe Dominici was born in Toulon...

FB 22 Clément Poitrenaud

Clément Poitrenaud

Clément Poitrenaud is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fullback but he also plays at centre...

Coach:

Bernard Laporte

Bernard Laporte is a rugby union coach and former French Secretary of State for Sport. He is currently the head coach at Toulon, having taken over in 2011 from Philippe Saint-André, who had been named the new head coach of the France national team. Laporte himself is a former head coach of France,...

Man of the Match:

Luke McAlister

Luke McAlister

Charles Luke McAlister is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays first five-eighths and second five-eighths ....

(New Zealand)

Touch judges:

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...

)

Jonathan Kaplan

Jonathan Kaplan (rugby)

Jonathan Isaac Kaplan , is a full-time international rugby union referee and currently holds the record for the most international matches as referee.-Background:...

(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:

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

)

Fourth official:

Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson is a former Australian rugby referee. He made his international refereeing debut in 1997 in a Rugby World Cup qualifier between Tahiti and Papua New Guinea....

(Australia

Australian Rugby Union

The Australian Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. It was founded in 1949 and is a member of the International Rugby Board the sport's governing body. It consists of eight member unions, representing each state and territory...

)

Fifth official:

Tim Hayes

Tim Hayes

Tim Hayes is a screenwriter and coauthor of the film Teen Wolf.- External links :*...

(Wales

Welsh Rugby Union

)

South Africa vs Fiji


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	South Africa
FB	15	Percy Montgomery Percy Montgomery Percival Colin "Percy" Montgomery is a retired South African rugby union player...
RW	14	JP Pietersen JP Pietersen Jon-Paul Roger "JP" Pietersen is a South African rugby union footballer. He generally plays fullback or wing for the Sharks and the Natal Sharks in the Currie Cup...
OC	13	Jaque Fourie Jaque Fourie Jaque Fourie is a South African rugby union footballer. He is a versatile backline player whose usual position is in the centres...
IC	12	François Steyn François Steyn Francois Steyn is a South African rugby union player, who plays for the South African national team; and Racing Métro 92 in Paris. He was a member of the South African team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup...
LW	11	Bryan Habana Bryan Habana Bryan Gary Habana is a South African rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Western Province in the Currie Cup, the Stormers in Super 14, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup champions Springboks...
FH	10	Butch James Butch James Andrew David "Butch" James is a South African rugby union player. He has represented 40 times and was a member of the team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He also played for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership...
SH	9	Fourie du Preez Fourie du Preez Petrus Fourie du Preez is a rugby union player. His position of choice is scrum half. Du Preez plays for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup competition in South Africa and the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition...
N8	8	Danie Rossouw Danie Rossouw Danie Rossouw is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a second row forward. He plays for the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition. Rossouw made his provincinal debut during 1999 for the Blue Bulls in a match against the North Western Province in the Currie Cup competition...
OF	7	Juan Smith Juan Smith Juan Hugo Smith is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at blindside flanker, although he has also played number eight, he plays for the Springboks. He plays for the Vodacom Cheetahs in the international Super 14 competition as well as the Free State Cheetahs in the...
BF	6	Schalk Burger Schalk Burger Schalk Burger Jr. is a South African rugby union player. He plays the position of flanker in the Springbok rugby union team.-Father:...
RL	5	Victor Matfield Victor Matfield Victor Matfield is a South African rugby union player. He has played for, and captained the Springbok rugby team as well as the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Bulls franchise in the Super 14...
LL	4	Bakkies Botha Bakkies Botha John Philip "Bakkies" Botha, is a South African rugby union player who plays lock for the Springboks. He was a member of the national team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2007 in addition to winning two Tri-Nations titles in 2004 and 2009...
TP	3	Jannie du Plessis Jannie du Plessis Jan Nathaniel "Jannie" du Plessis is a South African rugby union player, who plays as a prop for South Africa and the Sharks in Super Rugby...
HK	2	John Smit John Smit John William Smit is the 50th and current captain of the South African national rugby union team, the Springboks. He has played most of his career as a hooker, but played twice for the Springboks off the bench as a prop prior to the South Africa coaching staff's decision to use him as a tighthead... (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... )
LP	1	Os du Randt Os du Randt Jacobus Petrus du Randt, better known as Os du Randt , is a former South African rugby union loosehead prop who retired as the most-capped forward in the history of the Springboks...
Replacements:
HK	16	Gary Botha Gary Botha Gary Botha is a professional rugby union player, who currently plays as a hooker for Stade Toulousain have signed from the Bulls in the Summer of 2011. He also plays for the South African national team...
PR	17	Gurthro Steenkamp Gurthro Steenkamp Gurthrö Garth Steenkamp is a South African Rugby union player. He plays loosehead prop. Steenkamp currently plays for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Bulls in the Super 14...
LK	18	Johannes Muller
FL	19	Wickus van Heerden Wikus van Heerden Wikus van Heerden is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a Flanker, currently signed to play for the Lions in the Super 14, and the Golden Lions in the national Curriecup competition. Van Heerden has also played for the national team, the Springboks...
SH	20	Ruan Pienaar Ruan Pienaar Ruan Pienaar is a South African rugby union footballer who plays either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half. He joined Ulster for the 2010/2011 Magners League campaign....
FH	21	Andre Pretorius André Pretorius André Pretorius is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fly-half, where he is currently under contract at the Lions. He has been capped by his country's national side, the Springboks and was a member of the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad that was crowned world champions...
CE	22	Wynand Olivier Wynand Olivier Wynand Olivier is a South African rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition. His usual position is at centre, although he has played on the wing in the past.-Career:...
Coach:
Jake White Jake White Jake White is a rugby union coach and former coach of the South Africa national rugby union team, the Springboks. His most notable achievements as coach include leading the Springboks to victory in 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2004 Tri Nations title...

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 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...

IC 12 Seru Rabeni

Seru Rabeni

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

LW 11 Sereli Bobo FH 10 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...

SH 9 Mosese Rauluni (c

Captain (sports)

) 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 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 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...

CE 18 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:...

LK 19 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:...

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...

FH 21 Waisea Luveniyali

Waisea Luveniyali

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

CE 22 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...

Coach:

Ilie Tabua

Man of the Match:

Juan Smith

Juan Smith

Juan Hugo Smith is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at blindside flanker, although he has also played number eight, he plays for the Springboks. He plays for the Vodacom Cheetahs in the international Super 14 competition as well as the Free State Cheetahs in the...

(South Africa)

Touch judges:

Steve Walsh

Steve Walsh (rugby)

(New Zealand)

Paul Honiss

Paul Honiss

(New Zealand)

Television match 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

)

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:

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

)

Note

This was Fiji's first quarter-final appearance since the inaugural competition in 1987
1987 Rugby World Cup
The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. New Zealand and Australia agreed to co-host the first ever tournament with New Zealand hosting seventeen pool stage matches, two quarter-finals and the final with Australia being the junior partner hosting seven pool matches, two...

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Argentina vs Scotland


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Argentina
FB	15	Ignacio Corleto Ignacio Corleto Ignacio Corleto is an Argentine Rugby Union footballer who plays Fullback position. He began his rugby career in the local Club Universitario de Buenos Aires . After the 1999 Rugby World Cup he migrated into professional rugby and signed with French club Narbonne...
RW	14	Lucas Borges Lucas Borges Lucas Borges is an Argentina rugby union player. He played for Benetton Rugby in the Italian Super 10. Borges has also played for the Argentina national team, Los Pumas. His usual position is on the wing....
OC	13	Manuel Contepomi Manuel Contepomi Manuel Contepomi is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Newman in the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires competition. He has also made numerous appearances for the Argentina national team...
IC	12	Felipe Contepomi Felipe Contepomi Felipe Contepomi is an Argentine rugby union footballer. A fly-half and centre, he currently plays for Stade Francais of the French Top 14; he made his debut for the club in November 2009 after recovering from a torn ACL suffered in a 2008–09 Heineken Cup match with his previous club, Magners...
LW	11	Horacio Agulla Horacio Agulla Horacio Agulla is an Argentine rugby union player, who represents Leicester Tigers at club level, and has played for Argentina's national side. Agulla plays as a winger. He also attended St...
FH	10	Juan Martín Hernández Juan Martín Hernández Juan Martín Hernández is an Argentine rugby union player. A mainstay of the Argentina national team, he currently plays for the Paris club Racing Métro in the French Top 14 competition. His 2010 move to Racing brought him back to the city where he had begun his professional career in 2003 with...
SH	9	Agustín Pichot Agustín Pichot Agustín Pichot is a retired Argentine rugby union player, formerly captain of the Argentine team and the English club Bristol. In addition to Bristol, he played for French sides Stade Français and Racing Métro after leaving Argentine team CASI from San Isidro in 1997... (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	Gonzalo Longo Elía Gonzalo Longo Gonzalo Longo is an Argentine rugby union footballer. His position is number eight.He's currently playing with French club ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 competition...
OF	7	Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Toulon in the French Top 14, having moved from Sale Sharks in England's Guinness Premiership. He previously played for Liceo Naval, and has represented Argentina...
BF	6	Lucas Ostiglia Lucas Ostiglia Lucas Ostiglia is an Argentine former rugby union footballer. He has represented the Argentina national team in 32 occasions, including the 1999, 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups. His usual position was as a flanker....
RL	5	Patricio Albacete Patricio Albacete Patricio Albacete is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Stade Toulousain in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has also represented the national Argentina team, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad. His usual position is at...
LL	4	Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe Ignacio Fernández Lobbe Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays with English side, Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership...
TP	3	Martín Scelzo Martín Scelzo Martín Alejandro Scelzo is an Argentine rugby union footballer, currently playing for ASM Clermont Auvergne in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He usually plays as a prop...
HK	2	Mario Ledesma Arocena Mario Ledesma Mario Ledesma Arocena is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the French club ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 competition. He also previously played for another French club, Castres Olympique, Narbonne and Curupaytí club in Argentina...
LP	1	Rodrigo Roncero Rodrigo Roncero Rodrigo Roncero, also known as "RoRo" , is an Argentinian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Stade Français in the national domestic competition of France, the Top 14. He has also played for Gloucester Rugby in the Guinness Premiership from 2002 to 2004...
Replacements:
HK	16	Alberto Vernet Basualdo Alberto Vernet Basualdo Alberto Vernet Basualdo is an Argentine rugby union player. His position is hooker. He started playing in Buenos Aires team Asociación Alumni and currently plays for Toulouse, in France; he also plays for the Argentine national rugby team, his debut for Los Pumas was on December 4, 2004.In 2005 he...
PR	17	Omar Hasan Jalil Omar Hasan Omar Hasan Jalil is a retired Argentine rugby union footballer. He last played for Stade Toulousain in the domestic French club competition, the Top 14. He has also played for Argentina, usually as a prop. He has played in over 50 Tests for the Pumas and has an international career with Argentina...
LK	18	Rimas Álvarez Kairelis Rimas Álvarez Kairelis Rimas Álvarez Kairelis is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Perpignan in the Top 14 in France. He has represented Argentina, and was part of the Argentinian squad at the 2003 and 2007 World Cups...
FL	19	Juan Manuel Leguizamón Juan Manuel Leguizamón Juan Manuel Leguizamón is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He used to play for the London Irish club in the English league Guinness Premiership. In the summer of 2008 he signed for Stade Français due to a perceived lack of game time. He has also played for the Argentina national team, Los Pumas...
SH	20	Nicolás Fernández Miranda Nicolás Fernández Miranda Nicolás Fernández Miranda is a rugby player. He so far has won over 40 caps, with 6 as captain playing at scrum half for the Argentina rugby union side . He made his international test debut at the age of 21 on 28 May 1994 against the United States. He has so far scored 5 tries for Argentina...
FH	21	Federico Todeschini Federico Todeschini Federico Todeschini is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He has played for several teams in Argentina, Italy and France, he has also represented the Argentina national rugby union team on several occasions since 1998....
CE	22	Hernán Senillosa Hernán Senillosa Hernán Senillosa is an Argentine rugby union player, who plays for Argentina's national side. Senillosa rugby position is centre.His brother Santiago "Aguaviva" Senillosa, is also a destacated rugby player....
Coach:
Marcelo Loffreda Marcelo Loffreda Marcelo Loffreda is a rugby player and coach, until recently head coach for the English club power Leicester Tigers. Loffreda won 44 caps with one as captain, playing at centre for the Argentine rugby union side...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Scotland | FB 15 Rory Lamont

Rory Lamont

Rory Lamont is a rugby union player who plays fullback and on the wing most recently he played for RC Toulon and currently for the Scotland. Rory is the younger brother of Sean Lamont.- Club career :...

RW 14 Sean Lamont

Sean Lamont

Sean Lamont is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays at centre and on the wing. His younger brother Rory Lamont is also a Scotland international rugby union player.-Biography:...

OC 13 Simon Webster

Simon Webster (rugby player)

Simon Webster plays rugby for Edinburgh and Scotland on the wing. He is a quick and creative player.-Club career:Webster attended Yarm School in Stockton-on-Tees where he captained the schools 1st XV side. Webster turned professional in 2000 and went on to make his debut for Northampton Saints...

IC 12 Rob Dewey

Rob Dewey

Rob Dewey is a Scottish rugby union player who was born on the 16th of October 1983 and currently plays for the Glasgow Warriors. Despite having only come onto the professional rugby scene in the 2005–2006 season, a lethal combination of pace and power gave him a name amongst the Scottish rugby...

LW 11 Chris Paterson

Chris Paterson

Chris Paterson is a Scotland internationalist who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Edinburgh Rugby. He is Scotland’s record cap and points holder with 109 caps and 809 points. Paterson is capable in a range of positions, including fullback, wing and fly-half. In recent years Paterson has played...

FH 10 Dan Parks

Dan Parks

Daniel Arthur Parks is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Cardiff Blues as fly-half...

SH 9 Mike Blair

Mike Blair

Michael Robert Leighton Blair is a Scottish rugby union footballer.He plays professional rugby union as scrum-half for Edinburgh Rugby and represents Scotland.He attended the Edinburgh Academy....

N8 8 Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor (rugby player)

Simon Marcus Taylor is a Scottish professional rugby union footballer for Bath Rugby. He is a back-row forward, usually a number eight. He played for Edinburgh for six seasons between 2000 and 2006 and in 2007 agreed a three year deal with Stade Français joining them immediately after the 2007...

OF 7 Allister Hogg

Allister Hogg

Allister Hogg is a Scottish Rugby Union player who plays rugby union at either flanker or number eight for Newcastle Falcons and formely for Scotland.-Career:...

BF 6 Jason White

Jason White (rugby player)

Jason Phillip Randall White is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He is a utility forward who can play any position in the second or back row of the scrum—lock, flanker, or number eight. White plays at club level for French Top 14 side ASM Clermont Auvergne and also plays for Scotland.He is...

Captain (sports)

) RL 5 Jim Hamilton

Jim Hamilton (rugby player)

James Leigh Hamilton is a Scottish rugby union footballer who plays for Gloucester and .Born in Swindon, England, the son of a soldier also called James who was a sergeant in the Queen's Own Highlanders. He was educated at Coundon Court School in Coventry, and played for Barkers Butts R.F.C...

LL 4 Nathan Hines

Nathan Hines

Nathan Hines is an Australian-born Scottish rugby player. He currently plays for ASM Clermont Auvergne...

TP 3 Euan Murray

Euan Murray

Euan Murray is a Scottish rugby union footballer, formerly playing for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership competition before joining Newcastle Falcons. He has also played for the Scotland national team. He was a part of their 2007 Six Nations squad, and scored a try in their final game...

HK 2 Ross Ford

Ross Ford

Ross William Ford is a professional rugby union player who plays as hooker for both Edinburgh and Scotland. He signed for Edinburgh after starting his professional career with the Border Reivers, but after the Reivers disbandment in the summer of 2007, Ford was left without a club...

LP 1 Gavin Kerr

Gavin Kerr

Gavin Kerr is a retired rugby union footballer who played prop, he played international rugby for Scotland. He played club rugby for Leeds Tykes , the defunct Border Reivers, Edinburgh and Sale Sharks...

Replacements: HK 16 Scott Lawson

Scott Lawson

Scott Lawson is a Scottish rugby union player who plays club rugby for Gloucester Rugby after moving there from Sale Sharks in September 2008, and plays internationally for . He plays as a hooker....

PR 17 Craig Smith

Craig Smith (rugby player)

Craig James Smith is a Scottish professional rugby union player, currently with the French Top 14 club Racing Métro. Previously, he had spent nine seasons in Scotland with Edinburgh Rugby.- Career :...

LK 18 Scott MacLeod

Scott MacLeod

Scott MacLeod is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He currently plays as a lock for Edinburgh and the Scottish national team....

FL 19 Kelly Brown

Kelly Brown (rugby player)

Kelly Brown is a Scottish rugby union player, who plays for Scotland's national side, and for Saracens F.C. as a flanker.Brown made his debut for the national side on June 5, 2005, in a match against where he scored a try...

SH 20 Chris Cusiter

Chris Cusiter

Christopher Peter Cusiter is a Scottish rugby union player who plays at scrum-half. Cusiter played for the British and Irish Lions in their 2005 tour of New Zealand. Originally from Aberdeen, where he attended Robert Gordon's College, he now plays for Glasgow Warriors. He left the Border Reivers...

CE 21 Andrew Henderson FB 22 Hugo Southwell

Hugo Southwell

Hugo Finlay Grant Southwell is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays as a fullback, centre, wing or scrum half....

Coach:

Frank Hadden

Frank Hadden is a Scottish rugby union coach. He is a former head coach of Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby.Hadden replaced Matt Williams and was appointed on 15 September 2005. Hadden coached the Merchiston Castle School 1st XV after being appointed Head of Physical Education at the school in 1983...

Man of the Match:

Gonzalo Longo Elía

Gonzalo Longo

Gonzalo Longo is an Argentine rugby union footballer. His position is number eight.He's currently playing with French club ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 competition...

(Argentina)

Touch judges:

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

)

Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson is a former Australian rugby referee. He made his international refereeing debut in 1997 in a Rugby World Cup qualifier between Tahiti and Papua New Guinea....

(Australia

Australian Rugby Union

)

Television match official:

Jonathan Kaplan

Jonathan Kaplan (rugby)

Jonathan Isaac Kaplan , is a full-time international rugby union referee and currently holds the record for the most international matches as referee.-Background:...

(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:

Tony Spreadbury

Tony Spreadbury

Antony John "Tony" Spreadbury, commonly known as Spreaders , is a retired international rugby union referee....

(England

Rugby Football Union

)

Fifth official:

Wayne Barnes

Wayne Barnes

Wayne Barnes is an English international rugby union referee. He was educated at Whitecross School in Lydney, where he was head boy, Monmouth School and at the University of East Anglia. He became a professional referee in April 2005, giving up a career in law to do so...

(England

Rugby Football Union

)

Note

Argentina's win took them into their first ever World Cup semi-final. Scotland had been seeking to reach their second semi-final, after a fourth-place finish in 1991
1991 Rugby World Cup
The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France; at that time, the five European countries that participated in the Five Nations Championship making it the first Rugby World Cup to be staged in the...

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England vs France


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	England
FB	15	Jason Robinson Jason Robinson Jason Thorpe Robinson OBE is an English former international rugby union and rugby league player of the 1990s and 2000s. Playing at wing or fullback, he won fifty-one rugby union international test caps in total for England, and in rugby league he won twelve caps for Great Britain and seven for...
RW	14	Paul Sackey Paul Sackey Paul Henry Sackey is an English rugby union footballer who currently plays at wing for Stade Français in the Top 14.As of 28 February 2009 he has 22 full England caps...
OC	13	Mathew Tait Mathew Tait Mathew Tait is an English rugby union footballer. He is an outside centre, a fullback or wing...
IC	12	Mike Catt Mike Catt Michael John "Mike" Catt OBE is a South African-born former English rugby union footballer who played for London Irish and Bath. He earned 75 international caps for England and played in three World Cup Finals, in 1995, 2003 and 2007...
LW	11	Josh Lewsey Josh Lewsey Owen Joshua Lewsey MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played fullback, wing or centre for Wasps.-Career:...
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson Jonny Wilkinson Jonathan Peter "Jonny" Wilkinson OBE is an English rugby union player and member of the England national team. Wilkinson rose to acclaim from 2001 to 2003, before and during the 2003 Rugby World Cup and was acknowledged as one of the world’s best rugby players...
SH	9	Andy Gomarsall Andy Gomarsall Andrew Charles Thomas Gomarsall MBE is a rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for Leeds Carnegie and England.He previously played for Gloucester Rugby, Bedford and Wasps...
N8	8	Nick Easter Nick Easter Nick Easter is a rugby union rugby player who plays at No. 8 or Flanker for Harlequins and England.He is the brother of Sale Sharks player Mark Easter and the nephew of author Anne Easter Smith. His father John, played squash professionally and reached number 1 in Britain and No.9 in the world...
OF	7	Lewis Moody Lewis Moody Lewis Walton Moody MBE is an English rugby union rugby player who currently plays for Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. He is renowned for his commitment to the physical aspects of the game....
BF	6	Martin Corry
RL	5	Ben Kay Ben Kay Benedict James Kay MBE is a retired English international rugby union footballer who played Second row forward for Leicester Tigers and .-Background:...
LL	4	Simon Shaw Simon Shaw Simon Dalton Shaw MBE is an English rugby union player who plays at lock for Toulon and England.-Biography:...
TP	3	Phil Vickery Phil Vickery (rugby player) Philip John Vickery MBE is a former English rugby union tighthead prop and member of the England squad. He was a member of England's World Cup winning squad in 2003, playing in all seven matches in the tournament, and is a former England captain. Vickery ended his club rugby career at Wasps,... (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... )
HK	2	Mark Regan Mark Regan Mark 'Ronnie' Regan MBE is an English rugby union player. He has played as a hooker for Bristol, Bath, Leeds Tykes as well as England and the British Lions.-Career:...
LP	1	Andrew Sheridan Andrew Sheridan Andrew Sheridan is an English rugby union player and musician, who plays loosehead prop for Sale Sharks.Sheridan is tall, which is unusually tall for a prop, and weighs...
Replacements:
HK	16	George Chuter George Chuter George Scala Chuter is an English rugby union player who plays at Hooker for Leicester Tigers.-Biography:...
PR	17	Matt Stevens Matt Stevens (rugby player) Matthew Stevens is an English rugby union player, who plays at prop for Saracens F.C. and .He can cover both sides of the scrum and most of his England caps have come at tighthead. He formerly played for Bath Rugby club...
N8	18	Lawrence Dallaglio Lawrence Dallaglio Lorenzo Bruno Nero "Lawrence" Dallaglio, OBE is a retired English rugby union player and former captain of the English national team. He played as a flanker or number eight for London Wasps and never played for another club, having arrived at Sudbury as a teenager...
FL	19	Joe Worsley Joe Worsley Joseph Paul Richard Worsley MBE is a retired English rugby union player who played flanker for Wasps and England.-Biography:...
SH	20	Peter Richards Peter Richards (rugby player) Peter Charles Richards is a former English rugby union player. A versatile player, he has played in three positions: scrum half , fly-half and centre. Richards retired in the summer of 2010 because of a back injury.-Early career:His began playing mini rugby at , before he went to the Royal...
FH	21	Toby Flood Toby Flood Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven "Toby" Flood is an English rugby union player. He currently plays at fly half or inside centre for Leicester Tigers, having signed from Newcastle Falcons, and England.-Background:...
CE	22	Dan Hipkiss Dan Hipkiss Daniel James Hipkiss is a professional Rugby Union player who currently plays at Centre for Bath Rugby. Hipkiss has represented England at U16, U17, U18, U21 and England A. His full England début came versus Wales in a World Cup warm up match at Twickenham on 4 August 2007.He went to school at...
Coach:
Brian Ashton Brian Ashton (rugby player) William Brian Ashton MBE is a former rugby union player and the former Head Coach of the England and Ireland national rugby union teams.-Biography:...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> France | FB 15 Damien Traille

Damien Traille

Damien Traille is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centre, fly-half and fullback. He currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 club competition in France...

RW 14 Vincent Clerc

Vincent Clerc

OC 13 David Marty

David Marty

IC 12 Yannick Jauzion

Yannick Jauzion

Yannick Jauzion is a French rugby union footballer. He plays at centre for Stade Toulousain and the French national team....

LW 11 Cédric Heymans

Cédric Heymans

FH 10 Lionel Beauxis

Lionel Beauxis

Lionel Beauxis is a French rugby union player. He is tall and weighs . He plays at fly half for Stade Français....

SH 9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde

Jean-Baptiste Élissalde

Jean-Baptiste Élissalde is a former French rugby union player, playing either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half, and current backs coach of the Stade Toulousain.-Early life:...

N8 8 Julien Bonnaire

Julien Bonnaire

Julien Bonnaire is a French rugby union footballer, who played for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in the Top 14 competition in France until the 2006–2007 season...

OF 7 Thierry Dusautoir

Thierry Dusautoir

BF 6 Serge Betsen

Serge Betsen

Serge Betsen Tchoua is a French rugby union player who plays as a flanker for London Wasps at club level and formerly for internationally...

RL 5 Jérôme Thion

Jérôme Thion

Jerome Thion is a French rugby union footballer who currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 club competition in France...

LL 4 Fabien Pelous

Fabien Pelous

TP 3 Pieter de Villiers

Pieter de Villiers (rugby player)

HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez

Raphaël Ibanez

Raphaël Ibañez is a retired French rugby union footballer. A hooker, he was also a former captain of the France national team.-Club career:...

Captain (sports)

) LP 1 Olivier Milloud

Olivier Milloud

Replacements: HK 16 Dimitri Szarzewski

Dimitri Szarzewski

PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux

Jean-Baptiste Poux

Jean-Baptiste Poux is a French rugby union footballer who plays as a prop, and is capable of playing on either side of the scrum. He currently plays for Toulouse in the Top 14 rugby competition...

LK 18 Sébastien Chabal

Sebastien Chabal

N8 19 Imanol Harinordoquy

Imanol Harinordoquy

Imanol Harinordoquy is a French rugby union player who typically plays as a number 8 for Biarritz at club level in the Top 14 and for France internationally...

FH 20 Frédéric Michalak

Frédéric Michalak

WG 21 Christophe Dominici

Christophe Dominici

FB 22 Clément Poitrenaud

Clément Poitrenaud

Clément Poitrenaud is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fullback but he also plays at centre...

Coach:

Bernard Laporte

Man of the Match:

Mike Catt

Mike Catt

(England)

Touch judges:

Paul Honiss

Paul Honiss

(New Zealand)

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...

)

Television match official:

Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson is a former Australian rugby referee. He made his international refereeing debut in 1997 in a Rugby World Cup qualifier between Tahiti and Papua New Guinea....

(Australia

Australian Rugby Union

)

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

)

Fifth official:

Alain Rolland

Alain Rolland

(Ireland

Irish Rugby Football Union

)

South Africa vs Argentina


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	South Africa
FB	15	Percy Montgomery Percy Montgomery Percival Colin "Percy" Montgomery is a retired South African rugby union player...
RW	14	JP Pietersen JP Pietersen Jon-Paul Roger "JP" Pietersen is a South African rugby union footballer. He generally plays fullback or wing for the Sharks and the Natal Sharks in the Currie Cup...
OC	13	Jaque Fourie Jaque Fourie Jaque Fourie is a South African rugby union footballer. He is a versatile backline player whose usual position is in the centres...
IC	12	François Steyn François Steyn Francois Steyn is a South African rugby union player, who plays for the South African national team; and Racing Métro 92 in Paris. He was a member of the South African team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup...
LW	11	Bryan Habana Bryan Habana Bryan Gary Habana is a South African rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Western Province in the Currie Cup, the Stormers in Super 14, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup champions Springboks...
FH	10	Butch James Butch James Andrew David "Butch" James is a South African rugby union player. He has represented 40 times and was a member of the team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He also played for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership...
SH	9	Fourie du Preez Fourie du Preez Petrus Fourie du Preez is a rugby union player. His position of choice is scrum half. Du Preez plays for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup competition in South Africa and the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition...
N8	8	Danie Rossouw Danie Rossouw Danie Rossouw is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a second row forward. He plays for the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition. Rossouw made his provincinal debut during 1999 for the Blue Bulls in a match against the North Western Province in the Currie Cup competition...
OF	7	Juan Smith Juan Smith Juan Hugo Smith is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at blindside flanker, although he has also played number eight, he plays for the Springboks. He plays for the Vodacom Cheetahs in the international Super 14 competition as well as the Free State Cheetahs in the...
BF	6	Schalk Burger Schalk Burger Schalk Burger Jr. is a South African rugby union player. He plays the position of flanker in the Springbok rugby union team.-Father:...
RL	5	Victor Matfield Victor Matfield Victor Matfield is a South African rugby union player. He has played for, and captained the Springbok rugby team as well as the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Bulls franchise in the Super 14...
LL	4	Bakkies Botha Bakkies Botha John Philip "Bakkies" Botha, is a South African rugby union player who plays lock for the Springboks. He was a member of the national team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2007 in addition to winning two Tri-Nations titles in 2004 and 2009...
TP	3	CJ van der Linde CJ van der Linde CJ van der Linde is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is prop. He played for Leinster Rugby in the international Magners League from 2008–10, and currently plays for the Stormers....
HK	2	John Smit John Smit John William Smit is the 50th and current captain of the South African national rugby union team, the Springboks. He has played most of his career as a hooker, but played twice for the Springboks off the bench as a prop prior to the South Africa coaching staff's decision to use him as a tighthead... (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... )
LP	1	Os du Randt Os du Randt Jacobus Petrus du Randt, better known as Os du Randt , is a former South African rugby union loosehead prop who retired as the most-capped forward in the history of the Springboks...
Replacements:
HK	16	Bismarck du Plessis Bismarck du Plessis Bismarck du Plessis is a South African rugby union player, who plays for South Africa internationally, the Natal Sharks in the domestic Currie Cup, and the Sharks in Super Rugby.-Career:...
PR	17	Jannie du Plessis Jannie du Plessis Jan Nathaniel "Jannie" du Plessis is a South African rugby union player, who plays as a prop for South Africa and the Sharks in Super Rugby...
LK	18	Johannes Muller
N8	19	Bobby Skinstad Bobby Skinstad Robert Brian Skinstad is a Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player who has represented the national team, the Springboks, 42 times, scoring 55 points . He played in the positions of flanker and number eight...
SH	20	Ruan Pienaar Ruan Pienaar Ruan Pienaar is a South African rugby union footballer who plays either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half. He joined Ulster for the 2010/2011 Magners League campaign....
FH	21	Andre Pretorius André Pretorius André Pretorius is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fly-half, where he is currently under contract at the Lions. He has been capped by his country's national side, the Springboks and was a member of the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad that was crowned world champions...
CE	22	Wynand Olivier Wynand Olivier Wynand Olivier is a South African rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition. His usual position is at centre, although he has played on the wing in the past.-Career:...
Coach:
Jake White Jake White Jake White is a rugby union coach and former coach of the South Africa national rugby union team, the Springboks. His most notable achievements as coach include leading the Springboks to victory in 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2004 Tri Nations title...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Argentina | FB 15 Ignacio Corleto

Ignacio Corleto

Ignacio Corleto is an Argentine Rugby Union footballer who plays Fullback position. He began his rugby career in the local Club Universitario de Buenos Aires . After the 1999 Rugby World Cup he migrated into professional rugby and signed with French club Narbonne...

RW 14 Lucas Borges

Lucas Borges

Lucas Borges is an Argentina rugby union player. He played for Benetton Rugby in the Italian Super 10. Borges has also played for the Argentina national team, Los Pumas. His usual position is on the wing....

OC 13 Manuel Contepomi

Manuel Contepomi

Manuel Contepomi is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Newman in the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires competition. He has also made numerous appearances for the Argentina national team...

IC 12 Felipe Contepomi

Felipe Contepomi

Felipe Contepomi is an Argentine rugby union footballer. A fly-half and centre, he currently plays for Stade Francais of the French Top 14; he made his debut for the club in November 2009 after recovering from a torn ACL suffered in a 2008–09 Heineken Cup match with his previous club, Magners...

LW 11 Horacio Agulla

Horacio Agulla

Horacio Agulla is an Argentine rugby union player, who represents Leicester Tigers at club level, and has played for Argentina's national side. Agulla plays as a winger. He also attended St...

FH 10 Juan Martín Hernández

Juan Martín Hernández

Juan Martín Hernández is an Argentine rugby union player. A mainstay of the Argentina national team, he currently plays for the Paris club Racing Métro in the French Top 14 competition. His 2010 move to Racing brought him back to the city where he had begun his professional career in 2003 with...

SH 9 Agustín Pichot

Agustín Pichot

Agustín Pichot is a retired Argentine rugby union player, formerly captain of the Argentine team and the English club Bristol. In addition to Bristol, he played for French sides Stade Français and Racing Métro after leaving Argentine team CASI from San Isidro in 1997...

Captain (sports)

) N8 8 Gonzalo Longo Elía

Gonzalo Longo

Gonzalo Longo is an Argentine rugby union footballer. His position is number eight.He's currently playing with French club ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 competition...

OF 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe

Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe

Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Toulon in the French Top 14, having moved from Sale Sharks in England's Guinness Premiership. He previously played for Liceo Naval, and has represented Argentina...

BF 6 Lucas Ostiglia

Lucas Ostiglia

Lucas Ostiglia is an Argentine former rugby union footballer. He has represented the Argentina national team in 32 occasions, including the 1999, 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups. His usual position was as a flanker....

RL 5 Patricio Albacete

Patricio Albacete

Patricio Albacete is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Stade Toulousain in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has also represented the national Argentina team, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad. His usual position is at...

LL 4 Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe

Ignacio Fernández Lobbe

Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays with English side, Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership...

TP 3 Martín Scelzo

Martín Scelzo

Martín Alejandro Scelzo is an Argentine rugby union footballer, currently playing for ASM Clermont Auvergne in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He usually plays as a prop...

HK 2 Mario Ledesma Arocena

Mario Ledesma

Mario Ledesma Arocena is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the French club ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 competition. He also previously played for another French club, Castres Olympique, Narbonne and Curupaytí club in Argentina...

LP 1 Rodrigo Roncero

Rodrigo Roncero

Rodrigo Roncero, also known as "RoRo" , is an Argentinian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Stade Français in the national domestic competition of France, the Top 14. He has also played for Gloucester Rugby in the Guinness Premiership from 2002 to 2004...

Replacements: HK 16 Alberto Vernet Basualdo

Alberto Vernet Basualdo

Alberto Vernet Basualdo is an Argentine rugby union player. His position is hooker. He started playing in Buenos Aires team Asociación Alumni and currently plays for Toulouse, in France; he also plays for the Argentine national rugby team, his debut for Los Pumas was on December 4, 2004.In 2005 he...

PR 17 Omar Hasan Jalil

Omar Hasan

Omar Hasan Jalil is a retired Argentine rugby union footballer. He last played for Stade Toulousain in the domestic French club competition, the Top 14. He has also played for Argentina, usually as a prop. He has played in over 50 Tests for the Pumas and has an international career with Argentina...

LK 18 Rimas Álvarez Kairelis

Rimas Álvarez Kairelis

Rimas Álvarez Kairelis is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Perpignan in the Top 14 in France. He has represented Argentina, and was part of the Argentinian squad at the 2003 and 2007 World Cups...

FL 19 Juan Manuel Leguizamón

Juan Manuel Leguizamón

Juan Manuel Leguizamón is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He used to play for the London Irish club in the English league Guinness Premiership. In the summer of 2008 he signed for Stade Français due to a perceived lack of game time. He has also played for the Argentina national team, Los Pumas...

SH 20 Nicolás Fernández Miranda

Nicolás Fernández Miranda

Nicolás Fernández Miranda is a rugby player. He so far has won over 40 caps, with 6 as captain playing at scrum half for the Argentina rugby union side . He made his international test debut at the age of 21 on 28 May 1994 against the United States. He has so far scored 5 tries for Argentina...

FH 21 Federico Todeschini

Federico Todeschini

Federico Todeschini is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He has played for several teams in Argentina, Italy and France, he has also represented the Argentina national rugby union team on several occasions since 1998....

CE 22 Gonzalo Tiesi

Gonzalo Tiesi

Gonzalo Tiesi is an Argentina rugby union footballer. He used to play for Harlequins in the English Guinness Premiership. He now plays for Stade Francais in the French Top 14. Tiesi has also played for the Argentina national team, Los Pumas. His usual position is in the centres.Tiesi formerly...

Coach:

Marcelo Loffreda

Marcelo Loffreda is a rugby player and coach, until recently head coach for the English club power Leicester Tigers. Loffreda won 44 caps with one as captain, playing at centre for the Argentine rugby union side...

Man of the Match:

Danie Rossouw

Danie Rossouw

Danie Rossouw is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a second row forward. He plays for the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition. Rossouw made his provincinal debut during 1999 for the Blue Bulls in a match against the North Western Province in the Currie Cup competition...

(South Africa)

Touch judges:

Alan Lewis

Alan Lewis

David Alan Lewis is an Irish former cricketer and current Rugby Union referee. His father Ian also played cricket for Ireland...

(Ireland

Irish Rugby Football Union

)

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

)

Television match official:

Tony Spreadbury

Tony Spreadbury

Antony John "Tony" Spreadbury, commonly known as Spreaders , is a retired international rugby union referee....

(England

Rugby Football Union

)

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:

Wayne Barnes

Wayne Barnes

(England

Rugby Football Union

)

Note

With his second try in this match, Bryan Habana equalled Jonah Lomu
Jonah Lomu
Jonah Tali Lomu, MNZM is a New Zealand rugby union player. He had sixty-three caps as an All Black after debuting in 1994. He is generally regarded as the first true global superstar of rugby union. He has had a huge impact on the game...

's single-tournament record of eight tries.

Bronze Final - France vs Argentina


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	France
FB	15	Clément Poitrenaud Clément Poitrenaud Clément Poitrenaud is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fullback but he also plays at centre...
RW	14	Aurélien Rougerie Aurélien Rougerie Aurélien Rougerie plays on the wing and Centre for France and captains ASM Clermont Auvergne in the French Top 14.-Career:Rougerie was born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme...
OC	12	David Marty David Marty David Marty is a French rugby union footballer who plays at center three-quarter in the Top 14 competition for Catalan club USA Perpignan, and has also played for France, having played in the 2005 and 2006 Six Nations....
IC	13	David Skrela David Skrela David Skrela is a French rugby union footballer. He plays for the French national side and for ASM Clermont Auvergne as a fly-half or centre. He is renowned for his tackles and his kick....
LW	11	Christophe Dominici Christophe Dominici Christophe Dominici is a former French rugby union footballer of Italian origin. He played wing for Stade Français and France. He has been a coach with Stade Français since the start of the 2008/9 season and a board member since 2009/10 season.-Club career:Christophe Dominici was born in Toulon...
FH	10	Frédéric Michalak Frédéric Michalak Frédéric Michalak is a French rugby union footballer, who currently plays in South Africa for the Sharks in Super Rugby and the Natal Sharks in the Currie Cup. His early career was spent playing for his hometown team, Toulouse, in the Top 14 and in the Heineken Cup...
SH	9	Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Jean-Baptiste Élissalde is a former French rugby union player, playing either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half, and current backs coach of the Stade Toulousain.-Early life:...
N8	8	Imanol Harinordoquy Imanol Harinordoquy Imanol Harinordoquy is a French rugby union player who typically plays as a number 8 for Biarritz at club level in the Top 14 and for France internationally...
OF	7	Thierry Dusautoir Thierry Dusautoir Thierry Dusautoir is a French rugby union player who currently plays for France at international level and Toulouse in the French Top 14 club competition. Dusautoir is a strong ball carrier with good speed and strength to get out of tackles.Dusautoir was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire...
BF	6	Yannick Nyanga Yannick Nyanga Yannick Nyanga is a professional rugby union player who plays flanker for Toulouse and France. He was a part of the victorious French team of the 2006 Six Nations Championship....
RL	5	Jérôme Thion Jérôme Thion Jerome Thion is a French rugby union footballer who currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 club competition in France...
LL	4	Lionel Nallet Lionel Nallet Lionel Nallet is a French rugby union player who currently plays at lock for Racing Métro 92 in the French Top 14 club competition and is a former captain of the France national team. He began his professional career with CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, playing there from 1998 to 2003 before moving to...
TP	3	Nicolas Mas Nicolas Mas Nicolas Mas is a Catalan/French rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the USA Perpignan club in the Top 14 French premiership. His usual position is at prop. He also plays for the French national team....
HK	2	Raphaël Ibañez Raphaël Ibanez Raphaël Ibañez is a retired French rugby union footballer. A hooker, he was also a former captain of the France national team.-Club career:... (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... )
LP	1	Jean-Baptiste Poux Jean-Baptiste Poux Jean-Baptiste Poux is a French rugby union footballer who plays as a prop, and is capable of playing on either side of the scrum. He currently plays for Toulouse in the Top 14 rugby competition...
Replacements:
HK	16	Sébastien Bruno Sébastien Bruno Sébastien Bruno is a French rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker for Toulon and formerly for France. Born in Nîmes, Bruno joined Sale Sharks from French club Béziers, making his debut against Leicester Tigers in 2004. He made his international debut in 2002 against Wales, and was selected...
PR	17	Pieter de Villiers
LK	18	Sébastien Chabal Sebastien Chabal Sébastien Chabal, born 8 December 1977 in Valence, Drôme, is a French rugby union rugby player. He has played number eight and lock professionally for the French team Bourgoin ; the English team Sale Sharks ; the French team Racing Métro 92 Paris ; and the French national side. He earned his first...
FL	19	Rémy Martin
SH	20	Pierre Mignoni Pierre Mignoni Pierre Mignoni is a retired French rugby union footballer who is currently a coach for his hometown club team, Toulon. He has also played for the France national team....
FH	21	Lionel Beauxis Lionel Beauxis Lionel Beauxis is a French rugby union player. He is tall and weighs . He plays at fly half for Stade Français....
WG	22	Vincent Clerc Vincent Clerc Vincent Clerc is a French rugby union player who plays on the wing.-Biography:Born in the city of Échirolles, suburb of the south of Grenoble , Clerc first played rugby at FC Grenoble, helping them reach the Top 16 before moving to Toulouse in 2002, where he has been playing ever since...
Coach:
Bernard Laporte Bernard Laporte Bernard Laporte is a rugby union coach and former French Secretary of State for Sport. He is currently the head coach at Toulon, having taken over in 2011 from Philippe Saint-André, who had been named the new head coach of the France national team. Laporte himself is a former head coach of France,...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Argentina | FB 15 Ignacio Corleto

Ignacio Corleto

RW 14 Federico Martin Aramburu

Federico Martín Aramburú

Federico Martín Aramburú is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He plays as a centre for Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect Pro12, and for the Argentina. Since his international debut in April 2004, in a match against , Martín Aramburú has played 22 times, scoring 8 tries, including one against ...

OC 13 Manuel Contepomi

Manuel Contepomi

IC 12 Felipe Contepomi

Felipe Contepomi

LW 11 Horacio Agulla

Horacio Agulla

Horacio Agulla is an Argentine rugby union player, who represents Leicester Tigers at club level, and has played for Argentina's national side. Agulla plays as a winger. He also attended St...

FH 10 Juan Martín Hernández

Juan Martín Hernández

SH 9 Agustín Pichot

Agustín Pichot

Captain (sports)

) N8 8 Gonzalo Longo Elía

Gonzalo Longo

Gonzalo Longo is an Argentine rugby union footballer. His position is number eight.He's currently playing with French club ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 competition...

OF 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe

Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe

BF 6 Martín Durand

Martín Durand

Martín Durand is an Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is at flanker. He currently plays for the Montpellier Hérault RC club in the French Top 14 competition...

RL 5 Patricio Albacete

Patricio Albacete

LL 4 Rimas Álvarez Kairelis

Rimas Álvarez Kairelis

TP 3 Omar Hasan Jalil

Omar Hasan

HK 2 Alberto Vernet Basualdo

Alberto Vernet Basualdo

LP 1 Rodrigo Roncero

Rodrigo Roncero

Replacements: HK 16 Eusebio Guiñazu

Eusebio Guiñazu

Eusebio Guiñazú is an Argentinian rugby union footballer currently playing with Stade Toulousain in the Top 14. He signed freom the the Stormers Super 14 franchise. He was released by SU Agen in July 2009 due to club's financial problems.Previously he played for RC Mendoza in Argentina and another...

PR 17 Marcos Ayerza

Marcos Ayerza

Marcos Ayerza is an Argentine rugby union footballer who plays loose-head prop for an English club, the Leicester Tigers.-Club career:...

LK 18 Esteban Lozada

Esteban Lozada

Esteban Lozada is an Argentine rugby union player who currently plays for Scottish team Edinburgh Rugby. He also plays for the Argentina national team and was part of the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad. He debuted with "Los Pumas" on November 11, 2006...

N8 19 Juan Manuel Leguizamón

Juan Manuel Leguizamón

SH 20 Nicolás Fernández Miranda

Nicolás Fernández Miranda

FH 21 Federico Todeschini

Federico Todeschini

CE 22 Hernán Senillosa

Hernán Senillosa

Hernán Senillosa is an Argentine rugby union player, who plays for Argentina's national side. Senillosa rugby position is centre.His brother Santiago "Aguaviva" Senillosa, is also a destacated rugby player....

Coach:

Marcelo Loffreda

Man of the Match:

Agustín Pichot

Agustín Pichot

(Argentina)

Touch judges:

Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson is a former Australian rugby referee. He made his international refereeing debut in 1997 in a Rugby World Cup qualifier between Tahiti and Papua New Guinea....

(Australia

Australian Rugby Union

)

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

)

Television match 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...

)

Fourth official:

Wayne Barnes

Wayne Barnes

(England

Rugby Football Union

)

Fifth 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

)

Note

This was referee Paul Honiss's 45th Test, breaking the record he had previously shared with Derek Bevan of 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...

. This record would be surpassed by Jonathan Kaplan
Jonathan Kaplan (rugby)
Jonathan Isaac Kaplan , is a full-time international rugby union referee and currently holds the record for the most international matches as referee.-Background:...

in 2008.
French centre David Marty
David Marty
David Marty is a French rugby union footballer who plays at center three-quarter in the Top 14 competition for Catalan club USA Perpignan, and has also played for France, having played in the 2005 and 2006 Six Nations....

played outside centre despite wearing the #12, David Skrela
David Skrela
David Skrela is a French rugby union footballer. He plays for the French national side and for ASM Clermont Auvergne as a fly-half or centre. He is renowned for his tackles and his kick....

played inside centre with the #13.
This was the first occasion in Rugby World Cup history where two teams who had played each other in the pool stage met each other later on in the same tournament.

Final - England vs South Africa


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	England
FB	15	Jason Robinson Jason Robinson Jason Thorpe Robinson OBE is an English former international rugby union and rugby league player of the 1990s and 2000s. Playing at wing or fullback, he won fifty-one rugby union international test caps in total for England, and in rugby league he won twelve caps for Great Britain and seven for...
RW	14	Paul Sackey Paul Sackey Paul Henry Sackey is an English rugby union footballer who currently plays at wing for Stade Français in the Top 14.As of 28 February 2009 he has 22 full England caps...
OC	13	Mathew Tait Mathew Tait Mathew Tait is an English rugby union footballer. He is an outside centre, a fullback or wing...
IC	12	Mike Catt Mike Catt Michael John "Mike" Catt OBE is a South African-born former English rugby union footballer who played for London Irish and Bath. He earned 75 international caps for England and played in three World Cup Finals, in 1995, 2003 and 2007...
LW	11	Mark Cueto Mark Cueto Mark John "Frank" Cueto is an English international rugby union player. He plays on the wing for Sale Sharks and England.-Biography:...
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson Jonny Wilkinson Jonathan Peter "Jonny" Wilkinson OBE is an English rugby union player and member of the England national team. Wilkinson rose to acclaim from 2001 to 2003, before and during the 2003 Rugby World Cup and was acknowledged as one of the world’s best rugby players...
SH	9	Andy Gomarsall Andy Gomarsall Andrew Charles Thomas Gomarsall MBE is a rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for Leeds Carnegie and England.He previously played for Gloucester Rugby, Bedford and Wasps...
N8	8	Nick Easter Nick Easter Nick Easter is a rugby union rugby player who plays at No. 8 or Flanker for Harlequins and England.He is the brother of Sale Sharks player Mark Easter and the nephew of author Anne Easter Smith. His father John, played squash professionally and reached number 1 in Britain and No.9 in the world...
OF	7	Lewis Moody Lewis Moody Lewis Walton Moody MBE is an English rugby union rugby player who currently plays for Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. He is renowned for his commitment to the physical aspects of the game....
BF	6	Martin Corry
RL	5	Ben Kay Ben Kay Benedict James Kay MBE is a retired English international rugby union footballer who played Second row forward for Leicester Tigers and .-Background:...
LL	4	Simon Shaw Simon Shaw Simon Dalton Shaw MBE is an English rugby union player who plays at lock for Toulon and England.-Biography:...
TP	3	Phil Vickery Phil Vickery (rugby player) Philip John Vickery MBE is a former English rugby union tighthead prop and member of the England squad. He was a member of England's World Cup winning squad in 2003, playing in all seven matches in the tournament, and is a former England captain. Vickery ended his club rugby career at Wasps,... (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... )
HK	2	Mark Regan Mark Regan Mark 'Ronnie' Regan MBE is an English rugby union player. He has played as a hooker for Bristol, Bath, Leeds Tykes as well as England and the British Lions.-Career:...
LP	1	Andrew Sheridan Andrew Sheridan Andrew Sheridan is an English rugby union player and musician, who plays loosehead prop for Sale Sharks.Sheridan is tall, which is unusually tall for a prop, and weighs...
Replacements:
HK	16	George Chuter George Chuter George Scala Chuter is an English rugby union player who plays at Hooker for Leicester Tigers.-Biography:...
PR	17	Matt Stevens Matt Stevens (rugby player) Matthew Stevens is an English rugby union player, who plays at prop for Saracens F.C. and .He can cover both sides of the scrum and most of his England caps have come at tighthead. He formerly played for Bath Rugby club...
N8	18	Lawrence Dallaglio Lawrence Dallaglio Lorenzo Bruno Nero "Lawrence" Dallaglio, OBE is a retired English rugby union player and former captain of the English national team. He played as a flanker or number eight for London Wasps and never played for another club, having arrived at Sudbury as a teenager...
FL	19	Joe Worsley Joe Worsley Joseph Paul Richard Worsley MBE is a retired English rugby union player who played flanker for Wasps and England.-Biography:...
SH	20	Peter Richards Peter Richards (rugby player) Peter Charles Richards is a former English rugby union player. A versatile player, he has played in three positions: scrum half , fly-half and centre. Richards retired in the summer of 2010 because of a back injury.-Early career:His began playing mini rugby at , before he went to the Royal...
FH	21	Toby Flood Toby Flood Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven "Toby" Flood is an English rugby union player. He currently plays at fly half or inside centre for Leicester Tigers, having signed from Newcastle Falcons, and England.-Background:...
CE	22	Dan Hipkiss Dan Hipkiss Daniel James Hipkiss is a professional Rugby Union player who currently plays at Centre for Bath Rugby. Hipkiss has represented England at U16, U17, U18, U21 and England A. His full England début came versus Wales in a World Cup warm up match at Twickenham on 4 August 2007.He went to school at...
Coach:
Brian Ashton Brian Ashton (rugby player) William Brian Ashton MBE is a former rugby union player and the former Head Coach of the England and Ireland national rugby union teams.-Biography:...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> South Africa | FB 15 Percy Montgomery

Percy Montgomery

Percival Colin "Percy" Montgomery is a retired South African rugby union player...

RW 14 JP Pietersen

JP Pietersen

Jon-Paul Roger "JP" Pietersen is a South African rugby union footballer. He generally plays fullback or wing for the Sharks and the Natal Sharks in the Currie Cup...

OC 13 Jaque Fourie

Jaque Fourie

Jaque Fourie is a South African rugby union footballer. He is a versatile backline player whose usual position is in the centres...

IC 12 François Steyn

François Steyn

Francois Steyn is a South African rugby union player, who plays for the South African national team; and Racing Métro 92 in Paris. He was a member of the South African team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup...

LW 11 Bryan Habana

Bryan Habana

Bryan Gary Habana is a South African rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Western Province in the Currie Cup, the Stormers in Super 14, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup champions Springboks...

FH 10 Butch James

Butch James

Andrew David "Butch" James is a South African rugby union player. He has represented 40 times and was a member of the team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He also played for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership...

SH 9 Fourie du Preez

Fourie du Preez

Petrus Fourie du Preez is a rugby union player. His position of choice is scrum half. Du Preez plays for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup competition in South Africa and the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition...

N8 8 Danie Rossouw

Danie Rossouw

OF 7 Juan Smith

Juan Smith

BF 6 Schalk Burger

Schalk Burger

Schalk Burger Jr. is a South African rugby union player. He plays the position of flanker in the Springbok rugby union team.-Father:...

RL 5 Victor Matfield

Victor Matfield

Victor Matfield is a South African rugby union player. He has played for, and captained the Springbok rugby team as well as the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Bulls franchise in the Super 14...

LL 4 Bakkies Botha

Bakkies Botha

John Philip "Bakkies" Botha, is a South African rugby union player who plays lock for the Springboks. He was a member of the national team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2007 in addition to winning two Tri-Nations titles in 2004 and 2009...

TP 3 CJ van der Linde

CJ van der Linde

CJ van der Linde is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is prop. He played for Leinster Rugby in the international Magners League from 2008–10, and currently plays for the Stormers....

HK 2 John Smit

John Smit

John William Smit is the 50th and current captain of the South African national rugby union team, the Springboks. He has played most of his career as a hooker, but played twice for the Springboks off the bench as a prop prior to the South Africa coaching staff's decision to use him as a tighthead...

Captain (sports)

) LP 1 Os du Randt

Os du Randt

Jacobus Petrus du Randt, better known as Os du Randt , is a former South African rugby union loosehead prop who retired as the most-capped forward in the history of the Springboks...

Replacements: HK 16 Bismarck du Plessis

Bismarck du Plessis

Bismarck du Plessis is a South African rugby union player, who plays for South Africa internationally, the Natal Sharks in the domestic Currie Cup, and the Sharks in Super Rugby.-Career:...

PR 17 Jannie du Plessis

Jannie du Plessis

Jan Nathaniel "Jannie" du Plessis is a South African rugby union player, who plays as a prop for South Africa and the Sharks in Super Rugby...

LK 18 Johannes Muller FL 19 Wickus van Heerden

Wikus van Heerden

Wikus van Heerden is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a Flanker, currently signed to play for the Lions in the Super 14, and the Golden Lions in the national Curriecup competition. Van Heerden has also played for the national team, the Springboks...

SH 20 Ruan Pienaar

Ruan Pienaar

Ruan Pienaar is a South African rugby union footballer who plays either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half. He joined Ulster for the 2010/2011 Magners League campaign....

FH 21 Andre Pretorius

André Pretorius

André Pretorius is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fly-half, where he is currently under contract at the Lions. He has been capped by his country's national side, the Springboks and was a member of the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad that was crowned world champions...

CE 22 Wynand Olivier

Wynand Olivier

Wynand Olivier is a South African rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition. His usual position is at centre, although he has played on the wing in the past.-Career:...

Coach:

Jake White

Jake White is a rugby union coach and former coach of the South Africa national rugby union team, the Springboks. His most notable achievements as coach include leading the Springboks to victory in 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2004 Tri Nations title...

Man of the Match:

Victor Matfield

Victor Matfield

Victor Matfield is a South African rugby union player. He has played for, and captained the Springbok rugby team as well as the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Bulls franchise in the Super 14...

(South Africa)

Touch judges:

Joël Jutge

Joël Jutge

(France)

Paul Honiss

Paul Honiss

(New Zealand)

Television match official:

Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson

Stuart Dickinson is a former Australian rugby referee. He made his international refereeing debut in 1997 in a Rugby World Cup qualifier between Tahiti and Papua New Guinea....

(Australia

Australian Rugby Union

)

Fourth official:

Alan Lewis

Alan Lewis

David Alan Lewis is an Irish former cricketer and current Rugby Union referee. His father Ian also played cricket for Ireland...

(Ireland

Irish Rugby Football Union

)

Fifth official:

Steve Walsh

Steve Walsh (rugby)

(New Zealand)

External links

Knockout stage at rugbyworldcup.com

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