Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 2011 Rugby World Cup, was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. The tournament was won by New Zealand, who defeated ...
The 2011 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match between France and New Zealand, to determine the winner of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The match took place on 23 October 2011 at Eden Park, in Auckland, New Zealand.
September – Sky Sports begins showing a weekly game from the top division of England club rugby. This is the first time that a live match from domestic rugby union had been shown in the UK.
2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage. The knockout stage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 8 October with a quarter-final between Ireland and Wales and concluded on 23 October with the final at Eden Park in Auckland . New Zealand were the first team to qualify for the knockout stage, when they beat France 37–17 in their penultimate Pool A game.
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was an international rugby union tournament played in New Zealand from 9 September to 23 October 2011. Each of the 20 competing nations was required to confirm its 30-man squad by 23 August; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
2011 Rugby World Cup statistics. The 2011 Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand from 9 September to 23 October 2011.
May 24 – June 5: 2011 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in Georgia. Samoa. Japan. Georgia. 4th: Uruguay. This was the first title for Samoa, giving them a place in the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. 4 February – 19 March: Six Nations Championship. Winner: England national rugby union team, 26th title. 20 May: Amlin Challenge Cup final at ...
2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying began at the 2007 tournament in France, where twelve teams (the first three in each of the four pools) earned a place in the finals of the tournament, this automatically qualified them for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.