2010 WRWC England Match Schedule

Match Schedule

Pools and Venues

Venue 1: Surrey Sports Park – Guildford
Venue 2: Harlequins Stoop - London

Pool A

1. New Zealand
6. Wales
7. Australia
12. South Africa

Pool B

2. England
5. USA
8. Ireland
11. Kazakhstan

Pool C

3. France
4. Canada
9. Scotland
10. Sweden

Match Schedule
MATCH DAY 1: FRIDAY, AUGUST, 20
No. Group Match Venue/Pitch

1. B USA v Kazakhstan Surrey 1
2. C Canada v Scotland Surrey 2
3. A New Zealand v South Africa Surrey 1
4. A Wales v Australia Surrey 2
5. B England v Ireland Surrey 1
6. C France v Sweden Surrey 2

MATCH DAY 2: TUESDAY, AUGUST, 24
No. Group Match Venue

7. A New Zealand v Australia Surrey 1
8. A Wales v South Africa Surrey 2
9. C France v Scotland Surrey 1
10. C Canada v Sweden Surrey 2
11. B England v Kazakhstan Surrey 1
12. B USA v Ireland Surrey 2

MATCH DAY 3: SATURDAY, AUGUST, 28
No. Group Match Venue

13. C France v Canada Surrey 1
14. C Scotland v Sweden Surrey 2
15. A New Zealand v Wales Surrey 1
16. A Australia v South Africa Surrey 2
17. B England v USA Surrey 1
18. B Ireland v Kazakhstan Surrey 2

At the end of the pool phase the teams will be seeded based on the position in which they finished in their respective pools.

1st Seed Pool winner with most competition points
2nd Seed Pool winner with 2nd most competition points
3rd Seed Pool winner with 3rd most competition points
4th Seed Pool second place with most competition points
5th Seed Pool second place with 2nd most competition points
6th Seed Pool second place with 3rd most competition points
7th Seed Pool third place with most competition points
8th Seed Pool third place with 2nd most competition points
9th Seed Pool third place with 3rd most competition points
10th Seed Pool fourth place with most competition points
11th Seed Pool fourth place with 2nd most competition points
12th Seed Pool fourth place with 3rd most competition points

Based on the seedings the allocation of 4th round matches will be as follows:

MATCH DAY 4:WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 1
No Match Venue

For Rankings 9 - 12

19. 10th Seed v 11th Seed Surrey 1
20. 9th Seed v 12th Seed Surrey 2

For Rankings 5 - 8

21. 6th Seed v 7th Seed Surrey 1
22. 5th Seed v 8th Seed Surrey 2

Semi Finals

23. 2nd Seed v 3rd Seed Stoop
24. 1st Seed v 4th Seed Stoop

MATCH DAY 5: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER, 5
No. Match Venue Ranking

25. Loser Match 19 v Loser Match 20 Surrey 1 11-12
26. Winner Match 19 v Winner Match 20 Surrey 2 9-10
27. Loser Match 21 v Loser Match 22 Surrey 1 7-8
28. Winner Match 21 v Winner Match 22 Surrey 2 5-6
29. Loser Match 23 v Loser Match 24 Stoop 3-4
30. Winner Match 23 v Winner Match 24 Stoop 1-2 = World Champions!!!

The long and short of it sees an incredibly tough road ahead for the Wallaroo's, though to be the best you need to beat the best.
Australia will need to either beat 1. New Zealand, 6. Wales & 12. South Africa to top their Pool or be the highest scoring second placed team.
When you see the other Pools, especially Pool C, it is hard to see the high scores coming in Pool A.
So, it would seem that five consecutive wins are the go, too easy...
Go get 'em girls!

Slightly odd choice of venues - The Stoop is a great ground and holds ~15,000. (If they re-did MES to a larger version of the Stoop, I'd be happy!)

But I've played at Surrey Sports Park, and they've got a few pitches, but none with any stands. The dedicated rugby pitch they have can't have stands put up, unless they cut down a few trees.

The Madjeski Stadium would be a far better choice as second venue (or even main - it holds ~24,000). It's a proper rugby stadium (it's London Irish's home) and the owner could do with the income as his soccer team got relegated.