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AUCKLAND, 2 Oct - Ireland became the eighth and final team to book their spot in the quarter-finals of Rugby World Cup 2011 after a 36-6 defeat of Italy at Dunedin's Otago Stadium on Sunday.
Ireland finished top of Pool C with 17 points and qualify with second-placed Australia (15 points) at the expense of Italy (10), USA (4) and Russia (1).
Other pool winners include host nation New Zealand, England and defending champions South Africa.
The finishing positions of the final eight teams and the quarter-finals draw means a northern hemisphere team cannot meet a southern hemisphere team until the final on 23 October.
The RWC 2011 quarter-finals fixtures are:
Saturday, 8 October
18:00 - Ireland (Winners Pool C) v Wales (Runners-up Pool D) at Wellington Regional Stadium
20:30 - England (Winners Pool B) v France (Runners-up Pool A) at Eden Park, Auckland
Sunday, 9 October
18:00 - South Africa (Winners Pool D) v Australia (Runners-up Pool C) at Wellington Regional Stadium
20:30 - New Zealand (Winners Pool A) v Argentina (Runners-up Pool B) at Eden Park, Auckland
Samoa aboard for England 2015
Samoa have replaced Fiji as an automatic qualifier for the eighth edition of Rugby World Cup to be held in England in 2015 after the completion of the RWC 2011 pool phase.
After finishing fourth in Pool D, Fiji will now have to go through regional qualifying to qualify for RWC 2015. The Flying Fijians finished with 5 points, well behind Pool D winners South Africa (18) and runners-up Wales (15) but ahead of the only team they defeated, Namibia, who finished with no tournament points.
The automatic qualifers by region are:
Asia: None
Americas: Argentina (Runners-up Pool B)
Africa: South Africa (Winners Pool D)
Europe: England (Winners Pool B), France (Runners-up Pool A), Ireland (Winners Pool C), Italy (3rd in Pool C), Scotland (3rd in Pool B) and Wales (Runners-up Pool D)
Oceania: Australia (Runners-up Pool C), New Zealand (Winners Pool A), Samoa (3rd in Pool D) and Tonga (3rd in Pool A).
http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/ne...d=2056545.html
Dear Lord, if you give us back Johnny Cash, we'll give you Justin Bieber.
Roll on next weekend.... nervous ... come on the Wallabies ... pull something out of the bag PLEASE!
If there is a draw at the end of these matches what happens - 15 mins each way and then penalty shots or something else.
61 years between Grand SlamsWas the wait worth it - Ya betta baby
For quarter-finals, semi-finals, Bronze Final and the Final, if teams are tied at fulltime, then the winner shall be determined through the following sequential criteria;
1. Extra time - following an interval of 5 minutes, extra time of 10 minutes each way (with an interval of 5 minutes) shall be played in full;
2. Sudden death - if the scores are tied at the conclusion of extra time, and following an interval of 5 minutes, then a further extra time of 10 minutes maximum shall be played.
3. During this period the first team to score any points shall be declared the winner (sudden death);
4. Kicking competition - if after this sudden death period no winner can be declared, a kicking competition will be organised between the two teams. The winner of that competition shall be declared the winner of the match.
"Remember lads, rugby is a team game; all 14 of you make sure you pass the ball to ..........."
and it's not just your best kicker in teh kicking comp, 5 players from the team currently on the field are chosen and take turns ... http://twf.com.au/showthread.php?t=29618
Dear Lord, if you give us back Johnny Cash, we'll give you Justin Bieber.
Which funnily enough would be good for us. We have 4 semi-competent kickers Beale, O'Connor, Barnes, Cooper. After Slade and Weepu, who would kick for the ABs? Nonu? Ahahahahahah.
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
Lets just all be really really hospitable, for good karma, and the gods shine on our boys at the weekend...and humble in our win..
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