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The 2011 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2011 RBS 6 Nations due to sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 12th series of the Six Nations Championship, and the 117th edition of the international championship.
2010 Six Nations Championship: 94 26 February 2011 Twickenham Stadium, London 17–9 England: 2011 Six Nations Championship: 95 8 October 2011 Eden Park, Auckland (New Zealand) 19–12 France: 2011 Rugby World Cup: 96 11 March 2012 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 22–24 England: 2012 Six Nations Championship: 97 23 February 2013 Twickenham ...
2009 Six Nations Championship: 32,000 [19] 18 6 February 2010 Croke Park, Dublin 29–11 Ireland: 2010 Six Nations Championship: 77,686 [20] 19 5 February 2011 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 11–13 Ireland: 2011 Six Nations Championship: 32,000 [21] 20 2 October 2011 Otago Stadium, Dunedin (New Zealand) 36–6 Ireland: 2011 Rugby World Cup: 28,027 [22] 21
Ireland eliminated Wales at the pool stage during the 1995 World Cup, with a 24–23 victory in 1995. [3] In their third World Cup matchup, Wales beat Ireland 22–10 in the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Cup. [3] In the Six Nations Championship the two sides have faced each other 126 times. [4]
Following the relative success of the Tier 2 nations in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, there were calls by Octavian Morariu, the president of Rugby Europe, to let Georgia and Romania join the Six Nations due to their consistent success in the European Nations Cup and ability to compete in the Rugby World Cup. [2] [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. International men's rugby union competition Not to be confused with Rugby League World Cup. This article is about the men's rugby union tournament. For the women's World Cup in union, see Women's Rugby World Cup. For other world cups for rugby, see World cup of rugby. "RWC" redirects ...
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 sides have also met on four other occasions outside the Five Nations / Six Nations Championship: in 1909 (the first match between the two teams), a one-off match in 1972 and two Rugby World Cup warm-up matches in 2011.