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The 2007 Rugby World Cup (French: Coupe du monde de rugby 2007) was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights ...
8 September 2007: 2 Rocky Elsom Australia Japan: Pool: 91–3: Stade de Gerland, Lyon: 8 September 2007: 3 Bryan Habana T4 South Africa Samoa: Pool: 59–7: Parc des Princes, Paris: 9 September 2007: 4 Vincent Clerc France Namibia: Pool: 87–10: Stadium Municipal, Toulouse: 16 September 2007: 5 Ally Hogg Scotland Romania: Pool: 42–0 ...
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition established in 1987. It is contested by the men's national teams of the member unions of the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and takes place every four years. The winners of the first final were New Zealand, who beat France. South Africa never competed in the first two world ...
The match was a repeat of the 2003 World Cup final, with England coming out on top again, beating the Wallabies 12–10. All of England's points were scored by Jonny Wilkinson penalties . South Africa faced Fiji , who had defeated Wales to finish as runners-up behind Australia in Pool B. South Africa scored five tries to two and won 37–20.
Josh Lewsey's try, scored after 79 seconds, was the fastest in any match in the knockout stage of a Rugby World Cup and is thought to be the fastest try in England's history. [citation needed] Jonny Wilkinson extended his World Cup points record to 243.
New Zealand put a foot in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals after tearing apart Italy 96-17 with 14 tries in a phenomenal performance on Friday. The All Blacks had to beat the Italians to stay in ...
Scrumhalf Cam Roigard and flyhalf Damian McKenzie scored two tries each and made a strong bid for first-team roles as New Zealand beat Namibia 71-3 in the Rugby World Cup on Friday. Roigard had ...
In the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final, on 20 October at the Stade de France, South Africa won the Webb Ellis Cup in a game where Wilkinson kicked two penalties, but missed two drop goal attempts. He was one of only four players to start both the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cup Finals, the other three being Phil Vickery, Jason Robinson and Ben Kay.