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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 ...
In 2005, they started their attempt to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, but a 22–36 loss to Kazakhstan sent them out of the running for that tournament. They also were disappointed with an 8–8 tie in Guam , but still managed to finish second in their group of four teams thanks to beating Malaysia 48–12.
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.
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: Murrayfield, Edinburgh: 18 September 2007: 6 Drew Mitchell Australia Fiji: Pool: 55–12: Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier: 23 September 2007: 7 Joe Rokocoko New Zealand Romania: Pool: 85 ...
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 ...
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.
Throughout August 2007, various teams prepared for the Rugby World Cup in France with a short series of test matches, primarily in the Northern Hemisphere and involving the RBS Six Nations sides. In addition, South Africa played one test in Scotland following the 2007 Tri Nations and Argentina one test in their home country and one in Wales.
2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D; S. 2007 Rugby World Cup squads; 2007 Rugby World Cup statistics; W. 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches This page was last edited on 20 ...