Rugby World Cup Schedule
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Schedule & Results
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The 2007 Rugby World Cup is being held in France from September 7 through October 20.
The Pool stage of the tournament consists of four pools of five teams. The top two teams from each pool advance to the quarterfinals. The USA is drawn in Pool A with heavyweights South Africa and England, while Canada faces Wales and Australia in Pool B.
Pool Stage
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D | |
| Date | England (ENG) South Africa (RSA) Samoa (SAM) United States (USA) Tonga (TGA) |
Australia (AUS) Wales (WAL) Fiji (FIJ) Canada (CAN) Japan (JPN) |
New Zealand (NZL) Scotland (SCO) Italy (ITA) Romania (ROM) Portugal (POR) |
France (FRA) Ireland (IRE) Argentina (ARG) Georgia (GEO) Namibia (NAM) |
| Fri., Sep. 7 |
FRA
12-17
ARG
Report |
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| Sat., Sep. 8 |
ENG
28-10
USA
Report |
AUS
91-3
JPN
Report |
NZL
74-14
ITA
Report |
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| Sun., Sep. 9 |
RSA
59-7
SAM
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WAL
42-17
CAN
Report |
SCO
56-10
POR
Report |
IRE
32-17
NAM
Report |
| Tue., Sep. 11 |
ARG
33-3
GEO
Report |
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| Wed., Sep. 12 |
USA
15-25
TGA
Report |
JPN
31-35
FIJ
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ITA
24-18
ROM
Report |
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| Fri., Sep. 14 |
ENG
0-36
RSA
Report |
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| Sat., Sep. 15 |
WAL
20-32
AUS
Report |
NZL
108-13
POR
Report |
IRE
14-10
GEO
Report |
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| Sun., Sep. 16 |
SAM
15-19
TGA
Report |
FIJ
29-16
CAN
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FRA
87-10
NAM
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| Tue., Sep. 18 |
SCO
42-0
ROM
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| Wed., Sep. 19 |
ITA
31-5
POR
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| Thu., Sep. 20 |
WAL
72-18
JPN
Report |
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| Fri., Sep. 21 |
FRA
25-3
IRE
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| Sat., Sep. 22 |
RSA
30-25
TGA
Report ENG 44-22 SAM Report |
ARG
63-3
NAM
Report |
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| Sun., Sep. 23 |
AUS
55-12
FIJ
Report |
SCO
0-40
NZL
Report |
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| Tue., Sep. 25 |
CAN
12-12
JPN
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ROM
14-10
POR
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| Wed., Sep. 26 |
SAM
25-21
USA
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GEO
30-0
NAM
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| Fri., Sep. 28 |
ENG
36-20
TGA
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| Sat., Sep. 29 |
AUS
37-6
CAN
WAL 34-38 FIJ |
NZL
85-8
ROM
SCO 18-16 ITA Report |
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| Sun., Sep. 30 |
RSA
64-15
USA
Report |
FRA
64-7
GEO
Report IRE 15-30 ARG Report |
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| St. Denis is a suburb of Paris. The stadium there was built for the 1998 Soccer World Cup. | ||||
Knockout Rounds
| Quarterfinals | |||||
| Sat., Oct. 6 |
Australia 10-12 England
Report |
New Zealand 18-20 France
Report |
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| Sun., Oct. 7 |
South Africa 37-20 Fiji
Report |
Argentina 19-13 Scotland
Report |
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| Semifinals | |||||
| Sat., Oct. 13 |
England 14-9 France
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| Sun., Oct. 14 |
South Africa 37-13 Argentina
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| Third-place | |||||
| Fri., Oct. 19 |
France 10-34 Argentina
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| Final | |||||
| Sat., Oct. 20 |
England 6-15 South Africa
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Predictions
History suggests the World Cup semifinalists will be four of these five teams: New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, England and France.
England and South Africa are drawn in Pool A. Barring a huge upset, the loser of that matchup will face Australia in the quarterfinals, with New Zealand ahead in the semifinals. The winner of the England-South Africa duel will likely face Wales in the quarterfinal and France in the semifinal.
The Welsh in Pool B with Australia, and the Irish in Pool D with France will rate their chances of upsetting the established order. New Zealand has the easiest Pool with neither Scotland nor Italy realistic challengers, while England and South Africa should survive Pool A, albeit with a few bruises courtesy of Samoa.
The Irish, who came within a meters-wide drop goal of beating Australia in pool play in 2003, have the best chance of throwing pre-tournament predictions astray. Were they to beat France, that would stack the top half of the knockout draw, forcing New Zealand to play the unpredictable French in a quarterfinal in Cardiff.
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