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The countdown to RWC'11 continues - organisers celebrate the 1,000 days to go landmark
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Rugby World Cup 2011
This weekend will see the start of the 1,000 day countdown to Rugby World Cup 2011
Rugby World Cup 2011
Mike Blair hopes to take his career full circle by inspiring Scotland's youth with victory over England at the next Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup 2011
The RWC 2011 Pool Draw has been confirmed at a high-profile ceremony, with battle lines drawn for some enticing clashes
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Features
"We must take radical action to eliminate the current scourge of rugby, that terrible habit - aerial ping-pong." John Taylor makes a plea
As the curtain falls on another action-packed 12 months of top-class rugby we select our team of the year. Who made the cut?
"What Rugby World Cup in 2011 will offer is a tournament experience built from the cultural and rugby grassroots." Huw Turner writes
Match Packs
New Zealand's iconic Eden Park stadium is set for a name change ahead of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in a bid to meet a NZ$12m shortfall in the ground re-vamp budget
England's brave World Cup defence faltered at the final hurdle as South Africa claimed the sport's biggest prize for a second time with a 15-6 victory in Paris.
Argentina bounced back from their semi-final loss to sweep France aside 34-10 in the bronze medal play-off match at the Parc des Princes tonght.
- Pool A P W D L Pts
- South Africa 3 3 0 0 6
- Scotland 3 2 0 1 4
- Uruguay 3 1 0 2 2
- Spain 3 0 0 3 0
- Pool B P W D L Pts
- New Zealand 3 3 0 0 6
- England 3 2 0 1 4
- Tonga 3 1 0 2 2
- Italy 3 0 0 3 0
- Pool C P W D L Pts
- France 3 3 0 0 6
- Fiji 3 2 0 1 4
- Canada 3 1 0 2 2
- Namibia 3 0 0 3 0
- Pool D P W D L Pts
- Argentina 3 2 0 1 4
- Samoa 3 2 0 1 4
- Wales 3 2 0 1 4
- Japan 3 0 0 3 0
- Pool E P W D L Pts
- Australia 3 3 0 0 6
- Ireland 3 2 0 1 4
- Romania 3 1 0 2 2
- United States of America 3 0 0 3 0
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