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Match Schedule
(Amended 20/09/2015)

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Day/Date/Time NZ
Sat 19 Sep 07:00
Sat 19 Sep 23:00
Sun 20 Sep 01:30
Sun 20 Sep 03:45
Sun 20 Sep 07:00
Sun 20 Sep 23:00
Mon 21 Sep 01:30
Mon 21 Sep 03:45
Thu 24 Sep 01:30
Thu 24 Sep 03:45
Thu 24 Sep 07:00
Fri 25 Sep 07:00
Sat 26 Sep 03:45
Sun 27 Sep 01:30
Sun 27 Sep 04:45
Sun 27 Sep 08:00
Mon 28 Sep 00:00
Mon 28 Sep 02:30
Mon 28 Sep 04:45
Wed 30 Sep 04:45
Fri 02 Oct 04:45
Fri 02 Oct 08:00
Sat 03 Oct 08:00
Sun 04 Oct 02:30
Sun 04 Oct 04:45
Sun 04 Oct 08:00
Mon 05 Oct 02:30
Mon 05 Oct 04:45
Wed 07 Oct 04:45
Wed 07 Oct 08:00
Thu 08 Oct 04:45
Thu 08 Oct 08:00
Sat 10 Oct 08:00
Sun 11 Oct 02:30
Sun 11 Oct 04:45
Sun 11 Oct 08:00
Mon 12 Oct 00:00
Mon 12 Oct 02:30
Mon 12 Oct 04:45
Mon 12 Oct 08:00

Sun 18 Oct 04:00
Sun 18 Oct 08:00
Mon 19 Oct 01:00
Mon 19 Oct 04:00
Sun 25 Oct 04:00
Mon 26 Oct 05:00
Sat 31 Oct 09:00
Sun 01 Nov 05:00

England
Tonga
Ireland
South Africa
France
Samoa
Wales
New Zealand
Scotland
Australia
France
New Zealand
Argentina
Italy
South Africa
England
Australia
Scotland
Ireland
Tonga
Wales
France
New Zealand
Samoa
South Africa
England
Argentina
Ireland
Canada
Fiji
South Africa
Namibia
New Zealand
Samoa
Australia
England
Argentina
Italy
France
USA

Winner Pool C
Winner Pool B
Winner Pool D
Winner Pool A
Winner QF1
Winner QF3
Loser SF1
Winner SF1

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Fiji
Georgia
Canada
Japan
Italy
USA
Uruguay
Argentina
Japan
Fiji
Romania
Namibia
Georgia
Canada
Samoa
Wales
Uruguay
USA
Romania
Namibia
Fiji
Canada
Georgia
Japan
Scotland
Australia
Tonga
Italy
Romania
Uruguay
USA
Georgia
Tonga
Scotland
Wales
Uruguay
Namibia
Romania
Ireland
Japan

Runner Up D
Runner Up A
Runner Up C
Runner Up B
Winner QF2
Winner QF4
Loser SF2
Winner SF2

Venue
Twickenham, London
Gloucester
Cardiff
Brighton
Twickenham, London
Brighton
Cardiff
Twickenham, London
Gloucester
Cardiff
Olympic, London
Olympic, London
Gloucester
Leeds
Birmingham
Twickenham, London
Twickenham, London
Leeds
Wembley, London
Exeter
Cardiff
Milton Keynes
Cardiff
Milton Keynes
Newcastle
Twickenham, London
Leicester
Olympic, London
Leicester
Milton Keynes
Olympic, London
Exeter
Newcastle
Newcastle
Twickenham, London
Manchester
Leicester
Exeter
Cardiff
Gloucester

Twickenham, London
Cardiff
Cardiff
Twickenham, London
Twickenham, London
Twickenham, London
Olympic, London
Twickenham, London

UK Date/Tiime
18 Sep 20:00
19 Sep 12:00
19 Sep 14:30
19 Sep 16:45
19 Sep 20:00
20 Sep 12:00
20 Sep 14:30
20 Sep 16:45
23 Sep 14:30
23 Sep 16:45
23 Sep 20:00
24 Sep 20:00
25 Sep 16:45
26 Sep 14:30
26 Sep 16:45
26 Sep 20:00
27 Sep 12:00
27 Sep 14:30
27 Sep 16:45
29 Sep 16:45
01 Oct 16:45
01 Oct 20:00
02 Oct 20:00
03 Oct 14:30
03 Oct 16:45
03 Oct 20:00
04 Oct 14:30
04 Oct 16:45
06 Oct 16:45
06 Oct 20:00
07 Oct 16:45
07 Oct 20:00
09 Oct 20:00
10 Oct 14:30
10 Oct 16:45
10 Oct 20:00
11 Oct 12:00
11 Oct 14:30
11 Oct 16:45
11 Oct 20:00

17 Oct 16:00
17 Oct 20:00
18 Oct 13:00
18 Oct 16:00
24 Oct 16:00
25 Oct 16:00
30 Oct 20:00
31 Oct 16:00

Cheers 8)

Pools with the latest rankings (as at 07 Sep 2015)

Pool A

(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/australia.png) 2 Australia
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/england.png) 4 England
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/wales.png) 5 Wales
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/fiji.png) 9 Fiji
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/uruguay.png) 19 Uruguay

Pool B

(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/south_africa.png) 3 South Africa
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/samoa.png) 12 Samoa
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/scotland.png) 10 Scotland
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/japan.png) 13 Japan
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/usa.png) 15 United States

Pool C

(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/nz.png) 1 New Zealand
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/argentina.png) 8 Argentina
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/tonga.png) 11 Tonga
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/georgia.png) 16 Georgia
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/namibia.png) 20 Namibia

Pool D

(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/france.png) 7 France
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/ireland.png) 6 Ireland
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/italy.png) 14 Italy
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/canada.png) 18 Canada
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/rwc2015/flags/romania.png) 17 Romania

Rules for the World Cup can be found at: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/tournament-rules

The main points of interest are:

Pool Matches
A draw will result in no winner being declared, points awarded will be 2 each plus any bonus points for 4 or more tries.

Knock Out Matches
In the event of a draw after normal time, they will then play extra time of 10 minutes each way.
If scores are then still tied, a period of sudden death extra time of up to 10 minutes each way, the first team to score will be declared the winner.
If no team scores during sudden death, a kicking competition will be organised with 5 players from each team taking shots at goal from 3 different areas on the 22, centre, left & right.
More info in the above web page look for para. 1.1.6 Kicking competition.

It also covers how teams are ranked in each pool in the event that points are tied at the end of the pool stage & how disrupted/abandoned games are handled.

Cheers 8)

I have noted a few comments about Kiwi Coaches in charge of other Nations squads, so I tried to find a decent listing of those involved. Not easy! All that I have found are somewhat lacking.

Coaches I know of are:
Canada - Keiran Crowley
Fiji - John McKee
Wales - Warren Gatland
Scotland - Vern Cotter
Ireland - Joe Schmidt
Georgia - Milton Haig
And you could also include Assistant Coaches Leo Crowley for Canada & Tabai Matson for Fiji,
& there may well be others.

Here's what I did find, it will certainly give you some sense of our boys elsewhere.

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11508959
New Zealand's Rugby World Cup foreign legion first XV | Stuff.co.nz (http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/72265977/new-zealands-rugby-world-cup-foreign-legion-first-xv)
Kiwis who will help All Blacks' rivals at Rugby World Cup | Stuff.co.nz (http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/71496141/kiwis-who-will-help-all-blacks-rivals-at-rugby-world-cup)

Cheers 8)

Team Rankings

The below will give you some idea how the results of these World Cup matches affect the rankings.
The At Draw column is the ranking immediately prior to the World Cup Draw way back on 3rd Dec 2012.
The Change column is the movement of each teams rank while at the World Cup.
The next update should happen on 5th October UK time.

Cheers 8)

At Draw

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6
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14 Sep

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21 Sep

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28 Sep

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Change

▬ 0
▲ 3
▼ 1
▲ 2
▼ 2
▼ 2
▬ 0
▬ 0
▲ 1
▼ 1
▲ 1
▲ 1
▼ 2
▬ 0
▲ 1
▼ 1
▬ 0
▬ 0
▬ 0
▬ 0

More info on the ranking system is available at:
World Rugby World Rugby (http://www.worldrugby.org/rankings/explanation)
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Rugby_Rankings

STATISTICS

Here are a few stats courtesy of Yahoo Sports . . .

TELLING RUGBY WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT STATISTICS

TEAM POINTS

290 - New Zealand, 250 - Argentina, 241 - South Africa, 222 - Australia.

TEAM TRIES

39 - New Zealand, 28 - Australia, 27 - Argentina, 26 - South Africa.

TRY SCORERS

8 - Julian Savea (New Zealand), 6 - Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand), 5 - Bryan Habana (South Africa), Gareth Davies (Wales), JP Pietersen (South Africa), Juan Imhoff (Argentina).

PENALTIES KICKED

23 - Handre Pollard (South Africa), 20 - Nicholas Sanchez (Argentina), 16 - Greig Laidlaw (Scotland), Bernard Foley (Australia), 15 - Dan Biggar (Wales).

CONVERSIONS KICKED

23 - Dan Carter (New Zealand), 13 - Greig Laidlaw (Scotland), Nicholas Sanchez (Argentina), 12 - Bernard Foley (Australia).

CLEAN BREAKS

14 - Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand), 13 - Santiago Cordero (Argentina), 12 - Ben Smith (New Zealand).

METRES RUN

552 - Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand), 521 - Ben Smith (New Zealand), 514 - Santiago Cordero (Argentina), 433 - Julian Savea (New Zealand).

TACKLES

77 - Francois Louw (South Africa), Lood de Jager (South Africa), 75 - Eben Etzebeth (South Africa), Schalk Burger (South Africa)

If you are interested in stats, you could perhaps take a look at . . .

Rugby World Cup (http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/stats)
or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics

Be warned though, you could get lost for days in there . . . .

8)

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