Match Schedule, Pools, Info

[Wolfie33]

 Match Schedule
(Amended 20/09/2015)

Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

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     

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[Wolfie33]

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

Pool A     2      Australia     4      England     5      Wales     9      Fiji     19    Uruguay

Pool B     3      South Africa     12    Samoa     10    Scotland     13    Japan     15    United States

Pool C     1      New Zealand     8      Argentina     11    Tonga     16    Georgia     20    Namibia

Pool D     7      France     6      Ireland     14    Italy     18    Canada     17    Romania

[Wolfie33]

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     

[Wolfie33]

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
Kiwis who will help All Blacks' rivals at Rugby World Cup | Stuff.co.nz

Cheers     

[Wolfie33]

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     

Nation    New Zealand    Wales    Australia    Ireland    South Africa    England    France    Argentina    Scotland    Fiji    Samoa    Japan    Tonga    Italy    Georgia    United States    Romania    Canada    Uruguay    Namibia

At Draw 1 9 3 6 2 5 4 8 12 13 7 15 11 10 17 16 19 14 22 24

14 Sep 1 5 2 6 3 4 7 8 10 9 12 13 11 14 16 15 17 18 19 20

21 Sep 1 4 2 5 6 3 7 8 12 9 10 11 14 15 13 16 17 18 19 20

28 Sep 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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
Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Rugby_Rankings

[Wolfie33]

Team Rankings as at 5th October

Here are the latest rankings from World Rugby.
The Change column is the movement of each teams rank while at the World Cup.

Nation    New Zealand    Australia    Wales    South Africa    Ireland    France    Argentina    England    Scotland    Fiji    Japan    Tonga    Italy    Georgia    Samoa    United States    Romania    Canada    Uruguay    Namibia

14 Sep 1 2 5 3 6 7 8 4 10 9 13 11 14 16 12 15 17 18 19 20

21 Sep 1 2 4 6 5 7 8 3 12 9 11 14 15 13 10 16 17 18 19 20

28 Sep 1 3 2 5 4 7 8 6 9 10 12 13 14 15 11 16 17 18 19 20

05 Oct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Change ▬  0 ▬  0 ▲  2 ▼  1 ▲  1 ▲  1 ▲  1 ▼  4 ▲  1 ▼  1 ▲  2 ▼  1 ▲  1 ▲  2 ▼  3 ▼  1 ▬  0 ▬  0 ▬  0 ▬  0

Cheers     

[Wolfie33]

Team Rankings as at 12 October (UK Time)

Here are the latest rankings from World Rugby.
The Change column is the movement of each teams rank while at the World Cup.

Nation    New Zealand    Australia    Ireland    Wales    South Africa    Argentina    France    England    Scotland    Japan    Fiji    Italy    Tonga    Georgia    Samoa    United States    Romania    Canada    Uruguay    Namibia

14 Sep 1 2 6 5 3 8 7 4 10 13 9 14 11 16 12 15 17 18 19 20

21 Sep 1 2 5 4 6 8 7 3 12 11 9 15 14 13 10 16 17 18 19 20

28 Sep 1 3 4 2 5 8 7 6 9 12 10 14 13 15 11 16 17 18 19 20

05 Oct 1 2 5 3 4 7 6 8 9 11 10 13 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

12 Oct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Change ▬  0 ▬  0 ▲  3 ▲  1 ▼  2 ▲  2 ▬  0 ▼  4 ▲  1 ▲  3 ▼  2 ▲  2 ▼  2 ▲  2 ▼  3 ▼  1 ▬  0 ▬  0 ▬  0 ▬  0

The biggest movers . . .
Japan & Ireland up 3.
England down 4.
Samoa down 3.

Cheers     

[Wolfie33]

Team Rankings as at 19 October (UK Time)

The latest rankings from World Rugby.
The Change column is the movement of each teams rank while at the World Cup.

Nation    New Zealand    Australia    South Africa    Argentina    Wales    Ireland    France    England    Scotland    Japan    Fiji    Italy    Tonga    Georgia    Samoa    United States    Romania    Canada    Uruguay    Namibia

14 Sep 1 2 3 8 5 6 7 4 10 13 9 14 11 16 12 15 17 18 19 20

21 Sep 1 2 6 8 4 5 7 3 12 11 9 15 14 13 10 16 17 18 19 20

28 Sep 1 3 5 8 2 4 7 6 9 12 10 14 13 15 11 16 17 18 19 20

05 Oct 1 2 4 7 3 5 6 8 9 11 10 13 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

12 Oct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Change ▬  0 ▬  0 ▬  0 ▲  4 ▬  0 ▬  0 ▬  0 ▼  4 ▲  1 ▲  3 ▼  2 ▲  2 ▼  2 ▲  2 ▼  3 ▼  1 ▬  0 ▬  0 ▬  0 ▬  0

The biggest movers overall . . .
Argentina up 4.
England down 4.
Japan up 3.
Samoa down 3.
(and all well deserved, though perhaps Japan has been a tad short changed) 

Cheers     

[Wolfie33]

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
   or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics

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