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2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage

Main article: 2011 Rugby World Cup

The knockout stage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 8 October with a quarter-final between Ireland and Wales and concluded on 23 October with the final at Eden Park in Auckland.

New Zealand were the first team to qualify for the knockout stage, when they beat France 37–17 in their penultimate Pool A game. New Zealand and France re-encountered in the final, that was won by the local team 8–7. This was a rematch of the 1987 final, also in Eden Park and also won by New Zealand. This way, New Zealand got their second title, while France their third final.

For the first time in World Cup history, three teams that finished second in their respective pools qualified for the semi-finals, while South Africa became the second defending champions not to reach the semi-finals after Australia in 1995.

Furthermore, the bottom half of the bracket was entirely composed of the 2012 Rugby Championship teams and the other half was composed of the last four Six Nations champions since the last World Cup.

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 October – Wellington
 
 
  Ireland10
 
15 October – Auckland
 
  Wales22
 
  Wales8
 
8 October – Auckland
 
  France9
 
  England12
 
23 October – Auckland
 
  France19
 
  France7
 
9 October – Wellington
 
  New Zealand8
 
  South Africa9
 
16 October – Auckland
 
  Australia11
 
  Australia6
 
9 October – Auckland
 
  New Zealand20 Third place
 
  New Zealand33
 
21 October – Auckland
 
  Argentina10
 
  Wales18
 
 
  Australia21
 

Quarter-finals edit

Ireland vs Wales edit

8 October 2011
18:00 NZDT (UTC+13)
Ireland  10–22  Wales
Try: Earls 45' c
Con: O'Gara (1/1)
Pen: O'Gara (1/1) 24'		Report[1]Try: Williams 3' c
Phillips 51' m
J. Davies 64' c
Con: Priestland (2/3)
Pen: Halfpenny (1/1) 29'
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 35,787
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
FB 15 Rob Kearney
RW 14 Tommy Bowe
OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12 Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11 Keith Earls   72'
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara   56'
SH 9 Conor Murray   56'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip   75'
OF 7 Seán O'Brien
BF 6 Stephen Ferris   75'
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 Mike Ross
HK 2 Rory Best
LP 1 Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK 16 Seán Cronin
PR 17 Tom Court
LK 18 Donnacha Ryan   75'
N8 19 Denis Leamy   75'
SH 20 Eoin Reddan   56'
FH 21 Johnny Sexton   56'
WG 22 Andrew Trimble   72'
Coach:
  Declan Kidney
 
FB 15 Leigh Halfpenny
RW 14 George North
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Jamie Roberts
LW 11 Shane Williams
FH 10 Rhys Priestland   78'
SH 9 Mike Phillips
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Sam Warburton (c)
BF 6 Dan Lydiate
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Luke Charteris   41'
TP 3 Adam Jones
HK 2 Huw Bennett
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins
Replacements:
HK 16 Lloyd Burns
PR 17 Paul James
LK 18 Bradley Davies   41'
FL 19 Ryan Jones
SH 20 Lloyd Williams
FH 21 James Hook   78'
CE 22 Scott Williams
Coach:
  Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Mike Phillips (Wales)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Romain Poite (France)
Television match official:
Giulio de Santis (Italy)

England vs France edit

8 October 2011
20:30 NZDT (UTC+13)
England  12–19  France
Try: Foden 55' c
Cueto 77' m
Con: Wilkinson (1/1)		Report[2]Try: Clerc 22' m
Médard 31' m
Pen: Yachvili (2/3) 11', 16'
Drop: Trinh-Duc (1/1) 73'
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 49,105
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
FB 15 Ben Foden
RW 14 Chris Ashton
OC 13 Manu Tuilagi
IC 12 Toby Flood
LW 11 Mark Cueto
FH 10 Jonny Wilkinson   65'
SH 9 Ben Youngs   65'
N8 8 Nick Easter
OF 7 Lewis Moody (c)   63'
BF 6 Tom Croft   47'
RL 5 Tom Palmer
LL 4 Louis Deacon   50'
TP 3 Dan Cole   63'
HK 2 Steve Thompson   56'
LP 1 Matt Stevens   50'   63'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dylan Hartley   56'
PR 17 Alex Corbisiero   50'
LK 18 Courtney Lawes   47'
LK 19 Simon Shaw   50'
FL 20 James Haskell   63'
SH 21 Richard Wigglesworth   65'
WG 22 Matt Banahan   65'
Coach:
  Martin Johnson
 
FB 15 Maxime Médard
RW 14 Vincent Clerc
OC 13 Aurélien Rougerie   69'
IC 12 Maxime Mermoz   79'
LW 11 Alexis Palisson
FH 10 Morgan Parra
SH 9 Dimitri Yachvili   54'
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy   73'
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL 5 Lionel Nallet
LL 4 Pascal Papé   65'
TP 3 Nicolas Mas
HK 2 William Servat   56'
LP 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux   56'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dimitri Szarzewski   56'
PR 17 Fabien Barcella   56'
LK 18 Julien Pierre   65'
N8 19 Louis Picamoles   73'
FH 20 François Trinh-Duc   54'
CE 21 David Marty   69'
FB 22 Cédric Heymans   79'
Coach:
  Marc Lièvremont

Man of the Match:
Imanol Harinordoquy (France)

Touch judges:
Alain Rolland (Ireland)
George Clancy (Ireland)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

South Africa vs Australia edit

9 October 2011
18:00 NZDT (UTC+13)
South Africa  9–11  Australia
Pen: Steyn (2/4) 39', 56'
Drop: Steyn (1/1) 60'		Report[3]Try: Horwill 11' m
Pen: O'Connor (2/2) 17', 72'
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 34,914
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
FB 15 Patrick Lambie
RW 14 JP Pietersen
OC 13 Jaque Fourie
IC 12 Jean de Villiers
LW 11 Bryan Habana   50'
FH 10 Morné Steyn
SH 9 Fourie du Preez
N8 8 Pierre Spies   64'
BF 7 Schalk Burger   14' to 20'
OF 6 Heinrich Brüssow   20'
RL 5 Victor Matfield
LL 4 Danie Rossouw
TP 3 Jannie du Plessis
HK 2 John Smit (c)   50'
LP 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp
Replacements:
HK 16 Bismarck du Plessis   50'
PR 17 CJ van der Linde
FL 18 Willem Alberts   14'   20'   64'
FL 19 Francois Louw   20'
SH 20 Francois Hougaard   50'
FH 21 Butch James
CT 22 Gio Aplon
Coach:
  Peter de Villiers
 
FB 15 Kurtley Beale   75'
RW 14 James O'Connor
OC 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper
IC 12 Pat McCabe   53'
LW 11 Digby Ioane
FH 10 Quade Cooper
SH 9 Will Genia
N8 8 Radike Samo   73'
OF 7 David Pocock
BF 6 Rocky Elsom
RL 5 James Horwill (c)
LL 4 Dan Vickerman   54'
TP 3 Ben Alexander
HK 2 Stephen Moore   64'
LP 1 Sekope Kepu   69'
Replacements:
HK 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau   64'
PR 17 James Slipper   69'
LK 18 Nathan Sharpe   54'
N8 19 Ben McCalman   73'
SH 20 Luke Burgess
FH 21 Berrick Barnes   53'
CE 22 Anthony Fainga'a   75'
Coach:
  Robbie Deans

Man of the Match:
David Pocock (Australia)

Touch judges:
Dave Pearson (England)
Romain Poite (France)
Television match official:
Giulio de Santis (Italy)

New Zealand vs Argentina edit

9 October 2011
20:30 NZDT (UTC+13)
New Zealand  33–10  Argentina
Try: Read 69' m
Thorn 79' c
Con: Cruden (1/1)
Pen: Weepu (7/7) 13', 26', 36', 40', 50', 59', 73'		Report[4]Try: Farías Cabello 32' c
Con: Contepomi (1/1)
Pen: Bosch (1/1) 46'
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 57,192
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
FB 15 Mils Muliaina   40'
RW 14 Cory Jane
OC 13 Conrad Smith
IC 12 Ma'a Nonu
LW 11 Sonny Bill Williams
FH 10 Colin Slade   33'
SH 9 Piri Weepu   73'
N8 8 Kieran Read
OF 7 Richie McCaw (c)   73'
BF 6 Jerome Kaino
RL 5 Sam Whitelock   63'
LL 4 Brad Thorn
TP 3 Owen Franks   75'
HK 2 Keven Mealamu   66'
LP 1 Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrew Hore   66'
PR 17 John Afoa   75'
LK 18 Ali Williams   63'
N8 19 Victor Vito   73'
SH 20 Jimmy Cowan   73'
FH 21 Aaron Cruden   33'
FB 22 Isaia Toeava   40'
Coach:
  Graham Henry
 
FB 15 Martín Rodríguez   69'
RW 14 Gonzalo Camacho
OC 13 Marcelo Bosch
IC 12 Felipe Contepomi (c)
LW 11 Horacio Agulla   50'
FH 10 Santiago Fernández
SH 9 Nicolás Vergallo   58'   49' to 53'
N8 8 Leonardo Senatore
OF 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón   80'
BF 6 Julio Farías Cabello
RL 5 Patricio Albacete
LL 4 Manuel Carizza   63'
TP 3 Juan Figallo   59'
HK 2 Mario Ledesma   70'
LP 1 Rodrigo Roncero   40'
Replacements:
HK 16 Agustín Creevy   70'
PR 17 Martín Scelzo   59'
PR 18 Marcos Ayerza   40'
FL 19 Alejandro Campos   63'
SH 20 Alfredo Lalanne   49'   53'   80'
FB 21 Lucas González Amorosino   69'
WG 22 Juan Imhoff   50'
Coach:
  Santiago Phelan

Man of the Match:
Piri Weepu (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
George Clancy (Ireland)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Notes

  • This was New Zealand fullback Mils Muliaina's 100th test, the second New Zealand player to have reached this milestone.[5]

Semi-finals edit

Wales vs France edit

15 October 2011
21:00 NZDT (UTC+13)
Wales  8–9  France
Try: Phillips 58' m
Pen: Hook (1/3) 8'		Report[6]Pen: Parra (3/3) 22', 35', 51'
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 58,630
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
FB 15 Leigh Halfpenny
RW 14 George North
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Jamie Roberts
LW 11 Shane Williams
FH 10 James Hook   46'
SH 9 Mike Phillips
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Sam Warburton (c)   19'
BF 6 Dan Lydiate   56'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones   62'
LL 4 Luke Charteris
TP 3 Adam Jones   10'
HK 2 Huw Bennett
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins
Replacements:
HK 16 Lloyd Burns
PR 17 Paul James   10'
LK 18 Bradley Davies   62'
FK 19 Ryan Jones   56'
SH 20 Lloyd Williams
FH 21 Stephen Jones   46'
CE 22 Scott Williams
Coach:
  Warren Gatland
 
FB 15 Maxime Médard
RW 14 Vincent Clerc
OC 13 Aurélien Rougerie
IC 12 Maxime Mermoz
LW 11 Alexis Palisson
FH 10 Morgan Parra
SH 9 Dimitri Yachvili
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire   75'
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL 5 Lionel Nallet
LL 4 Pascal Papé   62'
TP 3 Nicolas Mas
HK 2 William Servat   45'
LP 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux   45'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dimitri Szarzewski   45'
PR 17 Fabien Barcella   45'
LK 18 Julien Pierre   62'
FL 19 Fulgence Ouedraogo   75'
FH 20 François Trinh-Duc
FH 21 Jean-Marc Doussain
FB 22 Cédric Heymans
Coach:
  Marc Lièvremont

Man of the Match:
Julien Bonnaire (France)

Touch judges:
Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Wayne Barnes (England)
Television match official:
Giulio De Santis (Italy)

Notes

  • The Welsh captain was sent off after committing a tip-tackle, releasing the opponent past the horizontal off the ground in the 18th minute.

Australia vs New Zealand edit

16 October 2011
21:00 NZDT (UTC+13)
Australia  6–20  New Zealand
Pen: O'Connor (1/1) 16'
Drop: Cooper (1/1) 32'		Report[7]Try: Nonu 6' m
Pen: Weepu (4/7) 13', 38', 43', 73'
Drop: Cruden (1/1) 22'
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 60,087
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
FB 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW 14 James O'Connor
OC 13 Anthony Fainga'a   63'
IC 12 Pat McCabe   35' to 40'   48'
LW 11 Digby Ioane
FH 10 Quade Cooper
SH 9 Will Genia
N8 8 Radike Samo   60'
OF 7 David Pocock
BF 6 Rocky Elsom
RL 5 James Horwill (c)
LL 4 Dan Vickerman   23' to 27'   60'
TP 3 Ben Alexander
HK 2 Stephen Moore   66'
LP 1 Sekope Kepu   21'
Replacements:
HK 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau   66'
PR 17 James Slipper   21'
LK 18 Rob Simmons   23'   27'   60'
N8 19 Ben McCalman   60'
SH 20 Luke Burgess
FH 21 Berrick Barnes   35'   40'   48'
CE 22 Rob Horne   63'
Coach:
  Robbie Deans
 
FB 15 Israel Dagg
RW 14 Cory Jane
OC 13 Conrad Smith
IC 12 Ma'a Nonu   73'
LW 11 Richard Kahui
FH 10 Aaron Cruden
SH 9 Piri Weepu   57'   69'   74'
N8 8 Kieran Read
OF 7 Richie McCaw (c)
BF 6 Jerome Kaino   80'
RL 5 Sam Whitelock   57'
LL 4 Brad Thorn
TP 3 Owen Franks   80'
HK 2 Keven Mealamu   64'
LP 1 Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrew Hore   64'
PR 17 Ben Franks   80'
LK 18 Ali Williams   57'
N8 19 Victor Vito   80'
SH 20 Andy Ellis   57'   69' to 74'
FH 21 Stephen Donald
CE 22 Sonny Bill Williams   76'   73'
Coach:
  Graham Henry

Man of the Match:
Cory Jane (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Romain Poite (France)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Bronze final edit

Wales vs Australia edit

21 October 2011
20:30 NZDT (UTC+13)
Wales  18–21  Australia
Try: Sh. Williams 50' m
Halfpenny 80+' c
Con: S. Jones (1/2)
Pen: Hook (1/2) 20'
S. Jones (1/1) 71'		TrackerTry: Barnes 12' c
McCalman 76' m
Con: O'Connor (1/2)
Pen: O'Connor (2/4) 54', 58'
Drop: Barnes (1/1) 68'
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 53,014
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB 15 Leigh Halfpenny
RW 14 George North   33' to 38'
OC 13 Jonathan Davies   71'
IC 12 Jamie Roberts
LW 11 Shane Williams
FH 10 James Hook   51'
SH 9 Mike Phillips   64'
N8 8 Ryan Jones
OF 7 Taulupe Faletau
BF 6 Dan Lydiate   64'
RL 5 Bradley Davies
LL 4 Luke Charteris   53'
TP 3 Paul James   64'
HK 2 Huw Bennett   71'
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins (c)
Replacements:
HK 16 Lloyd Burns   71'
PR 17 Ryan Bevington   64'
LK 18 Alun Wyn Jones   53'
N8 19 Andy Powell   64'
SH 20 Lloyd Williams   64'
FH 21 Stephen Jones   33'   38'   51'
CE 22 Scott Williams   71'
Coach:
  Warren Gatland
 
FB 15 Kurtley Beale   10'
RW 14 James O'Connor
OC 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper
IC 12 Berrick Barnes
LW 11 Digby Ioane
FH 10 Quade Cooper   22'
SH 9 Will Genia   68'
N8 8 Ben McCalman
OF 7 David Pocock
BF 6 Scott Higginbotham   31' to 34'
RL 5 Nathan Sharpe   46'
LL 4 James Horwill (c)   71'
TP 3 Salesi Ma'afu   60'
HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau   52'
LP 1 James Slipper
Replacements:
HK 16 Saia Fainga'a   52'
PR 17 Ben Alexander   60'
LK 18 Rob Simmons   46'
N8 19 Radike Samo   31'   34'   71'
SH 20 Luke Burgess   68'
CE 21 Anthony Fainga'a   22'
CE 22 Rob Horne   10'
Coach:
  Robbie Deans
 
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Man of the Match:
Berrick Barnes (Australia)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
George Clancy (Ireland)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Notes

  • This was Australian lock Nathan Sharpe's 100th test, the fifth Australian to reach the milestone.

Final edit

France vs New Zealand edit

Main article: 2011 Rugby World Cup final
23 October 2011
21:00 NZDT (UTC+13)
France  7–8  New Zealand
Try: Dusautoir 47' c
Con: Trinh-Duc (1/1)		Report[8]Try: Woodcock 15' m
Pen: Donald (1/1) 46'
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 61,079[9]
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
FB 15 Maxime Médard
RW 14 Vincent Clerc   46'
OC 13 Aurélien Rougerie
IC 12 Maxime Mermoz
LW 11 Alexis Palisson
FH 10 Morgan Parra   12' to 18'   23'
SH 9 Dimitri Yachvili   76'
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL 5 Lionel Nallet
LL 4 Pascal Papé   70'
TP 3 Nicolas Mas
HK 2 William Servat   65'
LP 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux   65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dimitri Szarzewski   65'
PR 17 Fabien Barcella   65'
LK 18 Julien Pierre   70'
FL 19 Fulgence Ouedraogo
FH 20 Jean-Marc Doussain   76'
FH 21 François Trinh-Duc   12'   18'   23'
FB 22 Damien Traille   46'
Coach:
  Marc Lièvremont
 
FB 15 Israel Dagg
RW 14 Cory Jane
OC 13 Conrad Smith
IC 12 Ma'a Nonu   76'
LW 11 Richard Kahui
FH 10 Aaron Cruden   34'
SH 9 Piri Weepu   50'
N8 8 Kieran Read
OF 7 Richie McCaw (c)
BF 6 Jerome Kaino
RL 5 Sam Whitelock   49'
LL 4 Brad Thorn
TP 3 Owen Franks
HK 2 Keven Mealamu   49'
LP 1 Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrew Hore   49'
PR 17 Ben Franks
LK 18 Ali Williams   49'
FL 19 Adam Thomson
SH 20 Andy Ellis   50'
FH 21 Stephen Donald   34'
CE 22 Sonny Bill Williams   76'
Coach:
  Graham Henry

Man of the Match:
Thierry Dusautoir (France)

Touch judges:
Alain Rolland (Ireland)[10]
Nigel Owens (Wales)[10]
Television match official:
Giulio de Santis (Italy)[10]

References edit

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  4. ^ "Weepu proves lethal with the boot". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011.
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