2003 Rugby World Cup Pool B

Pool B was one of four pools at the 2003 Rugby World Cup into which the 20 participating teams were divided. The pool included 1999 quarter-finalists France and Scotland, who both qualified automatically having reached the quarter-finals of the 1999 tournament, along with Fiji, the United States and Japan.[1]

Teams

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Team Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Apps. Last Previous best
performance
IRB World Ranking
(6 October 2003)
  France Quarter-finalists in 1999 16 October 1999 5th 1999 Runners-up (1987, 1999) 5
  Scotland Quarter-finalists in 1999 20 October 1999 5th 1999 Fourth place (1991) 9
  Fiji Oceania 1 28 June 2002[2] 4th 1999 Quarter-finals (1987) 11
  United States Repechage 1 27 April 2003[3] 4th 1999 Pool stage (1987, 1991, 1999) 14
  Japan Asia 1 14 July 2002 5th 1999 Pool stage (1987, 1991, 1995, 1999) 18

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD B Pts Qualification
1   France 4 4 0 0 204 70 +134 4 20 Advance to quarter-finals,
and qualification to the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2   Scotland 4 3 0 1 102 97 +5 2 14
3   Fiji 4 2 0 2 98 114 −16 2 10 Qualification to the 2007 Rugby World Cup
4   United States 4 1 0 3 86 125 −39 2 6
5   Japan 4 0 0 4 79 163 −84 0 0
Source: [citation needed]

In the quarter-finals:

  • The winners of Pool B advanced to play the runners-up of Pool A.
  • The runners-up of Pool B advanced to play the winners of Pool A.

Matches

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France vs Fiji

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11 October 2003
France  61–18  Fiji
Try: Dominici (2)
Harinordoquy
Jauzion (3)
Ibañez
Con: Michalak (4)
Pen: Michalak (6)
ReportTry: Naevo
Caucaunibuca
Con: Little
Pen: Little (2)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 46,795
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
FB 15 Nicolas Brusque
RW 14 Aurélien Rougerie
OC 13 Tony Marsh
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Christophe Dominici
FH 10 Frédéric Michalak
SH 9 Fabien Galthié (c)
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy
OF 7 Olivier Magne
BF 6 Serge Betsen
RL 5 Jérôme Thion
LL 4 Fabien Pelous
TP 3 Jean-Baptiste Poux
HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez
LP 1 Jean-Jacques Crenca
Replacements:
HK 16 Yannick Bru
PR 17 Olivier Milloud
LK 18 Olivier Brouzet
N8 19 Christian Labit
FH 20 Gérald Merceron
CE 21 Damien Traille
WG 22 Pépito Elhorga
Coach:
Bernard Laporte
FB 15 Norman Ligairi
RW 14 Vilimoni Delasau
OC 13 Aisea Tuilevu
IC 12 Seru Rabeni
LW 11 Rupeni Caucaunibuca
FH 10 Nicky Little
SH 9 Mosese Rauluni
N8 8 Alifereti Doviverata (c)
OF 7 Kitione Salawa
BF 6 Sisa Koyamaibole
RL 5 Apenisa Naevo
LL 4 Ifereimi Rawaqa
TP 3 Joeli Veitayaki
HK 2 Greg Smith
LP 1 Richard Nyholt
Replacements:
HK 16 Bill Gadolo
PR 17 Nacanieli Seru
LK 18 Kele Leawere
LK 19 Vula Maimuri
SH 20 Samisoni Rabaka
FH 21 Waisale Serevi
WG 22 Marika Vunibaka
Coach:
  Mac McCallion

Scotland vs Japan

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12 October 2003
Scotland  32–11  Japan
Try: Paterson (2)
Grimes
Taylor
Danielli
Con: Paterson
Townsend
Pen: Paterson
ReportTry: Onozawa
Pen: Hirose (2)
Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 19,170
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
FB 15 Ben Hinshelwood
RW 14 Chris Paterson
OC 13 Andy Craig
IC 12 James McLaren
LW 11 Kenny Logan
FH 10 Gordon Ross
SH 9 Bryan Redpath (c)
N8 8 Jon Petrie
OF 7 Simon Taylor
BF 6 Jason White
RL 5 Stuart Grimes
LL 4 Scott Murray
TP 3 Bruce Douglas
HK 2 Robbie Russell
LP 1 Tom Smith
Replacements:
HK 16 Gordon Bulloch
PR 17 Gavin Kerr
FL 18 Ross Beattie
FL 19 Martin Leslie
SH 20 Mike Blair
FH 21 Gregor Townsend
WG 22 Simon Danielli
Coach:
Ian McGeechan
FB 15 Tsutomu Matsuda
RW 14 Daisuke Ohata
OC 13 Reuben Parkinson
IC 12 Yukio Motoki
LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa
FH 10 Keiji Hirose
SH 9 Takashi Tsuji
N8 8 Takeomi Ito
OF 7 Takuro Miuchi (c)
BF 6 Naoya Okubo
RL 5 Adam Parker
LL 4 Hajime Kiso
TP 3 Masahiko Toyoyama
HK 2 Masao Amino
LP 1 Shin Hasegawa
Replacements:
PR 16 Masahito Yamamoto
HK 17 Masaaki Sakata
LK 18 Hiroyuki Tanuma
FL 19 Yasunori Watanabe
SH 20 Yuji Sonoda
FH 21 Andrew Miller
WG 22 Toru Kurihara
Coach:
Shogo Mukai

Fiji vs United States

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15 October 2003
Fiji  19–18  United States
Try: Naevo
Con: Little
Pen: Little (4)
ReportTry: Van Zyl
Schubert
Con: Hercus
Pen: Hercus (2)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 30,990
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)
FB 15 Alfred Uluinayau
RW 14 Marika Vunibaka
OC 13 Aisea Tuilevu
IC 12 Seru Rabeni
LW 11 Vilimoni Delasau
FH 10 Nicky Little
SH 9 Mosese Rauluni
N8 8 Alifereti Doviverata (c)
OF 7 Koli Sewabu
BF 6 Alfie Mocelutu
RL 5 Apenisa Naevo
LL 4 Ifereimi Rawaqa
TP 3 Joeli Veitayaki
HK 2 Greg Smith
LP 1 Nacanieli Seru
Replacements:
HK 16 Bill Gadolo
PR 17 Richard Nyholt
LK 18 Vula Maimuri
FL 19 Sisa Koyamaibole
FH 20 Waisale Serevi
CE 21 Epeli Ruivadra
FB 22 Norman Ligairi
Coach:
  Mac McCallion
FB 15 Paul Emerick
RW 14 David Fee
OC 13 Philip Eloff
IC 12 Kain Cross
LW 11 Riaan van Zyl
FH 10 Mike Hercus
SH 9 Kevin Dalzell
N8 8 Dan Lyle
OF 7 Dave Hodges (c)
BF 6 Kort Schubert
RL 5 Luke Gross
LL 4 Alec Parker
TP 3 Dan Dorsey
HK 2 Kirk Khasigian
LP 1 Mike MacDonald
Replacements:
HK 16 Matt Wyatt
PR 17 John Tarpoff
LK 18 Gerhard Klerck
FL 19 Jurie Gouws
SH 20 Kimball Kjar
CE 21 Salesi Sika
FB 22 John Buchholz
Coach:
Tom Billups

France vs Japan

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18 October 2003
France  51–29  Japan
Try: Michalak
Rougerie (2)
Pelous
Dominici
Crenca
Con: Michalak (5)
Merceron
Pen: Michalak (3)
ReportTry: Konia
Ohata
Con: Kurihara (2)
Pen: Kurihara (5)
Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 21,309
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud
RW 14 Aurélien Rougerie
OC 13 Tony Marsh
IC 12 Damien Traille
LW 11 Christophe Dominici
FH 10 Frédéric Michalak
SH 9 Fabien Galthié (c)
N8 8 Christian Labit
OF 7 Olivier Magne
BF 6 Serge Betsen
RL 5 Olivier Brouzet
LL 4 Fabien Pelous
TP 3 Jean-Baptiste Poux
HK 2 Yannick Bru
LP 1 Olivier Milloud
Replacements:
HK 16 Raphaël Ibañez
PR 17 Jean-Jacques Crenca
LK 18 David Auradou
FL 19 Sébastien Chabal
FH 20 Gérald Merceron
CE 21 Yannick Jauzion
WG 22 Pépito Elhorga
Coach:
Bernard Laporte
FB 15 Toru Kurihara
RW 14 Daisuke Ohata
OC 13 George Konia
IC 12 Hideki Nanba
LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa
FH 10 Andrew Miller
SH 9 Yuji Sonoda
N8 8 Takeomi Ito
OF 7 Takuro Miuchi (c)
BF 6 Naoya Okubo
RL 5 Adam Parker
LL 4 Hiroyuki Tanuma
TP 3 Ryō Yamamura
HK 2 Masaaki Sakata
LP 1 Shin Hasegawa
Replacements:
PR 16 Masahito Yamamoto
HK 17 Masao Amino
LK 18 Koichi Kubo
FL 19 Ryota Asano
SH 20 Takashi Tsuji
CE 21 Yukio Motoki
FB 22 Takashi Yoshida
Coach:
Shogo Mukai

Scotland vs United States

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20 October 2003
Scotland  39–15  United States
Try: Danielli (2)
Kerr
Townsend
Paterson
Con: Paterson (4)
Pen: Paterson (2)
ReportPen: Hercus (5)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 46,796
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
FB 15 Glenn Metcalfe
RW 14 Simon Danielli
OC 13 Andy Craig
IC 12 Andrew Henderson
LW 11 Chris Paterson
FH 10 Gregor Townsend
SH 9 Mike Blair
N8 8 Jon Petrie
OF 7 Simon Taylor
BF 6 Ross Beattie
RL 5 Stuart Grimes
LL 4 Nathan Hines
TP 3 Gavin Kerr
HK 2 Gordon Bulloch (c)
LP 1 Tom Smith
Replacements:
HK 16 Robbie Russell
PR 17 Bruce Douglas
LK 18 Jason White
FL 19 Martin Leslie
SH 20 Bryan Redpath
CE 21 Ben Hinshelwood
WG 22 Kenny Logan
Coach:
Ian McGeechan
FB 15 Paul Emerick
RW 14 David Fee
OC 13 Philip Eloff
IC 12 Kain Cross
LW 11 Riaan van Zyl
FH 10 Mike Hercus
SH 9 Kevin Dalzell
N8 8 Dan Lyle
OF 7 Dave Hodges (c)
BF 6 Kort Schubert
RL 5 Luke Gross
LL 4 Alec Parker
TP 3 Dan Dorsey
HK 2 Kirk Khasigian
LP 1 Mike MacDonald
Replacements:
HK 16 Matt Wyatt
PR 17 Richard Liddington
FL 18 Jurie Gouws
FL 19 Oloseti Fifita
SH 20 Kimball Kjar
WG 21 Jason Keyter
FH 22 Link Wilfley
Coach:
Tom Billups

Fiji vs Japan

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23 October 2003
Fiji  41–13  Japan
Try: Tuilevu (2)
Ligairi (2)
Vunibaka
Con: Little (2)
Pen: Little (4)
ReportTry: Miller
Con: Miller
Pen: Miller
Drop: Miller
Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 17,269
Referee: Nigel Williams (Wales)
FB 15 Norman Ligairi
RW 14 Aisea Tuilevu
OC 13 Epeli Ruivadra
IC 12 Seru Rabeni
LW 11 Vilimoni Delasau
FH 10 Waisale Serevi
SH 9 Samisoni Rabaka
N8 8 Alfie Mocelutu
OF 7 Koli Sewabu
BF 6 Alifereti Doviverata
RL 5 Emori Katalau
LL 4 Kele Leawere
TP 3 Isaia Rasila
HK 2 Greg Smith
LP 1 Nacanieli Seru
Replacements:
HK 16 Bill Gadolo
PR 17 Joeli Veitayaki
FL 18 Sisa Koyamaibole
LK 19 Vula Maimuri
SH 20 Mosese Rauluni
FH 21 Nicky Little
WG 22 Marika Vunibaka
Coach:
  Mac McCallion
FB 15 Tsutomu Matsuda
RW 14 Daisuke Ohata
OC 13 Reuben Parkinson
IC 12 Yukio Motoki
LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa
FH 10 Andrew Miller
SH 9 Takashi Tsuji
N8 8 Takeomi Ito
OF 7 Takuro Miuchi (c)
BF 6 Naoya Okubo
RL 5 Adam Parker
LL 4 Hajime Kiso
TP 3 Masahiko Toyoyama
HK 2 Masaaki Sakata
LP 1 Masahito Yamamoto
Replacements:
PR 16 Shin Hasegawa
HK 17 Masao Amino
LK 18 Koichi Kubo
FL 19 Ryota Asano
SH 20 Yuji Sonoda
CE 21 George Konia
WG 22 Toru Kurihara
Coach:
Shogo Mukai

France vs Scotland

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25 October 2003
France  51–9  Scotland
Try: Betsen
Harinordoquy
Michalak
Galthié
Brusque
Con: Michalak (3)
Merceron
Pen: Michalak (4)
Drop: Michalak
Brusque
ReportPen: Paterson (3)
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 78,974
Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)
FB 15 Nicolas Brusque
RW 14 Aurélien Rougerie
OC 13 Tony Marsh
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Christophe Dominici
FH 10 Frédéric Michalak
SH 9 Fabien Galthié
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy
OF 7 Olivier Magne
BF 6 Serge Betsen
RL 5 Jérôme Thion
LL 4 Fabien Pelous
TP 3 Sylvain Marconnet
HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez
LP 1 Jean-Jacques Crenca
Replacements:
HK 16 Yannick Bru
PR 17 Olivier Milloud
LK 18 Olivier Brouzet
FL 19 Patrick Tabacco
FH 20 Gérald Merceron
CE 21 Damien Traille
WG 22 Pépito Elhorga
Coach:
Bernard Laporte
FB 15 Glenn Metcalfe
RW 14 Chris Paterson
OC 13 Andy Craig
IC 12 Andrew Henderson
LW 11 Kenny Logan
FH 10 Gregor Townsend
SH 9 Bryan Redpath
N8 8 Cameron Mather
OF 7 Simon Taylor
BF 6 Jason White
RL 5 Stuart Grimes
LL 4 Scott Murray
TP 3 Gavin Kerr
HK 2 Gordon Bulloch
LP 1 Tom Smith
Replacements:
HK 16 Robbie Russell
PR 17 Bruce Douglas
LK 18 Nathan Hines
FL 19 Ross Beattie
SH 20 Mike Blair
CE 21 James McLaren
WG 22 Simon Danielli
Coach:
Ian McGeechan

Japan vs United States

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27 October 2003
Japan  26–39  United States
Try: Kurihara
Ohata
Con: Kurihara (2)
Pen: Kurihara (4)
ReportTry: Hercus
Eloff
Schubert
Van Zyl
Khasigian
Con: Hercus (4)
Pen: Hercus (2)
Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 19,653
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
FB 15 Tsutomu Matsuda
RW 14 Daisuke Ohata
OC 13 George Konia
IC 12 Yukio Motoki
LW 11 Toru Kurihara
FH 10 Andrew Miller
SH 9 Yuji Sonoda
N8 8 Takeomi Ito
OF 7 Takuro Miuchi (c)
BF 6 Naoya Okubo
RL 5 Hajime Kiso
LL 4 Adam Parker
TP 3 Masahiko Toyoyama
HK 2 Masao Amino
LP 1 Shin Hasegawa
Replacements:
PR 16 Masahito Yamamoto
HK 17 Masaaki Sakata
LK 18 Koichi Kubo
N8 19 Yuya Saito
SH 20 Takashi Tsuji
CE 21 Hideki Nanba
WG 22 Hirotoki Onozawa
Coach:
Shogo Mukai
FB 15 Paul Emerick
RW 14 David Fee
OC 13 Philip Eloff
IC 12 Salesi Sika
LW 11 Riaan van Zyl
FH 10 Mike Hercus
SH 9 Kevin Dalzell
N8 8 Dan Lyle
OF 7 Dave Hodges
BF 6 Kort Schubert
RL 5 Luke Gross
LL 4 Gerhard Klerck
TP 3 Dan Dorsey
HK 2 Kirk Khasigian
LP 1 Mike MacDonald
Replacements:
HK 16 Matt Wyatt
PR 17 Jacob Waasdorp
LK 18 Jurie Gouws
FL 19 Oloseti Fifita
SH 20 Kimball Kjar
WG 21 Jason Keyter
FB 22 John Buchholz
Coach:
Tom Billups

France vs United States

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31 October 2003
France  41–14  United States
Try: Liebenberg (3)
Poux
Bru
Con: Merceron (2)
Pen: Merceron (3)
Drop: Yachvili
ReportTry: Hercus
Schubert
Con: Hercus (2)
WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Attendance: 17,833
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud
RW 14 Pépito Elhorga
OC 13 Brian Liebenberg
IC 12 Damien Traille
LW 11 David Bory
FH 10 Gérald Merceron
SH 9 Dimitri Yachvili
N8 8 Christian Labit
OF 7 Patrick Tabacco
BF 6 Sébastien Chabal
RL 5 Olivier Brouzet (c)
LL 4 David Auradou
TP 3 Jean-Baptiste Poux
HK 2 Yannick Bru
LP 1 Olivier Milloud
Replacements:
HK 16 Raphaël Ibañez
PR 17 Sylvain Marconnet
LK 18 Jérôme Thion
FL 19 Olivier Magne
FH 20 Frédéric Michalak
CE 21 Yannick Jauzion
WG 22 Aurélien Rougerie
Coach:
Bernard Laporte
FB 15 John Buchholz
RW 14 David Fee
OC 13 Philip Eloff
IC 12 Salesi Sika
LW 11 Riaan van Zyl
FH 10 Mike Hercus
SH 9 Kevin Dalzell
N8 8 Dan Lyle
OF 7 Dave Hodges (c)
BF 6 Kort Schubert
RL 5 Luke Gross
LL 4 Alec Parker
TP 3 Dan Dorsey
HK 2 Kirk Khasigian
LP 1 Mike MacDonald
Replacements:
HK 16 Matt Wyatt
PR 17 Jacob Waasdorp
LK 18 Gerhard Klerck
FL 19 Jurie Gouws
FH 20 Matt Sherman
WG 21 Jason Keyter
SH 22 Mose Timoteo
Coach:
Tom Billups

Scotland vs Fiji

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1 November 2003
Scotland  22–20  Fiji
Try: Smith
Con: Paterson
Pen: Paterson (5)
ReportTry: Caucaunibuca (2)
Con: Little (2)
Pen: Little (2)
Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 37,137
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)
FB 15 Glenn Metcalfe
RW 14 Simon Danielli
OC 13 Gregor Townsend
IC 12 Andrew Henderson
LW 11 Kenny Logan
FH 10 Chris Paterson
SH 9 Bryan Redpath (c)
N8 8 Simon Taylor
OF 7 Cameron Mather
BF 6 Ross Beattie
RL 5 Stuart Grimes
LL 4 Nathan Hines
TP 3 Bruce Douglas
HK 2 Gordon Bulloch
LP 1 Tom Smith
Replacements:
HK 16 Robbie Russell
PR 17 Gordon McIlwham
FL 18 Jason White
N8 19 Jon Petrie
SH 20 Mike Blair
CE 21 James McLaren
CE 22 Ben Hinshelwood
Coach:
Ian McGeechan
FB 15 Norman Ligairi
RW 14 Aisea Tuilevu
OC 13 Epeli Ruivadra
IC 12 Seru Rabeni
LW 11 Rupeni Caucaunibuca
FH 10 Nicky Little
SH 9 Mosese Rauluni
N8 8 Vula Maimuri
OF 7 Koli Sewabu
BF 6 Alifereti Doviverata (c)
RL 5 Ifereimi Rawaqa
LL 4 Apenisa Naevo
TP 3 Isaia Rasila
HK 2 Greg Smith
LP 1 Joeli Veitayaki
Replacements:
PR 16 Nacanieli Seru
N8 17 Setareki Tawake
FL 18 Sisa Koyamaibole
FL 19 Kitione Salawa
SH 20 Jacob Rauluni
CE 21 Isa Nacewa
WG 22 Vilimoni Delasau
Coach:
  Mac McCallion

References

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  1. ^ "World Cup schedule". BBC Sport. 28 April 2003. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Samoa and Fiji book World Cup places". BBC Sport. 29 June 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  3. ^ "US reach World Cup". BBC Sport. 28 April 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2023.