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2011 Rugby World Cup

Index 2011 Rugby World Cup

The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. [1]

291 relations: Aaron Carpenter, Aaron Cruden, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Adam Thomson (rugby union), Agustín Gosio, Alain Rolland, Aled Brew, Alesana Tuilagi, Alessandro Zanni, Alexander Yanyushkin, Alexey Makovetskiy, Alisi Tupuailei, Alun Wyn Jones, Ander Monro, Andrew Ellis, Andrew Hore, Andrew Trimble, Anthony Fainga'a, Anthony Perenise, Anzac spirit, Argentina national rugby union team, Auckland, Auckland Chamber of Commerce, Auckland Regional Council, Australia national rugby union team, Autumn rugby union internationals, Ben Alexander (rugby union), Ben Foden, Ben McCalman, Ben Youngs, Berrick Barnes, Brad Thorn, Brian O'Driscoll, Bryan Habana, Bryce Lawrence, Canada national rugby union team, Carisbrook, Central Energy Trust Arena, Chris Ashton, Chris Paterson, Chris Pollock, Chris Wyles, Chrysander Botha, Colin Slade, Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Conor Trainor, Conrad Smith, Cory Jane, Craig Joubert, D. T. H. van der Merwe, ..., Damien Traille, Dan Carter, Dan Parks, Danie Rossouw, Daniel Carpo, Dave Pearson (rugby union), David Pocock, Dănuț Dumbravă, Delon Armitage, Denis Simplikevich, Digby Ioane, Dimitri Basilaia, Dimitri Yachvili, Drew Mitchell, Dublin, Dunedin, Eden Park, Edoardo Gori, England national rugby union team, Felipe Contepomi, Fergus McFadden, Fetuʻu Vainikolo, Forsyth Barr Stadium, François Steyn, François Trinh-Duc, France national rugby union team, Francois Hougaard, Francois Pienaar, Free-to-air, Genaro Fessia, George Clancy (rugby union), George North, George Stowers, Gethin Jenkins, Gio Aplon, Giulio Toniolatti, Government of New Zealand, Gurthrö Steenkamp, Hamilton, New Zealand, Heinz Koll, High-definition television, Hirotoki Onozawa, Invercargill, Ionel Cazan, Ionuț Dimofte, Irish Rugby Football Union, Isaac Boss, Isaia Toeava, Israel Dagg, Jacques Burger, James Arlidge, James Hook (rugby union), James Horwill, James O'Connor (rugby union), James Paterson (rugby union), James Pritchard (rugby), Jamie Roberts, Jaque Fourie, Jérôme Garcès, Jebb Sinclair, Jerome Kaino, Jimmy Cowan, JJ Gagiano, Joe Ansbro, Jonathan Davies (rugby union, born 1988), Jonathan Kaplan (rugby union), Jonathan Sexton, Jonny Wilkinson, Juan de Jongh, Juan Figallo, Juan Imhoff, Juan Manuel Leguizamón, Julien Pierre, Julio Farías Cabello, Kahn Fotuali'i, Keith Earls, Kensuke Hatakeyama, Keven Mealamu, Kieran Read, Konstantin Rachkov, Kosuke Endo, Kurt Morath, Kurtley Beale, Labour Day, Lancaster Park, Lasha Khmaladze, Lee Byrne, Leigh Halfpenny, Leone Nakarawa, Lionel Nallet, Lloyd Burns, Lloyd Williams (rugby union, born 1989), Long weekend, Lucas González Amorosino, Luciano Orquera, Luke McLean, Ma'a Nonu, Mamuka Gorgodze, Manu Tuilagi, Marcelo Bosch, Mark Cueto, Martín Rodríguez (rugby union), Martin Castrogiovanni, Maxime Médard, Maxime Mermoz, McLean Park, Merab Kvirikashvili, Michael Leitch, Mihai Lazăr, Mike Blair, Mike Petri, Mike Phillips (rugby player), Mils Muliaina, Mirco Bergamasco, Morgan Parra, Morné Steyn, Murray Williams, Napier, New Zealand, Napolioni Nalaga, Nelson, New Zealand, Netani Talei, New Plymouth, New Zealand dollar, New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand Rugby, Nigel Owens, North Harbour Stadium, Okara Park, Palmerston North, Pascal Papé, Pat McCabe (rugby union), Paul Emerick, Paul Williams (rugby union), Pay-per-view, Phil Mackenzie, Piri Weepu, Quade Cooper, Radike Samo, Rhys Priestland, Riccardo Bocchino, Richard Kahui, Rob Horne, Rob Kearney, Rocky Elsom, Romain Poite, Ronan O'Gara, Rory Best, Rotorua, Rotorua International Stadium, Round-robin tournament, Ruan Pienaar, Ruaridh Jackson, Rugby Australia, Rugby Football Union, Rugby Park Stadium, Rugby union, Rugby World Cup, Ryan Smith (rugby union), Salesi Ma'afu, Sam Warburton, Santiago Fernández (rugby union), Scott Williams (rugby player), Seán O'Brien (rugby player), Seremaia Bai, Sergio Parisse, Shane Jennings, Shane Williams, Shaun Webb, Shontayne Hape, Shota Horie, Siale Piutau, Simon Danielli, Single-elimination tournament, Sky Television (New Zealand), Sona Taumalolo, Sonny Bill Williams, South Africa national rugby union team, South African Rugby Union, Stadium New Zealand, Stephen Donald, Stephen Jones (rugby player), Stephen Moore (rugby union), Steve Walsh (rugby referee), Taulupe Faletau, Tendai Mtawarira, Theuns Kotzé, Thierry Dusautoir, Time in New Zealand, Toby Flood, Tom Croft, Tomaso Benvenuti, Tommy Bowe, Tonga national rugby union team, Tony Buckley, Tony Woodcock (rugby player), Trafalgar Park, Nelson, Try, Tukulua Lokotui, Tusi Pisi, United States national rugby union team, UTC+13:00, Vasily Artemyev, Vereniki Goneva, Victor Vito (rugby union), Viliami Maʻafu, Vincent Clerc, Vladimir Ostroushko, Waikato Stadium, Waisea Luveniyali, Wayne Barnes, Wellington, Wellington Regional Stadium, Welsh Rugby Union, Whangarei, World Rugby, World Rugby Rankings, Yarrow Stadium, Yuri Kushnarev, Zac Guildford, 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games, 1992 Cricket World Cup, 1995 Rugby World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2003 Rugby World Cup, 2007 Rugby World Cup, 2011 Christchurch earthquake, 2011 June rugby union tests, 2011 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, 2011 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, 2011 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, 2011 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, 2011 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification, 2011 Rugby World Cup Final, 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool A, 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool B, 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool C, 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool D, 2011 Tri Nations Series, 2015 Rugby World Cup, 2019 Rugby World Cup. 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Aaron Carpenter

Aaron Carpenter (born 9 January 1983) is a Canadian rugby union player.

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Aaron Cruden

Aaron Wiremu Cruden (born 8 January 1989) is a New Zealand rugby union player, who plays for Montpellier, and formerly Manawatu, Chiefs, and the New Zealand internationally.

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Adam Ashley-Cooper

Adam Ashley-Cooper (born 27 March 1984 in Sydney) is an Australian rugby union player.

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Adam Thomson (rugby union)

Adam Thomson(simoane) (born 13 March 1982) is a New Zealand rugby union player.

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Agustín Gosio

Agustín Gosio (born March 17, 1983) is an Argentine rugby union footballer.

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Alain Rolland

Alain Colm Pierre Rolland (born 22 August 1966) is a former Ireland rugby union international and rugby union referee.

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Aled Brew

Aled Brew (born 9 August 1986) is a Wales international rugby union player who plays as a winger.

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Alesana Tuilagi

Alesana "Alex" Tuilagi (born 24 February 1981) is a Samoan rugby footballer.

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Alessandro Zanni

Alessandro Zanni (born 31 January 1984 in Udine) is an Italian rugby union player who has played over 100 times for.

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Alexander Yanyushkin

Alexander Yanyushkin (Александр Янюшкин) (born Penza, 30 October 1982) is a Russian rugby union player.

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Alexey Makovetskiy

Alexey Makovetskiy (born 27 March 1983) is a Russian rugby union footballer.

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Alisi Tupuailei

Alisi Tupuailei (born 1 February 1982) is a Samoa-born Japanese professional rugby union player who currently plays for Honda Heat and the Japan national rugby union team.

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Alun Wyn Jones

Alun Wyn Jones (born 19 September 1985) is a Welsh rugby union player.

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Ander Monro

Alexander Monro (born September 6, 1981 in North York, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian rugby union footballer.

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Andrew Ellis

Andrew "Andy" Ellis (born 21 February 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player who specialises in the position of scrum-half.

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Andrew Hore

Andrew Keith Hore (born 13 September 1978) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.

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Andrew Trimble

Andrew Trimble (born 20 October 1984) is an Irish rugby union player from Coleraine.

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Anthony Fainga'a

Anthony Fainga'a (born 2 February 1987) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer.

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Anthony Perenise

Anthony Perenise (born 18 October 1982 in Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand) is a rugby union player who plays at prop for Bath Rugby in the English Aviva Premiership and internationally for Samoa.

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Anzac spirit

The Anzac spirit or Anzac legend is a concept which suggests that Australian and New Zealand soldiers possess shared characteristics, specifically the qualities those soldiers allegedly exemplified on the battlefields of World War I. These perceived qualities include endurance, courage, ingenuity, good humour, larrikinism, and mateship.

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Argentina national rugby union team

The Argentina national rugby team is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR, from the Spanish: Unión Argentina de Rugby).

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Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Auckland Chamber of Commerce

The Auckland Chamber of Commerce (The Chamber) is a New Zealand business network representing the interests of businesses in the Auckland region.

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Auckland Regional Council

The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) was the regional council (one of the former local government authorities) of the Auckland Region.

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Australia national rugby union team

The Australia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is controlled by Rugby Australia.

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Autumn rugby union internationals

The autumn internationals, November internationals or end of year Tests are rugby union Test matches that are contested around November each year.

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Ben Alexander (rugby union)

Ben Alexander (born 13 November 1984) is an Australian Rugby Union player.

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Ben Foden

Benjamin James "Ben" Foden (born 22 July 1985 in Chester) is a rugby union player who plays for Northampton Saints and England.

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Ben McCalman

Ben McCalman (born 18 March 1988 in Dubbo, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby union footballer.

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Ben Youngs

Benjamin Ryder Youngs (born 5 September 1989) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Leicester Tigers and England.

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Berrick Barnes

Berrick Barnes (born 28 May 1986) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer.

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Brad Thorn

Bradley Carnegie 'Brad' Thorn (born 3 February 1975) is a former rugby league, and rugby union footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, and rugby union coach.

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Brian O'Driscoll

Brian Gerard O'Driscoll (born 21 January 1979) is a retired Irish professional rugby union player.

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Bryan Habana

Bryan Gary Habana OIS (born 12 June 1983) is a South African rugby union player who plays as a wing for Toulon in the French Top 14 competition, and for the South Africa national team (the Springboks).

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Bryce Lawrence

Bryce Lawrence (born 23 December 1970) is a former professional international rugby union referee from the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

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Canada national rugby union team

The Canada national rugby union team (Équipe du Canada de rugby à XV) is governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and white.

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Carisbrook

Carisbrook (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Carisbrook Stadium) was a major sporting venue in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Central Energy Trust Arena

Central Energy Trust Arena is the current name of the 180,000 square metre publicly owned recreational complex just west of the Palmerston North city centre in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand.

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Chris Ashton

Chris Ashton (born 29 March 1987) is an English rugby union rugby player who plays as a wing or fullback for Toulon in the French Top 14.

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Chris Paterson

Christopher Douglas Paterson, MBE (born 30 March 1978 in Edinburgh) is an ambassador and specialist coach for the Scotland and Edinburgh rugby union teams.

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Chris Pollock

Chris Pollock is a retired Rugby Union referee who represented the New Zealand Rugby Union.

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Chris Wyles

Chris Wyles (born 13 September 1983 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States) is an American-British former rugby union player.

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Chrysander Botha

Chrysander Antonio Botha (born 13 July 1988) is an international rugby player for the Namibian rugby team.

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Colin Slade

Colin Slade (born 10 October 1987) is a rugby union footballer who plays for Pau, and previously represented the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition and Canterbury in the ITM Cup, playing primarily at first five-eighth, as well as all other backline positions on occasions.

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Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Commonwealth Games

A number of concerns and controversies surfaced before the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, which received widespread media coverage both in India (the host nation) and internationally.

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Conor Trainor

Conor Trainor (born December 5, 1989) is a Canadian rugby union player.

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Conrad Smith

Conrad Gerard Smith (born 12 October 1981) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays predominantly at centre.

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Cory Jane

Cory Steven Jane (born 8 February 1983) is a New Zealand international rugby union player of Māori descent.

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Craig Joubert

Craig Paul Joubert (born 8 November 1977) is a South African professional rugby union referee and a Referee Talent Development Coach at World Rugby.

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D. T. H. van der Merwe

Daniel Tailliferre Hauman van der Merwe (born 28 April 1986) is a South African-Canadian rugby union player.

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Damien Traille

Damien Traille (born 12 June 1979 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is a French rugby union footballer.

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Dan Carter

Daniel William Carter (born 5 March 1982) is a New Zealand rugby union player.

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Dan Parks

Daniel Arthur Parks (born 26 May 1978 in Hornsby) is an Australian-born former international rugby union player and now coach.

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Danie Rossouw

Daniel Jacobus "Danie" Rossouw (born 5 June 1978 in Sabie) is a retired South African rugby union footballer who plays as a second row forward or back row forward.

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Daniel Carpo

Daniel Carpo (born 26 November 1984, Tulcea, Romania) is a Romanian rugby union footballer.

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Dave Pearson (rugby union)

Dave Pearson (born 9 August 1966) is an English rugby union referee.

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David Pocock

David Pocock (born 23 April 1988) is an Australian rugby union player.

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Dănuț Dumbravă

Dănuț Marin "Dan" Dumbravă (born August 6, 1981 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian rugby union footballer and current head coach of CSA Steaua Bucureşti.

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Delon Armitage

Delon Anthony Armitage (born 15 December 1983) is a rugby union footballer who plays at wing or fullback for Lyon OU and is capped for England.

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Denis Simplikevich

Denis Simplikevich (Денис Симпликевич) (born 11 March 1991) is a Russian rugby union footballer.

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Digby Ioane

Digby Ioane (born 14 July 1985) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer playing for the Panasonic Wild Knights in the Japanese Top League.

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Dimitri Basilaia

Dimitri Basilaia (born 27 November 1985) is a Georgian rugby union player who plays for USA Perpignan in the Top 14.

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Dimitri Yachvili

Dimitri Yachvili (born 19 September 1980 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze) is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France.

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Drew Mitchell

Drew Alan Mitchell (born 26 March 1984) is a former Australian rugby union player.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.

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Eden Park

Eden Park is New Zealand's largest sports stadium.

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Edoardo Gori

Edoardo Gori (born 5 March 1990, in Borgo San Lorenzo) is an Italian rugby union player.

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England national rugby union team

The England national rugby union team competes in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales.

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Felipe Contepomi

Felipe Contepomi (born 20 August 1977) is an Argentine rugby coach who is currently the backs coach at Leinster Rugby.

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Fergus McFadden

Fergus McFadden (born 17 June 1986) from Suncroft, Kildare is an Irish professional rugby union player.

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Fetuʻu Vainikolo

Fetu'u Moana Vainikolo (born 30 January 1985) is a Tongan rugby union player who currently plays for the Utah Warriors in Major League Rugby.

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Forsyth Barr Stadium

The Forsyth Barr Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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François Steyn

François Philippus Lodewyk Steyn (born 14 May 1987) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team and for Montpellier Hérault Rugby in Top 14.

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François Trinh-Duc

François Trinh-Duc (born 11 November 1986) is a French rugby union player for RC Toulonnais in France's top division of rugby union, the Top 14.

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France national rugby union team

The France national rugby union team competes annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship.

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Francois Hougaard

Francois Hougaard (born 6 April 1988) is a professional South African rugby union rugby player.

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Francois Pienaar

Jacobus Francois Pienaar (born 2 January 1967) is a retired South African rugby union player.

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Free-to-air

Free-to-air (FTA) are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in clear (unencrypted) form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription, other ongoing cost or one-off fee (e.g. Pay-per-view).

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Genaro Fessia

Genaro Fessia (born July 22, 1981 in Córdoba) is an Argentine rugby union footballer.

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George Clancy (rugby union)

George Clancy is an Irish rugby union referee.

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George North

George Philip North (born 13 April 1992) is a Welsh International rugby union player who currently plays for the Ospreys in the Pro14.

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George Stowers

George Stowers (born 14 February 1979) is a Samoan international rugby union player.

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Gethin Jenkins

Gethin Jenkins (born 17 November 1980) is a Welsh rugby union player.

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Gio Aplon

Gio Giaan Aplon (born 6 October 1982) is a South African rugby union footballer.

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Giulio Toniolatti

Giulio Toniolatti (born 15 January 1984) is an Italian rugby union footballer who plays as a winger.

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Government of New Zealand

The Government of New Zealand (Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa), or New Zealand Government (ceremonially referred to as Her Majesty's Government in New Zealand on the Seal of New Zealand), is the administrative complex through which authority is exercised in New Zealand.

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Gurthrö Steenkamp

Gurthrö Garth Steenkamp (born 12 June 1981 in Paarl) is a South African Rugby union player.

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Hamilton, New Zealand

Hamilton (Kirikiriroa) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand.

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Heinz Koll

Heinz Koll is a rugby union player.

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High-definition television

High-definition television (HDTV) is a television system providing an image resolution that is of substantially higher resolution than that of standard-definition television, either analog or digital.

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Hirotoki Onozawa

is a rugby union player who plays at wing or occasionally full back for Canon Eagles.

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Invercargill

Invercargill (Waihōpai) is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world.

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Ionel Cazan

Ionel Cazan (born Bucharest, 25 November 1988) is a Romanian rugby union player.

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Ionuț Dimofte

Ionuţ Dimofte (born September 30, 1984 in Suceava) is a Romanian rugby union footballer.

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Irish Rugby Football Union

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) (Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland).

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Isaac Boss

Isaac Boss (born 9 April 1980, in Tokoroa, New Zealand) is a New Zealand–born Irish rugby union footballer.

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Isaia Toeava

Isaia "Ice" Toeava (born 15 January 1986 in Moto'otua, Samoa), is a professional rugby union player from New Zealand.

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Israel Dagg

Israel Dagg (born 6 June 1988) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and New Zealand internationally.

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Jacques Burger

Jacques Burger (born 29 July 1983 in Windhoek, South West Africa) is a retired Namibian rugby union loose forward who finished his career at Saracens in the Aviva Premiership.

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James Arlidge

(born 11 August 1979 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a Japanese international rugby union player.

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James Hook (rugby union)

James William Hook (born 27 June 1985) is a Welsh rugby union player, who currently plays for Pro14 club the Ospreys.

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James Horwill

James Horwill (born 29 May 1985) is an Australian rugby union player, who has played for the Australian national side, with 61 caps to his name.

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James O'Connor (rugby union)

James O'Connor (born 5 July 1990) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who currently plays for Sale Sharks.

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James Paterson (rugby union)

James Douglas Paterson (born 11 April 1987 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a rugby union player with dual United States and New Zealand citizenship (born in New Zealand, mother is American).

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James Pritchard (rugby)

James Gordon Pritchard (born 21 July 1979) is an Australian-Canadian rugby union player and former rugby league footballer, who currently plays his club rugby union for Ampthill in National League 1 following short spells with Old Albanian and Coventry (where he was player-coach).

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Jamie Roberts

Jamie Huw Roberts (born 8 November 1986) is a Welsh rugby union player.

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Jaque Fourie

Jaque Fourie (born 4 March 1983 in Carletonville, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union rugby player.

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Jérôme Garcès

Jérôme Garcès (born 24 October 1973, in Pau) is a French rugby union referee who regularly officiates high-profile club matches in tournaments such as Pro14, Top 14 and the Heineken Cup.

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Jebb Sinclair

Jebb Sinclair (born 4 August 1986) is a Canadian rugby union player who played most recently for London Irish.

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Jerome Kaino

Jerome Kaino (born 6 April 1983) is an American Samoan-born New Zealand professional rugby union player.

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Jimmy Cowan

Quinton James Cowan (born 6 March 1982) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer.

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JJ Gagiano

Jonathan Richard Gagiano (born 4 October 1985 in Cape Town) is a South African born, American rugby union player.

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Joe Ansbro

Joe Ansbro (Born Glasgow, 29 October 1985) is a former Scottish international professional rugby union player.

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Jonathan Davies (rugby union, born 1988)

Jonathan Davies (born 5 April 1988) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays at centre for the Scarlets and the Wales national team.

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Jonathan Kaplan (rugby union)

Jonathan Isaac Kaplan (born 7 November 1966 in Durban, South Africa), is a former international rugby union referee who used to hold the record for the most international matches as referee.

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Jonathan Sexton

Jonathan Sexton is an Irish rugby union player.

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Jonny Wilkinson

Jonathan Peter Wilkinson, CBE (born 25 May 1979) is an English former rugby union player who represented England and the British and Irish Lions.

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Juan de Jongh

Juan Leon de Jongh (born 15 April 1988) is a South African rugby union footballer.

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Juan Figallo

Juan "Chipi" Figallo (born in Salta, March 25, 1988) is an Argentine rugby union player.

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Juan Imhoff

Juan José Imhoff (born Rosario, 11 May 1988) is an Argentine rugby union footballer.

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Juan Manuel Leguizamón

Juan Manuel Leguizamón (born 6 June 1983) is an Argentine rugby union footballer.

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Julien Pierre

Julien Pierre (born 31 July 1981) is a French rugby union player for Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14.

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Julio Farías Cabello

Julio Farías Cabello (born September 19, 1978 in Argentina) is an Argentine rugby union player.

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Kahn Fotuali'i

Kahn Fotuali’i (born 22 May 1982) is a Samoan rugby union player for Bath in the Aviva Premiership having signed from the Northampton Saints in the summer of 2016.

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Keith Earls

Keith Gerard Earls (born 2 October 1987) is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the Pro14 and European Rugby Champions Cup.

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Kensuke Hatakeyama

(born 2 August 1985 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese rugby union player.

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Keven Mealamu

Keven Mealamu (born 20 March 1979) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer.

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Kieran Read

Kieran Read (born 26 October 1985) is the current captain of the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby union team.

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Konstantin Rachkov

Konstantin Rachkov (Константин Рачков) (born 8 October 1978) is a Russian rugby union footballer who plays as a fly-half.

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Kosuke Endo

Kosuke Endo (born November 11, 1980 in Nakashibetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese rugby union player who won 41 caps for the Japan and represented them at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cup.

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Kurt Morath

Kurt Morath (born 13 November 1984) is a rugby union player who plays as fly-half.

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Kurtley Beale

Kurtley Beale (born 6 January 1989) is an Australian professional rugby union football player of Aboriginal descent.

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Labour Day

Labour Day (Labor Day in the United States) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers.

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Lancaster Park

Lancaster Park, previously known as Jade Stadium and AMI Stadium, was a sports stadium in Waltham, a suburb of Christchurch in New Zealand.

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Lasha Khmaladze

Lasha Khmaladze (born Tbilisi, 20 January 1988) is a Georgian rugby union player, who plays as a fly half or fullback for the Georgian national rugby union team and Lelo in the Georgia Championship.

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Lee Byrne

Lee Martin Byrne (born 1 June 1980) is a retired Welsh international rugby union rugby player.

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Leigh Halfpenny

Stephen Leigh Halfpenny (born 22 December 1988) is a Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player.

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Leone Nakarawa

Lieutenant Leone Nakarawa (born 2 April 1988) is a Fijian rugby union footballer and Olympic gold medalist.

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Lionel Nallet

Lionel Nallet (born 14 September 1976 in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain) is a French rugby union player who currently plays at lock for Lyon OU in the French Top 14 club competition and is a former captain of the France national team.

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Lloyd Burns

Lloyd Burns (born 9 December 1984, Panteg) is a former Wales international rugby union player.

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Lloyd Williams (rugby union, born 1989)

Lloyd Williams (born 30 November 1989) is a Wales international rugby union player.

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Long weekend

A long weekend is a weekend that is at least three days long (so, a three-day weekend), due to a public holiday falling on either the Friday or Monday.

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Lucas González Amorosino

Lucas González Amorosino (born 2 November 1985 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays fullback or wing for the Argentina national rugby union team The Pumas.

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Luciano Orquera

Luciano Orquera (born Córdoba, 12 October 1981) is an Argentine-Italian rugby union player.

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Luke McLean

Luke McLean (born 29 June 1987) is an Italian Australian rugby union footballer who plays at fullback for London Irish.

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Ma'a Nonu

Ma'a Allan Nonu (born 21 May 1982) is a professional rugby union player from New Zealand who currently plays for Toulon.

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Mamuka Gorgodze

Mamuka Gorgodze (მამუკა გორგოძე) (born 14 July 1984) is a Georgian rugby union player, currently playing in the top French professional rugby competition, the Top 14.

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Manu Tuilagi

Etuale Manusamoa 'Manu' Tuilagi (born 18 May 1991) is a rugby union player who currently plays for Leicester Tigers in the Premiership, and has played internationally for and the British and Irish Lions.

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Marcelo Bosch

Marcelo Bosch (born January 7, 1984) is an Argentine rugby union footballer.

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Mark Cueto

Mark John Cueto MBE (born 26 December 1979 in Workington, Cumbria) is a former English international rugby union player.

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Martín Rodríguez (rugby union)

Martín Rodríguez Gurruchaga (born 4 December 1985 in Rosario) is an Argentine rugby union footballer, currently with the Paris Top 14 club Stade Français.

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Martin Castrogiovanni

Martín Leandro Castrogiovanni (born October 21, 1981) is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer.

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Maxime Médard

Maxime Médard (born 16 November 1986 in Toulouse) is a French rugby union player who plays his club rugby for French club Stade Toulousain in Top 14 and France internationally.

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Maxime Mermoz

Maxime Mermoz (born 28 July 1986) is a French professional rugby union footballer currently playing for Newcastle Falcons in the English Premiership.

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McLean Park

McLean Park is a sports ground in Napier, New Zealand.

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Merab Kvirikashvili

Merab "Meko" Kvirikashvili (born 27 December 1983) is a Georgian rugby union player.

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Michael Leitch

is a Japanese-New Zealand rugby union player who plays in the back row for the Japanese national team.

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Mihai Lazăr

Mihăiţă Lazăr (born 3 November 1986), commonly known as Mihai Lazăr, is a Romanian rugby union player who plays as a prop for Top 14 club Castres Olympique and the Romania national team.

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Mike Blair

Michael Robert Leighton Blair (born 20 April 1981 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish rugby union coach who was formerly a professional player.

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Mike Petri

Michael Zachary "Mike" Petri (born August 16, 1984 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rugby union scrum-half who has played for Newport Gwent Dragons, Sale Sharks, and Barbarians FC (2009).

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Mike Phillips (rugby player)

William Michael "Mike" Phillips (born 29 August 1982) is a rugby union player who plays at scrum-half.

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Mils Muliaina

Junior Malili 'Mils' Muliaina (born 31 July 1980) is a professional rugby union player who most recently played for San Francisco Rush in the US PRO Rugby competition.

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Mirco Bergamasco

Mirco Bergamasco (born 23 February 1983) is an Italian rugby union and rugby league player.

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Morgan Parra

Morgan Parra (born 15 November 1988) is a French rugby union player who plays as a Scrum-half and occasionally Fly-half.

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Morné Steyn

Morné Steyn (born 11 July 1984 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player who plays at the Flyhalf position.

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Murray Williams

Murray Williams (born 27 June 1982) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.

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Napier, New Zealand

Napier (Ahuriri) is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island.

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Napolioni Nalaga

Napolioni Vonowale Nalaga (born 7 April 1986) is a Fijian rugby union footballer.

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Nelson, New Zealand

Nelson (Whakatū) is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay.

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Netani Talei

Netani Edward Talei (born 19 March 1983 in Suva, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby union player.

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New Plymouth

New Plymouth (Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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New Zealand dollar

The New Zealand dollar (sign: $; code: NZD, also abbreviated NZ$) (Tāra o Aotearoa) is the currency and legal tender of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency, Tokelau, and a British territory, the Pitcairn Islands.

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New Zealand national rugby union team

The New Zealand national rugby union team, called the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is known as the country's national sport.

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New Zealand Rugby

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is the governing body of rugby union in New Zealand.

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Nigel Owens

Nigel Owens MBE (born 18 June 1971) is a Welsh international rugby union referee.

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North Harbour Stadium

North Harbour Stadium, which for sponsorship reasons is currently known as QBE Stadium, is a stadium, situated in Albany, in North Shore City, New Zealand.

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Okara Park

Okara Park (currently known as Toll Stadium due to a sponsorship agreement) is a multi-purpose stadium in Whangarei, New Zealand.

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Palmerston North

Palmerston North (Te Papa-i-Oea) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatu-Wanganui region.

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Pascal Papé

Pascal Papé (born 5 October 1980) is a former French rugby union footballer.

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Pat McCabe (rugby union)

Pat McCabe (born 21 March 1988) is a former professional Australian rugby union player.

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Paul Emerick

Paul Emerick (born January 24, 1980) is a former USA international rugby player.

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Paul Williams (rugby union)

Paul Williams (born 22 April 1983) is a New Zealand-born Samoan international rugby union player who plays for Stade Français in the French Top 14.

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Pay-per-view

Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television service by which a subscriber of a television service provider can purchase events to view via private telecast.

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Phil Mackenzie

Phil Mackenzie (born February 25, 1987 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian rugby union player.

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Piri Weepu

Piri Awahou Tihou Weepu (born 7 September 1983) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.

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Quade Cooper

Quade Santini Cooper (born 5 April 1988) is a professional rugby union player and occasional boxer.

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Radike Samo

Radike Samo (born 9 July 1976 in Nadi, Fiji) is an Australian rugby union player.

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Rhys Priestland

Rhys Priestland (born 9 January 1987) is a Welsh international rugby union player.

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Riccardo Bocchino

Riccardo Bocchino (born 3 March 1988) is an Italian rugby union player.

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Richard Kahui

Richard Kahui (born 9 June 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union player.

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Rob Horne

Rob Horne (born 15 August 1989 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired rugby union player who played at centre for the Waratahs, Northampton Saints, and Australia.

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Rob Kearney

Robert Kearney (born 26 March 1986), also referred to as Rob Kearney, is an Irish rugby union rugby player who currently plays for UCD, Leinster and Ireland.

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Rocky Elsom

Rocky Elsom (born 14 February 1983) is a former Australian rugby union player.

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Romain Poite

Romain Poite (born September 14, 1975) is a French rugby union international referee.

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Ronan O'Gara

Ronan John Ross O'Gara (Irish: Rónán Ó Gadhra, born 7 March 1977) is an Irish former rugby union player and current coach.

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Rory Best

Rory David Best (born 15 August 1982) is an Irish rugby union player and is currently the captain of Ireland's International team.

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Rotorua

Rotorua (Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe "The second great lake of Kahumatamomoe") is a city on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua from which the city takes its name, located in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

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Rotorua International Stadium

Rotorua International Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located on Devon Street West in the Westbrook suburb of Rotorua, New Zealand.

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Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament (or all-play-all tournament) is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn.

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Ruan Pienaar

Ruan Pienaar (born 10 March 1984 in Bloemfontein) is a South African rugby union footballer who plays either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half who plays for Montpellier.

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Ruaridh Jackson

Ruaridh James Howard Jackson (born 12 February 1988) is a Scotland international rugby union player.

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Rugby Australia

Rugby Australia, known as the Australian Rugby Union until 2017, is the governing body of rugby union in Australia.

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Rugby Football Union

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the governing body for rugby union in England.

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Rugby Park Stadium

Rugby Park is a sports venue and home ground for the Mitre10 Cup and Southland.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams.

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Ryan Smith (rugby union)

Ryan Smith (born September 13, 1979 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a former Canadian rugby union player, who played club football for French team US Montauban in the Top 14 division, and represented at international level.

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Salesi Ma'afu

Salesi Ma'afu, (born 26 March 1983 in Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer.

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Sam Warburton

Sam Kennedy-Warburton, OBE MStJ (born 5 October 1988), commonly known as Sam Warburton, is a Welsh international rugby union player.

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Santiago Fernández (rugby union)

Santiago Fernández (born 28 November 1985 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby footballer currently playing for Bayonne after previously playing for another French club Montpellier and amateur side Hindu Club, although he was paid by the Argentine Rugby Union as one of their better home-based players.

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Scott Williams (rugby player)

Scott Williams (born 10 October 1990) is a Wales international rugby union player who currently plays at Centre for the Scarlets.

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Seán O'Brien (rugby player)

Seán Kevin O'Brien (born 14 February 1987) is an Irish professional rugby union player and keen farmer from Carlow, Ireland.

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Seremaia Bai

Seremaia Baïkeinuku (born 4 January 1979) is a retired Fijian rugby union player who played most recently for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership, and represented Fiji at a National level.

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Sergio Parisse

Sergio Parisse (born 12 September 1983) is an Italian rugby union player.

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Shane Jennings

Shane Jennings (born 8 July 1981) is an Irish former professional rugby union player.

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Shane Williams

Shane Mark Williams MBE (born 26 February 1977) is a Welsh rugby union player most famous for his long and successful tenure as a wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team.

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Shaun Webb

Shaun Webb (born 30 December 1981) is a New Zealand born Japanese rugby union footballer who plays as a fullback.

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Shontayne Hape

Shontayne Edward Hape (born 30 January 1981) is a New Zealand-born former professional rugby footballer, a dual-code rugby international.

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Shota Horie

(born 21 January 1986 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese rugby union footballer.

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Siale Piutau

Siale Piutau (born 13 October 1985) is a New Zealand-born Tongan rugby union centre who represents Bristol in the English Championship.

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Simon Danielli

Simon Charles Jonathan Danielli (born 8 September 1979 in Edinburgh) is a retired rugby union player who played on the wing for Ulster and Scotland.

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Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

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Sky Television (New Zealand)

Sky Network Television Limited (branded as SKY) is a New Zealand pay television satellite TV provider.

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Sona Taumalolo

Sona Taumalolo (born 13 November 1981) is a Tongan born New Zealand-based rugby union player who plays for FC Grenoble in the French Top 14.

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Sonny Bill Williams

Sonny William 'Sonny Bill' Williams (born 3 August 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer and a heavyweight boxer.

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South Africa national rugby union team

The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks, is governed by the South African Rugby Union.

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South African Rugby Union

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to World Rugby.

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Stadium New Zealand

Stadium New Zealand, often called the Waterfront Stadium, was the provisional name for a national stadium proposed for Auckland's waterfront to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

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Stephen Donald

Stephen Donald (born 3 December 1983), nicknamed 'Beaver', is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays for.

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Stephen Jones (rugby player)

Stephen Michael Jones (born 8 December 1977) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played primarily at fly-half for Wales and the British and Irish Lions.

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Stephen Moore (rugby union)

Stephen Moore (born 20 January 1983) is an Australian rugby union footballer, who played Super Rugby for the Brumbies and Queensland Reds and won 129 caps for Australia internationally, including as captain.

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Steve Walsh (rugby referee)

Steve Walsh (born 28 March 1972) is a retired professional rugby union referee from New Zealand.

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Taulupe Faletau

Tangaki Taulupe "Toby" Faletau (born 12 November 1990) is a Welsh international rugby union player of Tongan origin.

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Tendai Mtawarira

Tendai ‘Beast' Mtawarira (born 1 August 1985 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team and the in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup.

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Theuns Kotzé

Theuns Andries Willem 'Worsie' Kotzé (born in Karasburg, South-West Africa) is a Namibian international rugby union player, currently playing with the in South African domestic rugby.

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Thierry Dusautoir

Thierry 'The Beast' Dusautoir (born 18 November 1981) is a French former rugby union player who last played for France at international level and Toulouse in the French Top 14 club competition.

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Time in New Zealand

Time in New Zealand, by law, is divided into two standard time zones.

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Toby Flood

Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven Flood (born 8 August 1985) is an English rugby union player.

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Tom Croft

Tom Croft (born 7 November 1985) is a retired rugby union player.

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Tomaso Benvenuti

Tomaso Benvenuti (also spelled Tommasso and Tommaso; 4 February 1838 – 26 February 1906) was a nineteenth-century Italian composer of opera.

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Tommy Bowe

Thomas John Bowe (born 22 February 1984) is an Irish former rugby union player from County Monaghan, Ireland.

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Tonga national rugby union team

The Tonga national rugby union team is nicknamed Ikale Tahi (Sea Eagles).

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Tony Buckley

Tony Buckley (born 8 October 1980 in Cork, Republic of Ireland) is a former Irish rugby union player who played Prop.

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Tony Woodcock (rugby player)

Tony Dale Woodcock (born 27 January 1981) is a New Zealand rugby union player.

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Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Trafalgar Park is a large sports ground located within the vicinity of the CBD of Nelson, in New Zealand's South Island.

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Try

A try is a way of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league football.

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Tukulua Lokotui

Tukulua Lokotui (born 31 December 1979) is a rugby union footballer who plays at lock for Béziers.

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Tusi Pisi

Tusi Pisi (born 18 June 1982) is a Samoan rugby union player who plays for the Bristol Bears in the Greene King IPA Championship.

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United States national rugby union team

The United States national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, is controlled by USA Rugby.

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UTC+13:00

UTC+13:00 is an identifier for a +13 hour time offset from UTC.

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Vasily Artemyev

Vasily Artemyev (Василий Артемьев) (born 24 July 1987) is a Russian rugby union footballer.

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Vereniki Goneva

Vereniki Goneva (born 5 April 1984 in Lautoka, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby footballer.

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Victor Vito (rugby union)

Victor Vasefanua Junior Vito (born 27 March 1987) is a New Zealand rugby player and former All Black who currently plays blindside flanker for French-Based team La Rochelle.

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Viliami Maʻafu

Viliami Ma'afu (born 9 March 1982) is a Tongan rugby union footballer.

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Vincent Clerc

Vincent Clerc (born 7 May 1981) is a former French rugby union player who played on the wing.

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Vladimir Ostroushko

Vladimir Ostroushko (Владимир Остроушко)(born 30 September 1986) is a Russian rugby union player who plays on the wing.

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Waikato Stadium

FMG Stadium Waikato is a major sporting and cultural events venue in Hamilton, New Zealand, with a total capacity of 25,800.

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Waisea Luveniyali

Waisea Sedre Luveniyali (born Suva, 23 July 1985) is a Fijian rugby union footballer.

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Wayne Barnes

Wayne Barnes (born 20 April 1979) is an English international rugby union referee and barrister.

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Wellington

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

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Wellington Regional Stadium

Wellington Regional Stadium (known as Westpac Stadium through naming rights) is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Welsh Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) (Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby.

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Whangarei

Whangarei is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region.

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World Rugby

World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union and rugby sevens.

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World Rugby Rankings

The World Rugby Rankings (formerly the IRB Rankings) is a ranking system for men's national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body.

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Yarrow Stadium

Yarrow Stadium is situated in the central suburb of Westown in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, with main vehicle access off Maratahu Street.

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Yuri Kushnarev

Yuri Kushnarev (Юрий Кушнарёв) (born Moscow, 6 June 1985) is a Russian rugby union player.

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Zac Guildford

Zachary Robert Guildford (born 8 February 1989) is a New Zealand rugby union player of Maori descent who plays for Waikato in the Mitre 10 Cup.

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1987 Rugby World Cup

The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby Union World Cup.

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1990 Commonwealth Games

The 1990 Commonwealth Games were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990.

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1992 Cricket World Cup

The 1992 Cricket World Cup (officially the Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992) was the fifth staging of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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1995 Rugby World Cup

The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup.

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2002 FIFA World Cup

The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA.

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2003 Rugby World Cup

The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England.

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2007 Rugby World Cup

The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987.

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2011 Christchurch earthquake

A earthquake occurred in Christchurch on at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC).

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2011 June rugby union tests

The 2011 mid-year rugby union tests featured only seven matches due to the upcoming 2011 Rugby World Cup.

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2011 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification

In the African Regional Qualifying Process, 14 of the 15 eligible IRB member nations took part (South Africa had already qualified from Rugby World Cup 2007). The Qualifying process began with playoffs in May, 2008.

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2011 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

In the American Region for Rugby World Cup Qualifying, two teams, Canada and USA, qualified directly to the world cup and the third place, Uruguay, entered a playoff against the third place European team and the second place African and Asian teams.

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2011 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification

Asia's world cup qualifiers will be centred on its flagship tournament, the Asian Five Nations.

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2011 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification

In the European Regional Rugby World Cup Qualifying, two teams, Georgia and Russia, qualified directly to the world cup and Romania, the third place team, entered a playoff against the second place African team, Tunisia.

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2011 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification

There was one qualifier for Rugby World Cup 2011 from the Oceania region.

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2011 Rugby World Cup Final

The 2011 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match between France and New Zealand, to determine the winner of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

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2011 Rugby World Cup Pool A

Pool A of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 9 September 2011 and was completed on 2 October.

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2011 Rugby World Cup Pool B

Pool B of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 10 September 2011 and was completed on 2 October.

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2011 Rugby World Cup Pool C

Pool C of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 11 September 2011 and was completed on 2 October.

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2011 Rugby World Cup Pool D

Pool D of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 10 September 2011 and was completed on 2 October.

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2011 Tri Nations Series

The 2011 Tri Nations Series was the sixteenth annual Tri Nations rugby union series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, respectively nicknamed the All Blacks, Wallabies and Springboks.

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2015 Rugby World Cup

The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship.

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2019 Rugby World Cup

The 2019 Rugby World Cup will be the ninth Rugby World Cup, to be held in Japan from September 20 to November 2.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Rugby_World_Cup

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