All Blacks win rugby world cup final

Rugby world cup champions

New Zealand 8 Beat France 7

Bronze Champions

Australia 21 Beat Wales 18

Semi final results

Semi Final results

France 9 Beat Wales 8
New Zealand 20 Beat Australia 6



Bronze Final
Australia will play Wales

World cup final
New Zealand will play France.

Quarter final results

Quarter final Results.

Wales 22 Beat Ireland 10

France 19 Beat England 12
Australia 11 Beat South Africa 9
New Zealand 33 Beat Argentina 10


Semi finals.

Wales play Ireland
New Zealand play Australia

RWC Final Round of Pool Play

Pool A
Canada 23 Draw Japan 23
Tonga 19 Beat France 14
New Zealand 79 Beat Canada 15

Pool B
Georgia 25 Beat Romania 9
England 16 Beat Scotland 12
Argentina 25 Beat Georgia 7

Pool C
Italy 27 Beat USA 10
Australia 68 Beat Russia 22
Ireland 36 Beat Italy 6

Pool D
Wales 81 Beat Namibia 7
South Africa 13 Beat Samoa 5
Wales 66 Beat Fiji 0


Pool results

Pool A
New Zealand 20
France 11
Tonga 9
Canada 6
Japan 2

Pool B
England 18
Argentina 11
Scotland 10
Georgia 4
Romania 0

Pool C
Ireland 17
Australia 15
Italy 10
USA 4
Russia 1

Pool D
South Africa 18
Wales 15
Samoa 10
Fiji 5
Namibia 0


Teams through to the quarter finals are :-

Quarter Final 1
Ireland play Wales
Quarter Final 2
England play France
Quarter Final 3
South Africa play Australia
Quarter Final 4
New Zealand play Argentina

Rugby world cup. Round 3 results.

Pool A
Tonga 31 Beat Japan 18
New Zealand 37 Beat France 17


Pool B
England 67 Beat Romania 3
Argentina 13 Beat Scotland 12


Pool C
Italy 53 Beat Russia 17
Australia 67 Beat USA 5
Ireland 62 Beat Russia 12

Pool D
Samoa 27 Beat Fiji 7
South Africa 87 Beat Namibia 0

Rugby world cup. Round 2 results.

Pool A
Canada 25 Beat Tonga 20
New Zealand 83 beat Japan 7
France 46 beat Canada 19


Pool B
Scotland 15 beat Georgia 6
Argentina 43 beat Romania 8
England 41 beat Georgia 10

Pool C
USA 13 beat Russia 6
Ireland 15 beat Australia 6

Pool D
Samoa 49 beat Namibia 12
South Africa 49 beat Fiji 3
Wales 17 beat Samoa 10

Rugby world cup. Round 1 results.

Pool A

New Zealand 41 beat Tonga 10
France 47 beat Japan 21

Pool B

Scotland 34 beat Romania 24
England 13 beat Argentina 9

Pool C

Australia 32 beat Italy 6
Ireland 22 beat USA 10

Pool D

Fiji 49 beat Namibia 25
South Africa 17 beat Wales 16

All Blacks squad announced.

The All Blacks selector announced their first squad of the season at 4pm today.

Graham Henry picked a squad of 30 players to take on Fiji on July 22 and take part in the Tri Nations starting a week later.

Here's how the announcement played out...

Forwards:

John Afoa - Auckland

Corey Flynn - Canterbury

Ben Franks - Tasman

Owen Franks - Canterbury

Jarrad Hoeata - Taranaki

Andrew Hore - Taranaki

Jerome Kaino - Auckland

Richie McCaw (capt) - Canterbury

Keven Mealamu - Auckland

Liam Messam - Waikato

Kieran Read - Canterbury

Adam Thomson - Otago

Brad Thorn - Canterbury

Samuel Whitelock - Canterbury

Ali Williams - Auckland

Tony Woodcock - North Harbour

Backs:

Daniel Carter - Canterbury

Jimmy Cowan - Southland

Israel Dagg - Hawke's Bay

Andy Ellis - Canterbury

Hosea Gear - Wellington

Zac Guildford - Hawke's Bay

Richard Kahui - Waikato

Mils Muliaina - Waikato

Ma'a Nonu - Wellington

Colin Slade - Canterbury

Conrad Smith - Wellington

Isaia Toeava - Auckland

Piri Weepu - Wellington

Sonny Bill Williams - Canterbury

Junior All Blacks win World Champs.

The New Zealand under-20 rugby team withstood the challenge from England to land their fourth successive junior world championship title with a 33-22 victory in the final in Padova, Italy this morning.

It took a try to fullback Beauden Barrett six minutes from time to secure the win for New Zealand who were pushed hard by an England side that were willing to spread the ball and determined to end their unbeaten run in the competition's four-year history. Beauden Barrett's try and two others to winger Charles Piutau and prop Ben Tameifuna and 18 points from the boot of first five-eighths Gareth Anscombe were enough to earn them the title.

Both sides scored three tries each, but it was the boot of man of the match Gareth Anscombe, who was successful with all seven shots at goal, which proved to be the difference. Captain Luke Whitelock, a member of the winning side last year, was proud to retain their 100 percent record in the tournament.

Coach Mark Anscombe paid tribute to the way his side defended in the second half when they came under pressure from England "That's a very good England team and they really took it to us they beat us in a lot of areas today but we showed a little bit of character out there today and hung in there," he said.

England started the better of the two sides, pinning the defending champions deep in their own territory for the opening quarter and were ahead after electric winger Christian Wade avoided halfback TJ Perenara to cross for the opening try in the seventh minute.

It was a struggle for New Zealand to make any headway as England first five-eighths George Ford, at 18 the youngest player at the tournament, kept driving the ball behind them. But when New Zealand did break out they looked threatening and winger Mitchell Scott was denied a try in the corner before Anscombe got them on the board via a penalty midway through the half.

Wade's second try after a kick and chase narrowed the gap to a point, and, with England's set-piece dominating, New Zealand's hold on the trophy looked shaky at best. But another Anscombe penalty extended the lead to four points before Barrett kicked through a pass from Piutau to finally end England's hopes and Anscombe, fittingly, added the conversion.

Rugby world cup.

100 Days to go until Rugby world cup 2011. Details of Venues.

Northland Events Centre, Whangarei






* Capacity: 20,000
* Matches: 2
- Tonga v Canada, Sep 14
- Tonga v Japan, Sep 21

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland





* Capacity: 30,000
* Matches: 4
- France v Japan, Sep 10
- Australia v Italy, Sep 11
- South Africa v Namibia, Sep 22
- South Africa v Samoa, Sep 30


Eden Park, Auckland



* Capacity: 60,000
* Matches: 11
- New Zealand v Tonga (opening match), Sep 9
- Australia v Ireland, Sep 17
- New Zealand v France, Sep 24
- Fiji v Samoa, Sep 25
- England v Scotland, Oct 1
- Quarterfinal 2, Oct 8
- Quarterfinal 4, Oct 9
- Semifinal 1, Oct 15
- Semifinal 2, Oct 16
- Bronze Final, Oct 21
- Final, October 23

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton






* Capacity: 30,000
* Matches: 3
- New Zealand v Japan, Sep 16
- Wales v Samoa, Sep 18
- Wales v Fiji, Oct 2

Rotorua Stadium, Rotorua



* Capacity: 26,000
* Matches: 3
- Fiji v Namibia, Sep 10
- Samoa v Namibia, Sep 14
- Ireland v Russia, Sep 25


Stadium Taranaki,New Plymouth




* Capacity: 26,000
* Matches: 3
- Ireland v USA, Sep 11
- Russia v USA, Sep 15
- Wales v Namibia, Sep 26


McLean Park, Napier






* Capacity: 15,000
* Matches: 2
- France v Canada, Sep 18
- Canada v Japan, Sep 27


Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North



* Capacity: 18,000
* Matches: 2
- Georgia v Romania, Sep 28
- Argentina v Georgia, Oct 2


Wellington Stadium, Wellington


* Capacity:40,000
* Matches:8
- South Africa v Wales, Sep 11
- South Africa v Fiji, Sep 17
- Australia v USA, Sep 23
- Argentina v Scotland, Sep 25
- France v Tonga, Oct 1
- New Zealand v Canada, Oct 2
- Quarterfinal 1, Oct 8
- Quarterfinal 3, Oct 9


Trafalgar Park, Nelson

* Capacity: 20,000
* Matches: 3
- Italy v Russia, Sep 20
- Italy v USA, Sep 27
- Australia v Russia, Oct 1


Rugby Park, Invercargill



* Capacity: 16,500
* Matches: 3
- Scotland v Romania, Sep 10
- Scotland v Georgia, Sep 14
- Argentina v Romania, Sep 17

Stadium Otago

*Capacity: 30,500
*Matches: 4
- England v Argentina, Sept 10
- England v Georgia, Sept 18
- England v Play-off winner, Sept 24
- Ireland v Italy, Oct 2

NZ Breakers beat Cairns Taipans

History has been made! After eight seasons of trying, the New Zealand Breakers have become the first New Zealand team to win an Australian professional club title.

On their homecourt at the North Shore Events center in Auckland , American Import Gary Wilkinson led the Breakers with a 14 point haul.

Australian CJ Bruton hit two late three pointers in the fourth quarter to get the home crowd rocking as the NZ Breakers led by 19 points with just five minutes on the clock.

It was a convincing performance from the homeside, who lead for the entire game and squashed any doubts about their ability to fightback after their sluggish finish in game two of the finals series
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FULL TIME: Breakers 71 Taipans 53

Christchurch to lose Rugby world cup games.

The Rugby world cup games that were to be played in Christchurch have been cancelled due to the damage at AMI Stadium following last month's earthquake.

AMI Stadium was supposed to be hosting five group matches and two quarterfinals during the World Cup which runs through September and October, However Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully announced this afternoon that all games will have to be moved to other venues around the country.

Auckland will now host the two quarter final matches while as many of the pool matches as possible will be kept in the South Island, All existing ticket holders will be offered refunds or tickets to the reallocated matches.

The Mayor of Christchurch Bob Parker said the decision would be a further blow for a city still reeling from the February 22 earthquake, but he accepted it had been made after long consideration and with the best interests of the Rugby World Cup in mind for players and spectators.

Although complete replacement of the turf at AMI Stadium is required, there were also concerns about the amount of accommodation available for those travelling to see the Christchurch games.
Australia, England and Argentina were all set to play twice at AMI Stadium while the fourth quarterfinal would mostly feature the All Blacks if they finished top of Group A.

Matches scheduled for Christchurch:
Saturday September 10 - Argentina v England
Sunday September 11 - Australia v Italy
Sunday September 18 - England v Georgia
Sunday September 25 - Argentina v Scotland
Sunday October 1 - Australia v Russia
As many as possible will remain in South Island

Saturday October 8 - Quarterfinal 2
Sunday October 9 - Quarterfinal 4

Are to be moved to Auckland

League legends match to aid earthquake appeal

Former rugby league internationals from New Zealand and Australia will take the field in Auckland next week to raise funds for victims of the Christchurch earthquake last week.

This charity match is to be held at Mount Smart Stadium on March 10 and was being coordinated by the New Zealand Rugby League and a group of former Kiwi internationals.
Gary Freeman, Monty Betham, Nigel Vagana and Tawera Nikau have helped organize the teams for the match with Nikau ready to play despite having an artificial leg.
The New Zealand rugby league chief executive Jim Doyle said it wanted to do its bit to support those affected by the earthquake.

Everyone in the country is trying to find some way of helping the people in Christchurch and the Canterbury region. Staging the Legends of League Charity Match is a way of bringing people in Auckland together to provide some financial support for a community that's been devastated and is in desperate need.

Among the players set to make an appearance are Kurt Sorensen, Olsen Filipaina, Stacey Jones and the Kiwis' 2008 World Cup-winning captain Nathan Cayless. Australians Mario Fenech and David Peachey have also volunteered to play.

2011 ferrari F1 named.

Ferrari's new Formula One car that will be unveiled Friday will be called the F150 in honour of the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification.

The Italian flag will also feature prominently on the cars driven by Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.

Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo tells the ANSA news agency that all Ferrari workers "share the honor and responsibility of representing our country in the world and it's with this spirit that we wanted to dedicate this car to such an important event for all of Italy."

Italy President Giorgio Napolitano was informed of the decision Tuesday and wished the team good luck for this season, which opens with the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 13.

Carter moving to millions...

Dan Carter is set to leave the All Blacks next year and become the world's highest paid Rugby player.

Carter has signalled to the New Zealand Rugby Union that he is likely to accept one of three multimillion-dollar offers from French clubs after the World Cup in 2011.

The New Zealand Rugby Union were desperate for Carter to extend his contract and stay on until at least 2012 but they are now resigned to the likelihood that their star player will be leaving.

Unfinished business is understood to be the principal reason Carter is heading back to France - although offers of €1 million to €1.2 million ($1.8m-$2.2m) per season will hardly be discouraging him.

At that level, he will likely supersede the man who is currently supposed to be the best-paid player in rugby - Frenchman Sebastien Chabal who plays in Paris for Racing Metro for $1.8m a season.

Former All Black prop Carl Hayman signed for Toulon for a reported deal worth €620,000 ($1.13m) a season while Bayonne bid for Australia's Matt Giteau at the end of 2008, offering him a four-year deal worth an estimated $9.6m (or $2.4m a season).

In Carter's "sabbatical" season with Perpignan in 2008 (from which he was permitted to return and play for the All Blacks), he was reportedly paid €600,000 for his six months. However, he was injured and played only four matches for them.

Perpignan won the French championship that year but Carter has since spoken of his desire to return and play a full role for the club in a championship he enjoyed; in a region and country he particularly relished.

So Perpignan are thought to be in the best position to win Carter's services. Both Toulon and Racing Metro have also made offers.

Rugby sevens gold again.

New Zealand increased their streak to 23 wins and 0 loses at the Commonwealth Games, wrapping up gold again with a heart-stopping win over trans-Tasman arch-rivals Australia.

Whatever opposition teams throw at them it's almost as if the Games sevens title is now New Zealand's by right.

With four bit-part All Blacks in his ranks - Ben Smith, Liam Messam, Hosea Gear and Zac Guildford - ironically it was Gordon Tietjens' sevens specialists who delivered the winning tries. Final score, New Zealand 24 - Australia 17.

Sevens will be on the Olympic program for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

New Zealand coach Gordon Tietjens said that now had to be the goal for New Zealand. He had an inkling Delhi would bring deliverance after a disappointing year in the sevens tournament, plumping his squad with All Blacks.

Final game of the tri-nations

The All Blacks showed their growing composure to come back and break the Wallabies again in Sydney.

The All Blacks were behind at half time 19-6 but came back to win 23-22 by full time.

New Zealand extended their winning streak over the Wallabies to a record 10 tests and the result completed a clean sweep of this year’s Tri-Nations championship.

This was knowhere near a perfect performance from the All Blacks with bad handling, some really bad defence and some bad choices particularly in the first half.

Australia (Adam Ashley-Cooper, James O'Connor tries; Matt Giteau 3pens, Kurtley Beale pens).

New Zealand (Kieran Read, Richie McCaw tries; Piri Weepu 3pens, 2cons)

All Blacks take Tri-Nations .

Two tries in the final two minutes saw the All Blacks capture their 10th Tri Nations title with a thrilling 29-22 win over South Africa in Soweto.






New Zealand 29
Tries: Tony Woodcock, Richie McCaw, Israel Dagg. Pens: Dan Carter 4. Con: Carter.

South Africa 22
Try: Schalk Burger. Pens: Morne Steyn 5 Con: Steyn

Tri-nations standings:

New Zealand. 23 points
Australia. 4 points
South Africa. 1 point

There are 3 games left in the tri-nations series, Two games between South Africa and Australia. And 1 game between New Zealand and Australia.

All Blacks win Bledisloe cup

The All Blacks have retained the Bledisloe Cup with a 20-10 win over Australia in Christchurch in front of a crowd of 39,000

The Tri-Nations is still not decided but the All Blacks have the upper hand with the next test match in two weeks time against South Africa in Soweto.

For 67 minutes after the opening flurry there was not another try as the thrust and counter-thrust continued.

The All Blacks were forced to make double the tackles as their rivals delivered relentless attacking surges. But the All Blacks line held strong against the Australian attack.

It looked ominous for the Australians and they must have wondered whether they were going to get another belting like last week in Melbourne.

They answered in positive fashion when the Wallabies claimed a turnover and from 60m out they put Kurtley Beale into the clear and the fullback out ran the chase line.

Carter eased through the defences again and from that momentum they shifted wide and Conrad Smith scored in the corner

From there it was all attrition and anxiety before the relieved All Blacks heard the fulltime whistle.

Full time score: All Blacks 20, Australia 10

The Tri-Nations point now stand at:-
All Blacks 19 points
Wallabies 4 points
Springboks 0 points

Tri-Nations game 4

The All Blacks have scored four tries to one to lead 32-14 over Australia at halftime of their first Bledisloe Cup test in Melbourne.

The first half started with 'both sides swapping penalties and tries from charged down kicks inside the first ten minutes of the match.

Wallaby first-five Matt Giteau (Australia)and his opposite Dan Carter(New Zealand) went penalty for penalty to have the game at 3-3 after five minutes.

Australian winger Drew Mitchell crossed for the first try of the game, charging down a Dan Carter clearance to score in the corner despite Josevata Rokocoko's last ditch effort to take him out. Giteau failed to convert.

Carter immediately made up for the Mitchell try from the restart as he got his hands in front of Wallaby Berrick Barne's clearing kick to score untouched beside the uprights. Carter converted.

The All Blacks scored their second try a few minutes later as Mils Muliaina got on the end of a brilliant one handed chip from winger Cory Jane to score. Carter missed the conversion.

Despite being a man down after Owen Franks was sent to the bin for 10 minutes for a shoulder charge on Richard Brown, the All Blacks scored their third try.

Wallaby Adam Ashley Cooper was caught outside the 22 meter line, with very little support at the breakdown. The ball popped out to All Black captain Richie McCaw who beat the defence to score. Carter converted.

Giteau added two crucial penalties to bring his side back into the game, however the All Blacks would strike back with their fourth try of the match through Cory Jane.

Micthell was shown a yellow card after using no arms in a tackle on Kevin Mealamu.

Final score 49 New Zealand - 28 Australia.

Tri-Nations standings after Game 4;

New Zealand 15 points.
Australia 4 points.
South Africa 0 points