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2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B

Sports competition

Sports competition

Main article: 2007 Rugby World Cup#Pool stage 2

Pool B of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 8 September and was completed on 29 September. The pool was composed of 2003 hosts Australia, as well as Canada, Fiji, Japan and Wales.

Wales' 38–34 loss to Fiji in their final pool game (their third World Cup loss to a Pacific island nation, having previously been beaten 16–13 by Western Samoa in 1991 and 38-31 by Samoa in 1999, both times in Cardiff), meant Fiji qualified for the quarter-finals at Wales' expense. Australia finished in top spot with the maximum of 20 points, while Japan and Canada played out the first draw in a Rugby World Cup game since a 20–20 draw between France and Scotland back in 1987. Neither Japan nor Canada managed to win any of their four games, with a single bonus point in Japan's favour proving the difference between them, after they managed to remain within 7 points of Fiji in a 35–31 defeat.

Standings

All times local (UTC+2)

Matches

Australia vs Japan

Elsom (3) 24' c, 34' m, 41' c Ashley-Cooper 46' c Latham (2) 53' c, 72' c Barnes (2) 57' c, 75' c Mitchell (2) 59' c, 66' c Smith 62' m Freier 80+' c Giteau (3/3)

AUS John Connolly
NZL John Kirwan

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  • Australia's starting 15 in this match was the most-experienced starting team in the sport's history, as measured by total number of international caps entering the match. The Wallabies squad that took the field for the opening kickoff had earned a combined total of 798 caps.

Wales vs Canada

A. W. Jones 58' c S. Williams (2) 61' m, 63' c Charvis 68' c Culpan 36' c Williams 45' m

WAL Gareth Jenkins
CAN Ric Suggitt

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Japan vs Fiji

Soma 62' m Rabeni 56' m Leawere 71' c

NZL John Kirwan
FIJ Ilie Tabua

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Wales vs Australia

S. Williams 76' c Hook (1/2) 54' Mortlock 35' m Latham (2) 40+' c, 60' c Giteau (1/2)

WAL Gareth Jenkins
AUS John Connolly

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Fiji vs Canada

Ratuvou (2) 28' m, 80+' c Delasau 42' c

FIJ Ilie Tabua
CAN Ric Suggitt

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Wales vs Japan

Hook 24' c R. Thomas 31' c Morgan 40+' m Phillips 42' c S. Williams (2) 48' m, 80' m D. James 52' c Cooper 59' c M. Williams (2) 64' c, 74' c Sweeney (2/4) Onozawa 57' c

WAL Gareth Jenkins
NZL John Kirwan

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Australia vs Fiji

Mitchell (3) 31' c, 70' c, 79' m Ashley-Cooper 57' c Hoiles 74' m Ratuva 47' c

AUS John Connolly
FIJ Ilie Tabua

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Canada vs Japan

Van der Merwe 65' c Taira 80+' c

CAN Ric Suggitt
NZL John Kirwan

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Australia vs Canada

Freier 34' m Smith 51' m Mitchell (2) 63' c, 65' m Latham 73' c

AUS John Connolly
CAN Ric Suggitt

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Wales vs Fiji

S. Williams 45' c G. Thomas 48' m M. Jones 51' c M. Williams 73' m S. Jones (2/4) Delasau 19' m Leawere 25' c Dewes 77' c

WAL Gareth Jenkins
FIJ Ilie Tabua

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References

References

  1. Davies, Sean. (29 September 2007). "Wales 34-38 Fiji". BBC Sport.
  2. Standley, James. (25 September 2007). "Canada 12-12 Japan". BBC Sport.
  3. Griffiths, John. (2009-08-17). "Ask John". Scrum.com.
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