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2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage

Knockout stage ran from October 8 to 23, culminating in the final at Eden Park, Auckland

Knockout stage ran from October 8 to 23, culminating in the final at Eden Park, Auckland

Main article: 2011 Rugby World Cup#Knockout stage 2

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

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

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

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

Bracket

|8 October – Wellington||10||22 |8 October – Auckland||12||19 |9 October – Wellington||9||11 |9 October – Auckland||33||10 |15 October – Auckland||8||9 |16 October – Auckland||6||20 |23 October – Auckland||7||8 |21 October – Auckland||18||21

Quarter-finals

Ireland vs Wales

Phillips 51' m J. Davies 64' c

IRE Declan Kidney
NZL Warren Gatland

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England vs France

Cueto 77' m Médard 31' m

ENG Martin Johnson
FRA Marc Lièvremont

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South Africa vs Australia

RSA Peter de Villiers
NZL Robbie Deans

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New Zealand vs Argentina

Thorn 79' c

NZL Graham Henry
ARG Santiago Phelan

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Notes

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

Semi-finals

Wales vs France

NZL Warren Gatland
FRA Marc Lièvremont

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Notes

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

Australia vs New Zealand

NZL Robbie Deans
NZL Graham Henry

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Bronze final

Wales vs Australia

Halfpenny 80+' c S. Jones (1/1) 71' McCalman 76' m

NZL Warren Gatland
NZL Robbie Deans

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Notes

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

Final

France vs New Zealand

Main article: 2011 Rugby World Cup final

FRA Marc Lièvremont
NZL Graham Henry

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References

References

  1. "Fearless Wales repel Irish battering".
  2. "France secure semi spot with flair and power".
  3. "Pocock at the heart of Wallabies win".
  4. "Weepu proves lethal with the boot".
  5. Harper, Paul. (10 October 2011). "All Blacks: Muliaina's celebration cut out". New Zealand Herald.
  6. "Parra punishes 14-man Wales".
  7. "Awesome All Blacks power to 1987 rematch".
  8. "Donald is New Zealand's unlikely hero".
  9. Kilpatrick, Mike. (October 2011). "World Cup Glory for the All Blacks". Yahoo.
  10. "23 October 2011 - 21:00, Eden Park, Auckland". International Rugby Board.
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