World Cup Qualification

For the first time the Draw used the IRB World Rankings 2008 to seed the 12 pre-qualified teams - Argentina, Australia, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, Tonga and Wales. Teams were allocated to bands, depending on Rankings. The final groups are:

   Pool A: New Zealand, France, Tonga, Americas 1, Asia 1

   Pool B: Argentina, England, Scotland, Europe 1, Final Place Playoff

   Pool C: Australia, Ireland, Italy, Europe 2, Americas 2

   Pool D: South Africa, Wales, Fiji, Oceania 1, Africa 1

• Qualification for the 2011 RWC by Wikipedia
• Qualification News from the official site
• Qualification results from the official site

Countries in the 2011 RWC

• Argentina National Rugby Team from Wikipedia; history, colours and name, home grounds, record, players, coaches
• England Rugby Football Union
• France National Rugby Team - Wikipedia overview; history, strip, home ground, records, players, training
• French Federation of Rugby In French.
• New Zealand International Team - the All Blacks
• New Zealand Rugby Union
• Scotland National Ruby Union Team
• Scottish Rugby
• Tonga National Rugby Team by Wikipedia; History, Sipi Tau - the prematch ritual, overall record, current squad, notable past players
• Tonga Rugby

Rugby Union World Cup Rankings

Rugby World Cup Rankings; how they have been used to define the four 5-team Groups and Seeds

• World Rankings from the IRB; check the Rugby World Cup Rankings at the time of the tournament in Sep 2011
• World Rankings Explained by the IRB site; Rugby World Cup Rankings in Sept 2011 will be a useful guide to form

Rugby Union World Cup Competitions in the USA

• USA Qualifies for the 2011 RWC (Planet Rugby report) beating Uraguay

Rugby Union World Cup News in New Zealand

• Rugby World Cup News from stuff.co.nz; impaact on New Zealand.
• TVNZ coverage of the cup news and live shows