Pool C of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 8 September and concluded on 29 September 2007. The pool was composed of World Cup

2007 Rugby World Cup

The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...

 debutantes Portugal

Portugal national rugby union team

The Portugal national rugby union team is a third tier rugby union side representing Portugal. They first played in 1935 and now compete in the European Nations Cup. Rugby union in Portugal is administered by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby. Portugal qualified for their first Rugby World Cup in...

, Italy

Italy national rugby union team

The Italy national rugby union team represent the nation of Italy in the sport of rugby union. The team is also known as the Azzurri . Italy have been playing international rugby since the late 1920s, and since 2000 compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland,...

, New Zealand, Romania

Romania national rugby union team

The Romania national rugby union team , nicknamed The Oaks , is the representative side of Romania in rugby union. Long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations, they have participated in all six Rugby World Cups, and currently compete in the first division of the...

 and Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...

.

New Zealand were assured of first place in the pool after only three rounds of matches, having secured the maximum of five points from each of their matches. Over their four matches, the All Blacks established a new points record for the pool stage with 309 points.

Italy were unable to carry their strong Six Nations

2007 Six Nations Championship

The 2007 RBS 6 Nations Championship was the eighth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 113th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship...

 form into the World Cup, and were knocked out. Scotland qualified for the quarter-finals as pool runners-up.

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus Points	Table Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		4	4	0	0	309	35
4	20
2		4	3	0	1	116	66
2	14
3		4	2	0	2	85	117	−32	1	9
4		4	1	0	3	40	161	−121	1	5
5		4	0	0	4	38	209	−171	1	1

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Central European Summer Time

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New Zealand vs Italy

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	New Zealand
FB	15	Leon MacDonald Leon MacDonald Leon Raymond MacDonald is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer, and now assistant coach for the Tasman Makos rugby team, who played 56 tests for the national team, All Blacks. He plays first five-eighths and fullback.-Biography:MacDonald was born in Blenheim, New Zealand, and attended...
RW	14	Doug Howlett Doug Howlett Douglas Charles Howlett is a professional New Zealand rugby union player of Tongan descent. He is primarily a wing but he has also covered fullback at national and international levels. He currently plays in Ireland with Munster. He is the brother of former Tongan rugby league international Phil...
OC	13	Mils Muliaina Mils Muliaina Junior Malili Muliaina , better known as Mils Muliaina, is a rugby union player. He plays for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and New Zealand at international level. He was born in Salesi, Samoa, then moved with his family to Invercargill, New Zealand, at the age of two...
IC	12	Luke McAlister Luke McAlister Charles Luke McAlister is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays first five-eighths and second five-eighths ....
LW	11	Sitiveni Sivivatu Sitiveni Sivivatu Sitiveni Waica Sivivatu is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, playing on the position of a wing. He was largely successful in the 2005 Super 12 season playing for the Chiefs, and acquired a starting position in the All Blacks. He has scored 29 tries in 45 tests...
FH	10	Daniel Carter Daniel Carter (rugby player) Daniel William "Dan" Carter is a New Zealand rugby union player.He is currently the highest points scorer in test match rugby and is regarded as one of rugby's greatest ever fly-halves.-Early life:...
SH	9	Byron Kelleher Byron Kelleher Byron Terrance Kelleher is a rugby union half-back who currently plays for Stade Francais in the French Top 14 competition, and has played over 57 tests with the New Zealand All Blacks...
N8	8	Rodney So'oialo Rodney So'oialo Rodney So'oialo is a New Zealand rugby union player currently playing in Japan for the Honda Heat. Previously, he had been a stalwart for the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby competition, making 101 appearances for the franchise. He also made 62 test appearances for the All Blacks between 2002 and 2009...
OF	7	Richie McCaw Richie McCaw Richard Hugh "Richie" McCaw is a New Zealand rugby union player, and is the current test captain. He plays in the openside flanker position for the New Zealand, Crusaders and Canterbury rugby teams...  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
BF	6	Jerry Collins Jerry Collins Jerry Collins is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who formerly played for the national team, the All Blacks in which he was capped 48 times. He now plays for Yamaha Jubilo, in Japanese Top league rugby.-Early career:...
RL	5	Ali Williams Ali Williams Alexander James "Ali" Williams is a New Zealand rugby union player at the position of lock. He represented Auckland and plays for the Blues in the Super 14, when he signed for the Tasman provincial side. In 2008, he played for the Crusaders in the Super 14 and in 2010 signed on loan for Nottingham...
LL	4	Chris Jack Chris Jack Christopher Raymond Jack is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a lock. He has played for Canterbury and the Tasman Makos in the National Provincial Championship and its successor, the Air New Zealand Cup; the Crusaders in Super Rugby; Saracens in the Guinness Premiership; and...
TP	3	Carl Hayman Carl Hayman Carl Hayman is an international rugby union footballer who has played at tighthead prop for Otago at provincial level, the Highlanders in the Super 14 and the All Blacks at international level...
HK	2	Keven Mealamu Keven Mealamu Keven Mealamu is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays at hooker for the Blues in the Super 14, Auckland in the National Provincial Championship, and the New Zealand national team, All Blacks....
LP	1	Tony Woodcock Tony Woodcock (rugby player) Tony Dale Woodcock is a New Zealand rugby union player. His position is loosehead prop, and he has played 83 tests for the national team, the All Blacks. He plays for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Auckland Blues in the Super 14. He plays for North Harbour Marist in the North...
Replacements:
HK	16	Anton Oliver Anton Oliver Anton David Oliver is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer who most recently played professionally for the French second-division club Toulon, noted for signing veteran greats including former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga and great George Gregan...
PR	17	Neemia Tialata Neemia Tialata Neemia Stanley Tialata is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. As well as representing New Zealand, he also plays for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby and for Wellington in the Air New Zealand Cup when available....
FL	18	Chris Masoe Chris Masoe Chris Masoe is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and currently plays for Castres Olympique.-Super 14:...
N8	19	Sione Lauaki Sione Lauaki Sione Tuitupu Lauaki is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. His brother, Epalahame Lauaki, is a 2nd rower for Hull in the Super League competition and also a New Zealand international.-Early career:...
SH	20	Brendan Leonard Brendan Leonard Brendan Patrick Leonard is a filmmaker best known for his hit series on ABC Family, The Brendan Leonard Show.-Personal life:...
CE	21	Aaron Mauger Aaron Mauger Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger is a former rugby union player who played at centre for Leicester Tigers. He previously played first five-eighths and second five-eighths for Canterbury , the Crusaders and the New Zealand All Blacks...
CE	22	Isaia Toeava Isaia Toeava Isaia "Ice" Toeava , is a professional rugby union player in New Zealand.-Early career:Toeava attended De La Salle College, Mangere East, he played alongside Taniela Moa in the school's First XV rugby team. He represented New Zealand U-19 where he was named the IRB's Under-19 2005 player of the year...
Coach:
Graham Henry Graham Henry Graham Henry is a New Zealand Rugby Union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks. He played rugby union for Canterbury and cricket for Otago in the Plunket Shield. Henry was heavily criticized following the All Blacks quarterfinal exit at the 2007 Rugby World...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Italy | FB 15 David Bortolussi

David Bortolussi

David Bortolussi is an Italian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for French club Montpellier Hérault RC in the top league, the Top 14. He usually plays at full back or on the wing. He previously played for other French clubs Bègles-Bordeaux in 2002-03, FC Auch in 2001-02 and JS Riscle in...

  RW 14 Kaine Robertson

Kaine Robertson

Paul Kaine Robertson Paul Kaine Robertson Paul Kaine Robertson (born 29 October 1980 in Auckland is a rugby union player from New Zealand who plays rugby union for Aironi, and international rugby for Italy.Robertson moved to Italy in 1998....

OC 13 Andrea Masi

Andrea Masi

Andrea Masi is an Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centres but he has also played at fly-half and at full-back. He currently plays for the Italian franchise in the RaboDirect Pro12, Aironi...

IC 12 Mirco Bergamasco

Mirco Bergamasco

Mirco Bergamasco is an Italian rugby union footballer. He primarily plays centre, presently with Parisian club Racing Métro in the French Top 14, and internationally with Italy...

LW 11 Marko Stanojevic

Marko Stanojevic

Marko Peter Stanojevic is an Italian rugby union footballer.He plays on the wing the Italian club Rovigo.Before his move to Italy, he had played four seasons with Bristol in England.-Playing career:...

FH 10 Roland de Marigny

Roland de Marigny

Roland de Marigny is an Italian rugby union footballer. His normal position is fullback though he can also play centre or fly-half.His parents originated from Mauritius....

SH 9 Alessandro Troncon

Alessandro Troncon

Alessandro Troncon is a former Italian rugby union player.Troncon has made more test appearances than any other player in Italian rugby union history. The veteran scrum-half made his Italy debut against Spain in 1994 and has played alongside fly-half Diego Dominguez on more than 50 occasions...

 (c

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) N8 8 Sergio Parisse

Sergio Parisse

Sergio Parisse is an Italian Argentine rugby union rugby player. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International player of the year...

OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco

Mauro Bergamasco

Mauro Bergamasco is an Italian rugby union footballer. He predominantly plays as an open-side flanker, although his versatility means has also played a number of international games on the wing, and started at scrum-half in an infamously error-prone performance...

BF 6 Alessandro Zanni

Alessandro Zanni

Alessandro Zanni is an Italian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Treviso in the Super 10 in Italy. His usual position is as a number 8, but in national team he plays often as substitute of Mauro Bergamasco in openside flanker position, or in blindside flanker position.Zanni made his...

  RL 5 Marco Bortolami

Marco Bortolami

Marco Bortolami is an Italian international rugby union player, playing club rugby for Aironi in the Celtic League. In January 2008 he was replaced as captain of Italy's national team....

LL 4 Santiago Dellapè

Santiago Dellapè

Santiago Dellapè is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is at lock. He plays for Italy, and was included their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad to Australia...

  TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni

Martin Castrogiovanni

Martín Leandro Castrogiovanni is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He played for Ghial Calvisano, with whom he won the Italian championship in 2005. He has since signed a new contract with Leicester Tigers, and after a successful 2006/07 season with them was named Guinness Premiership...

  HK 2 Fabio Ongaro

Fabio Ongaro

Fabio Ongaro is an Italian rugby union footballer. Although he now plays as a hooker, he played in the Italian youth teams as a flanker.-Career:...

  LP 1 Salvatore Perugini

Salvatore Perugini

Salvatore Perugini is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Aironi in the RaboDirect Pro12 club competition. He has also been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2000 against Italy. His usual position is at prop...

  Replacements: HK 16 Carlo Festuccia

Carlo Festuccia

Carlo Festuccia is an Italian rugby union footballer. He started playing for L'Aquila Rugby, then moved to Gran Rugby. With both teams he competed in the Super 10 in Italy. His usual position is at hooker....

  PR 17 Andrea Lo Cicero

Andrea Lo Cicero

Andrea Lo Cicero is an Italian rugby union footballer.Born in Catania, Sicily, Lo Cicero began his professional career in the town of his birth with Amatori Catania. Later he moved to Bologna and then to Rugby Rovigo, winning his first Italian Championship in 2000 with Rugby Roma...

  LK 18 Valerio Bernabò

Valerio Bernabò

Valerio Bernabò is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Benetton Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12 competition. He has also been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2004 against the USA. He also captained the Italian under-21 team. His usual position is at lock...

  N8 19 Manoa Vosawai

Manoa Vosawai

Manoa Vosawai is an Italian rugby union player. He currently plays for Benetton Treviso in Italy, and has been involved with the Italian national side, he made his debut on August 18, 2007 in a match against...

  SH 20 Paul Griffen

Paul Griffen

Paul Richard Griffen is an Italian rugby union footballer. He has represented Italy at scrum half in forty two full internationals...

  WG 21 Gonzalo Canale

Gonzalo Canale

Gonzalo Canale is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centre or at full back. He plays for French club ASM Clermont Auvergne...

FB 22 Ezio Galon

Ezio Galon

Ezio Galon is a rugby union player for Benetton Treviso in the Super 10 competition. A native of Treviso, he formerly played for Rugby Parma and, in 2000-2005, in the French sides of Bourgoin-Jallieu , Stade Rochelais and Lyon OU .Ezio Galon's position of choice is as a Full-back, but he is...

  Coach:   Pierre Berbizier

Pierre Berbizier

Pierre Berbizier is a French former rugby union footballer, and currently head coach of Top 14 side Racing Métro. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played 56 times for France.-Biography:Berbizier was born in Saint-Gaudens...

Man of the Match: Richie McCaw Richie McCaw Richard Hugh "Richie" McCaw is a New Zealand rugby union player, and is the current test captain. He plays in the openside flanker position for the New Zealand, Crusaders and Canterbury rugby teams...  (New Zealand) Touch judges: Mark Lawrence Mark Lawrence (rugby) Mark Lawrence is an international rugby union referee, from the Republic of South Africa. He refereed his first international test match, in 2000, and was chosen to officiate at both the 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2007 Rugby World Cup acting as a touch judge and a TMO in both competitions...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos is a full-time international rugby union referee with the French Rugby Federation and is one of the two French representatives on the IRB's International Referees Panel....  (France) Television match official: Craig Joubert Craig Joubert Craig Paul Joubert is a South African professional rugby union referee. He has officiated at international level since 2003 with the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final being his most profile match.-Biography:...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Fourth official: Nigel Owens Nigel Owens Nigel Owens is a Welsh international rugby union referee. He is an international and Heineken Cup referee and was the only Welsh referee at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France....  (Wales Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the... ) Fifth official: Franck Maciello (France)

Note

• Doug Howlett's three tries in this match brought him level with Christian Cullen
  Christian Cullen
  Christian Mathias Cullen is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played most of his rugby at fullback for New Zealand , for the Hurricanes in the Super 12, and for Manawatu, Wellington and later Munster at first-class level. He was nicknamed the Paekakariki Express...
  
   as the All Blacks' all-time highest try scorer, with 46.

Scotland vs Portugal

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Scotland
FB	15	Rory Lamont Rory Lamont Rory Lamont is a rugby union player who plays fullback and on the wing most recently he played for RC Toulon and currently for the Scotland. Rory is the younger brother of Sean Lamont.- Club career :...
RW	14	Sean Lamont Sean Lamont Sean Lamont is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays at centre and on the wing. His younger brother Rory Lamont is also a Scotland international rugby union player.-Biography:...
OC	13	Marcus Di Rollo Marcus di Rollo Marcus Di Rollo is a retired Scottish rugby union footballer. He played as a centre for Toulouse, Edinburgh, and the Scottish national team....
IC	12	Rob Dewey Rob Dewey Rob Dewey is a Scottish rugby union player who was born on the 16th of October 1983 and currently plays for the Glasgow Warriors. Despite having only come onto the professional rugby scene in the 2005–2006 season, a lethal combination of pace and power gave him a name amongst the Scottish rugby...
LW	11	Simon Webster Simon Webster (rugby player) Simon Webster plays rugby for Edinburgh and Scotland on the wing. He is a quick and creative player.-Club career:Webster attended Yarm School in Stockton-on-Tees where he captained the schools 1st XV side. Webster turned professional in 2000 and went on to make his debut for Northampton Saints...
FH	10	Dan Parks Dan Parks Daniel Arthur Parks is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Cardiff Blues as fly-half...
SH	9	Mike Blair Mike Blair Michael Robert Leighton Blair is a Scottish rugby union footballer.He plays professional rugby union as scrum-half for Edinburgh Rugby and represents Scotland.He attended the Edinburgh Academy....
N8	8	Simon Taylor Simon Taylor (rugby player) Simon Marcus Taylor is a Scottish professional rugby union footballer for Bath Rugby. He is a back-row forward, usually a number eight. He played for Edinburgh for six seasons between 2000 and 2006 and in 2007 agreed a three year deal with Stade Français joining them immediately after the 2007...
OF	7	Allister Hogg Allister Hogg Allister Hogg is a Scottish Rugby Union player who plays rugby union at either flanker or number eight for Newcastle Falcons and formely for Scotland.-Career:...
BF	6	Jason White (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
RL	5	Scott Murray
LL	4	Nathan Hines Nathan Hines Nathan Hines is an Australian-born Scottish rugby player. He currently plays for ASM Clermont Auvergne...
TP	3	Euan Murray Euan Murray Euan Murray is a Scottish rugby union footballer, formerly playing for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership competition before joining Newcastle Falcons. He has also played for the Scotland national team. He was a part of their 2007 Six Nations squad, and scored a try in their final game...
HK	2	Scott Lawson Scott Lawson Scott Lawson is a Scottish rugby union player who plays club rugby for Gloucester Rugby after moving there from Sale Sharks in September 2008, and plays internationally for . He plays as a hooker....
LP	1	Allan Jacobsen Allan Jacobsen Allan Jacobsen is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He is a prop, nicknamed "Chunk". He plays for Edinburgh....
Replacements:
HK	16	Ross Ford Ross Ford Ross William Ford is a professional rugby union player who plays as hooker for both Edinburgh and Scotland. He signed for Edinburgh after starting his professional career with the Border Reivers, but after the Reivers disbandment in the summer of 2007, Ford was left without a club...
PR	17	Gavin Kerr Gavin Kerr Gavin Kerr is a retired rugby union footballer who played prop, he played international rugby for Scotland. He played club rugby for Leeds Tykes , the defunct Border Reivers, Edinburgh and Sale Sharks...
LK	18	Scott MacLeod Scott MacLeod Scott MacLeod is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He currently plays as a lock for Edinburgh and the Scottish national team....
FL	19	Kelly Brown Kelly Brown (rugby player) Kelly Brown is a Scottish rugby union player, who plays for Scotland's national side, and for Saracens F.C. as a flanker.Brown made his debut for the national side on June 5, 2005, in a match against where he scored a try...
SH	20	Rory Lawson Rory Lawson Rory Lawson is a Scottish international rugby union player who currently plays for Gloucester Rugby as a Scrum Half. He attended Dollar Academy where he captained the school's 1st XV. After a number of years playing amateur rugby for Heriots he then took a professional contract with Edinburgh...
FH	21	Chris Paterson Chris Paterson Chris Paterson is a Scotland internationalist who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Edinburgh Rugby. He is Scotland’s record cap and points holder with 109 caps and 809 points. Paterson is capable in a range of positions, including fullback, wing and fly-half. In recent years Paterson has played...
FB	22	Hugo Southwell Hugo Southwell Hugo Finlay Grant Southwell is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays as a fullback, centre, wing or scrum half....
Coach:
Frank Hadden Frank Hadden Frank Hadden is a Scottish rugby union coach. He is a former head coach of Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby.Hadden replaced Matt Williams and was appointed on 15 September 2005. Hadden coached the Merchiston Castle School 1st XV after being appointed Head of Physical Education at the school in 1983...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Portugal | FB 15 Pedro Leal

Pedro Leal

Pedro Leal is a Portuguese international rugby player and a regular on the International Rugby Board World Sevens circuit....

RW 14 David Mateus

David Mateus

David Mateus is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. A member of Belenenses squad, his position in the field is as a wing or center....

OC 13 Federico Sousa  IC 12 Diogo Mateus

Diogo Mateus

Diogo Mateus is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays inside centre, number 12. He came through the ranks at Belenenses , he was on the books with Heineken Cup champions Munster in the 2006/07 season. He has also played for the Portugal rugby union team. He is 1, 73 m and weighs 80 kg...

LW 11 Pedro Carvalho

Pedro Carvalho

Pedro Carvalho is a Portuguese rugby union player, who plays as a wing for Portuguese amateur side Grupo Desportivo Direito, and for Portugal's national side....

FH 10 Duarte Cardoso Pinto

Duarte Cardoso Pinto

Duarte Daun e Lorena Cardoso Pinto is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half.He currently plays for Blagnac in the French Second Division, having signed for them after the 2007 Rugby World Cup...

  SH 9 José Pinto  N8 8 Vasco Uva

Vasco Uva

Vasco Nuno Barata Sousa Uva is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a number eight. In Portugal he played for Grupo Desportivo Direito, until he was assigned, in January 2008 for the professional team of Montpellier Hérault RC, in France.He took his Law degree at the Catholic University of...

 (c

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) OF 7 João Uva

João Uva

João Pedro Azevedo de Sousa Uva is a Portuguese rugby union footballer.He plays as a flanker for Bandeirantes Rugby Clube - São Paulo - Brasil since February 2011.He played as a flanker for Belenenses...

  BF 6 Juan Severino Somoza

Juan Severino Somoza

Juan Severino Somoza is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock or as a flanker.He was a member of Agronomia team, winning the title of National Champion in 2006/2007...

RL 5 David Penalva

David Penalva

David Penalva is a Portuguese rugby union footballer, who plays as a lock for Nice, a French side competing in the French Fédérale 1 for the 2010-11 season. Penalva also plays for Portugal's national side....

  LL 4 Gonçalo Uva

Gonçalo Uva

Gonçalo Uva is a Portuguese rugby union player. He currently plays for Montpellier Hérault RC in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14. Uva has also played 32 times for the Portuguese national team. His usual position is as a lock. Uva is the brother of Vasco Uva, and cousin of João Uva,...

TP 3 Ruben Spachuck

Ruben Spachuck

Cristian Ruben Spachuck, commonly known as Ruben Spachuck , is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop. One of the four Belenenses players at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, he moved to the French team of Blagnac after the tournament.Spachuck's first game for...

HK 2 Joaquim Ferreira

Joaquim Ferreira

Joaquim Vaz Ferreira is a former Portuguese rugby union footballer.-Career:The Portuguese prop played all his career for CDUP, since he was 17 years old. He is currently the most capped player from his country, having played 84 games for Portugal national team, with 3 tries scored, 15 points in...

  LP 1 Rui Cordeiro

Rui Cordeiro

Rui Pedro Godinho Cordeiro was a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He has a degree in veterinary medicine....

  Replacements: PR 16 Juan Muré

Juan Muré

Juan Manuel Murré is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a prop.-Career:Murré first played in Portugal at Belenenses, later becoming a naturalized Portuguese citizen. He was soon selected for the Portugal squad which played at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals...

  HK 17 João Correia

João Correia

João Gonçalves Correia is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a hooker. He currently is a member of Direito...

  FL 18 Paulo Murinello

Paulo Murinello

Paulo Murinello is a former Portuguese rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a flanker. He last played for Cascais. He's also a student of Sport Gestion at the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, in Lisbon....

  FL 19 Diogo Coutinho

Diogo Coutinho

Diogo Coutinho is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker for Direito, a Lisbon team.He has 34 caps for Portugal since his debut in 2000 and has scored 4 tries, 20 points in aggregate...

  SH 20 Luís Pissarra

Luís Pissarra

Luís Pissarra is a Portuguese rugby union footballer of Argentine descent. He plays as a scrum-half for Agronomia, with whom he won the National Championship in 2006-07....

  FH 21 Pedro Cabral

Pedro Cabral (rugby player)

Pedro Cabral is a Portuguese rugby union footballer who plays as a fly-half. He is currently a member of CDUL. He was selected for Portugal side that participated at 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. He played in the games with Scotland and Italy.-External links:* on ESPN Scrum.com...

  CE 22 Miguel Portela

Miguel Portela

Miguel Portela de Rodriguez is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a center, although hes capable of nearly all positions, except prop and hooker. He has been a leading member of the Grupo Desportivo Direito team. Professionally, he is a lawyer.He was a member of the Portuguese squad...

  Coach:   Tomaz Morais

Tomaz Morais

Tomaz Eduardo Carvalho Morais is a Portuguese rugby union coach and a former player.The son of Portuguese settlers in Angola, Morais moved to Portugal following the 25 April 1974 revolution. He went on to become a Physical Education teacher and a rugby union player, playing as a centre for Cascais...

Man of the Match: Vasco Uva Vasco Uva Vasco Nuno Barata Sousa Uva is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a number eight. In Portugal he played for Grupo Desportivo Direito, until he was assigned, in January 2008 for the professional team of Montpellier Hérault RC, in France.He took his Law degree at the Catholic University of...  (Portugal) Touch judges: Hugh Watkins Hugh Watkins Hugh David Watkins is a Welsh former rugby union referee who currently works as the video referee on the UK television gameshow Gladiators. In 2007, he went to the 2007 Rugby World Cup as a touch judge before being used as a television match official later in the competition...  (Wales Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the... ) Marius Jonker Marius Jonker Marius Jonker is one of South Africa's top rugby union referees. He refereed at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, and regularly takes charge of Super 14 and Currie Cup matches.-Career:...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Television match official: Dave Pearson (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Fourth official: Alan Lewis Alan Lewis David Alan Lewis is an Irish former cricketer and current Rugby Union referee. His father Ian also played cricket for Ireland...  (Ireland Irish Rugby Football Union The Irish Rugby Football Union is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where Irish rugby union international matches are played... ) Fifth official: Cyril Lafon (France)

Italy vs Romania

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Italy
FB	15	David Bortolussi David Bortolussi David Bortolussi is an Italian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for French club Montpellier Hérault RC in the top league, the Top 14. He usually plays at full back or on the wing. He previously played for other French clubs Bègles-Bordeaux in 2002-03, FC Auch in 2001-02 and JS Riscle in...
RW	14	Kaine Robertson Kaine Robertson Paul Kaine Robertson Paul Kaine Robertson Paul Kaine Robertson (born 29 October 1980 in Auckland is a rugby union player from New Zealand who plays rugby union for Aironi, and international rugby for Italy.Robertson moved to Italy in 1998....
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale Gonzalo Canale Gonzalo Canale is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centre or at full back. He plays for French club ASM Clermont Auvergne...
IC	12	Mirco Bergamasco Mirco Bergamasco Mirco Bergamasco is an Italian rugby union footballer. He primarily plays centre, presently with Parisian club Racing Métro in the French Top 14, and internationally with Italy...
LW	11	Andrea Masi Andrea Masi Andrea Masi is an Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centres but he has also played at fly-half and at full-back. He currently plays for the Italian franchise in the RaboDirect Pro12, Aironi...
FH	10	Ramiro Pez Ramiro Pez Ramiro Pez is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer who normally plays at fly-half. In 2008-09, he joined the newly promoted French Top 14 club Toulon, having been signed from Venezia Mestre in the Italian Super 10 competition.He made his international debut with the Italian national team on...
SH	9	Paul Griffen Paul Griffen Paul Richard Griffen is an Italian rugby union footballer. He has represented Italy at scrum half in forty two full internationals...
N8	8	Sergio Parisse Sergio Parisse Sergio Parisse is an Italian Argentine rugby union rugby player. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International player of the year...
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco Mauro Bergamasco Mauro Bergamasco is an Italian rugby union footballer. He predominantly plays as an open-side flanker, although his versatility means has also played a number of international games on the wing, and started at scrum-half in an infamously error-prone performance...
BF	6	Josh Sole Josh Sole Josh Sole is an Italian rugby union player, playing for Aironi in the Celtic League. He has been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2005 against Argentina. His usual position is number 8....
RL	5	Marco Bortolami Marco Bortolami Marco Bortolami is an Italian international rugby union player, playing club rugby for Aironi in the Celtic League. In January 2008 he was replaced as captain of Italy's national team....  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
LL	4	Santiago Dellapè Santiago Dellapè Santiago Dellapè is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is at lock. He plays for Italy, and was included their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad to Australia...
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni Martin Castrogiovanni Martín Leandro Castrogiovanni is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He played for Ghial Calvisano, with whom he won the Italian championship in 2005. He has since signed a new contract with Leicester Tigers, and after a successful 2006/07 season with them was named Guinness Premiership...
HK	2	Carlo Festuccia Carlo Festuccia Carlo Festuccia is an Italian rugby union footballer. He started playing for L'Aquila Rugby, then moved to Gran Rugby. With both teams he competed in the Super 10 in Italy. His usual position is at hooker....
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero Andrea Lo Cicero Andrea Lo Cicero is an Italian rugby union footballer.Born in Catania, Sicily, Lo Cicero began his professional career in the town of his birth with Amatori Catania. Later he moved to Bologna and then to Rugby Rovigo, winning his first Italian Championship in 2000 with Rugby Roma...
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HK	16	Leonardo Ghiraldini Leonardo Ghiraldini Leonardo Ghiraldini is an Italian rugby union player for Benetton Rugby Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12.Ghiraldini's position of choice is at Hooker.-Underage & 'A' Level:...
PR	17	Matias Aguero Matías Agüero Matías Agüero is an Italian Argentine rugby union player. He signed for new Italian club Aironi for the 2010/2011 season. His position is prop.-Clubs:* Club de Regatas San Nicolas* Bologna 2001–2002...
LK	18	Valerio Bernabò Valerio Bernabò Valerio Bernabò is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Benetton Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12 competition. He has also been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2004 against the USA. He also captained the Italian under-21 team. His usual position is at lock...
N8	19	Manoa Vosawai Manoa Vosawai Manoa Vosawai is an Italian rugby union player. He currently plays for Benetton Treviso in Italy, and has been involved with the Italian national side, he made his debut on August 18, 2007 in a match against...
SH	20	Alessandro Troncon Alessandro Troncon Alessandro Troncon is a former Italian rugby union player.Troncon has made more test appearances than any other player in Italian rugby union history. The veteran scrum-half made his Italy debut against Spain in 1994 and has played alongside fly-half Diego Dominguez on more than 50 occasions...
WG	21	Ezio Galon Ezio Galon Ezio Galon is a rugby union player for Benetton Treviso in the Super 10 competition. A native of Treviso, he formerly played for Rugby Parma and, in 2000-2005, in the French sides of Bourgoin-Jallieu , Stade Rochelais and Lyon OU .Ezio Galon's position of choice is as a Full-back, but he is...
FB	22	Roland de Marigny Roland de Marigny Roland de Marigny is an Italian rugby union footballer. His normal position is fullback though he can also play centre or fly-half.His parents originated from Mauritius....
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Pierre Berbizier Pierre Berbizier Pierre Berbizier is a French former rugby union footballer, and currently head coach of Top 14 side Racing Métro. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played 56 times for France.-Biography:Berbizier was born in Saint-Gaudens...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Romania | FB 15 Iulian Dumitras

Iulian Dumitraş

Iulian Dumitraş is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half and as a fullback.Dumitraş played in France for Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, Section Paloise and plays for SC Albi since 2008/09....

  RW 14 Catalin Fercu

Catalin Fercu

Cătălin Fercu is a Romanian rugby union player. He has played in 19 international matches for Romania. Fercu plays on the fullback position....

OC 13 Csaba Gal IC 12 Romeo Gontineac

Romeo Gontineac

Romeo Stefan Gontineac is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a centre....

LW 11 Gabriel Brezoianu

Gabriel Brezoianu

Gabriel Brezoianu is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a wing.Having played first at Dinamo Bucureşti , then in Steaua Bucureşti , he moved to Bègles-Bordeaux, in France, here he played from 2000/2001 to 2002/2003...

FH 10 Ionut Dimofte

Ionut Dimofte

Ionuţ Dimofte is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays for the Romanian team of Baia Mare, the current Romanian champion club...

SH 9 Lucian Sirbu

Lucian Sîrbu

Lucian Sîrbu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a scrum-half.Sîrbu played at Steaua Bucureşti, in Romania, until moving to Racing Métro 92, in France. He moved to AS Béziers, in 2007....

  N8 8 Ovidiu Tonita

Ovidiu Tonita

Ovidiu Toniţa is a Romanian rugby union footballer. A former lock and presently a flanker and number 8, he plays for the French side USA Perpignan and for the Romanian national team. He is noted for his size, which is considered unusual for his position on the field...

  OF 7 Alexandru Manta

Alexandru Manta

Alexandru Manta is a Romanian rugby union footballer.-Career:Manta has been playing in France for several years, already playing for at Terrasson , Stade Aurillacois , Bègles-Bordeaux , Section Paloise , Castres Olympique and CA Brive...

  BF 6 Florin Corodeanu

Florin Corodeanu

Florin Corodeanu is a Romanian rugby union player. He's a flanker.He played in France for Stade Aurillacois, FC Grenoble and currently plays for Saint-Marcellin Sport....

RL 5 Cristian Petre

Cristian Petre

Cristian Petre is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock for the French team of AS Béziers Hérault.He has 72 caps for Romania national rugby union team, since 2001, with 5 tries scored, 25 points in aggregate...

LL 4 Sorin Socol

Sorin Socol

Sorin Socol in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock.He has won 55 caps for Romania and is the current captain. After being voted player of the tournament in the 1996 Under 21 Rugby World Championships where he captained Romania, Socol has played club rugby...

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Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) TP 3 Bogdan Balan

Bogdan Balan

Bogdan Bălan is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He is currently playing professionally for Lyon in France's Pro D2. He plays at prop and has played for Romania since 2003; including getting selected for Romania's 2007 World Cup squad.Balan began his rugby career playing for Brăila in his home...

HK 2 Marius Tincu

Marius Tincu

Marius Tincu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a hooker. Since 2007, he holds dual French-Romanian citizenship....

  LP 1 Petrisor Toderasc

Petrişor Toderasc

Petrişor Toderasc is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop.Toderasc plays currently for CA Brive, in France....

  Replacements: HK 16 Razvan Mavrodin

Răzvan Mavrodin

Răzvan Mavrodin is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a hooker.Mavrodin played in France for USA Perpignan, Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, Section Paloise , returning to Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby for the final season of his career, in 2008/09...

  PR 17 Cezar Popescu

Cezar Popescu

Cezar Popescu is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a prop.He first played at CSA Steaua Bucureşti , moving to Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby in 2003. He moved in 2005 to SU Agen, where he would play two seasons...

  LK 18 Cosmin Ratiu

Cosmin Raţiu

Cosmin Aurel Raţiu is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock and as a flanker.He played for Dinamo Bucharest until moving to Stade Montois, in France, for the season of 2006/07....

  N8 19 Alexandru Tudori

Alexandru Tudori

Marian Alexandru Tudori is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker.He plays for Dinamo Bucharest....

  SH 20 Valentin Calafeteanu

Valentin Calafeteanu

Valentin Niculae Calafeteanu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. His position on the field is scrum-half...

  CE 21 Ionut Tofan

Ionut Tofan

Ionuţ Tofan is a Romanian rugby union footballer. A fly half, he made his international debut in 1997 and was the Romanian national team's goalkicker during their 2003 World Cup campaign. He has scored over 300 points in tests for his country.-External links:*...

CE 22 Dan Vlad

Dan Vlad

Dan Vlad is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing.Vlad current team is Steaua Bucureşti Rugby.He has 11 caps for Romania, since his debut in 2005 to 2008, with 2 conversions, 4 points in aggregate...

  Coach:   Daniel Santamans

Daniel Santamans

Daniel Santamans was a former French rugby union player, as a hooker, and coach.He played for Blagnac SCR and for Stade Toulousain, from 1977 to 1989, where he won 3 titles of French Champion and a Cup of France, in 1984.After ending his player career, he become a coach, first at the youths level...

Man of the Match: Ramiro Pez Ramiro Pez Ramiro Pez is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer who normally plays at fly-half. In 2008-09, he joined the newly promoted French Top 14 club Toulon, having been signed from Venezia Mestre in the Italian Super 10 competition.He made his international debut with the Italian national team on...  (Italy) Touch judges: Kelvin Deaker Kelvin Deaker Kelvin Deaker is a former New Zealand rugby union international referee and member of the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union, who has now retired from all refereeing. Deaker took up refereeing in 1991, and refereed his first representative match in 1996, when he took charge of a National Provincial...  (New Zealand) Bryce Lawrence Bryce Lawrence Bryce Lawrence is a professional international rugby union referee from the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.Originally a school headmaster, Lawrence took up refereeing in 1994, following in footsteps of his father, Keith Lawrence, who had been an international rugby union referee from 1985 to 1991...  (New Zealand) Television match official: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand) Fourth official: Alain Rolland Alain Rolland Alain Colm Pierre Rolland is an Irish rugby union referee and former player.During his playing days as a scrum-half, Rolland earned three caps for . He started the match on 27 October 1990 against , and gained further caps as a replacement against in 1994 and the USA in 1995. He won 40 provincial...  (Ireland Irish Rugby Football Union The Irish Rugby Football Union is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where Irish rugby union international matches are played... ) Fifth official: Franck Maciello (France)

New Zealand vs Portugal

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	New Zealand
FB	15	Mils Muliaina Mils Muliaina Junior Malili Muliaina , better known as Mils Muliaina, is a rugby union player. He plays for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and New Zealand at international level. He was born in Salesi, Samoa, then moved with his family to Invercargill, New Zealand, at the age of two...
RW	14	Isaia Toeava Isaia Toeava Isaia "Ice" Toeava , is a professional rugby union player in New Zealand.-Early career:Toeava attended De La Salle College, Mangere East, he played alongside Taniela Moa in the school's First XV rugby team. He represented New Zealand U-19 where he was named the IRB's Under-19 2005 player of the year...
OC	13	Conrad Smith Conrad Smith Conrad Gerard Smith is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He is a midfield back and plays outside centre . He had been in many Taranaki age group teams. He moved to Wellington where he completed an LLB at Victoria University of Wellington...
IC	12	Aaron Mauger Aaron Mauger Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger is a former rugby union player who played at centre for Leicester Tigers. He previously played first five-eighths and second five-eighths for Canterbury , the Crusaders and the New Zealand All Blacks...
LW	11	Joe Rokocoko Joe Rokocoko Josevata Taliga "Joe" Rokocoko is a professional New Zealand rugby union player. Rokocoko is known for his speed and strength which has accounted for his prolific try strike rate...
FH	10	Nick Evans
SH	9	Brendon Leonard Brendon Leonard Brendon Leonard is a New Zealand rugby union footballer.-Career:Leonard plays half-back and made his provincial debut for Waikato in the 2005 National Provincial Championship. He was in the Chiefs wider training group for the 2006 Super 14...
N8	8	Sione Lauaki Sione Lauaki Sione Tuitupu Lauaki is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. His brother, Epalahame Lauaki, is a 2nd rower for Hull in the Super League competition and also a New Zealand international.-Early career:...
OF	7	Chris Masoe Chris Masoe Chris Masoe is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and currently plays for Castres Olympique.-Super 14:...
BF	6	Jerry Collins Jerry Collins Jerry Collins is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who formerly played for the national team, the All Blacks in which he was capped 48 times. He now plays for Yamaha Jubilo, in Japanese Top league rugby.-Early career:...  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
RL	5	Ali Williams Ali Williams Alexander James "Ali" Williams is a New Zealand rugby union player at the position of lock. He represented Auckland and plays for the Blues in the Super 14, when he signed for the Tasman provincial side. In 2008, he played for the Crusaders in the Super 14 and in 2010 signed on loan for Nottingham...
LL	4	Chris Jack Chris Jack Christopher Raymond Jack is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a lock. He has played for Canterbury and the Tasman Makos in the National Provincial Championship and its successor, the Air New Zealand Cup; the Crusaders in Super Rugby; Saracens in the Guinness Premiership; and...
TP	3	Greg Somerville Greg Somerville Greg Mardon Somerville is a New Zealand rugby union player. He is a former All Black and a specialised tighthead prop who can also play loosehead. Somerville made his All Black debut in 2000 against Tonga, a match in which the All Blacks won 102–0...
HK	2	Andrew Hore Andrew Hore For the rugby union coach from New Zealand see Andrew Hore Andrew Hore is a rugby union player who plays for Taranaki in the ITM Cup. He has played for the All Blacks since 2002, in which time he has played 48 tests. His position is hooker...
LP	1	Neemia Tialata Neemia Tialata Neemia Stanley Tialata is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. As well as representing New Zealand, he also plays for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby and for Wellington in the Air New Zealand Cup when available....
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HK	16	Anton Oliver Anton Oliver Anton David Oliver is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer who most recently played professionally for the French second-division club Toulon, noted for signing veteran greats including former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga and great George Gregan...
PR	17	Tony Woodcock Tony Woodcock (rugby player) Tony Dale Woodcock is a New Zealand rugby union player. His position is loosehead prop, and he has played 83 tests for the national team, the All Blacks. He plays for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Auckland Blues in the Super 14. He plays for North Harbour Marist in the North...
PR	18	Carl Hayman Carl Hayman Carl Hayman is an international rugby union footballer who has played at tighthead prop for Otago at provincial level, the Highlanders in the Super 14 and the All Blacks at international level...
N8	19	Rodney So'oialo Rodney So'oialo Rodney So'oialo is a New Zealand rugby union player currently playing in Japan for the Honda Heat. Previously, he had been a stalwart for the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby competition, making 101 appearances for the franchise. He also made 62 test appearances for the All Blacks between 2002 and 2009...
HK	20	Keven Mealamu Keven Mealamu Keven Mealamu is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays at hooker for the Blues in the Super 14, Auckland in the National Provincial Championship, and the New Zealand national team, All Blacks....
SH	21	Andrew Ellis
FB	22	Leon MacDonald Leon MacDonald Leon Raymond MacDonald is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer, and now assistant coach for the Tasman Makos rugby team, who played 56 tests for the national team, All Blacks. He plays first five-eighths and fullback.-Biography:MacDonald was born in Blenheim, New Zealand, and attended...
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Graham Henry Graham Henry Graham Henry is a New Zealand Rugby Union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks. He played rugby union for Canterbury and cricket for Otago in the Plunket Shield. Henry was heavily criticized following the All Blacks quarterfinal exit at the 2007 Rugby World...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Portugal | FB 15 Pedro Leal

Pedro Leal

Pedro Leal is a Portuguese international rugby player and a regular on the International Rugby Board World Sevens circuit....

RW 14 António Aguilar

António Aguilar

António Maria Maurício de Aguilar is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a wing.-Career:Aguilar played in Grupo Desportivo Direito. After being National Champion twice in his first two senior seasons, he moved to Mont-de-Marsan, a second division French rugby club. He played in France for...

OC 13 Miguel Portela

Miguel Portela

Miguel Portela de Rodriguez is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a center, although hes capable of nearly all positions, except prop and hooker. He has been a leading member of the Grupo Desportivo Direito team. Professionally, he is a lawyer.He was a member of the Portuguese squad...

IC 12 Diogo Mateus

Diogo Mateus

Diogo Mateus is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays inside centre, number 12. He came through the ranks at Belenenses , he was on the books with Heineken Cup champions Munster in the 2006/07 season. He has also played for the Portugal rugby union team. He is 1, 73 m and weighs 80 kg...

LW 11 Pedro Carvalho

Pedro Carvalho

Pedro Carvalho is a Portuguese rugby union player, who plays as a wing for Portuguese amateur side Grupo Desportivo Direito, and for Portugal's national side....

FH 10 Gonçalo Malheiro

Gonçalo Malheiro

Gonçalo Pinto de Mesquita Viegas Malheiro is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half. He works as a civil engineer. He took his degree at University of Porto....

  SH 9 Luís Pissarra

Luís Pissarra

Luís Pissarra is a Portuguese rugby union footballer of Argentine descent. He plays as a scrum-half for Agronomia, with whom he won the National Championship in 2006-07....

  N8 8 Vasco Uva

Vasco Uva

Vasco Nuno Barata Sousa Uva is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a number eight. In Portugal he played for Grupo Desportivo Direito, until he was assigned, in January 2008 for the professional team of Montpellier Hérault RC, in France.He took his Law degree at the Catholic University of...

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Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) OF 7 Paulo Murinello

Paulo Murinello

Paulo Murinello is a former Portuguese rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a flanker. He last played for Cascais. He's also a student of Sport Gestion at the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, in Lisbon....

BF 6 Diogo Coutinho

Diogo Coutinho

Diogo Coutinho is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker for Direito, a Lisbon team.He has 34 caps for Portugal since his debut in 2000 and has scored 4 tries, 20 points in aggregate...

  RL 5 Gonçalo Uva

Gonçalo Uva

Gonçalo Uva is a Portuguese rugby union player. He currently plays for Montpellier Hérault RC in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14. Uva has also played 32 times for the Portuguese national team. His usual position is as a lock. Uva is the brother of Vasco Uva, and cousin of João Uva,...

  LL 4 Marcello d'Orey

Marcello d'Orey

Marcello Rui Dias d'Orey Branco is a Portuguese rugby union player. Professionally, he's a lawyer.His position in the field is as a lock, but he has also played as number 8....

  TP 3 Ruben Spachuck

Ruben Spachuck

Cristian Ruben Spachuck, commonly known as Ruben Spachuck , is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop. One of the four Belenenses players at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, he moved to the French team of Blagnac after the tournament.Spachuck's first game for...

HK 2 João Correia

João Correia

João Gonçalves Correia is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a hooker. He currently is a member of Direito...

LP 1 André Silva

André Silva

André Lourenço da Silva is a French-born Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a prop. He had his debut in French rugby for Racing Club de France, aged 17....

  Replacements: PR 16 Rui Cordeiro

Rui Cordeiro

Rui Pedro Godinho Cordeiro was a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He has a degree in veterinary medicine....

  PR 17 Joaquim Ferreira

Joaquim Ferreira

Joaquim Vaz Ferreira is a former Portuguese rugby union footballer.-Career:The Portuguese prop played all his career for CDUP, since he was 17 years old. He is currently the most capped player from his country, having played 84 games for Portugal national team, with 3 tries scored, 15 points in...

  LK 18 David Penalva

David Penalva

David Penalva is a Portuguese rugby union footballer, who plays as a lock for Nice, a French side competing in the French Fédérale 1 for the 2010-11 season. Penalva also plays for Portugal's national side....

  FL 19 Tiago Girão

Tiago Girão

Tiago Menezes Girão is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker. He played for CDUL, moving to CRC Madrid Noroeste, for the season of 2007/08, and the moving back to CDUL...

  FL 20 João Uva

João Uva

João Pedro Azevedo de Sousa Uva is a Portuguese rugby union footballer.He plays as a flanker for Bandeirantes Rugby Clube - São Paulo - Brasil since February 2011.He played as a flanker for Belenenses...

  SH 21 José Pinto  FH 22 Duarte Cardoso Pinto

Duarte Cardoso Pinto

Duarte Daun e Lorena Cardoso Pinto is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half.He currently plays for Blagnac in the French Second Division, having signed for them after the 2007 Rugby World Cup...

  Coach:   Tomaz Morais

Tomaz Morais

Tomaz Eduardo Carvalho Morais is a Portuguese rugby union coach and a former player.The son of Portuguese settlers in Angola, Morais moved to Portugal following the 25 April 1974 revolution. He went on to become a Physical Education teacher and a rugby union player, playing as a centre for Cascais...

Man of the Match: Jerry Collins Jerry Collins Jerry Collins is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who formerly played for the national team, the All Blacks in which he was capped 48 times. He now plays for Yamaha Jubilo, in Japanese Top league rugby.-Early career:...  (New Zealand) Touch judges: Hugh Watkins Hugh Watkins Hugh David Watkins is a Welsh former rugby union referee who currently works as the video referee on the UK television gameshow Gladiators. In 2007, he went to the 2007 Rugby World Cup as a touch judge before being used as a television match official later in the competition...  (Wales Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the... ) Marius Jonker Marius Jonker Marius Jonker is one of South Africa's top rugby union referees. He refereed at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, and regularly takes charge of Super 14 and Currie Cup matches.-Career:...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Television match official: Dave Pearson (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Fourth official: Paul Honiss Paul Honiss Paul Gerard Honiss is a retired rugby union referee from Hamilton, New Zealand.Honiss held the record of the most test matches refereed when he retired as an international rugby union referee in July 2008. That record has since been surpassed by Jonathan Kaplan...  (New Zealand) Fifth official: Laurent Valin (France)

Scotland vs Romania

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Scotland
FB	15	Rory Lamont Rory Lamont Rory Lamont is a rugby union player who plays fullback and on the wing most recently he played for RC Toulon and currently for the Scotland. Rory is the younger brother of Sean Lamont.- Club career :...
RW	14	Sean Lamont Sean Lamont Sean Lamont is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays at centre and on the wing. His younger brother Rory Lamont is also a Scotland international rugby union player.-Biography:...
OC	13	Simon Webster Simon Webster (rugby player) Simon Webster plays rugby for Edinburgh and Scotland on the wing. He is a quick and creative player.-Club career:Webster attended Yarm School in Stockton-on-Tees where he captained the schools 1st XV side. Webster turned professional in 2000 and went on to make his debut for Northampton Saints...
IC	12	Rob Dewey Rob Dewey Rob Dewey is a Scottish rugby union player who was born on the 16th of October 1983 and currently plays for the Glasgow Warriors. Despite having only come onto the professional rugby scene in the 2005–2006 season, a lethal combination of pace and power gave him a name amongst the Scottish rugby...
LW	11	Chris Paterson Chris Paterson Chris Paterson is a Scotland internationalist who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Edinburgh Rugby. He is Scotland’s record cap and points holder with 109 caps and 809 points. Paterson is capable in a range of positions, including fullback, wing and fly-half. In recent years Paterson has played...
FH	10	Dan Parks Dan Parks Daniel Arthur Parks is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Cardiff Blues as fly-half...
SH	9	Mike Blair Mike Blair Michael Robert Leighton Blair is a Scottish rugby union footballer.He plays professional rugby union as scrum-half for Edinburgh Rugby and represents Scotland.He attended the Edinburgh Academy....
N8	8	Simon Taylor Simon Taylor (rugby player) Simon Marcus Taylor is a Scottish professional rugby union footballer for Bath Rugby. He is a back-row forward, usually a number eight. He played for Edinburgh for six seasons between 2000 and 2006 and in 2007 agreed a three year deal with Stade Français joining them immediately after the 2007...
OF	7	Allister Hogg Allister Hogg Allister Hogg is a Scottish Rugby Union player who plays rugby union at either flanker or number eight for Newcastle Falcons and formely for Scotland.-Career:...
BF	6	Jason White (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
RL	5	Jim Hamilton Jim Hamilton (rugby player) James Leigh Hamilton is a Scottish rugby union footballer who plays for Gloucester and .Born in Swindon, England, the son of a soldier also called James who was a sergeant in the Queen's Own Highlanders. He was educated at Coundon Court School in Coventry, and played for Barkers Butts R.F.C...
LL	4	Nathan Hines Nathan Hines Nathan Hines is an Australian-born Scottish rugby player. He currently plays for ASM Clermont Auvergne...
TP	3	Euan Murray Euan Murray Euan Murray is a Scottish rugby union footballer, formerly playing for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership competition before joining Newcastle Falcons. He has also played for the Scotland national team. He was a part of their 2007 Six Nations squad, and scored a try in their final game...
HK	2	Ross Ford Ross Ford Ross William Ford is a professional rugby union player who plays as hooker for both Edinburgh and Scotland. He signed for Edinburgh after starting his professional career with the Border Reivers, but after the Reivers disbandment in the summer of 2007, Ford was left without a club...
LP	1	Gavin Kerr Gavin Kerr Gavin Kerr is a retired rugby union footballer who played prop, he played international rugby for Scotland. He played club rugby for Leeds Tykes , the defunct Border Reivers, Edinburgh and Sale Sharks...
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson Scott Lawson Scott Lawson is a Scottish rugby union player who plays club rugby for Gloucester Rugby after moving there from Sale Sharks in September 2008, and plays internationally for . He plays as a hooker....
PR	17	Craig Smith Craig Smith (rugby player) Craig James Smith is a Scottish professional rugby union player, currently with the French Top 14 club Racing Métro. Previously, he had spent nine seasons in Scotland with Edinburgh Rugby.- Career :...
LK	18	Scott MacLeod Scott MacLeod Scott MacLeod is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He currently plays as a lock for Edinburgh and the Scottish national team....
FL	19	Kelly Brown Kelly Brown (rugby player) Kelly Brown is a Scottish rugby union player, who plays for Scotland's national side, and for Saracens F.C. as a flanker.Brown made his debut for the national side on June 5, 2005, in a match against where he scored a try...
SH	20	Chris Cusiter Chris Cusiter Christopher Peter Cusiter is a Scottish rugby union player who plays at scrum-half. Cusiter played for the British and Irish Lions in their 2005 tour of New Zealand. Originally from Aberdeen, where he attended Robert Gordon's College, he now plays for Glasgow Warriors. He left the Border Reivers...
FB	21	Hugo Southwell Hugo Southwell Hugo Finlay Grant Southwell is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays as a fullback, centre, wing or scrum half....
WG	22	Nikki Walker Nikki Walker Nikki Walker is a rugby union footballer who plays on the wing for the Ospreys and Scotland. Walker has cemented a regular starting place with The Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium. He and opposite-wing Shane Williams have created an exciting "Little and Large" combination that utilises their...
Coach:
Frank Hadden Frank Hadden Frank Hadden is a Scottish rugby union coach. He is a former head coach of Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby.Hadden replaced Matt Williams and was appointed on 15 September 2005. Hadden coached the Merchiston Castle School 1st XV after being appointed Head of Physical Education at the school in 1983...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Romania | FB 15 Iulian Dumitras

Iulian Dumitraş

Iulian Dumitraş is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half and as a fullback.Dumitraş played in France for Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, Section Paloise and plays for SC Albi since 2008/09....

RW 14 Catalin Fercu

Catalin Fercu

Cătălin Fercu is a Romanian rugby union player. He has played in 19 international matches for Romania. Fercu plays on the fullback position....

OC 13 Csaba Gal IC 12 Romeo Gontineac

Romeo Gontineac

Romeo Stefan Gontineac is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a centre....

  LW 11 Gabriel Brezoianu

Gabriel Brezoianu

Gabriel Brezoianu is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a wing.Having played first at Dinamo Bucureşti , then in Steaua Bucureşti , he moved to Bègles-Bordeaux, in France, here he played from 2000/2001 to 2002/2003...

FH 10 Ionut Dimofte

Ionut Dimofte

Ionuţ Dimofte is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays for the Romanian team of Baia Mare, the current Romanian champion club...

  SH 9 Lucian Sirbu

Lucian Sîrbu

Lucian Sîrbu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a scrum-half.Sîrbu played at Steaua Bucureşti, in Romania, until moving to Racing Métro 92, in France. He moved to AS Béziers, in 2007....

  N8 8 Ovidiu Tonita

Ovidiu Tonita

Ovidiu Toniţa is a Romanian rugby union footballer. A former lock and presently a flanker and number 8, he plays for the French side USA Perpignan and for the Romanian national team. He is noted for his size, which is considered unusual for his position on the field...

OF 7 Alexandru Manta

Alexandru Manta

Alexandru Manta is a Romanian rugby union footballer.-Career:Manta has been playing in France for several years, already playing for at Terrasson , Stade Aurillacois , Bègles-Bordeaux , Section Paloise , Castres Olympique and CA Brive...

  BF 6 Florin Corodeanu

Florin Corodeanu

Florin Corodeanu is a Romanian rugby union player. He's a flanker.He played in France for Stade Aurillacois, FC Grenoble and currently plays for Saint-Marcellin Sport....

  RL 5 Cristian Petre

Cristian Petre

Cristian Petre is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock for the French team of AS Béziers Hérault.He has 72 caps for Romania national rugby union team, since 2001, with 5 tries scored, 25 points in aggregate...

LL 4 Sorin Socol

Sorin Socol

Sorin Socol in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock.He has won 55 caps for Romania and is the current captain. After being voted player of the tournament in the 1996 Under 21 Rugby World Championships where he captained Romania, Socol has played club rugby...

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Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) TP 3 Bogdan Balan

Bogdan Balan

Bogdan Bălan is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He is currently playing professionally for Lyon in France's Pro D2. He plays at prop and has played for Romania since 2003; including getting selected for Romania's 2007 World Cup squad.Balan began his rugby career playing for Brăila in his home...

  HK 2 Marius Tincu

Marius Tincu

Marius Tincu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a hooker. Since 2007, he holds dual French-Romanian citizenship....

  LP 1 Petrisor Toderasc

Petrişor Toderasc

Petrişor Toderasc is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop.Toderasc plays currently for CA Brive, in France....

Replacements: PR 16 Silviu Florea

Silviu Florea

Silviu Florea is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a prop.He played for RC Cannes-Mandelieu, before returning to Romania, were he played for Steaua Bucharest, from 2003 to 2006, winning the title of National Champion...

  HK 17 Razvan Mavrodin

Răzvan Mavrodin

Răzvan Mavrodin is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a hooker.Mavrodin played in France for USA Perpignan, Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, Section Paloise , returning to Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby for the final season of his career, in 2008/09...

  LK 18 Cosmin Ratiu

Cosmin Raţiu

Cosmin Aurel Raţiu is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock and as a flanker.He played for Dinamo Bucharest until moving to Stade Montois, in France, for the season of 2006/07....

  N8 19 Alexandru Tudori

Alexandru Tudori

Marian Alexandru Tudori is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker.He plays for Dinamo Bucharest....

  SH 20 Valentin Calafeteanu

Valentin Calafeteanu

Valentin Niculae Calafeteanu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. His position on the field is scrum-half...

  CE 21 Ionut Tofan

Ionut Tofan

Ionuţ Tofan is a Romanian rugby union footballer. A fly half, he made his international debut in 1997 and was the Romanian national team's goalkicker during their 2003 World Cup campaign. He has scored over 300 points in tests for his country.-External links:*...

  FB 22 Florin Vlaicu

Florin Vlaicu

Florin Vlaicu is a rugby union footballer who plays for Bucureşti Rugby in European club competition and for Romania internationally. Vlaicu plays mainly at wing and made his international debut in 2006 as a substitute against Ukraine...

  Coach:   Daniel Santamans

Daniel Santamans

Daniel Santamans was a former French rugby union player, as a hooker, and coach.He played for Blagnac SCR and for Stade Toulousain, from 1977 to 1989, where he won 3 titles of French Champion and a Cup of France, in 1984.After ending his player career, he become a coach, first at the youths level...

Man of the Match: Allister Hogg Allister Hogg Allister Hogg is a Scottish Rugby Union player who plays rugby union at either flanker or number eight for Newcastle Falcons and formely for Scotland.-Career:...  (Scotland) Touch judges: Craig Joubert Craig Joubert Craig Paul Joubert is a South African professional rugby union referee. He has officiated at international level since 2003 with the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final being his most profile match.-Biography:...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos Christophe Berdos is a full-time international rugby union referee with the French Rugby Federation and is one of the two French representatives on the IRB's International Referees Panel....  (France) Television match official: Mark Lawrence Mark Lawrence (rugby) Mark Lawrence is an international rugby union referee, from the Republic of South Africa. He refereed his first international test match, in 2000, and was chosen to officiate at both the 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2007 Rugby World Cup acting as a touch judge and a TMO in both competitions...  (South Africa South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board... ) Fourth official: Wayne Barnes Wayne Barnes Wayne Barnes is an English international rugby union referee. He was educated at Whitecross School in Lydney, where he was head boy, Monmouth School and at the University of East Anglia. He became a professional referee in April 2005, giving up a career in law to do so...  (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Fifth official: Peter Allan (Scotland Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. It is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873, as the Scottish Football Union.-History:... )

Italy vs Portugal

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Italy
FB	15	David Bortolussi David Bortolussi David Bortolussi is an Italian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for French club Montpellier Hérault RC in the top league, the Top 14. He usually plays at full back or on the wing. He previously played for other French clubs Bègles-Bordeaux in 2002-03, FC Auch in 2001-02 and JS Riscle in...
RW	14	Pablo Canavosio Pablo Canavosio Pablo Canavosio is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Aironi in the Italian Magners League. Previously, Canavosio played club rugby in Italy, for Rovigo, Calvisano and Castres Olympique. His usual position is at scrum half or wing.Canavosio has been capped by...
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale Gonzalo Canale Gonzalo Canale is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centre or at full back. He plays for French club ASM Clermont Auvergne...
IC	12	Andrea Masi Andrea Masi Andrea Masi is an Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centres but he has also played at fly-half and at full-back. He currently plays for the Italian franchise in the RaboDirect Pro12, Aironi...
LW	11	Matteo Pratichetti Matteo Pratichetti Matteo Pratichetti is an Italian rugby union player.He currently plays for Aironi in the RaboDirect Pro12.Pratichetti's father, Oreste, was a rugby player and coach, his uncle Carlo was capped several times for Italy in the 1980s, and his brother Andrea was his teammate at Calvisano for the...
FH	10	Roland de Marigny Roland de Marigny Roland de Marigny is an Italian rugby union footballer. His normal position is fullback though he can also play centre or fly-half.His parents originated from Mauritius....
SH	9	Alessandro Troncon Alessandro Troncon Alessandro Troncon is a former Italian rugby union player.Troncon has made more test appearances than any other player in Italian rugby union history. The veteran scrum-half made his Italy debut against Spain in 1994 and has played alongside fly-half Diego Dominguez on more than 50 occasions...
N8	8	Manoa Vosawai Manoa Vosawai Manoa Vosawai is an Italian rugby union player. He currently plays for Benetton Treviso in Italy, and has been involved with the Italian national side, he made his debut on August 18, 2007 in a match against...
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco Mauro Bergamasco Mauro Bergamasco is an Italian rugby union footballer. He predominantly plays as an open-side flanker, although his versatility means has also played a number of international games on the wing, and started at scrum-half in an infamously error-prone performance...
BF	6	Sergio Parisse Sergio Parisse Sergio Parisse is an Italian Argentine rugby union rugby player. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International player of the year...
RL	5	Marco Bortolami Marco Bortolami Marco Bortolami is an Italian international rugby union player, playing club rugby for Aironi in the Celtic League. In January 2008 he was replaced as captain of Italy's national team....  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
LL	4	Carlo Del Fava Carlo Del Fava Carlo Antonio Del Fava is a rugby union player. His preferred position is Lock, and he currently plays for Aironi in the Celtic League....
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni Martin Castrogiovanni Martín Leandro Castrogiovanni is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He played for Ghial Calvisano, with whom he won the Italian championship in 2005. He has since signed a new contract with Leicester Tigers, and after a successful 2006/07 season with them was named Guinness Premiership...
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini Leonardo Ghiraldini Leonardo Ghiraldini is an Italian rugby union player for Benetton Rugby Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12.Ghiraldini's position of choice is at Hooker.-Underage & 'A' Level:...
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero Andrea Lo Cicero Andrea Lo Cicero is an Italian rugby union footballer.Born in Catania, Sicily, Lo Cicero began his professional career in the town of his birth with Amatori Catania. Later he moved to Bologna and then to Rugby Rovigo, winning his first Italian Championship in 2000 with Rugby Roma...
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HK	16	Fabio Ongaro Fabio Ongaro Fabio Ongaro is an Italian rugby union footballer. Although he now plays as a hooker, he played in the Italian youth teams as a flanker.-Career:...
PR	17	Matias Aguero Matías Agüero Matías Agüero is an Italian Argentine rugby union player. He signed for new Italian club Aironi for the 2010/2011 season. His position is prop.-Clubs:* Club de Regatas San Nicolas* Bologna 2001–2002...
PR	18	Salvatore Perugini Salvatore Perugini Salvatore Perugini is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Aironi in the RaboDirect Pro12 club competition. He has also been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2000 against Italy. His usual position is at prop...
LK	19	Valerio Bernabò Valerio Bernabò Valerio Bernabò is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Benetton Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12 competition. He has also been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2004 against the USA. He also captained the Italian under-21 team. His usual position is at lock...
FL	20	Silvio Orlando
SH	21	Paul Griffen Paul Griffen Paul Richard Griffen is an Italian rugby union footballer. He has represented Italy at scrum half in forty two full internationals...
WG	22	Ezio Galon Ezio Galon Ezio Galon is a rugby union player for Benetton Treviso in the Super 10 competition. A native of Treviso, he formerly played for Rugby Parma and, in 2000-2005, in the French sides of Bourgoin-Jallieu , Stade Rochelais and Lyon OU .Ezio Galon's position of choice is as a Full-back, but he is...
Coach:
Pierre Berbizier Pierre Berbizier Pierre Berbizier is a French former rugby union footballer, and currently head coach of Top 14 side Racing Métro. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played 56 times for France.-Biography:Berbizier was born in Saint-Gaudens...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Portugal | FB 15 Pedro Cabral RW 14 David Mateus

David Mateus

David Mateus is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. A member of Belenenses squad, his position in the field is as a wing or center....

  OC 13 Federico Sousa IC 12 Diogo Mateus

Diogo Mateus

Diogo Mateus is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays inside centre, number 12. He came through the ranks at Belenenses , he was on the books with Heineken Cup champions Munster in the 2006/07 season. He has also played for the Portugal rugby union team. He is 1, 73 m and weighs 80 kg...

  LW 11 António Aguilar

António Aguilar

António Maria Maurício de Aguilar is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a wing.-Career:Aguilar played in Grupo Desportivo Direito. After being National Champion twice in his first two senior seasons, he moved to Mont-de-Marsan, a second division French rugby club. He played in France for...

FH 10 Duarte Cardoso Pinto

Duarte Cardoso Pinto

Duarte Daun e Lorena Cardoso Pinto is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half.He currently plays for Blagnac in the French Second Division, having signed for them after the 2007 Rugby World Cup...

SH 9 José Pinto  N8 8 Vasco Uva

Vasco Uva

Vasco Nuno Barata Sousa Uva is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a number eight. In Portugal he played for Grupo Desportivo Direito, until he was assigned, in January 2008 for the professional team of Montpellier Hérault RC, in France.He took his Law degree at the Catholic University of...

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Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) OF 7 João Uva

João Uva

João Pedro Azevedo de Sousa Uva is a Portuguese rugby union footballer.He plays as a flanker for Bandeirantes Rugby Clube - São Paulo - Brasil since February 2011.He played as a flanker for Belenenses...

  BF 6 Tiago Girão

Tiago Girão

Tiago Menezes Girão is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker. He played for CDUL, moving to CRC Madrid Noroeste, for the season of 2007/08, and the moving back to CDUL...

RL 5 David Penalva

David Penalva

David Penalva is a Portuguese rugby union footballer, who plays as a lock for Nice, a French side competing in the French Fédérale 1 for the 2010-11 season. Penalva also plays for Portugal's national side....

LL 4 Gonçalo Uva

Gonçalo Uva

Gonçalo Uva is a Portuguese rugby union player. He currently plays for Montpellier Hérault RC in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14. Uva has also played 32 times for the Portuguese national team. His usual position is as a lock. Uva is the brother of Vasco Uva, and cousin of João Uva,...

TP 3 Ruben Spachuck

Ruben Spachuck

Cristian Ruben Spachuck, commonly known as Ruben Spachuck , is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop. One of the four Belenenses players at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, he moved to the French team of Blagnac after the tournament.Spachuck's first game for...

  HK 2 João Correia

João Correia

João Gonçalves Correia is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a hooker. He currently is a member of Direito...

  LP 1 Rui Cordeiro

Rui Cordeiro

Rui Pedro Godinho Cordeiro was a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He has a degree in veterinary medicine....

  Replacements: PR 16 Juan Muré

Juan Muré

Juan Manuel Murré is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a prop.-Career:Murré first played in Portugal at Belenenses, later becoming a naturalized Portuguese citizen. He was soon selected for the Portugal squad which played at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals...

  PR 17 André Silva

André Silva

André Lourenço da Silva is a French-born Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a prop. He had his debut in French rugby for Racing Club de France, aged 17....

  PR 18 Duarte Figueiredo

Duarte Figueiredo

Duarte Figueiredo is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop, for CDUL.He was a member of the Portuguese squad that entered the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. He played at the 31-5 loss to Italy....

  FL 19 Paulo Murinello

Paulo Murinello

Paulo Murinello is a former Portuguese rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a flanker. He last played for Cascais. He's also a student of Sport Gestion at the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, in Lisbon....

  SH 20 Luís Pissarra

Luís Pissarra

Luís Pissarra is a Portuguese rugby union footballer of Argentine descent. He plays as a scrum-half for Agronomia, with whom he won the National Championship in 2006-07....

  CE 21 Diogo Gama

Diogo Gama

Diogo Gama is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a centre or as a wing.-Career:Gama was the only member of Benfica at the Portuguese squad that was present at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. He played at the 31-5 loss to Italy. He moved to CRC Madrid Noroeste after the event...

  WG 22 Gonçalo Foro

Gonçalo Foro

Gonçalo Gonçalves Foro is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing and as a centre. Currently he's a member of CDUL squad....

  Coach:   Tomaz Morais

Tomaz Morais

Tomaz Eduardo Carvalho Morais is a Portuguese rugby union coach and a former player.The son of Portuguese settlers in Angola, Morais moved to Portugal following the 25 April 1974 revolution. He went on to become a Physical Education teacher and a rugby union player, playing as a centre for Cascais...

Man of the Match: José Pinto (Portugal) Touch judges: Federico Cuesta (Argentina) Malcolm Changleng Malcolm Changleng Malcolm Changleng is a Scottish former professional rugby union referee. He is the identical twin brother of fellow referee David Changleng....  (Scotland Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. It is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873, as the Scottish Football Union.-History:... ) Television match official: Paul Marks (Australia Australian Rugby Union The Australian Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. It was founded in 1949 and is a member of the International Rugby Board the sport's governing body. It consists of eight member unions, representing each state and territory... ) Fourth official: Chris White Chris White (referee) Chris White is an English international rugby referee. He is one of England's top rugby referees and has refereed at three Rugby World Cups....  (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Fifth official: Eric Molier (France)

Scotland vs New Zealand

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Scotland
FB	15	Hugo Southwell Hugo Southwell Hugo Finlay Grant Southwell is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays as a fullback, centre, wing or scrum half....
RW	14	Nikki Walker Nikki Walker Nikki Walker is a rugby union footballer who plays on the wing for the Ospreys and Scotland. Walker has cemented a regular starting place with The Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium. He and opposite-wing Shane Williams have created an exciting "Little and Large" combination that utilises their...
OC	13	Marcus Di Rollo Marcus di Rollo Marcus Di Rollo is a retired Scottish rugby union footballer. He played as a centre for Toulouse, Edinburgh, and the Scottish national team....
IC	12	Andrew Henderson
LW	11	Simon Webster Simon Webster (rugby player) Simon Webster plays rugby for Edinburgh and Scotland on the wing. He is a quick and creative player.-Club career:Webster attended Yarm School in Stockton-on-Tees where he captained the schools 1st XV side. Webster turned professional in 2000 and went on to make his debut for Northampton Saints...
FH	10	Chris Paterson Chris Paterson Chris Paterson is a Scotland internationalist who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Edinburgh Rugby. He is Scotland’s record cap and points holder with 109 caps and 809 points. Paterson is capable in a range of positions, including fullback, wing and fly-half. In recent years Paterson has played...
SH	9	Chris Cusiter Chris Cusiter Christopher Peter Cusiter is a Scottish rugby union player who plays at scrum-half. Cusiter played for the British and Irish Lions in their 2005 tour of New Zealand. Originally from Aberdeen, where he attended Robert Gordon's College, he now plays for Glasgow Warriors. He left the Border Reivers...
N8	8	David Callam
OF	7	John Barclay John Barclay (rugby player) John Barclay born 24 September 1986 in Hong Kong is a Scottish rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors in the Magners League.Barclay's position of choice is as a Flanker....
BF	6	Kelly Brown Kelly Brown (rugby player) Kelly Brown is a Scottish rugby union player, who plays for Scotland's national side, and for Saracens F.C. as a flanker.Brown made his debut for the national side on June 5, 2005, in a match against where he scored a try...
RL	5	Scott Murray (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
LL	4	Scott MacLeod Scott MacLeod Scott MacLeod is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He currently plays as a lock for Edinburgh and the Scottish national team....
TP	3	Craig Smith Craig Smith (rugby player) Craig James Smith is a Scottish professional rugby union player, currently with the French Top 14 club Racing Métro. Previously, he had spent nine seasons in Scotland with Edinburgh Rugby.- Career :...
HK	2	Scott Lawson Scott Lawson Scott Lawson is a Scottish rugby union player who plays club rugby for Gloucester Rugby after moving there from Sale Sharks in September 2008, and plays internationally for . He plays as a hooker....
LP	1	Alasdair Dickinson Alasdair Dickinson Alasdair Dickinson is a Scottish rugby union footballer, who plays for Sale Sharks. He plays as a prop. He is a product of the Scottish Institute of Sport....
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HK	16	Fergus Thomson Fergus Thomson Fergus Matthew Andrew Thomson is a Scottish rugby union hooker who plays for Glasgow Warriors. He was a member of the Scotland squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France....
PR	17	Gavin Kerr Gavin Kerr Gavin Kerr is a retired rugby union footballer who played prop, he played international rugby for Scotland. He played club rugby for Leeds Tykes , the defunct Border Reivers, Edinburgh and Sale Sharks...
LK	18	Jim Hamilton Jim Hamilton (rugby player) James Leigh Hamilton is a Scottish rugby union footballer who plays for Gloucester and .Born in Swindon, England, the son of a soldier also called James who was a sergeant in the Queen's Own Highlanders. He was educated at Coundon Court School in Coventry, and played for Barkers Butts R.F.C...
FL	19	Allister Hogg Allister Hogg Allister Hogg is a Scottish Rugby Union player who plays rugby union at either flanker or number eight for Newcastle Falcons and formely for Scotland.-Career:...
SH	20	Rory Lawson Rory Lawson Rory Lawson is a Scottish international rugby union player who currently plays for Gloucester Rugby as a Scrum Half. He attended Dollar Academy where he captained the school's 1st XV. After a number of years playing amateur rugby for Heriots he then took a professional contract with Edinburgh...
FH	21	Dan Parks Dan Parks Daniel Arthur Parks is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Cardiff Blues as fly-half...
CE	22	Rob Dewey Rob Dewey Rob Dewey is a Scottish rugby union player who was born on the 16th of October 1983 and currently plays for the Glasgow Warriors. Despite having only come onto the professional rugby scene in the 2005–2006 season, a lethal combination of pace and power gave him a name amongst the Scottish rugby...
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Frank Hadden Frank Hadden Frank Hadden is a Scottish rugby union coach. He is a former head coach of Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby.Hadden replaced Matt Williams and was appointed on 15 September 2005. Hadden coached the Merchiston Castle School 1st XV after being appointed Head of Physical Education at the school in 1983...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> New Zealand | FB 15 Leon MacDonald

Leon MacDonald

Leon Raymond MacDonald is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer, and now assistant coach for the Tasman Makos rugby team, who played 56 tests for the national team, All Blacks. He plays first five-eighths and fullback.-Biography:MacDonald was born in Blenheim, New Zealand, and attended...

  RW 14 Doug Howlett

Doug Howlett

Douglas Charles Howlett is a professional New Zealand rugby union player of Tongan descent. He is primarily a wing but he has also covered fullback at national and international levels. He currently plays in Ireland with Munster. He is the brother of former Tongan rugby league international Phil...

OC 13 Conrad Smith

Conrad Smith

Conrad Gerard Smith is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He is a midfield back and plays outside centre . He had been in many Taranaki age group teams. He moved to Wellington where he completed an LLB at Victoria University of Wellington...

  IC 12 Luke McAlister

Luke McAlister

Charles Luke McAlister is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays first five-eighths and second five-eighths ....

LW 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu

Sitiveni Sivivatu

Sitiveni Waica Sivivatu is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, playing on the position of a wing. He was largely successful in the 2005 Super 12 season playing for the Chiefs, and acquired a starting position in the All Blacks. He has scored 29 tries in 45 tests...

FH 10 Dan Carter

Daniel Carter (rugby player)

Daniel William "Dan" Carter is a New Zealand rugby union player.He is currently the highest points scorer in test match rugby and is regarded as one of rugby's greatest ever fly-halves.-Early life:...

SH 9 Byron Kelleher

Byron Kelleher

Byron Terrance Kelleher is a rugby union half-back who currently plays for Stade Francais in the French Top 14 competition, and has played over 57 tests with the New Zealand All Blacks...

  N8 8 Rodney So'oialo

Rodney So'oialo

Rodney So'oialo is a New Zealand rugby union player currently playing in Japan for the Honda Heat. Previously, he had been a stalwart for the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby competition, making 101 appearances for the franchise. He also made 62 test appearances for the All Blacks between 2002 and 2009...

OF 7 Richie McCaw

Richie McCaw

Richard Hugh "Richie" McCaw is a New Zealand rugby union player, and is the current test captain. He plays in the openside flanker position for the New Zealand, Crusaders and Canterbury rugby teams...

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Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) BF 6 Chris Masoe

Chris Masoe

Chris Masoe is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and currently plays for Castres Olympique.-Super 14:...

RL 5 Ali Williams

Ali Williams

Alexander James "Ali" Williams is a New Zealand rugby union player at the position of lock. He represented Auckland and plays for the Blues in the Super 14, when he signed for the Tasman provincial side. In 2008, he played for the Crusaders in the Super 14 and in 2010 signed on loan for Nottingham...

  LL 4 Reuben Thorne

Reuben Thorne

Reuben David Thorne is a New Zealand rugby union player, and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks.-Super 12:...

TP 3 Carl Hayman

Carl Hayman

Carl Hayman is an international rugby union footballer who has played at tighthead prop for Otago at provincial level, the Highlanders in the Super 14 and the All Blacks at international level...

  HK 2 Anton Oliver

Anton Oliver

Anton David Oliver is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer who most recently played professionally for the French second-division club Toulon, noted for signing veteran greats including former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga and great George Gregan...

  LP 1 Tony Woodcock

Tony Woodcock (rugby player)

Tony Dale Woodcock is a New Zealand rugby union player. His position is loosehead prop, and he has played 83 tests for the national team, the All Blacks. He plays for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Auckland Blues in the Super 14. He plays for North Harbour Marist in the North...

Replacements: HK 16 Anton Oliver

Anton Oliver

Anton David Oliver is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer who most recently played professionally for the French second-division club Toulon, noted for signing veteran greats including former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga and great George Gregan...

  PR 17 Neemia Tialata

Neemia Tialata

Neemia Stanley Tialata is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. As well as representing New Zealand, he also plays for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby and for Wellington in the Air New Zealand Cup when available....

  LK 18 Chris Jack

Chris Jack

Christopher Raymond Jack is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a lock. He has played for Canterbury and the Tasman Makos in the National Provincial Championship and its successor, the Air New Zealand Cup; the Crusaders in Super Rugby; Saracens in the Guinness Premiership; and...

  N8 19 Sione Lauaki

Sione Lauaki

Sione Tuitupu Lauaki is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. His brother, Epalahame Lauaki, is a 2nd rower for Hull in the Super League competition and also a New Zealand international.-Early career:...

  SH 20 Brendan Leonard

Brendan Leonard

Brendan Patrick Leonard is a filmmaker best known for his hit series on ABC Family, The Brendan Leonard Show.-Personal life:...

  FH 21 Nick Evans  CE 22 Isaia Toeava

Isaia Toeava

Isaia "Ice" Toeava , is a professional rugby union player in New Zealand.-Early career:Toeava attended De La Salle College, Mangere East, he played alongside Taniela Moa in the school's First XV rugby team. He represented New Zealand U-19 where he was named the IRB's Under-19 2005 player of the year...

  Coach:   Graham Henry

Graham Henry

Graham Henry is a New Zealand Rugby Union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks. He played rugby union for Canterbury and cricket for Otago in the Plunket Shield. Henry was heavily criticized following the All Blacks quarterfinal exit at the 2007 Rugby World...

Man of the Match: Chris Masoe Chris Masoe Chris Masoe is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and currently plays for Castres Olympique.-Super 14:...  (New Zealand) Touch judges: Dave Pearson (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Paul Marks (Australia Australian Rugby Union The Australian Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. It was founded in 1949 and is a member of the International Rugby Board the sport's governing body. It consists of eight member unions, representing each state and territory... ) Television match official: Hugh Watkins Hugh Watkins Hugh David Watkins is a Welsh former rugby union referee who currently works as the video referee on the UK television gameshow Gladiators. In 2007, he went to the 2007 Rugby World Cup as a touch judge before being used as a television match official later in the competition...  (Wales Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the... ) Fourth official: Chris White Chris White (referee) Chris White is an English international rugby referee. He is one of England's top rugby referees and has refereed at three Rugby World Cups....  (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Fifth official: Peter Allan (Scotland Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. It is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873, as the Scottish Football Union.-History:... )

Note

• Doug Howlett's two tries in this match brought his total in internationals to 48, a new All Blacks' try-scoring record.

Romania vs Portugal

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Romania
FB	15	Iulian Dumitras Iulian Dumitraş Iulian Dumitraş is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half and as a fullback.Dumitraş played in France for Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, Section Paloise and plays for SC Albi since 2008/09....
RW	14	Catalin Nicolae Cătălin Nicolae Cătălin Nicolae is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing.Nicolae played for CSA Steaua Bucureşti , but now plays for Farul Constanţa....
OC	13	Ionut Dimofte Ionut Dimofte Ionuţ Dimofte is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays for the Romanian team of Baia Mare, the current Romanian champion club...
IC	12	Romeo Gontineac Romeo Gontineac Romeo Stefan Gontineac is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a centre....
LW	11	Catalin Fercu Catalin Fercu Cătălin Fercu is a Romanian rugby union player. He has played in 19 international matches for Romania. Fercu plays on the fullback position....
FH	10	Dan Dumbrava Danut Dumbrava Dănuţ Dumbravă, commonly used variant of Dan Dumbravă is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half and a fullback.He currently plays for CSA Steaua Bucureşti....
SH	9	Valentin Calafeteanu Valentin Calafeteanu Valentin Niculae Calafeteanu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. His position on the field is scrum-half...
N8	8	Ovidiu Tonita Ovidiu Tonita Ovidiu Toniţa is a Romanian rugby union footballer. A former lock and presently a flanker and number 8, he plays for the French side USA Perpignan and for the Romanian national team. He is noted for his size, which is considered unusual for his position on the field...  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
OF	7	Florin Corodeanu Florin Corodeanu Florin Corodeanu is a Romanian rugby union player. He's a flanker.He played in France for Stade Aurillacois, FC Grenoble and currently plays for Saint-Marcellin Sport....
BF	6	Alexandru Tudori Alexandru Tudori Marian Alexandru Tudori is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker.He plays for Dinamo Bucharest....
RL	5	Cristian Petre Cristian Petre Cristian Petre is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock for the French team of AS Béziers Hérault.He has 72 caps for Romania national rugby union team, since 2001, with 5 tries scored, 25 points in aggregate...
LL	4	Cosmin Ratiu Cosmin Raţiu Cosmin Aurel Raţiu is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock and as a flanker.He played for Dinamo Bucharest until moving to Stade Montois, in France, for the season of 2006/07....
TP	3	Bogdan Balan Bogdan Balan Bogdan Bălan is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He is currently playing professionally for Lyon in France's Pro D2. He plays at prop and has played for Romania since 2003; including getting selected for Romania's 2007 World Cup squad.Balan began his rugby career playing for Brăila in his home...
HK	2	Razvan Mavrodin Răzvan Mavrodin Răzvan Mavrodin is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a hooker.Mavrodin played in France for USA Perpignan, Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, Section Paloise , returning to Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby for the final season of his career, in 2008/09...
LP	1	Cezar Popescu Cezar Popescu Cezar Popescu is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a prop.He first played at CSA Steaua Bucureşti , moving to Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby in 2003. He moved in 2005 to SU Agen, where he would play two seasons...
Replacements:
HK	16	Marius Tincu Marius Tincu Marius Tincu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a hooker. Since 2007, he holds dual French-Romanian citizenship....
PR	17	Paulica Ion Paulica Ion Paulică Ion is a Romanian rugby union footballer. A tighthead prop, He started his career with CSA Steaua Bucureşti, before moving to Bath in 2007 and currently plays for London Irish. As of 2008, he has played 22 games for the Romanian national team, scoring a try...
LK	18	Sorin Socol Sorin Socol Sorin Socol in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock.He has won 55 caps for Romania and is the current captain. After being voted player of the tournament in the 1996 Under 21 Rugby World Championships where he captained Romania, Socol has played club rugby...
LK	19	Valentin Ursache Valentin Ursache Valentin Niculai Ursache is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.Ursache played for Dinamo Bucharest, in Romania, currently playing for Aix-en-Provence, in the French Pro D2....
SH	20	Lucian Sirbu Lucian Sîrbu Lucian Sîrbu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a scrum-half.Sîrbu played at Steaua Bucureşti, in Romania, until moving to Racing Métro 92, in France. He moved to AS Béziers, in 2007....
FB	21	Florin Vlaicu Florin Vlaicu Florin Vlaicu is a rugby union footballer who plays for Bucureşti Rugby in European club competition and for Romania internationally. Vlaicu plays mainly at wing and made his international debut in 2006 as a substitute against Ukraine...
WG	22	Gabriel Brezoianu Gabriel Brezoianu Gabriel Brezoianu is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a wing.Having played first at Dinamo Bucureşti , then in Steaua Bucureşti , he moved to Bègles-Bordeaux, in France, here he played from 2000/2001 to 2002/2003...
Coach:
Daniel Santamans Daniel Santamans Daniel Santamans was a former French rugby union player, as a hooker, and coach.He played for Blagnac SCR and for Stade Toulousain, from 1977 to 1989, where he won 3 titles of French Champion and a Cup of France, in 1984.After ending his player career, he become a coach, first at the youths level...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Portugal | FB 15 Pedro Leal

Pedro Leal

Pedro Leal is a Portuguese international rugby player and a regular on the International Rugby Board World Sevens circuit....

RW 14 António Aguilar

António Aguilar

António Maria Maurício de Aguilar is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a wing.-Career:Aguilar played in Grupo Desportivo Direito. After being National Champion twice in his first two senior seasons, he moved to Mont-de-Marsan, a second division French rugby club. He played in France for...

OC 13 Miguel Portela

Miguel Portela

Miguel Portela de Rodriguez is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a center, although hes capable of nearly all positions, except prop and hooker. He has been a leading member of the Grupo Desportivo Direito team. Professionally, he is a lawyer.He was a member of the Portuguese squad...

IC 12 Federico Sousa LW 11 Pedro Carvalho

Pedro Carvalho

Pedro Carvalho is a Portuguese rugby union player, who plays as a wing for Portuguese amateur side Grupo Desportivo Direito, and for Portugal's national side....

FH 10 Duarte Cardoso Pinto

Duarte Cardoso Pinto

Duarte Daun e Lorena Cardoso Pinto is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half.He currently plays for Blagnac in the French Second Division, having signed for them after the 2007 Rugby World Cup...

  SH 9 José Pinto  N8 8 Tiago Girão

Tiago Girão

Tiago Menezes Girão is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker. He played for CDUL, moving to CRC Madrid Noroeste, for the season of 2007/08, and the moving back to CDUL...

OF 7 João Uva

João Uva

João Pedro Azevedo de Sousa Uva is a Portuguese rugby union footballer.He plays as a flanker for Bandeirantes Rugby Clube - São Paulo - Brasil since February 2011.He played as a flanker for Belenenses...

  BF 6 Diogo Coutinho

Diogo Coutinho

Diogo Coutinho is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker for Direito, a Lisbon team.He has 34 caps for Portugal since his debut in 2000 and has scored 4 tries, 20 points in aggregate...

RL 5 David Penalva

David Penalva

David Penalva is a Portuguese rugby union footballer, who plays as a lock for Nice, a French side competing in the French Fédérale 1 for the 2010-11 season. Penalva also plays for Portugal's national side....

  LL 4 Gonçalo Uva

Gonçalo Uva

Gonçalo Uva is a Portuguese rugby union player. He currently plays for Montpellier Hérault RC in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14. Uva has also played 32 times for the Portuguese national team. His usual position is as a lock. Uva is the brother of Vasco Uva, and cousin of João Uva,...

TP 3 Ruben Spachuck

Ruben Spachuck

Cristian Ruben Spachuck, commonly known as Ruben Spachuck , is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop. One of the four Belenenses players at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, he moved to the French team of Blagnac after the tournament.Spachuck's first game for...

  HK 2 Joaquim Ferreira

Joaquim Ferreira

Joaquim Vaz Ferreira is a former Portuguese rugby union footballer.-Career:The Portuguese prop played all his career for CDUP, since he was 17 years old. He is currently the most capped player from his country, having played 84 games for Portugal national team, with 3 tries scored, 15 points in...

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Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) LP 1 Rui Cordeiro

Rui Cordeiro

Rui Pedro Godinho Cordeiro was a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He has a degree in veterinary medicine....

Replacements: PR 16 Juan Muré

Juan Muré

Juan Manuel Murré is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a prop.-Career:Murré first played in Portugal at Belenenses, later becoming a naturalized Portuguese citizen. He was soon selected for the Portugal squad which played at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals...

  PR 17 João Correia

João Correia

João Gonçalves Correia is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a hooker. He currently is a member of Direito...

  PR 18 Salvador Palha

Salvador Palha

Salvador Palha is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock.Currently a member of Direito squad, he was called by Tomaz Morais for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, to replace the injured Marcello d'Orey...

  FL 19 Paulo Murinello

Paulo Murinello

Paulo Murinello is a former Portuguese rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a flanker. He last played for Cascais. He's also a student of Sport Gestion at the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, in Lisbon....

  SH 20 Luís Pissarra

Luís Pissarra

Luís Pissarra is a Portuguese rugby union footballer of Argentine descent. He plays as a scrum-half for Agronomia, with whom he won the National Championship in 2006-07....

  FH 21 Gonçalo Malheiro

Gonçalo Malheiro

Gonçalo Pinto de Mesquita Viegas Malheiro is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half. He works as a civil engineer. He took his degree at University of Porto....

  CE 22 Diogo Gama

Diogo Gama

Diogo Gama is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a centre or as a wing.-Career:Gama was the only member of Benfica at the Portuguese squad that was present at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. He played at the 31-5 loss to Italy. He moved to CRC Madrid Noroeste after the event...

Coach:   Tomaz Morais

Tomaz Morais

Tomaz Eduardo Carvalho Morais is a Portuguese rugby union coach and a former player.The son of Portuguese settlers in Angola, Morais moved to Portugal following the 25 April 1974 revolution. He went on to become a Physical Education teacher and a rugby union player, playing as a centre for Cascais...

Man of the Match: Diogo Coutinho Diogo Coutinho Diogo Coutinho is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker for Direito, a Lisbon team.He has 34 caps for Portugal since his debut in 2000 and has scored 4 tries, 20 points in aggregate...  (Portugal) Touch judges: Carlo Damasco (Italy) Simon McDowell (Ireland Irish Rugby Football Union The Irish Rugby Football Union is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where Irish rugby union international matches are played... ) Television match official: Kelvin Deaker Kelvin Deaker Kelvin Deaker is a former New Zealand rugby union international referee and member of the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union, who has now retired from all refereeing. Deaker took up refereeing in 1991, and refereed his first representative match in 1996, when he took charge of a National Provincial...  (New Zealand) Fourth official: Stuart Dickinson Stuart Dickinson Stuart Dickinson is a former Australian rugby referee. He made his international refereeing debut in 1997 in a Rugby World Cup qualifier between Tahiti and Papua New Guinea....  (Australia Australian Rugby Union The Australian Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. It was founded in 1949 and is a member of the International Rugby Board the sport's governing body. It consists of eight member unions, representing each state and territory... ) Fifth official: Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)

New Zealand vs Romania

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	New Zealand
FB	15	Nick Evans
RW	14	Joe Rokocoko Joe Rokocoko Josevata Taliga "Joe" Rokocoko is a professional New Zealand rugby union player. Rokocoko is known for his speed and strength which has accounted for his prolific try strike rate...
OC	13	Isaia Toeava Isaia Toeava Isaia "Ice" Toeava , is a professional rugby union player in New Zealand.-Early career:Toeava attended De La Salle College, Mangere East, he played alongside Taniela Moa in the school's First XV rugby team. He represented New Zealand U-19 where he was named the IRB's Under-19 2005 player of the year...
IC	12	Aaron Mauger Aaron Mauger Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger is a former rugby union player who played at centre for Leicester Tigers. He previously played first five-eighths and second five-eighths for Canterbury , the Crusaders and the New Zealand All Blacks...
LW	11	Sitiveni Sivivatu Sitiveni Sivivatu Sitiveni Waica Sivivatu is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, playing on the position of a wing. He was largely successful in the 2005 Super 12 season playing for the Chiefs, and acquired a starting position in the All Blacks. He has scored 29 tries in 45 tests...
FH	10	Luke McAlister Luke McAlister Charles Luke McAlister is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays first five-eighths and second five-eighths ....
SH	9	Andrew Ellis
N8	8	Sione Lauaki Sione Lauaki Sione Tuitupu Lauaki is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. His brother, Epalahame Lauaki, is a 2nd rower for Hull in the Super League competition and also a New Zealand international.-Early career:...
OF	7	Chris Masoe Chris Masoe Chris Masoe is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and currently plays for Castres Olympique.-Super 14:...
BF	6	Jerry Collins Jerry Collins Jerry Collins is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who formerly played for the national team, the All Blacks in which he was capped 48 times. He now plays for Yamaha Jubilo, in Japanese Top league rugby.-Early career:...  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
RL	5	Keith Robinson Keith Robinson (rugby player) Keith Robinson is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. His usual position is at lock. He was first selected for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks in 2002. His career was plagued by injury, and he was selected into the 2006 All Blacks after making a remarkable comeback from a...
LL	4	Reuben Thorne Reuben Thorne Reuben David Thorne is a New Zealand rugby union player, and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks.-Super 12:...
TP	3	Greg Somerville Greg Somerville Greg Mardon Somerville is a New Zealand rugby union player. He is a former All Black and a specialised tighthead prop who can also play loosehead. Somerville made his All Black debut in 2000 against Tonga, a match in which the All Blacks won 102–0...
HK	2	Keven Mealamu Keven Mealamu Keven Mealamu is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays at hooker for the Blues in the Super 14, Auckland in the National Provincial Championship, and the New Zealand national team, All Blacks....
LP	1	Neemia Tialata Neemia Tialata Neemia Stanley Tialata is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. As well as representing New Zealand, he also plays for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby and for Wellington in the Air New Zealand Cup when available....
Replacements:
HK	16	Andrew Hore Andrew Hore For the rugby union coach from New Zealand see Andrew Hore Andrew Hore is a rugby union player who plays for Taranaki in the ITM Cup. He has played for the All Blacks since 2002, in which time he has played 48 tests. His position is hooker...
PR	17	Tony Woodcock Tony Woodcock (rugby player) Tony Dale Woodcock is a New Zealand rugby union player. His position is loosehead prop, and he has played 83 tests for the national team, the All Blacks. He plays for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Auckland Blues in the Super 14. He plays for North Harbour Marist in the North...
LK	18	Chris Jack Chris Jack Christopher Raymond Jack is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a lock. He has played for Canterbury and the Tasman Makos in the National Provincial Championship and its successor, the Air New Zealand Cup; the Crusaders in Super Rugby; Saracens in the Guinness Premiership; and...
FL	19	Richie McCaw Richie McCaw Richard Hugh "Richie" McCaw is a New Zealand rugby union player, and is the current test captain. He plays in the openside flanker position for the New Zealand, Crusaders and Canterbury rugby teams...
SH	20	Brendon Leonard Brendon Leonard Brendon Leonard is a New Zealand rugby union footballer.-Career:Leonard plays half-back and made his provincial debut for Waikato in the 2005 National Provincial Championship. He was in the Chiefs wider training group for the 2006 Super 14...
WG	21	Doug Howlett Doug Howlett Douglas Charles Howlett is a professional New Zealand rugby union player of Tongan descent. He is primarily a wing but he has also covered fullback at national and international levels. He currently plays in Ireland with Munster. He is the brother of former Tongan rugby league international Phil...
CE	22	Conrad Smith Conrad Smith Conrad Gerard Smith is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He is a midfield back and plays outside centre . He had been in many Taranaki age group teams. He moved to Wellington where he completed an LLB at Victoria University of Wellington...
Coach:
Graham Henry Graham Henry Graham Henry is a New Zealand Rugby Union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks. He played rugby union for Canterbury and cricket for Otago in the Plunket Shield. Henry was heavily criticized following the All Blacks quarterfinal exit at the 2007 Rugby World...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Romania | FB 15 Iulian Dumitras

Iulian Dumitraş

Iulian Dumitraş is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half and as a fullback.Dumitraş played in France for Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, Section Paloise and plays for SC Albi since 2008/09....

  RW 14 Stefan Ciuntu OC 13 Csaba Gal IC 12 Romeo Gontineac

Romeo Gontineac

Romeo Stefan Gontineac is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a centre....

  LW 11 Gabriel Brezoianu

Gabriel Brezoianu

Gabriel Brezoianu is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a wing.Having played first at Dinamo Bucureşti , then in Steaua Bucureşti , he moved to Bègles-Bordeaux, in France, here he played from 2000/2001 to 2002/2003...

FH 10 Ionut Dimofte

Ionut Dimofte

Ionuţ Dimofte is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays for the Romanian team of Baia Mare, the current Romanian champion club...

SH 9 Lucian Sirbu

Lucian Sîrbu

Lucian Sîrbu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a scrum-half.Sîrbu played at Steaua Bucureşti, in Romania, until moving to Racing Métro 92, in France. He moved to AS Béziers, in 2007....

  N8 8 Ovidiu Tonita

Ovidiu Tonita

Ovidiu Toniţa is a Romanian rugby union footballer. A former lock and presently a flanker and number 8, he plays for the French side USA Perpignan and for the Romanian national team. He is noted for his size, which is considered unusual for his position on the field...

OF 7 Alexandru Manta

Alexandru Manta

Alexandru Manta is a Romanian rugby union footballer.-Career:Manta has been playing in France for several years, already playing for at Terrasson , Stade Aurillacois , Bègles-Bordeaux , Section Paloise , Castres Olympique and CA Brive...

  BF 6 Florin Corodeanu

Florin Corodeanu

Florin Corodeanu is a Romanian rugby union player. He's a flanker.He played in France for Stade Aurillacois, FC Grenoble and currently plays for Saint-Marcellin Sport....

  RL 5 Cristian Petre

Cristian Petre

Cristian Petre is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock for the French team of AS Béziers Hérault.He has 72 caps for Romania national rugby union team, since 2001, with 5 tries scored, 25 points in aggregate...

LL 4 Sorin Socol

Sorin Socol

Sorin Socol in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock.He has won 55 caps for Romania and is the current captain. After being voted player of the tournament in the 1996 Under 21 Rugby World Championships where he captained Romania, Socol has played club rugby...

 (c

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) TP 3 Silviu Florea

Silviu Florea

Silviu Florea is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a prop.He played for RC Cannes-Mandelieu, before returning to Romania, were he played for Steaua Bucharest, from 2003 to 2006, winning the title of National Champion...

  HK 2 Marius Tincu

Marius Tincu

Marius Tincu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a hooker. Since 2007, he holds dual French-Romanian citizenship....

  LP 1 Bogdan Balan

Bogdan Balan

Bogdan Bălan is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He is currently playing professionally for Lyon in France's Pro D2. He plays at prop and has played for Romania since 2003; including getting selected for Romania's 2007 World Cup squad.Balan began his rugby career playing for Brăila in his home...

  Replacements: HK 16 Razvan Mavrodin

Răzvan Mavrodin

Răzvan Mavrodin is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a hooker.Mavrodin played in France for USA Perpignan, Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, Section Paloise , returning to Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby for the final season of his career, in 2008/09...

  PR 17 Paulica Ion

Paulica Ion

Paulică Ion is a Romanian rugby union footballer. A tighthead prop, He started his career with CSA Steaua Bucureşti, before moving to Bath in 2007 and currently plays for London Irish. As of 2008, he has played 22 games for the Romanian national team, scoring a try...

  LK 18 Valentin Ursache

Valentin Ursache

Valentin Niculai Ursache is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock.Ursache played for Dinamo Bucharest, in Romania, currently playing for Aix-en-Provence, in the French Pro D2....

  N8 19 Cosmin Ratiu

Cosmin Raţiu

Cosmin Aurel Raţiu is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock and as a flanker.He played for Dinamo Bucharest until moving to Stade Montois, in France, for the season of 2006/07....

  SH 20 Valentin Calafeteanu

Valentin Calafeteanu

Valentin Niculae Calafeteanu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. His position on the field is scrum-half...

  FB 21 Florin Vlaicu

Florin Vlaicu

Florin Vlaicu is a rugby union footballer who plays for Bucureşti Rugby in European club competition and for Romania internationally. Vlaicu plays mainly at wing and made his international debut in 2006 as a substitute against Ukraine...

  CE 22 Catalin Robert Dascalu  Coach:   Daniel Santamans

Daniel Santamans

Daniel Santamans was a former French rugby union player, as a hooker, and coach.He played for Blagnac SCR and for Stade Toulousain, from 1977 to 1989, where he won 3 titles of French Champion and a Cup of France, in 1984.After ending his player career, he become a coach, first at the youths level...

Man of the Match: Joe Rokocoko Joe Rokocoko Josevata Taliga "Joe" Rokocoko is a professional New Zealand rugby union player. Rokocoko is known for his speed and strength which has accounted for his prolific try strike rate...  (New Zealand) Touch judges: Federico Cuesta (Argentina) Malcolm Changleng Malcolm Changleng Malcolm Changleng is a Scottish former professional rugby union referee. He is the identical twin brother of fellow referee David Changleng....  (Scotland Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. It is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873, as the Scottish Football Union.-History:... ) Television match official: Paul Marks (Australia Australian Rugby Union The Australian Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. It was founded in 1949 and is a member of the International Rugby Board the sport's governing body. It consists of eight member unions, representing each state and territory... ) Fourth official: Romain Poite Romain Poite Romain Poite is a French rugby union international referee. He made his World Cup debut in 2007 during the match between Ireland and Namibia. He also officiated during three games in the 2009 Six Nations Championship. He refereed his first Six Nations match in 2010.-Notes and references:...  (France) Fifth official: Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)

Scotland vs Italy

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Scotland
FB	15	Rory Lamont Rory Lamont Rory Lamont is a rugby union player who plays fullback and on the wing most recently he played for RC Toulon and currently for the Scotland. Rory is the younger brother of Sean Lamont.- Club career :...
RW	14	Sean Lamont Sean Lamont Sean Lamont is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays at centre and on the wing. His younger brother Rory Lamont is also a Scotland international rugby union player.-Biography:...
OC	13	Simon Webster Simon Webster (rugby player) Simon Webster plays rugby for Edinburgh and Scotland on the wing. He is a quick and creative player.-Club career:Webster attended Yarm School in Stockton-on-Tees where he captained the schools 1st XV side. Webster turned professional in 2000 and went on to make his debut for Northampton Saints...
IC	12	Rob Dewey Rob Dewey Rob Dewey is a Scottish rugby union player who was born on the 16th of October 1983 and currently plays for the Glasgow Warriors. Despite having only come onto the professional rugby scene in the 2005–2006 season, a lethal combination of pace and power gave him a name amongst the Scottish rugby...
LW	11	Chris Paterson Chris Paterson Chris Paterson is a Scotland internationalist who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Edinburgh Rugby. He is Scotland’s record cap and points holder with 109 caps and 809 points. Paterson is capable in a range of positions, including fullback, wing and fly-half. In recent years Paterson has played...
FH	10	Dan Parks Dan Parks Daniel Arthur Parks is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Cardiff Blues as fly-half...
SH	9	Mike Blair Mike Blair Michael Robert Leighton Blair is a Scottish rugby union footballer.He plays professional rugby union as scrum-half for Edinburgh Rugby and represents Scotland.He attended the Edinburgh Academy....
N8	8	Simon Taylor Simon Taylor (rugby player) Simon Marcus Taylor is a Scottish professional rugby union footballer for Bath Rugby. He is a back-row forward, usually a number eight. He played for Edinburgh for six seasons between 2000 and 2006 and in 2007 agreed a three year deal with Stade Français joining them immediately after the 2007...
OF	7	Allister Hogg Allister Hogg Allister Hogg is a Scottish Rugby Union player who plays rugby union at either flanker or number eight for Newcastle Falcons and formely for Scotland.-Career:...
BF	6	Jason White Jason White (rugby player) Jason Phillip Randall White is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He is a utility forward who can play any position in the second or back row of the scrum—lock, flanker, or number eight. White plays at club level for French Top 14 side ASM Clermont Auvergne and also plays for Scotland.He is...  (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
RL	5	Jim Hamilton Jim Hamilton (rugby player) James Leigh Hamilton is a Scottish rugby union footballer who plays for Gloucester and .Born in Swindon, England, the son of a soldier also called James who was a sergeant in the Queen's Own Highlanders. He was educated at Coundon Court School in Coventry, and played for Barkers Butts R.F.C...
LL	4	Nathan Hines Nathan Hines Nathan Hines is an Australian-born Scottish rugby player. He currently plays for ASM Clermont Auvergne...
TP	3	Euan Murray Euan Murray Euan Murray is a Scottish rugby union footballer, formerly playing for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership competition before joining Newcastle Falcons. He has also played for the Scotland national team. He was a part of their 2007 Six Nations squad, and scored a try in their final game...
HK	2	Ross Ford Ross Ford Ross William Ford is a professional rugby union player who plays as hooker for both Edinburgh and Scotland. He signed for Edinburgh after starting his professional career with the Border Reivers, but after the Reivers disbandment in the summer of 2007, Ford was left without a club...
LP	1	Gavin Kerr Gavin Kerr Gavin Kerr is a retired rugby union footballer who played prop, he played international rugby for Scotland. He played club rugby for Leeds Tykes , the defunct Border Reivers, Edinburgh and Sale Sharks...
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson Scott Lawson Scott Lawson is a Scottish rugby union player who plays club rugby for Gloucester Rugby after moving there from Sale Sharks in September 2008, and plays internationally for . He plays as a hooker....
PR	17	Craig Smith Craig Smith (rugby player) Craig James Smith is a Scottish professional rugby union player, currently with the French Top 14 club Racing Métro. Previously, he had spent nine seasons in Scotland with Edinburgh Rugby.- Career :...
LK	18	Scott MacLeod Scott MacLeod Scott MacLeod is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He currently plays as a lock for Edinburgh and the Scottish national team....
FL	19	Kelly Brown Kelly Brown (rugby player) Kelly Brown is a Scottish rugby union player, who plays for Scotland's national side, and for Saracens F.C. as a flanker.Brown made his debut for the national side on June 5, 2005, in a match against where he scored a try...
SH	20	Chris Cusiter Chris Cusiter Christopher Peter Cusiter is a Scottish rugby union player who plays at scrum-half. Cusiter played for the British and Irish Lions in their 2005 tour of New Zealand. Originally from Aberdeen, where he attended Robert Gordon's College, he now plays for Glasgow Warriors. He left the Border Reivers...
CE	21	Andrew Henderson
FB	22	Hugo Southwell Hugo Southwell Hugo Finlay Grant Southwell is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays as a fullback, centre, wing or scrum half....
Coach:
Frank Hadden Frank Hadden Frank Hadden is a Scottish rugby union coach. He is a former head coach of Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby.Hadden replaced Matt Williams and was appointed on 15 September 2005. Hadden coached the Merchiston Castle School 1st XV after being appointed Head of Physical Education at the school in 1983...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Italy | FB 15 David Bortolussi

David Bortolussi

David Bortolussi is an Italian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for French club Montpellier Hérault RC in the top league, the Top 14. He usually plays at full back or on the wing. He previously played for other French clubs Bègles-Bordeaux in 2002-03, FC Auch in 2001-02 and JS Riscle in...

RW 14 Kaine Robertson

Kaine Robertson

Paul Kaine Robertson Paul Kaine Robertson Paul Kaine Robertson (born 29 October 1980 in Auckland is a rugby union player from New Zealand who plays rugby union for Aironi, and international rugby for Italy.Robertson moved to Italy in 1998....

OC 13 Gonzalo Canale

Gonzalo Canale

Gonzalo Canale is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centre or at full back. He plays for French club ASM Clermont Auvergne...

IC 12 Mirco Bergamasco

Mirco Bergamasco

Mirco Bergamasco is an Italian rugby union footballer. He primarily plays centre, presently with Parisian club Racing Métro in the French Top 14, and internationally with Italy...

LW 11 Andrea Masi

Andrea Masi

Andrea Masi is an Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centres but he has also played at fly-half and at full-back. He currently plays for the Italian franchise in the RaboDirect Pro12, Aironi...

  FH 10 Ramiro Pez

Ramiro Pez

Ramiro Pez is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer who normally plays at fly-half. In 2008-09, he joined the newly promoted French Top 14 club Toulon, having been signed from Venezia Mestre in the Italian Super 10 competition.He made his international debut with the Italian national team on...

SH 9 Alessandro Troncon

Alessandro Troncon

Alessandro Troncon is a former Italian rugby union player.Troncon has made more test appearances than any other player in Italian rugby union history. The veteran scrum-half made his Italy debut against Spain in 1994 and has played alongside fly-half Diego Dominguez on more than 50 occasions...

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Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

) N8 8 Sergio Parisse

Sergio Parisse

Sergio Parisse is an Italian Argentine rugby union rugby player. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International player of the year...

OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco

Mauro Bergamasco

Mauro Bergamasco is an Italian rugby union footballer. He predominantly plays as an open-side flanker, although his versatility means has also played a number of international games on the wing, and started at scrum-half in an infamously error-prone performance...

  BF 6 Josh Sole

Josh Sole

Josh Sole is an Italian rugby union player, playing for Aironi in the Celtic League. He has been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2005 against Argentina. His usual position is number 8....

RL 5 Carlo Del Fava

Carlo Del Fava

Carlo Antonio Del Fava is a rugby union player. His preferred position is Lock, and he currently plays for Aironi in the Celtic League....

LL 4 Santiago Dellapè

Santiago Dellapè

Santiago Dellapè is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is at lock. He plays for Italy, and was included their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad to Australia...

TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni

Martin Castrogiovanni

Martín Leandro Castrogiovanni is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He played for Ghial Calvisano, with whom he won the Italian championship in 2005. He has since signed a new contract with Leicester Tigers, and after a successful 2006/07 season with them was named Guinness Premiership...

  HK 2 Carlo Festuccia

Carlo Festuccia

Carlo Festuccia is an Italian rugby union footballer. He started playing for L'Aquila Rugby, then moved to Gran Rugby. With both teams he competed in the Super 10 in Italy. His usual position is at hooker....

  LP 1 Salvatore Perugini

Salvatore Perugini

Salvatore Perugini is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Aironi in the RaboDirect Pro12 club competition. He has also been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2000 against Italy. His usual position is at prop...

  Replacements: HK 16 Fabio Ongaro

Fabio Ongaro

Fabio Ongaro is an Italian rugby union footballer. Although he now plays as a hooker, he played in the Italian youth teams as a flanker.-Career:...

  PR 17 Andrea Lo Cicero

Andrea Lo Cicero

Andrea Lo Cicero is an Italian rugby union footballer.Born in Catania, Sicily, Lo Cicero began his professional career in the town of his birth with Amatori Catania. Later he moved to Bologna and then to Rugby Rovigo, winning his first Italian Championship in 2000 with Rugby Roma...

  LK 18 Valerio Bernabò

Valerio Bernabò

Valerio Bernabò is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Benetton Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12 competition. He has also been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2004 against the USA. He also captained the Italian under-21 team. His usual position is at lock...

HK 19 Leonardo Ghiraldini

Leonardo Ghiraldini

Leonardo Ghiraldini is an Italian rugby union player for Benetton Rugby Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12.Ghiraldini's position of choice is at Hooker.-Underage & 'A' Level:...

SH 20 Paul Griffen

Paul Griffen

Paul Richard Griffen is an Italian rugby union footballer. He has represented Italy at scrum half in forty two full internationals...

FB 21 Roland de Marigny

Roland de Marigny

Roland de Marigny is an Italian rugby union footballer. His normal position is fullback though he can also play centre or fly-half.His parents originated from Mauritius....

WG 22 Ezio Galon

Ezio Galon

Ezio Galon is a rugby union player for Benetton Treviso in the Super 10 competition. A native of Treviso, he formerly played for Rugby Parma and, in 2000-2005, in the French sides of Bourgoin-Jallieu , Stade Rochelais and Lyon OU .Ezio Galon's position of choice is as a Full-back, but he is...

  Coach:   Pierre Berbizier

Pierre Berbizier

Pierre Berbizier is a French former rugby union footballer, and currently head coach of Top 14 side Racing Métro. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played 56 times for France.-Biography:Berbizier was born in Saint-Gaudens...

Man of the Match: Dan Parks Dan Parks Daniel Arthur Parks is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Cardiff Blues as fly-half...  (Scotland) Touch judges: Hugh Watkins Hugh Watkins Hugh David Watkins is a Welsh former rugby union referee who currently works as the video referee on the UK television gameshow Gladiators. In 2007, he went to the 2007 Rugby World Cup as a touch judge before being used as a television match official later in the competition...  (Wales Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the... ) Wayne Barnes Wayne Barnes Wayne Barnes is an English international rugby union referee. He was educated at Whitecross School in Lydney, where he was head boy, Monmouth School and at the University of East Anglia. He became a professional referee in April 2005, giving up a career in law to do so...  (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Television match official: Dave Pearson (England Rugby Football Union The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886... ) Fourth official: Cyril Lafon (France) Fifth official: Laurent Valin (France)

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