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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pool_stage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Pool stage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pool_stage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Knockout_stage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Knockout_stage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Knockout stage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Knockout_stage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Final</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-final" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-final"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pool_B"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Pool B</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pool_B-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pool_C" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pool_C"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Pool C</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pool_C-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pool_D" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pool_D"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Pool D</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pool_D-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Knockout_stage_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Knockout_stage_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Knockout stage</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Knockout_stage_2-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Knockout stage subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Knockout_stage_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Quarter-finals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Quarter-finals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Quarter-finals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Quarter-finals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Semi-finals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Semi-finals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Semi-finals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Semi-finals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Third-place_play-off" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Third-place_play-off"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Third-place play-off</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Third-place_play-off-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Final</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Statistics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Statistics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Statistics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Statistics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistrovstv%C3%AD_sv%C4%9Bta_v_ragby_2003" title="Mistrovství světa v ragby 2003 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mistrovství světa v ragby 2003" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby-Union-Weltmeisterschaft_2003" title="Rugby-Union-Weltmeisterschaft 2003 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rugby-Union-Weltmeisterschaft 2003" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Mundial_de_Rugby_de_2003" title="Copa Mundial de Rugby de 2003 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Copa Mundial de Rugby de 2003" data-language-autonym="Español" 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href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%A9%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98_2003" title="რაგბის მსოფლიო ჩემპიონატი 2003 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="რაგბის მსოფლიო ჩემპიონატი 2003" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wereldkampioenschap_rugby_2003" title="Wereldkampioenschap rugby 2003 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wereldkampioenschap rugby 2003" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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Cup</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RWC2003logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/RWC2003logo.svg/250px-RWC2003logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/RWC2003logo.svg/375px-RWC2003logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/RWC2003logo.svg/500px-RWC2003logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="120" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Tournament details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Host nation</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" 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/></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a> (1st title)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Runner-up <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Silver_medal_blank.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg/10px-Silver_medal_blank.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg/15px-Silver_medal_blank.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg/20px-Silver_medal_blank.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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rugby union team">New Zealand</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Tournament statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Matches played</th><td class="infobox-data">48</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">1,837,547 (38,282 per match)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top scorer(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a 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Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mils_Muliaina" title="Mils Muliaina">Mils Muliaina</a><br />(7 tries each)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1999 Rugby World Cup">1999</a> </div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2007 Rugby World Cup">2007</a> → </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:England_world_cup_winners.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/England_world_cup_winners.jpg/220px-England_world_cup_winners.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/England_world_cup_winners.jpg/330px-England_world_cup_winners.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/England_world_cup_winners.jpg/440px-England_world_cup_winners.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="588" /></a><figcaption>England 2003 World Cup winners</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>2003 Rugby World Cup</b> was the fifth <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" title="Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a> and was won by <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a>. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand Rugby Union</a> and Rugby World Cup Limited. The pre-event favourites were <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a>, regarded by many at the time as the best team in the world. <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a> and defending champions <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a> were also expected to make strong showings, with New Zealand being second favourites after victory in the southern-hemisphere Tri-Nations championship. </p><p>The tournament began with host nation Australia defeating Argentina 24–8 at <a href="/wiki/Stadium_Australia" title="Stadium Australia">Stadium Australia</a> in Sydney. Australia went on to defeat New Zealand 22–10 in the semi-final, to play England in the final. Along with a try to <a href="/wiki/Jason_Robinson_(rugby)" title="Jason Robinson (rugby)">Jason Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Jonny Wilkinson</a> kicked four penalties and then a drop-goal in extra time to win the game 20–17 for <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a>, who became the first northern hemisphere team to win the <a href="/wiki/Webb_Ellis_Cup" title="Webb Ellis Cup">Webb Ellis Cup</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualifying">Qualifying</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying">2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying</a></div> <p>The following 20 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Of the 20 teams, eight of those places were automatically filled by the teams that reached the quarter-final stages in <a href="/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1999 Rugby World Cup">1999</a>, including hosts and world champions <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a> and did not have to play any qualification matches. A record 81 nations from five continents were involved in the qualification process designed to fill the remaining 12 spots, which began on 23 September 2000. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%">Africa </th> <th width="25%">Americas </th> <th width="25%">Europe </th> <th width="25%">Oceania/Asia </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Namibia national rugby union team">Namibia</a> (Africa)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" title="Argentina national rugby union team">Argentina</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada national rugby union team">Canada</a> (Americas 1)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_union_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national rugby union team">United States</a> (Repechage 1)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_rugby_union_team" title="Uruguay national rugby union team">Uruguay</a> (Americas 2)</li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> (Europe 1)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a> (Europe 2)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_national_rugby_union_team" title="Romania national rugby union team">Romania</a> (Europe 3)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Georgia national rugby union team">Georgia</a> (Europe 4)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a> (Oceania 1)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Samoa_national_rugby_union_team" title="Samoa national rugby union team">Samoa</a> (Oceania 2)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tonga_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tonga national rugby union team">Tonga</a> (Repechage 2)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan national rugby union team">Japan</a> (Asia)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Host">Host</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Host"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_hosts" title="Rugby World Cup hosts">Rugby World Cup hosts</a></div> <p>Hosting rights to the tournament were initially awarded to both Australia and New Zealand; Australia would serve as the primary host, staging 25 of the 48 matches, while the other 23 would be played in New Zealand. Concerns were expressed in January 2001 that Australia might have been stripped of hosting rights after the <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby" title="World Rugby">International Rugby Board</a> (IRB) removed official status from the <a href="/wiki/2001_Brisbane_Sevens" title="2001 Brisbane Sevens">2001 Brisbane Sevens</a> in response to the Australian government denying entry visas to the <a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Fiji national rugby sevens team">Fiji team</a>; despite this, the IRB confirmed that Australia was still confirmed as host nation.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2002, the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_Australia" title="Rugby Australia">Australian Rugby Union</a> withdrew its offer to allow New Zealand to co-host the tournament after New Zealand Rugby failed to return the sub-host agreement by the deadline of 04:00 GMT on 8 March 2002. The New Zealand governing body had returned the documents, but with substantial changes relating to signage inside stadiums. New Zealand Rugby had intended for the annual <a href="/wiki/National_Provincial_Championship_(1976%E2%80%932005)" title="National Provincial Championship (1976–2005)">National Provincial Championship</a> to take place during the World Cup, and insisted on being able to honour its agreement with local sponsors, but this was not acceptable to the IRB. The ARU was then given 21 days to come up with alternative arrangements.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia's new plans were ratified at an IRB meeting on 18 April 2003, confirming them as sole hosts of the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The IRB was criticised from some quarters for its decision to strip New Zealand of the World Cup, and speaking to <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sport" title="BBC Sport">BBC Sport</a></i>, former New Zealand number 8 <a href="/wiki/Zinzan_Brooke" title="Zinzan Brooke">Zinzan Brooke</a> called on his former team to threaten a boycott of tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New Zealand Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Helen_Clark" title="Helen Clark">Helen Clark</a> said the IRB and the ARU had not given enough time to find a solution;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, the head of the ARU, John O'Neill, said he feared Australia could lose the World Cup entirely as a result of the disagreement.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venues">Venues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2003_World_Cup_opening.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/2003_World_Cup_opening.jpg/220px-2003_World_Cup_opening.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/2003_World_Cup_opening.jpg/330px-2003_World_Cup_opening.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/2003_World_Cup_opening.jpg/440px-2003_World_Cup_opening.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>The Opening Ceremony at <a href="/wiki/Stadium_Australia" title="Stadium Australia">Stadium Australia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The overall stadium capacity was 421,311 across 11 venues. This was a reduction from the <a href="/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1999 Rugby World Cup">1999 Rugby World Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> (with games also held in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>) which had a total capacity of 654,677 across 18 venues. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a> underwent a <a href="/wiki/AU$" class="mw-redirect" title="AU$">AU$</a>20 million redevelopment for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, financed entirely by the <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Cricket_Association" title="South Australian Cricket Association">South Australian Cricket Association</a>, with two new grandstands built adjacent to the Victor Richardson Gates. Suncorp Stadium in <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Lang_Park" title="Lang Park">Lang Park</a>) was a new A$280 million venue designed specifically for <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a>, rugby union and <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">soccer</a>, and was opened just prior to the start of the 2003 World Cup with a capacity of 52,500, some 12,000 more than the old Lang Park could hold. The Central Coast Stadium was also a newly built rectangular venue built for union, league and soccer. It was built on the site of the old Grahame Park ground and was opened in February 2000 at a cost of A$30 million. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Sydney Football Stadium</a> was one of two venues in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> that were used for <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2000_Olympic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 Olympic Games">2000 Olympic Games</a>. The other venue in Sydney was <a href="/wiki/Stadium_Australia" title="Stadium Australia">Stadium Australia</a>, which was the centrepiece of the 2000 Olympic Games. It was built as the main stadium of the 2000 Olympics at a cost of $690 million and with a capacity of 83,500 was the biggest stadium used in the 2003 World Cup (the stadium had an original capacity of 110,000 before undergoing a post-Olympics redevelopment from 2001 to 2003). The only stadium with a retractable roof used was the <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Docklands Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>. Although the Docklands Stadium has <a href="/wiki/Movable_seating" title="Movable seating">movable seating</a> which brings four sections of the lower bowl forward by 18 metres to create a more rectangular surround for the pitch, this was not used during the World Cup as it reduces the seating capacity of the stadium by approximately 3,500. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stadium_Australia" title="Stadium Australia">Stadium Australia</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Sydney Football Stadium</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Docklands Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lang_Park" title="Lang Park">Lang Park</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Capacity: <b>83,500</b> </td> <td colspan="2">Capacity: <b>42,500</b> </td> <td colspan="2">Capacity: <b>56,347</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>52,500</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sydney-Galaxy-homebush.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Sydney-Galaxy-homebush.jpg/185px-Sydney-Galaxy-homebush.jpg" decoding="async" width="185" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Sydney-Galaxy-homebush.jpg/278px-Sydney-Galaxy-homebush.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Sydney-Galaxy-homebush.jpg/370px-Sydney-Galaxy-homebush.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="898" /></a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sydney_Football_Stadium_during_NSW_Waratahs_vs_Melbourne_Rebels_game_April_21,_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Suncorpstadium071006a.JPG/278px-Suncorpstadium071006a.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Suncorpstadium071006a.JPG/370px-Suncorpstadium071006a.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:0"> <td style="width:376px;padding:0;border:1px solid transparent"> </td> <td style="width:125px;padding:0;border:1px solid transparent"> </td> <td style="width:250px;padding:0;border:1px solid transparent"> </td> <td style="width:250px;padding:0;border:1px solid transparent"> </td> <td style="width:125px;padding:0;border:1px solid transparent"> </td> <td style="width:376px;padding:0;border:1px solid transparent"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent"> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a 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style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a></b></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:91%;padding-top:3px">2003 Rugby World Cup (Australia)</div></div></div></div> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>33,597</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Subiaco_Oval.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Subiaco_Oval.jpg/185px-Subiaco_Oval.jpg" decoding="async" width="185" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Subiaco_Oval.jpg/278px-Subiaco_Oval.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Subiaco_Oval.jpg/370px-Subiaco_Oval.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AdelOval07.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/AdelOval07.jpg/185px-AdelOval07.jpg" decoding="async" width="185" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/AdelOval07.jpg/278px-AdelOval07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/AdelOval07.jpg/370px-AdelOval07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Townsville" title="Townsville">Townsville</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Willows_Sports_Complex" title="Willows Sports Complex">Willows Sports Complex</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canberra_Stadium" title="Canberra Stadium">Canberra Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Capacity: <b>26,500</b> </td> <td>Capacity: <b>25,011</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:14-05-2005-dairy_farmers_at_dusk.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/BruceStadium19032005.JPG/370px-BruceStadium19032005.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:4em"> <td colspan="4" style="border-top:1px solid transparent"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gosford" title="Gosford">Gosford</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania" title="Launceston, Tasmania">Launceston</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wollongong" title="Wollongong">Wollongong</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Stadium" title="Central Coast Stadium">Central Coast Stadium</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/York_Park" title="York Park">York Park</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wollongong_Showground" title="Wollongong Showground">Wollongong Showground</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Capacity: <b>20,059</b> </td> <td colspan="2">Capacity: <b>19,891</b> </td> <td colspan="2">Capacity: <b>18,484</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bluetongue_CC_Stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Bluetongue_CC_Stadium.jpg/185px-Bluetongue_CC_Stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="185" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Bluetongue_CC_Stadium.jpg/278px-Bluetongue_CC_Stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Bluetongue_CC_Stadium.jpg/370px-Bluetongue_CC_Stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="276" /></a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hawthorn_v_Western_Bulldogs_-_31st_May_2008_181.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Hawthorn_v_Western_Bulldogs_-_31st_May_2008_181.jpg/220px-Hawthorn_v_Western_Bulldogs_-_31st_May_2008_181.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" 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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Squads">Squads</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Squads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_squads" title="2003 Rugby World Cup squads">2003 Rugby World Cup squads</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Referees">Referees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Referees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Dickinson" title="Stuart Dickinson">Stuart Dickinson</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Marshall_(rugby_union)" title="Peter Marshall (rugby union)">Peter Marshall</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_White_(rugby_union)" title="Chris White (rugby union)">Chris White</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Spreadbury" title="Tony Spreadbury">Tony Spreadbury</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%ABl_Jutge" title="Joël Jutge">Joël Jutge</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><img alt="Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" 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href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><img alt="Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Donal_Courtney" title="Donal Courtney">Donal Courtney</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><img alt="Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Lewis_(rugby_union_and_cricket)" title="Alan Lewis (rugby union and cricket)">Alan Lewis</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> Giulio de Santis</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Deaker" title="Kelvin Deaker">Kelvin Deaker</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Iain Ramage</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lawrence_(rugby_union)" title="Mark Lawrence (rugby union)">Mark Lawrence</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Whitehouse" title="Nigel Whitehouse">Nigel Whitehouse</a></li></ul> </div> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Source</b>:<sup id="cite_ref-nzherald021003_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nzherald021003-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pools_and_format">Pools and format</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pools and format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%">Pool A </th> <th width="25%">Pool B </th> <th width="25%">Pool C </th> <th width="25%">Pool D </th></tr> <tr> <td> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" title="Argentina national rugby union team">Argentina</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Namibia national rugby union team">Namibia</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_national_rugby_union_team" title="Romania national rugby union team">Romania</a><br /> </p> </td> <td> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_union_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national rugby union team">United States</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan national rugby union team">Japan</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a><br /> </p> </td> <td> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Samoa_national_rugby_union_team" title="Samoa national rugby union team">Samoa</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Georgia national rugby union team">Georgia</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_rugby_union_team" title="Uruguay national rugby union team">Uruguay</a><br /> </p> </td> <td> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada national rugby union team">Canada</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tonga_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tonga national rugby union team">Tonga</a><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Following criticism of the complex format used in the <a href="/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1999 Rugby World Cup">1999 Rugby World Cup</a> a new simpler format was introduced and the twenty teams were divided into four pools of five nations, with the top two in each pool moving on to the knock-out quarter-final stage. With forty matches to be played in the pool stage on top of the knock-out matches would make the event the largest <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" title="Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a> tournament to be played to date. For the first time, a bonus point system was implemented in pool play. This system is identical to that long used in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a> tournaments, and was soon adopted in most European competitions (though not in the <a href="/wiki/Six_Nations_Championship" title="Six Nations Championship">Six Nations</a> until 2017): </p> <ul><li>4 points for a win</li> <li>2 points for a draw</li> <li>0 points for a loss (before possible bonus points)</li> <li>1 bonus point for scoring 4 or more tries, or a loss by 7 points or fewer</li></ul> <p>A total of 48 matches (40 pool stage and eight knock-out) were played throughout the tournament over 42 days from 10 October to 22 November 2003. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pool_stage">Pool stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Pool stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_Cup_Telstra_stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/World_Cup_Telstra_stadium.jpg/220px-World_Cup_Telstra_stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/World_Cup_Telstra_stadium.jpg/330px-World_Cup_Telstra_stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/World_Cup_Telstra_stadium.jpg/440px-World_Cup_Telstra_stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The opening game at <a href="/wiki/Stadium_Australia" title="Stadium Australia">Stadium Australia</a> between Australia and Argentina</figcaption></figure> <p>The Australian media criticised the competition early in the tournament as the smaller nations were crushed by the rugby superpowers by 60 points or more, in particular a 142–0 victory by the host nation over Namibia, the largest winning margin in Rugby World Cup history. However, some of these smaller, third-tier nations, such as <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan national rugby union team">Japan</a>, acquitted themselves well in their opening matches. The South Pacific island countries of <a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tonga_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tonga national rugby union team">Tonga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samoa_national_rugby_union_team" title="Samoa national rugby union team">Samoa</a> were reported as being handicapped by several of their foreign-based key players being warned by their clubs that their contracts would not be renewed if they played in the competition.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The pool stage of the competition played out largely as expected, with some tension as to whether some of the "developing" nations would overtake some of the weaker major countries for the second quarter-final qualification place in each pool – in Pool A, <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" title="Argentina national rugby union team">Argentina</a> lost to <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> by only one point, when a victory would have carried them into the quarter-finals in Ireland's place; in Pool B, Fiji narrowly missed out on a quarter-final berth, having led Scotland 20–15 with five minutes to go in their deciding match, only for a yellow card to lock <a href="/wiki/Apenisa_Naevo" title="Apenisa Naevo">Apenisa Naevo</a> to allow Scotland to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat with a late converted try; in Pool D, <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a>, despite missing the knockout stage, put up a good performance with two victories. In Pool C, Samoa gave <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a> a fright with an adventurous approach that allowed them to take an early lead, but England overcame the early deficit and eventually won. This match was marked by controversy, as England technically fielded 16 players for 30 seconds during the game when Dan Luger came onto the pitch in substitution for Mike Tindall, who was receiving treatment for an injury but still on the pitch. England were fined £10,000 as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The big clashes ran mainly to form. <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a> came through the pool in second place, after they lost to England, which meant a quarter-final against <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a>. <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a>, however, only beat Ireland by one point to top their pool, while <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> pushed the All Blacks to the wire in arguably the most entertaining game of the entire tournament; adopting a hyper-attacking style of play, they led 37–33 with just 20 minutes left, but New Zealand eventually proved too much in the 12-try thriller. <a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a> meanwhile routed Scotland to set up a quarter-final against Ireland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Knockout_stage">Knockout stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Knockout stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The quarter-final stage produced the widely predicted set of semi-finalists, although England again made heavy weather of defeating a resurgent Wales. England were widely rated the world's best team, but they struggled, at least in the first half, against a Welsh side full of belief after their game against New Zealand. However, spurred into action after the tactical substitution of Catt for Luger and by a Will Greenwood try, set up by a remarkable run by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Robinson_(rugby)" title="Jason Robinson (rugby)">Jason Robinson</a> from inside his own half, England pulled away in the second half, until a late Welsh try gave the scoreline the respectability that their first-half performance had deserved. France destroyed an Irish side who had gone into the match hopeful of a win, scoring 31 early points to put the game out of reach. In the other quarter-finals, a disappointing South Africa fell to a clinical New Zealand and Australia comprehensively defeated the Scots. </p><p>The first semi-final produced the first significant upset of the tournament, when Australia defeated the fancied New Zealand to become the first defending champions to reach the following championship final. Unfortunately, it was the last match for Australian star <a href="/wiki/Ben_Darwin" title="Ben Darwin">Ben Darwin</a>, who badly injured his neck in a <a href="/wiki/Scrum_(rugby)" title="Scrum (rugby)">scrum</a>. Although Darwin never played rugby again, the actions of <a href="/wiki/Kees_Meeuws" title="Kees Meeuws">Kees Meeuws</a> – who immediately stopped exerting pressure when he heard the call "neck neck neck" – may well have saved his opponent's life and certainly prevented further injury. The match was decided by a <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Mortlock" title="Stirling Mortlock">Stirling Mortlock</a> interception try, after a loose pass from highly rated All Blacks fly-half <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Spencer" title="Carlos Spencer">Carlos Spencer</a>, and the excellent kicking of inside-centre <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Elton Flatley</a>. <a href="/wiki/George_Gregan" title="George Gregan">George Gregan</a> taunted his opponents in defeat with the comment, "Four more years boys, four more years".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stuff.co.nz_2398842_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stuff.co.nz_2398842-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second semi-final saw France face England. The boot of <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Jonny Wilkinson</a> was the difference between the two sides, with England coming out victors in torrential rain: although France scored the game's only try after an early English line-out error, they never seriously threatened the English line otherwise. With handling and place-kicking being so difficult in the wet and windy conditions (Wilkinson missed three kicks at goal, and Michalak missed four), England's superior forward pressure and territorial control forced France to concede a slew of penalties, of which Wilkinson kicked five, also adding three drop goals (two off his less-favoured right boot) - a remarkable display considering that the swirling winds made accurate kicking as difficult as the rain and mud made passing and running. French ill-discipline also cost them dear, with winger <a href="/wiki/Christophe_Dominici" title="Christophe Dominici">Christophe Dominici</a> and flanker <a href="/wiki/Serge_Betsen" title="Serge Betsen">Serge Betsen</a> both receiving yellow-cards for foul play: the former for a cynical trip on Jason Robinson, the latter for a late tackle on Wilkinson. </p><p>New Zealand played France in the third-place playoff, and New Zealand avenged their shock defeat to France in the semi-finals at the 1999 World Cup, running in 6 tries in a 40-13 demolition. <a href="/wiki/Mils_Muliaina" title="Mils Muliaina">Mils Muliaina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doug_Howlett" title="Doug Howlett">Doug Howlett</a> scored a try a-piece, finishing as the tournament's joint-leading try-scorers with 7 tries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final">Final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 Rugby World Cup Final">2003 Rugby World Cup Final</a></div> <p>The final between Australia and England was played at Sydney's Stadium Australia in front of a crowd of 82,957, and was refereed by veteran South African official <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Watson" title="André Watson">André Watson</a>, in so doing becoming the first, and so far only, referee to officiate two Rugby World Cup finals. Australia opened the scoring after they decided to run a penalty instead of kicking for touch. <a href="/wiki/Lote_Tuqiri_(rugby,_born_1979)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lote Tuqiri (rugby, born 1979)">Lote Tuqiri</a> beat England's right wing, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Robinson_(rugby)" title="Jason Robinson (rugby)">Jason Robinson</a>, to a high cross-field kick and went over for the first try, but <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Elton Flatley</a> was not able to add the conversion. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:England_world_cup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/England_world_cup.jpg/220px-England_world_cup.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/England_world_cup.jpg/330px-England_world_cup.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/England_world_cup.jpg/440px-England_world_cup.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1519" data-file-height="1144" /></a><figcaption>Celebrations in <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The rest of the half was a tight affair, with England edging in front from applying pressure and Jonny Wilkinson's boot put them up to a 9–5 lead after Australian indiscipline gave away several penalties, but were unable to capitalise on their territory. Towards the end of the first half, England stretched their lead further. <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Dallaglio" title="Lawrence Dallaglio">Lawrence Dallaglio</a> made a break and popped the ball inside to <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Jonny Wilkinson</a>, who drew the defence before putting Robinson away in the corner for a try. The conversion was missed, but England went in at half time leading by 14–5. </p><p>In the second half Australia tightened their discipline, and solid play forced mistakes from England. The game swung from end to end, with both sides having try-scoring opportunities, but neither able to take them. Australia managed to get points on the board and <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Elton Flatley</a> scored two penalties to make the score 14–11 to England. In the 79th minute, Australia were putting pressure on England in their half, and Australia were awarded a penalty right before full-time, with the potential to tie the scores. Flatley converted it to make the score 14–14 and take the game into an additional 20 minutes' extra time. </p><p>England opened the scoring in extra time with another Wilkinson penalty, but with two and a half minutes of extra time remaining Australia were awarded another penalty, which Flatley kicked successfully. With 20 seconds left before sudden death, Wilkinson scored a drop goal to win the match and with it the world championship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-final">Post-final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Post-final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the final, Australian Prime Minister John Howard was widely criticised for his behaviour during the presentation ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The offhand manner in which he presented the Webb Ellis Cup to the England captain was seen by many as a graceless piece of bad sportsmanship not befitting such a climactic sporting spectacle. </p><p>Three days after the final, the World Cup winning England team landed at <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a> in the early hours of the morning, emerging from their plane to a huge reception, despite the time.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCSport1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCSport1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 December, a national day of celebration took place in the form of a massive victory parade in the streets of London.<sup id="cite_ref-visa_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-visa-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pool_stage_2">Pool stage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pool stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pool_A">Pool A</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Pool A"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_Pool_A" title="2003 Rugby World Cup Pool A">2003 Rugby World Cup Pool A</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011077906">.mw-parser-output .sports-table-notes{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em}</style> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Bonus points">BP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">273 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">32 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">+241 </td> <td style="background-color:#ccffcc;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccffcc;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;" rowspan="2"><a href="#Knockout_stage_2">Quarter-finals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">141 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">+85 </td> <td style="background-color:#ccffcc;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccffcc;">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" title="Argentina national rugby union team">Argentina</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">140 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+83 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_national_rugby_union_team" title="Romania national rugby union team">Romania</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">192 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−127 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Namibia national rugby union team">Namibia</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">28 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">310 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−282 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></div> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">10 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">24–8</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" title="Argentina national rugby union team">Argentina</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Sailor" title="Wendell Sailor">Sailor</a> 20'<br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Roff" title="Joe Roff">Roff</a> 74'<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Flatley</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Flatley</a> (4)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Corleto" title="Ignacio Corleto">Corleto</a> 72'<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Contepomi" title="Manuel Contepomi">M. Contepomi</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Stadium Australia, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 81,350<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Honiss" title="Paul Honiss">Paul Honiss</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">11 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">45–17</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_national_rugby_union_team" title="Romania national rugby union team">Romania</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shane_Horgan" title="Shane Horgan">S. Horgan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Keith_Wood" title="Keith Wood">Wood</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Denis_Hickie" title="Denis Hickie">Hickie</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Victor_Costello" title="Victor Costello">Costello</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/David_Humphreys_(rugby_union)" title="David Humphreys (rugby union)">Humphreys</a> (3)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ronan_O%27Gara" title="Ronan O'Gara">O'Gara</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/David_Humphreys_(rugby_union)" title="David Humphreys (rugby union)">Humphreys</a> (4)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Try_(rugby)#Penalty_try" title="Try (rugby)">Penalty try</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Valentin_Maftei" title="Valentin Maftei">Maftei</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ionu%C8%9B_Tofan" title="Ionuț Tofan">Tofan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mihai_Vioreanu" title="Mihai Vioreanu">Vioreanu</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ionu%C8%9B_Tofan" title="Ionuț Tofan">Tofan</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Stadium" title="Central Coast Stadium">Central Coast Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gosford" title="Gosford">Gosford</a></span><br />Attendance: 19,123<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Kaplan_(rugby_union)" title="Jonathan Kaplan (rugby union)">Jonathan Kaplan</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_Rugby_Union" title="South African Rugby Union">South Africa</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">14 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" title="Argentina national rugby union team">Argentina</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">67–14</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Namibia national rugby union team">Namibia</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Federico_M%C3%A9ndez" title="Federico Méndez">Méndez</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Bouza" title="Pablo Bouza">Bouza</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Juan_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Miranda" title="Juan Fernández Miranda">J. Fernández Miranda</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Try_(rugby)#Penalty_try" title="Try (rugby)">Penalty try</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Gait%C3%A1n" title="Martín Gaitán">Gaitán</a> (3)<br /><a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Miranda" title="Nicolás Fernández Miranda">N. Fernández Miranda</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_Quesada" title="Gonzalo Quesada">Quesada</a> (7)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_Quesada" title="Gonzalo Quesada">Quesada</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Du_Preez_Grobler" title="Du Preez Grobler">Grobler</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hakkies_Husselman" title="Hakkies Husselman">Husselman</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Emile_Wessels" title="Emile Wessels">Wessels</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Stadium" title="Central Coast Stadium">Central Coast Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gosford" title="Gosford">Gosford</a></span><br />Attendance: 17,887<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigel_Williams(rugby_referee)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nigel Williams(rugby referee) (page does not exist)">Nigel Williams</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Rugby_Union" title="Welsh Rugby Union">Wales</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">18 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">90–8</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_national_rugby_union_team" title="Romania national rugby union team">Romania</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Flatley</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mat_Rogers" title="Mat Rogers">Rogers</a> (3)<br /><a href="/wiki/Matt_Burke_(rugby_union,_born_1973)" title="Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)">Burke</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Larkham" title="Stephen Larkham">Larkham</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Stirling_Mortlock" title="Stirling Mortlock">Mortlock</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Roff" title="Joe Roff">Roff</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Matt_Giteau" title="Matt Giteau">Giteau</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lote_Tuqiri_(rugby,_born_1979)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lote Tuqiri (rugby, born 1979)">Tuqiri</a><br /><a href="/wiki/George_Smith_(rugby_union)" title="George Smith (rugby union)">Smith</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Flatley</a> (11)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Flatley</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Petri%C8%99or_Todera%C8%99c" title="Petrișor Toderașc">Toderașc</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ionu%C8%9B_Tofan" title="Ionuț Tofan">Tofan</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncorp Stadium">Suncorp Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></span><br />Attendance: 48,778<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pablo_De_Luca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pablo De Luca (page does not exist)">Pablo De Luca</a> (<a href="/wiki/Argentine_Rugby_Union" title="Argentine Rugby Union">Argentina</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">19 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">64–7</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Namibia national rugby union team">Namibia</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Quinlan" title="Alan Quinlan">Quinlan</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Girvan_Dempsey" title="Girvan Dempsey">Dempsey</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Denis_Hickie" title="Denis Hickie">Hickie</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Horan" title="Marcus Horan">Horan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Eric_Miller_(rugby_union)" title="Eric Miller (rugby union)">Miller</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Guy_Easterby" title="Guy Easterby">G. Easterby</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Shane_Horgan" title="Shane Horgan">S. Horgan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Kelly_(rugby_union,_born_1974)" title="John Kelly (rugby union, born 1974)">Kelly</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ronan_O%27Gara" title="Ronan O'Gara">O'Gara</a> (7)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Corne_Powell" title="Corne Powell">Powell</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Emile_Wessels" title="Emile Wessels">Wessels</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Aussie Stadium</a>, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 35,382<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cole_(rugby_union)" title="Andrew Cole (rugby union)">Andrew Cole</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rugby Union">Australia</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">22 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" title="Argentina national rugby union team">Argentina</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">50–3</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_national_rugby_union_team" title="Romania national rugby union team">Romania</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Gait%C3%A1n" title="Martín Gaitán">Gaitán</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Juan_Mart%C3%ADn_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Juan Martín Hernández">Hernández</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Contepomi" title="Manuel Contepomi">M. Contepomi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Miranda" title="Nicolás Fernández Miranda">N. Fernández Miranda</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Bouza" title="Pablo Bouza">Bouza</a> (2)<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Miranda" title="Juan Fernández Miranda">J. Fernández Miranda</a> (4)<br /><a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_Quesada" title="Gonzalo Quesada">Quesada</a> (2)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Miranda" title="Juan Fernández Miranda">J. Fernández Miranda</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ionu%C8%9B_Tofan" title="Ionuț Tofan">Tofan</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Aussie Stadium</a>, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 33,673<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Chris_White_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris White (referee)">Chris White</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">England</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">25 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">142–0</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Namibia national rugby union team">Namibia</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Latham_(rugby_union)" title="Chris Latham (rugby union)">Latham</a> (5)<br /><a href="/wiki/David_Lyons_(rugby_union,_born_1980)" title="David Lyons (rugby union, born 1980)">Lyons</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stirling_Mortlock" title="Stirling Mortlock">Mortlock</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lote_Tuqiri_(rugby,_born_1979)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lote Tuqiri (rugby, born 1979)">Tuqiri</a> (3)<br /><a href="/wiki/Try_(rugby)#Penalty_try" title="Try (rugby)">Penalty try</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mat_Rogers" title="Mat Rogers">Rogers</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Paul_(rugby_union)" title="Jeremy Paul (rugby union)">Paul</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Matt_Giteau" title="Matt Giteau">Giteau</a> (3)<br /><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Grey_(rugby_union)" title="Nathan Grey (rugby union)">Grey</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Turinui" title="Morgan Turinui">Turinui</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Matt_Burke_(rugby_union,_born_1973)" title="Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)">Burke</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Roe_(rugby_union)" title="John Roe (rugby union)">Roe</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mat_Rogers" title="Mat Rogers">Rogers</a> (16)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a>, Adelaide</span><br />Attendance: 28,196<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%ABl_Jutge" title="Joël Jutge">Joël Jutge</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_Rugby_Federation" title="French Rugby Federation">France</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p><i>Largest winning margin in <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" title="Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a> history.</i> </p> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">26 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" title="Argentina national rugby union team">Argentina</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">15–16</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_Quesada" title="Gonzalo Quesada">Quesada</a> (3)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_Quesada" title="Gonzalo Quesada">Quesada</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Corleto" title="Ignacio Corleto">Corleto</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Quinlan" title="Alan Quinlan">Quinlan</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/David_Humphreys_(rugby_union)" title="David Humphreys (rugby union)">Humphreys</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/David_Humphreys_(rugby_union)" title="David Humphreys (rugby union)">Humphreys</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ronan_O%27Gara" title="Ronan O'Gara">O'Gara</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a>, Adelaide</span><br />Attendance: 30,203<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Watson" title="André Watson">André Watson</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_Rugby_Union" title="South African Rugby Union">South Africa</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">30 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Namibia national rugby union team">Namibia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">7–37</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania_national_rugby_union_team" title="Romania national rugby union team">Romania</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eben_Isaacs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eben Isaacs (page does not exist)">Isaacs</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Emile_Wessels" title="Emile Wessels">Wessels</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Augustin_Petrechei" title="Augustin Petrechei">Petrechei</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lucian_S%C3%AErbu" title="Lucian Sîrbu">Sîrbu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/George_Chiriac" title="George Chiriac">Chiriac</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ioan_Teodorescu" class="mw-redirect" title="Ioan Teodorescu">Teodorescu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cristian_S%C4%83uan" title="Cristian Săuan">Săuan</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ionu%C8%9B_Tofan" title="Ionuț Tofan">Tofan</a> (3)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ionu%C8%9B_Tofan" title="Ionuț Tofan">Tofan</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/York_Park" title="York Park">York Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania" title="Launceston, Tasmania">Launceston</a></span><br />Attendance: 15,457<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Marshall_(rugby_union)" title="Peter Marshall (rugby union)">Peter Marshall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rugby Union">Australia</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">1 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">17–16</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/George_Smith_(rugby_union)" title="George Smith (rugby union)">Smith</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Flatley</a> (3)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/George_Gregan" title="George Gregan">Gregan</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Driscoll" title="Brian O'Driscoll">O'Driscoll</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ronan_O%27Gara" title="Ronan O'Gara">O'Gara</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ronan_O%27Gara" title="Ronan O'Gara">O'Gara</a> (2)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Driscoll" title="Brian O'Driscoll">O'Driscoll</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Docklands Stadium, Melbourne</span><br />Attendance: 54,206<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Paddy_O%27Brien_(rugby_referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paddy O'Brien (rugby referee)">Paddy O'Brien</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pool_B">Pool B</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Pool B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_Pool_B" title="2003 Rugby World Cup Pool B">2003 Rugby World Cup Pool B</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Bonus points">BP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">204 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">70 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">+134 </td> <td style="background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccffcc;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;" rowspan="2"><a href="#Knockout_stage_2">Quarter-finals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">102 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">97 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">+5 </td> <td style="background-color:#ccffcc;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccffcc;">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">98 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">114 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−16 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_union_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national rugby union team">United States</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">86 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">125 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−39 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan national rugby union team">Japan</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">79 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">163 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−84 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></div> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">11 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">61–18</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Christophe_Dominici" title="Christophe Dominici">Dominici</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Imanol_Harinordoquy" title="Imanol Harinordoquy">Harinordoquy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Yannick_Jauzion" title="Yannick Jauzion">Jauzion</a> (3)<br /><a href="/wiki/Rapha%C3%ABl_Iba%C3%B1ez" title="Raphaël Ibañez">Ibañez</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a> (4)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a> (6)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Apenisa_Naevo" title="Apenisa Naevo">Naevo</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rupeni_Caucaunibuca" title="Rupeni Caucaunibuca">Caucaunibuca</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Little" title="Nicky Little">Little</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Little" title="Nicky Little">Little</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncorp Stadium">Suncorp Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></span><br />Attendance: 46,795<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Alain_Rolland" title="Alain Rolland">Alain Rolland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Irish Rugby Football Union">Ireland</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">12 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">32–11</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan national rugby union team">Japan</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Grimes" title="Stuart Grimes">Grimes</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Simon_Taylor_(rugby_union)" title="Simon Taylor (rugby union)">Taylor</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Simon_Danielli" title="Simon Danielli">Danielli</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gregor_Townsend" title="Gregor Townsend">Townsend</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hirotoki_Onozawa" title="Hirotoki Onozawa">Onozawa</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Keiji_Hirose" title="Keiji Hirose">Hirose</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Dairy_Farmers_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dairy Farmers Stadium">Dairy Farmers Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Townsville" title="Townsville">Townsville</a></span><br />Attendance: 19,170<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Dickinson" title="Stuart Dickinson">Stuart Dickinson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rugby Union">Australia</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">15 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">19–18</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_union_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national rugby union team">United States</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Apenisa_Naevo" title="Apenisa Naevo">Naevo</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Little" title="Nicky Little">Little</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Little" title="Nicky Little">Little</a> (4)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Riaan_van_Zyl" title="Riaan van Zyl">Van Zyl</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kort_Schubert" title="Kort Schubert">Schubert</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hercus" title="Mike Hercus">Hercus</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hercus" title="Mike Hercus">Hercus</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncorp Stadium">Suncorp Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></span><br />Attendance: 30,990<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%ABl_Jutge" title="Joël Jutge">Joël Jutge</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_Rugby_Federation" title="French Rugby Federation">France</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">18 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">51–29</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan national rugby union team">Japan</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aur%C3%A9lien_Rougerie" title="Aurélien Rougerie">Rougerie</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Fabien_Pelous" title="Fabien Pelous">Pelous</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Christophe_Dominici" title="Christophe Dominici">Dominici</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Crenca" title="Jean-Jacques Crenca">Crenca</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a> (5)<br /><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rald_Merceron" title="Gérald Merceron">Merceron</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a> (3)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/George_Konia" title="George Konia">Konia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Ohata" title="Daisuke Ohata">Ohata</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Toru_Kurihara" title="Toru Kurihara">Kurihara</a> (2)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Toru_Kurihara" title="Toru Kurihara">Kurihara</a> (5)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Dairy_Farmers_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dairy Farmers Stadium">Dairy Farmers Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Townsville" title="Townsville">Townsville</a></span><br />Attendance: 21,309<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Lewis_(rugby_union_and_cricket)" title="Alan Lewis (rugby union and cricket)">Alan Lewis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Irish Rugby Football Union">Ireland</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">20 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">39–15</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_union_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national rugby union team">United States</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Simon_Danielli" title="Simon Danielli">Danielli</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Kerr" title="Gavin Kerr">Kerr</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gregor_Townsend" title="Gregor Townsend">Townsend</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a> (4)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a> (2)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hercus" title="Mike Hercus">Hercus</a> (5)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncorp Stadium">Suncorp Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></span><br />Attendance: 46,796<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Kaplan_(rugby_union)" title="Jonathan Kaplan (rugby union)">Jonathan Kaplan</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_Rugby_Union" title="South African Rugby Union">South Africa</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">23 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">41–13</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan national rugby union team">Japan</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Aisea_Tuilevu" title="Aisea Tuilevu">Tuilevu</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Norman_Ligairi" title="Norman Ligairi">Ligairi</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Marika_Vunibaka" title="Marika Vunibaka">Vunibaka</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Little" title="Nicky Little">Little</a> (2)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Little" title="Nicky Little">Little</a> (4)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Miller_(rugby_union)" title="Andrew Miller (rugby union)">Miller</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Miller_(rugby_union)" title="Andrew Miller (rugby union)">Miller</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Miller_(rugby_union)" title="Andrew Miller (rugby union)">Miller</a><br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Miller_(rugby_union)" title="Andrew Miller (rugby union)">Miller</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Dairy_Farmers_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dairy Farmers Stadium">Dairy Farmers Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Townsville" title="Townsville">Townsville</a></span><br />Attendance: 17,269<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigel_Williams_(rugby_referee)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nigel Williams (rugby referee) (page does not exist)">Nigel Williams</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Rugby_Union" title="Welsh Rugby Union">Wales</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p><i>Andy Miller's drop goal, at 52 metres, remains the longest in <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" title="Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a> history.</i> </p> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">25 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">51–9</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Serge_Betsen" title="Serge Betsen">Betsen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Imanol_Harinordoquy" title="Imanol Harinordoquy">Harinordoquy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fabien_Galthi%C3%A9" title="Fabien Galthié">Galthié</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Brusque" title="Nicolas Brusque">Brusque</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a> (3)<br /><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rald_Merceron" title="Gérald Merceron">Merceron</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a> (4)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Brusque" title="Nicolas Brusque">Brusque</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a> (3)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Stadium Australia, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 78,974<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/David_McHugh" title="David McHugh">David McHugh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Irish Rugby Football Union">Ireland</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">27 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan national rugby union team">Japan</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">26–39</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_union_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national rugby union team">United States</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Toru_Kurihara" title="Toru Kurihara">Kurihara</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Ohata" title="Daisuke Ohata">Ohata</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Toru_Kurihara" title="Toru Kurihara">Kurihara</a> (2)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Toru_Kurihara" title="Toru Kurihara">Kurihara</a> (4)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hercus" title="Mike Hercus">Hercus</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Philip_Eloff" title="Philip Eloff">Eloff</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kort_Schubert" title="Kort Schubert">Schubert</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Riaan_van_Zyl" title="Riaan van Zyl">Van Zyl</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Khasigian" title="Kirk Khasigian">Khasigian</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hercus" title="Mike Hercus">Hercus</a> (4)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hercus" title="Mike Hercus">Hercus</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Stadium" title="Central Coast Stadium">Central Coast Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gosford" title="Gosford">Gosford</a></span><br />Attendance: 19,653<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Walsh_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Walsh (referee)">Steve Walsh</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">31 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">41–14</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_union_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national rugby union team">United States</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Liebenberg" title="Brian Liebenberg">Liebenberg</a> (3)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Poux" title="Jean-Baptiste Poux">Poux</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Yannick_Bru" title="Yannick Bru">Bru</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rald_Merceron" title="Gérald Merceron">Merceron</a> (2)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rald_Merceron" title="Gérald Merceron">Merceron</a> (3)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dimitri_Yachvili" title="Dimitri Yachvili">Yachvili</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hercus" title="Mike Hercus">Hercus</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kort_Schubert" title="Kort Schubert">Schubert</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hercus" title="Mike Hercus">Hercus</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/WIN_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="WIN Stadium">WIN Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wollongong" title="Wollongong">Wollongong</a></span><br />Attendance: 17,833<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Honiss" title="Paul Honiss">Paul Honiss</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">1 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">22–20</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Smith_(rugby_union,_born_1971)" title="Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1971)">Smith</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a> (5)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rupeni_Caucaunibuca" title="Rupeni Caucaunibuca">Caucaunibuca</a> (2)<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Little" title="Nicky Little">Little</a> (2)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Little" title="Nicky Little">Little</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Aussie Stadium</a>, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 37,137<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Spreadbury" title="Tony Spreadbury">Tony Spreadbury</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">England</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pool_C">Pool C</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Pool C"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Africa_vs_Georgia_-_WC_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/South_Africa_vs_Georgia_-_WC_2003.jpg/220px-South_Africa_vs_Georgia_-_WC_2003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/South_Africa_vs_Georgia_-_WC_2003.jpg/330px-South_Africa_vs_Georgia_-_WC_2003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/South_Africa_vs_Georgia_-_WC_2003.jpg/440px-South_Africa_vs_Georgia_-_WC_2003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a> vs <a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Georgia national rugby union team">Georgia</a>, 24 October 2003</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_Pool_C" title="2003 Rugby World Cup Pool C">2003 Rugby World Cup Pool C</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Bonus points">BP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">255 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">47 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">+208 </td> <td style="background-color:#ccffcc;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccffcc;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;" rowspan="2"><a href="#Knockout_stage_2">Quarter-finals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">184 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">+124 </td> <td style="background-color:#ccffcc;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccffcc;">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Samoa_national_rugby_union_team" title="Samoa national rugby union team">Samoa</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">138 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">117 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+21 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_rugby_union_team" title="Uruguay national rugby union team">Uruguay</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">255 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−199 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Georgia national rugby union team">Georgia</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">200 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−154 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></div> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">11 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">72–6</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_rugby_union_team" title="Uruguay national rugby union team">Uruguay</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joost_van_der_Westhuizen" title="Joost van der Westhuizen">Van der Westhuizen</a> (3)<br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_van_Niekerk" title="Joe van Niekerk">Van Niekerk</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bakkies_Botha" title="Bakkies Botha">Botha</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Thinus_Delport" title="Thinus Delport">Delport</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jaque_Fourie" title="Jaque Fourie">Fourie</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bands" title="Richard Bands">Bands</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Danie_Rossouw" title="Danie Rossouw">Rossouw</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hendro_Scholtz" title="Hendro Scholtz">Scholtz</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Werner_Greeff" title="Werner Greeff">Greef</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Louis_Koen_(rugby_union)" title="Louis Koen (rugby union)">Koen</a> (5)<br /><a href="/wiki/Derick_Hougaard" title="Derick Hougaard">Hougaard</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Diego_Aguirre_(rugby_union)" title="Diego Aguirre (rugby union)">Aguirre</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a></span><br />Attendance: 16,906<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Paddy_O%27Brien_(rugby_referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paddy O'Brien (rugby referee)">Paddy O'Brien</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">12 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">84–6</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Georgia national rugby union team">Georgia</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Tindall" title="Mike Tindall">Tindall</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Matt_Dawson" title="Matt Dawson">Dawson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Steve_Thompson_(rugby_union)" title="Steve Thompson (rugby union)">Thompson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Neil_Back" title="Neil Back">Back</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Dallaglio" title="Lawrence Dallaglio">Dallaglio</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Will_Greenwood" title="Will Greenwood">Greenwood</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mark_Regan" title="Mark Regan">Regan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ben_Cohen_(rugby_union)" title="Ben Cohen (rugby union)">Cohen</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robinson_(rugby)" title="Jason Robinson (rugby)">Robinson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dan_Luger" title="Dan Luger">Luger</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> (5)<br /><a href="/wiki/Paul_Grayson_(rugby_union)" title="Paul Grayson (rugby union)">Grayson</a> (4)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> (2)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Malkhaz_Urjukashvili" title="Malkhaz Urjukashvili">Urjukashvili</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Paliko_Jimsheladze" title="Paliko Jimsheladze">Jimsheladze</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a></span><br />Attendance: 25,501<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pablo_De_Luca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pablo De Luca (page does not exist)">Pablo De Luca</a> (<a href="/wiki/Argentine_Rugby_Union" title="Argentine Rugby Union">Argentina</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">15 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Samoa_national_rugby_union_team" title="Samoa national rugby union team">Samoa</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">60–13</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_rugby_union_team" title="Uruguay national rugby union team">Uruguay</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Maurie_Fa%27asavalu" title="Maurie Fa'asavalu">Fa'asavalu</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Brian_Lima" title="Brian Lima">Lima</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sailosi_Tagicakibau" title="Sailosi Tagicakibau">Tagicakibau</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lome_Fa%27atau" title="Lome Fa'atau">Fa'atau</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Simon_Lemalu" title="Simon Lemalu">Lemalu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tanner_Vili" title="Tanner Vili">Vili</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Fe%27aunati" title="Dominic Fe'aunati">Fe'aunati</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Opeta_Palepoi" title="Opeta Palepoi">Palepoi</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Va%27a" title="Earl Va'a">Va'a</a> (3)<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Tanner_Vili&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Tanner Vili (page does not exist)">Vili</a> (2)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Cap%C3%B3_Ortega" title="Rodrigo Capó Ortega">Capó</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Lemoine" title="Pablo Lemoine">Lemoine</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Diego_Aguirre_(rugby_union)" title="Diego Aguirre (rugby union)">Aguirre</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a></span><br />Attendance: 22,020<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/David_McHugh" title="David McHugh">David McHugh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Irish Rugby Football Union">Ireland</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">18 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">6–25</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Louis_Koen_(rugby_union)" title="Louis Koen (rugby union)">Koen</a> (2)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Will_Greenwood" title="Will Greenwood">Greenwood</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> (4)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a></span><br />Attendance: 38,834<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Marshall_(rugby_union)" title="Peter Marshall (rugby union)">Peter Marshall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rugby Union">Australia</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">19 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Georgia national rugby union team">Georgia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">9–46</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Samoa_national_rugby_union_team" title="Samoa national rugby union team">Samoa</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paliko_Jimsheladze" title="Paliko Jimsheladze">Jimsheladze</a> (2)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paliko_Jimsheladze" title="Paliko Jimsheladze">Jimsheladze</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sailosi_Tagicakibau" title="Sailosi Tagicakibau">Tagicakibau</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Earl_Va%27a" title="Earl Va'a">Va'a</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Semo_Sititi" title="Semo Sititi">Sititi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Steven_So%27oialo" title="Steven So'oialo">So'oialo</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Fe%27aunati" title="Dominic Fe'aunati">Fe'aunati</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Brian_Lima" title="Brian Lima">Lima</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Va%27a" title="Earl Va'a">Va'a</a> (5)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Va%27a" title="Earl Va'a">Va'a</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a></span><br />Attendance: 21,507<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Alain_Rolland" title="Alain Rolland">Alain Rolland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Irish Rugby Football Union">Ireland</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">24 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">46–19</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Georgia national rugby union team">Georgia</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Danie_Rossouw" title="Danie Rossouw">Rossouw</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Derick_Hougaard" title="Derick Hougaard">Hougaard</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_van_Niekerk" title="Joe van Niekerk">Van Niekerk</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jaque_Fourie" title="Jaque Fourie">Fourie</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bakkies_Botha" title="Bakkies Botha">Botha</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Schalk_Burger" title="Schalk Burger">Burger</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Derick_Hougaard" title="Derick Hougaard">Hougaard</a> (4)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Derick_Hougaard" title="Derick Hougaard">Hougaard</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/David_Dadunashvili" title="David Dadunashvili">Dadunashvili</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paliko_Jimsheladze" title="Paliko Jimsheladze">Jimsheladze</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paliko_Jimsheladze" title="Paliko Jimsheladze">Jimsheladze</a> (3)<br /><a href="/wiki/Merab_Kvirikashvili" title="Merab Kvirikashvili">Kvirikashvili</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Aussie Stadium</a>, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 34,308<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Dickinson" title="Stuart Dickinson">Stuart Dickinson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rugby Union">Australia</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">26 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">35–22</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Samoa_national_rugby_union_team" title="Samoa national rugby union team">Samoa</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Neil_Back" title="Neil Back">Back</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Try_(rugby)#Penalty_try" title="Try (rugby)">Penalty try</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Iain_Balshaw" title="Iain Balshaw">Balshaw</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Phil_Vickery_(rugby_union)" title="Phil Vickery (rugby union)">Vickery</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> (3)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> (2)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Semo_Sititi" title="Semo Sititi">Sititi</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Va%27a" title="Earl Va'a">Va'a</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Va%27a" title="Earl Va'a">Va'a</a> (5)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Docklands Stadium, Melbourne</span><br />Attendance: 50,647<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Kaplan_(rugby_union)" title="Jonathan Kaplan (rugby union)">Jonathan Kaplan</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_Rugby_Union" title="South African Rugby Union">South Africa</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">28 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Georgia national rugby union team">Georgia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">12–24</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_rugby_union_team" title="Uruguay national rugby union team">Uruguay</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Malkhaz_Urjukashvili" title="Malkhaz Urjukashvili">Urjukashvili</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Merab_Kvirikashvili" title="Merab Kvirikashvili">Kvirikashvili</a> (3)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Cardoso" title="Alfonso Cardoso">Cardoso</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Diego_Lamelas" title="Diego Lamelas">Lamelas</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Brignoni" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicolas Brignoni">Brignoni</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Diego_Aguirre_(rugby_union)" title="Diego Aguirre (rugby union)">Aguirre</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Juan_Menchaca" title="Juan Menchaca">Menchaca</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Menchaca" title="Juan Menchaca">Menchaca</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Aussie Stadium</a>, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 28,576<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Deaker" title="Kelvin Deaker">Kelvin Deaker</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">1 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">60–10</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Samoa_national_rugby_union_team" title="Samoa national rugby union team">Samoa</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_van_Niekerk" title="Joe van Niekerk">Van Niekerk</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jorrie_Muller" title="Jorrie Muller">Muller</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Derick_Hougaard" title="Derick Hougaard">Hougaard</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Juan_Smith" title="Juan Smith">Smith</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ashwin_Willemse" title="Ashwin Willemse">Willemse</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jaque_Fourie" title="Jaque Fourie">Fourie</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jaco_van_der_Westhuyzen" title="Jaco van der Westhuyzen">Van der Westhuyzen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Neil_de_Kock" title="Neil de Kock">De Kock</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Derick_Hougaard" title="Derick Hougaard">Hougaard</a> (5)<br /><a href="/wiki/Louis_Koen_(rugby_union)" title="Louis Koen (rugby union)">Koen</a> (2)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Derick_Hougaard" title="Derick Hougaard">Hougaard</a><br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Derick_Hougaard" title="Derick Hougaard">Hougaard</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Opeta_Palepoi" title="Opeta Palepoi">Palepoi</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Va%27a" title="Earl Va'a">Va'a</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Va%27a" title="Earl Va'a">Va'a</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncorp Stadium">Suncorp Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></span><br />Attendance: 48,496<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Chris_White_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris White (referee)">Chris White</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">England</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">2 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">111–13</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_rugby_union_team" title="Uruguay national rugby union team">Uruguay</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Moody" title="Lewis Moody">Moody</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Josh_Lewsey" title="Josh Lewsey">Lewsey</a> (5)<br /><a href="/wiki/Iain_Balshaw" title="Iain Balshaw">Balshaw</a> (2)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Catt" title="Mike Catt">Catt</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Andy_Gomarsall" title="Andy Gomarsall">Gomarsall</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dan_Luger" title="Dan Luger">Luger</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Abbott" title="Stuart Abbott">Abbott</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robinson_(rugby)" title="Jason Robinson (rugby)">Robinson</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Will_Greenwood" title="Will Greenwood">Greenwood</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Grayson_(rugby_union)" title="Paul Grayson (rugby union)">Grayson</a> (11)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mike_Catt" title="Mike Catt">Catt</a> (2)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Lemoine" title="Pablo Lemoine">Lemoine</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Menchaca" title="Juan Menchaca">Menchaca</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Menchaca" title="Juan Menchaca">Menchaca</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncorp Stadium">Suncorp Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></span><br />Attendance: 46,233<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigel_Williams_(rugby_referee)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nigel Williams (rugby referee) (page does not exist)">Nigel Williams</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Rugby_Union" title="Welsh Rugby Union">Wales</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pool_D">Pool D</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Pool D"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_Pool_D" title="2003 Rugby World Cup Pool D">2003 Rugby World Cup Pool D</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Bonus points">BP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">282 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">+225 </td> <td style="background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccffcc;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;" rowspan="2"><a href="#Knockout_stage_2">Quarter-finals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">132 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">98 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccffcc;">+34 </td> <td style="background-color:#ccffcc;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccffcc;">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">123 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−46 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada national rugby union team">Canada</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">135 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−81 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tonga_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tonga national rugby union team">Tonga</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">178 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−132 </td> <td style="background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></div> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">11 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">70–7</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Brad_Thorn" title="Brad Thorn">B. Thorn</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Thorne" title="Reuben Thorne">R. Thorne</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Doug_Howlett" title="Doug Howlett">Howlett</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Spencer" title="Carlos Spencer">Spencer</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Rokocoko" title="Joe Rokocoko">Rokocoko</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Justin_Marshall" title="Justin Marshall">Marshall</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dan_Carter" title="Dan Carter">Carter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dan_Carter" title="Dan Carter">Carter</a> (6)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Spencer" title="Carlos Spencer">Spencer</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Phillips_(rugby_union)" title="Matthew Phillips (rugby union)">Phillips</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gert_Peens" title="Gert Peens">Peens</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Docklands Stadium, Melbourne</span><br />Attendance: 41,715<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cole_(rugby_union)" title="Andrew Cole (rugby union)">Andrew Cole</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rugby Union">Australia</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">12 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">41–10</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada national rugby union team">Canada</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Parker_(rugby_union)" title="Sonny Parker (rugby union)">Parker</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Cooper" title="Gareth Cooper">Cooper</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(rugby_union,_born_1979)" title="Mark Jones (rugby union, born 1979)">M. Jones</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Colin_Charvis" title="Colin Charvis">Charvis</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Thomas_(rugby,_born_1974)" title="Gareth Thomas (rugby, born 1974)">Thomas</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Iestyn_Harris" title="Iestyn Harris">Harris</a> (5)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Iestyn_Harris" title="Iestyn Harris">Harris</a> (2)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Tkachuk" title="Kevin Tkachuk">Tkachuk</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Pritchard_(rugby_union)" title="James Pritchard (rugby union)">Pritchard</a><br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Ross_(rugby_union_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Ross (rugby union footballer)">Ross</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Docklands Stadium, Melbourne</span><br />Attendance: 24,874<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Chris_White_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris White (referee)">Chris White</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">England</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">15 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">36–12</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tonga_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tonga national rugby union team">Tonga</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Dallan" title="Manuel Dallan">M. Dallan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Denis_Dallan" title="Denis Dallan">D. Dallan</a> (2)<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rima_Wakarua" title="Rima Wakarua">Wakarua</a> (3)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rima_Wakarua" title="Rima Wakarua">Wakarua</a> (5)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Payne_(rugby_union_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Payne (rugby union footballer)">Payne</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tevita_Tu%CA%BBifua" title="Tevita Tuʻifua">Tuʻifua</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sateki_Tuipulotu" title="Sateki Tuipulotu">Tuipulotu</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Canberra_Stadium" title="Canberra Stadium">Canberra Stadium</a>, Canberra</span><br />Attendance: 18,967<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Walsh_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Walsh (referee)">Steve Walsh</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">17 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">68–6</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada national rugby union team">Canada</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Ralph" title="Caleb Ralph">Ralph</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Rodney_So%27oialo" title="Rodney So'oialo">So'oialo</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mils_Muliaina" title="Mils Muliaina">Muliaina</a> (4)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kees_Meeuws" title="Kees Meeuws">Meeuws</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ma%27a_Nonu" title="Ma'a Nonu">Nonu</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dan_Carter" title="Dan Carter">Carter</a> (9)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jared_Barker" title="Jared Barker">Barker</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Docklands Stadium, Melbourne</span><br />Attendance: 38,899<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Spreadbury" title="Tony Spreadbury">Tony Spreadbury</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">England</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">19 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">27–20</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tonga_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tonga national rugby union team">Tonga</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Cooper" title="Gareth Cooper">Cooper</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Martyn_Williams" title="Martyn Williams">M. Williams</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(rugby_union)" title="Stephen Jones (rugby union)">S. Jones</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(rugby_union)" title="Stephen Jones (rugby union)">S. Jones</a> (4)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Martyn_Williams" title="Martyn Williams">M. Williams</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Hola" title="Pierre Hola">Hola</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Benhur_Kivalu" title="Benhur Kivalu">Kivalu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Heamani_Lavaka" title="Heamani Lavaka">Lavaka</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Hola" title="Pierre Hola">Hola</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Hola" title="Pierre Hola">Hola</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Canberra_Stadium" title="Canberra Stadium">Canberra Stadium</a>, Canberra</span><br />Attendance: 19,806<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Honiss" title="Paul Honiss">Paul Honiss</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">21 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">19–14</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada national rugby union team">Canada</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Parisse" title="Sergio Parisse">Parisse</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rima_Wakarua" title="Rima Wakarua">Wakarua</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rima_Wakarua" title="Rima Wakarua">Wakarua</a> (4)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Quentin_Fyffe" title="Quentin Fyffe">Fyffe</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jared_Barker" title="Jared Barker">Barker</a> (3)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Canberra_Stadium" title="Canberra Stadium">Canberra Stadium</a>, Canberra</span><br />Attendance: 20,515<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Paddy_O%27Brien_(rugby_referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paddy O'Brien (rugby referee)">Paddy O'Brien</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">24 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">91–7</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tonga_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tonga national rugby union team">Tonga</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Braid" title="Daniel Braid">Braid</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dan_Carter" title="Dan Carter">Carter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Corey_Flynn" title="Corey Flynn">Flynn</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Ralph" title="Caleb Ralph">Ralph</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Spencer" title="Carlos Spencer">Spencer</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kees_Meeuws" title="Kees Meeuws">Meeuws</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Try_(rugby)#Penalty_try" title="Try (rugby)">Penalty try</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mils_Muliaina" title="Mils Muliaina">Muliaina</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Doug_Howlett" title="Doug Howlett">Howlett</a> (2)<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a> (12)<br /><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Spencer" title="Carlos Spencer">Spencer</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Hola" title="Pierre Hola">Hola</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sateki_Tuipulotu" title="Sateki Tuipulotu">Tuipulotu</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncorp Stadium">Suncorp Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></span><br />Attendance: 47,588<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pablo_De_Luca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pablo De Luca (page does not exist)">Pablo De Luca</a> (<a href="/wiki/Argentine_Rugby_Union" title="Argentine Rugby Union">Argentina</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">25 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">15–27</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rima_Wakarua" title="Rima Wakarua">Wakarua</a> (5)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(rugby_union,_born_1979)" title="Mark Jones (rugby union, born 1979)">M. Jones</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Parker_(rugby_union)" title="Sonny Parker (rugby union)">Parker</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Jones" title="Dafydd Jones">D. Jones</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Iestyn_Harris" title="Iestyn Harris">Harris</a> (3)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Iestyn_Harris" title="Iestyn Harris">Harris</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Canberra_Stadium" title="Canberra Stadium">Canberra Stadium</a>, Canberra</span><br />Attendance: 22,641<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cole_(rugby_union)" title="Andrew Cole (rugby union)">Andrew Cole</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rugby Union">Australia</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">29 October 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada national rugby union team">Canada</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">24–7</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tonga_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tonga national rugby union team">Tonga</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sean_Fauth" title="Sean Fauth">Fauth</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Abrams_(rugby_union)" title="Aaron Abrams (rugby union)">Abrams</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Pritchard_(rugby_union)" title="James Pritchard (rugby union)">Pritchard</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Ross_(rugby_union_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Ross (rugby union footballer)">Ross</a> (4)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Benhur_Kivalu" title="Benhur Kivalu">Kivalu</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Hola" title="Pierre Hola">Hola</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/WIN_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="WIN Stadium">WIN Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wollongong" title="Wollongong">Wollongong</a></span><br />Attendance: 15,630<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Alain_Rolland" title="Alain Rolland">Alain Rolland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Irish Rugby Football Union">Ireland</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">2 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">53–37</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rokocoko" title="Joe Rokocoko">Rokocoko</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ali_Williams" title="Ali Williams">Williams</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Doug_Howlett" title="Doug Howlett">Howlett</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Spencer" title="Carlos Spencer">Spencer</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Mauger" title="Aaron Mauger">Mauger</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a> (5)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Taylor_(rugby_union,_born_1973)" title="Mark Taylor (rugby union, born 1973)">Taylor</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Parker_(rugby_union)" title="Sonny Parker (rugby union)">Parker</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Colin_Charvis" title="Colin Charvis">Charvis</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Shane_Williams" title="Shane Williams">S. Williams</a><br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(rugby_union)" title="Stephen Jones (rugby union)">S. Jones</a> (4)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(rugby_union)" title="Stephen Jones (rugby union)">S. Jones</a> (3)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Stadium Australia, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 80,012<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Watson" title="André Watson">André Watson</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_Rugby_Union" title="South African Rugby Union">South Africa</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Knockout_stage_2">Knockout stage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Knockout stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.9em 2em 1em 1em;border:0;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;"><tbody><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Quarter-finals</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Semi-finals</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Final</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td width="170"> </td><td width="30"> </td><td width="15"> </td><td width="20"> </td><td width="170"> </td><td width="30"> </td><td width="15"> </td><td width="20"> </td><td width="170"> </td><td width="30"> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">8 November – <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Melbourne</a></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="7"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="7"></td><td rowspan="13"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>29</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">15 November – <a href="/wiki/Stadium_Australia" title="Stadium Australia">Sydney (Telstra)</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">9 </td><td rowspan="6" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">10</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">8 November – <a href="/wiki/Lang_Park" title="Lang Park">Brisbane</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="12" style="border-width:3px 0 3px;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>22</b> </td><td rowspan="12" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>33</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="6"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">22 November – <a href="/wiki/Stadium_Australia" title="Stadium Australia">Sydney (Telstra)</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">16 </td><td rowspan="6"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">17</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">9 November – <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Melbourne</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="11" style="border-width:3px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Extra_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra time">a.e.t.</a>)</td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>20</b> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>43</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">16 November – <a href="/wiki/Stadium_Australia" title="Stadium Australia">Sydney (Telstra)</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">21 </td><td rowspan="6" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">7</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">9 November – <a href="/wiki/Lang_Park" title="Lang Park">Brisbane</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>24</b> </td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Third place</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>28</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="6"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">20 November – <a href="/wiki/Stadium_Australia" title="Stadium Australia">Sydney (Telstra)</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">17 </td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>40</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="8"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">13 </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Quarter-finals">Quarter-finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Quarter-finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">8 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">29–9</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a> 16' c<br /><a href="/wiki/Keven_Mealamu" title="Keven Mealamu">Mealamu</a> 59' m<br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Rokocoko" title="Joe Rokocoko">Rokocoko</a> 72' m<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a> (3)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Mauger" title="Aaron Mauger">Mauger</a> 45'</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Derick_Hougaard" title="Derick Hougaard">Hougaard</a> (3)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Docklands Stadium, Melbourne</span><br />Attendance: 40,734<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Spreadbury" title="Tony Spreadbury">Tony Spreadbury</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">England</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">8 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">33–16</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Mortlock" title="Stirling Mortlock">Mortlock</a> 46' c<br /><a href="/wiki/George_Gregan" title="George Gregan">Gregan</a> 59' c<br /><a href="/wiki/David_Lyons_(rugby_union,_born_1980)" title="David Lyons (rugby union, born 1980)">Lyons</a> 64' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Flatley</a> (3)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Flatley</a> (4)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Russell_(rugby_union)" title="Robbie Russell (rugby union)">Russell</a> 80' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a> (2)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Paterson</a> 38'</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncorp Stadium">Suncorp Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></span><br />Attendance: 45,412<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Walsh_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Walsh (referee)">Steve Walsh</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">9 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">43–21</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Magne" title="Olivier Magne">Magne</a> 3' c<br /><a href="/wiki/Christophe_Dominici" title="Christophe Dominici">Dominici</a> 29' c<br /><a href="/wiki/Imanol_Harinordoquy" title="Imanol Harinordoquy">Harinordoquy</a> 33' c<br /><a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Crenca" title="Jean-Jacques Crenca">Crenca</a> 47' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a> (4) 4', 31', 34', 48'<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a> (5) 21', 39', 42', 60', 72'</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.world.rugby/match/8215">Report</a></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Maggs" title="Kevin Maggs">Maggs</a> 52' c<br /><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Driscoll" title="Brian O'Driscoll">O'Driscoll</a> (2) 65' c, 80+2' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/David_Humphreys_(rugby_union)" title="David Humphreys (rugby union)">Humphreys</a> (3) 53', 66', 81'</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Docklands Stadium, Melbourne</span><br />Attendance: 33,134<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Kaplan_(rugby_union)" title="Jonathan Kaplan (rugby union)">Jonathan Kaplan</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_Rugby_Union" title="South African Rugby Union">South Africa</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">9 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">28–17</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Will_Greenwood" title="Will Greenwood">Greenwood</a> 44' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> (6)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> 80+1'</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(rugby_union)" title="Stephen Jones (rugby union)">S. Jones</a> 30' m<br /><a href="/wiki/Colin_Charvis" title="Colin Charvis">Charvis</a> 35' m<br /><a href="/wiki/Martyn_Williams" title="Martyn Williams">M. Williams</a> 71' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Iestyn_Harris" title="Iestyn Harris">Harris</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncorp Stadium">Suncorp Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></span><br />Attendance: 45,252<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Alain_Rolland" title="Alain Rolland">Alain Rolland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Irish Rugby Football Union">Ireland</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Semi-finals">Semi-finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Semi-finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">15 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">10–22</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Reuben_Thorne" title="Reuben Thorne">Thorne</a> 35' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Mortlock" title="Stirling Mortlock">Mortlock</a> 9' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Flatley</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Flatley</a> (5)</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Stadium Australia, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 82,444<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Chris_White_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris White (referee)">Chris White</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">England</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <hr /> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">16 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">7–24</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Serge_Betsen" title="Serge Betsen">Betsen</a> 10' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Michalak</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> (5)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> (3) 9', 38', 58'</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Stadium Australia, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 82,346<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Paddy_O%27Brien_(rugby_referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paddy O'Brien (rugby referee)">Paddy O'Brien</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Union">New Zealand</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third-place_play-off">Third-place play-off</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Third-place play-off"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">20 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">40–13</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jack" title="Chris Jack">Jack</a> 12' c<br /><a href="/wiki/Doug_Howlett" title="Doug Howlett">Howlett</a> 20' c<br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Rokocoko" title="Joe Rokocoko">Rokocoko</a> 51' c<br /><a href="/wiki/Brad_Thorn" title="Brad Thorn">Thorn</a> 54' c<br /><a href="/wiki/Mils_Muliaina" title="Mils Muliaina">Muliaina</a> 58' c<br /><a href="/wiki/Marty_Holah" title="Marty Holah">Holah</a> 72' m<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">MacDonald</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dan_Carter" title="Dan Carter">Carter</a> (4)</td><td></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A9pito_Elhorga" title="Pépito Elhorga">Elhorga</a> 42' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dimitri_Yachvili" title="Dimitri Yachvili">Yachvili</a><br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dimitri_Yachvili" title="Dimitri Yachvili">Yachvili</a><br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dimitri_Yachvili" title="Dimitri Yachvili">Yachvili</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Stadium Australia, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 62,712<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Chris_White_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris White (referee)">Chris White</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">England</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_2">Final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="2003 Rugby World Cup final">2003 Rugby World Cup final</a></div> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="vevent summary" style="width:100%"><table style="float:left;width:15%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:right">22 November 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:61%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold"><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:22%">17–20 (<a href="/wiki/Extra_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra time">a.e.t.</a>)</td><td class="vcard" style="width:39%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:right"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Lote_Tuqiri_(rugby,_born_1979)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lote Tuqiri (rugby, born 1979)">Tuqiri</a> 6' m<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Flatley</a> (4)</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/3228728.stm">Report</a></td><td style="text-align:left"><b>Try:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Robinson_(rugby)" title="Jason Robinson (rugby)">Robinson</a> 38' m<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> (4)<br /><b>Drop:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a> 100'</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="float:left;width:24%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location">Stadium Australia, Sydney</span><br />Attendance: 82,957<br />Referee: <span class="attendee"><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Watson" title="André Watson">André Watson</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_Rugby_Union" title="South African Rugby Union">South Africa</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics" title="2003 Rugby World Cup statistics">2003 Rugby World Cup statistics</a></div> <p>The tournament's top point scorer was England's <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Jonny Wilkinson</a>, who scored 113 points. <a href="/wiki/Doug_Howlett" title="Doug Howlett">Doug Howlett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mils_Muliaina" title="Mils Muliaina">Mils Muliaina</a> scored the most tries, seven in total. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="145">Player </th> <th width="145">Team </th> <th width="100">Position </th> <th width="40">Played </th> <th width="40">Tries </th> <th width="40">Conversions </th> <th width="40">Penalties </th> <th width="40">Drop goals </th> <th width="40">Total points </th> <th width="40">Yellow cards </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Jonny Wilkinson</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fly-half_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fly-half (rugby union)">Fly-half</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>23</td> <td>8</td> <td scope="row" style="background:#ccc"><b>113</b></td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Michalak" title="Frédéric Michalak">Frédéric Michalak</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fly-half_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fly-half (rugby union)">Fly-half</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>1</td> <td scope="row" style="background:#ccc"><b>101</b></td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Elton_Flatley" title="Elton Flatley">Elton Flatley</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centre_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre (rugby union)">Centre</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>16</td> <td>21</td> <td>0</td> <td scope="row" style="background:#ccc"><b>100</b></td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Leon_MacDonald" title="Leon MacDonald">Leon MacDonald</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centre_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre (rugby union)">Centre</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>20</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td scope="row" style="background:#ccc"><b>75</b></td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Paterson" title="Chris Paterson">Chris Paterson</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fly-half_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fly-half (rugby union)">Fly-half</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>13</td> <td>1</td> <td scope="row" style="background:#ccc"><b>71</b></td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mat_Rogers" title="Mat Rogers">Mat Rogers</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fullback (rugby union)">Full-back</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>16</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td scope="row" style="background:#ccc"><b>57</b></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hercus" title="Mike Hercus">Mike Hercus</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fly-half_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fly-half (rugby union)">Fly-half</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td scope="row" style="background:#ccc"><b>50</b></td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Va%27a" title="Earl Va'a">Earl Va'a</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-selflink selflink">2003 Rugby World Cup</a> finalists</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Champions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Runner-up</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third place</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fourth place</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Quarter-finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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Tasmania">Launceston</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wollongong_Showground" title="Wollongong Showground">Wollongong Showground</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Wollongong" title="Wollongong">Wollongong</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="2003_Rugby_World_Cup_referees" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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Africa</a>)</i></small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Lewis_(rugby_union_and_cricket)" title="Alan Lewis (rugby union and cricket)">Alan Lewis</a> <small><i>(<a href="/wiki/Irish_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Irish Rugby Football Union">Ireland</a>)</i></small></li> <li>Iain Ramage <small><i>(<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Rugby_Union" title="Scottish Rugby Union">Scotland</a>)</i></small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Whitehouse" title="Nigel Whitehouse">Nigel Whitehouse</a> <small><i>(<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Rugby_Union" title="Welsh Rugby Union">Wales</a>)</i></small></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night 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style="color:grey">2031</span></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_qualification" title="Rugby World Cup qualification">Qualifying</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">1987</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="1991 Rugby World Cup qualifying">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="1995 Rugby World Cup qualifying">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2023 Rugby World Cup qualifying">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2027_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" class="mw-redirect" title="2027 Rugby World Cup qualifying">2027</a></li> <li><i><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2031</span></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Knockout stages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_Rugby_World_Cup_knockout_stage" title="1987 Rugby World Cup knockout stage">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Rugby_World_Cup_knockout_stage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Rugby World Cup knockout stage (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Rugby_World_Cup_knockout_stage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Rugby World Cup knockout stage (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Rugby_World_Cup_knockout_stage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Rugby World Cup knockout stage (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_knockout_stage" title="2003 Rugby World Cup knockout stage">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Rugby_World_Cup_knockout_stage" title="2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_World_Cup_knockout_stage" title="2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup_knockout_stage" title="2015 Rugby World Cup knockout stage">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Rugby_World_Cup_knockout_stage" title="2019 Rugby World Cup knockout stage">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Rugby_World_Cup_knockout_stage" title="2023 Rugby World Cup knockout stage">2023</a></li> <li><i><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2027</span></i></li> <li><i><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2031</span></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rugby_World_Cup_finals" title="List of Rugby World Cup finals">Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="1987 Rugby World Cup final">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="1991 Rugby World Cup final">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="1995 Rugby World Cup final">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="1999 Rugby World Cup final">1999</a></li> <li><a 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class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2031</span></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statistics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics" title="1987 Rugby World Cup statistics">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics" title="1991 Rugby World Cup statistics">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics" title="1995 Rugby World Cup statistics">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics" title="1999 Rugby World Cup statistics">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics" title="2003 Rugby World Cup statistics">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics" title="2007 Rugby World Cup statistics">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics" title="2011 Rugby World Cup statistics">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics" title="2015 Rugby World Cup statistics">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics" title="2019 Rugby World Cup statistics">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics" title="2023 Rugby World Cup statistics">2023</a></li> <li><i><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2027</span></i></li> <li><i><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2031</span></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Overview</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Rugby_World_Cup" title="History of the Rugby World Cup">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_hosts" title="Rugby World Cup hosts">Hosts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_qualification" title="Rugby World Cup 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