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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RugbyWorldCup2007.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/thumb/0/0d/RugbyWorldCup2007.png/150px-RugbyWorldCup2007.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/thumb/0/0d/RugbyWorldCup2007.png/225px-RugbyWorldCup2007.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/0/0d/RugbyWorldCup2007.png 2x" data-file-width="282" data-file-height="186" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Rugby_World_Cup" class="extiw" title="w:2007 Rugby World Cup">2007 Rugby World Cup</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a> secured qualification to the knockout stage of the tournament with victories over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a> respectively. Elsewhere <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Romania national rugby union team">Romania</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Canada national rugby union team">Canada</a>. Both New Zealand and Australia had already qualified for the following round. </p><p><span id="Fiji">In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Rugby_World_Cup_-_Pool_B" class="extiw" title="w:2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool B">Pool B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Fiji" title="Category:Fiji">Fiji</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales">Wales</a> 38-34 in a dramatic encounter. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(rugby_player)" class="extiw" title="w:Stephen Jones (rugby player)">Stephen Jones</a> opened the scoring for Wales with a penalty, but Fiji raced to a 25-3 lead with tries from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akapusi_Qera" class="extiw" title="w:Akapusi Qera">Akapusi Qera</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilimoni_Delasau" class="extiw" title="w:Vilimoni Delasau">Vilimoni Delasau</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kele_Leawere" class="extiw" title="w:Kele Leawere">Kele Leawere</a> and two penalties from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Little" class="extiw" title="w:Nicky Little">Nicky Little</a>. Wales fought back and took the lead after 51 minutes after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alix_Popham" class="extiw" title="w:Alix Popham">Alix Popham</a> ,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Williams" class="extiw" title="w:Shane Williams">Shane Williams</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Thomas_(rugby_player)" class="extiw" title="w:Gareth Thomas (rugby player)">Gareth Thomas</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jones_(rugby_player)" class="extiw" title="w:Mark Jones (rugby player)">Mark Jones</a> each scored. </span></p><p>Nicky Little regained the lead for Fiji with two penalties, but Wales appeared to be heading to victory when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Williams" class="extiw" title="w:Martyn Williams">Martyn Williams</a> scored with seven minutes remaining. However Graham Dewes scored late on to snatch an extraordinary victory for Fiji to finish second in Pool B. Wales are knocked out of the tournament, but qualify automatically for the 2011 World Cup by finishing third in Pool B. </p><p><span id="Australia"><a href="/wiki/Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia">Australia</a>, the winners of Pool B, beat <a href="/wiki/Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada">Canada</a> 37-6. An early penalty from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Huxley" class="extiw" title="w:Julian Huxley">Julian Huxley</a> and tries from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Baxter" class="extiw" title="w:Al Baxter">Al Baxter</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Freier" class="extiw" title="w:Adam Freier">Adam Freier</a> gave Australia a 13-0 lead at half-time. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pritchard" class="extiw" title="w:James Pritchard">James Pritchard</a> scored two penalties for Canada, but <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Smith_(rugby_player)" class="extiw" title="w:George Smith (rugby player)">George Smith</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Mitchell" class="extiw" title="w:Drew Mitchell">Drew Mitchell</a> (2) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Latham" class="extiw" title="w:Chris Latham">Chris Latham</a> all scored tries to complete Australia's victory. </span></p><p>Fiji face South Africa in the quarter finals while Australia will play defending champions England in a repeat of the 2003 final. </p><p><span id="Scotland"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Italy">Italy</a> 18-16 to secure their place in the quarter finals. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Paterson" class="extiw" title="w:Chris Paterson">Chris Paterson</a> scored all of Scotland's points by kicking six penalties. Italy were leading twenty minutes into the match after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Troncon" class="extiw" title="w:Alessandro Troncon">Alessandro Troncon</a> scored a try and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bortolussi" class="extiw" title="w:David Bortolussi">David Bortolussi</a> added a penalty. Chris Paterson ensured Scotland's passage into the next round by kicking six penalties out of six. David Bortolussi closed the gap to two points with two penalties, but Scotland held on to finish second in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Rugby_World_Cup_-_Pool_C" class="extiw" title="w:2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool C">Pool C</a>. Italy finish third and qualify for the next World Cup despite being eliminated from the tournament. </span></p><p><span id="New_Zealand">Pool C winners <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> scored thirteen tries as they comfortably defeated <a href="/wiki/Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Romania">Romania</a> 85-8. Marius Tincu scored Romania's only try of the match, while Florin Vlaicu added a penalty. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Rokocoko" class="extiw" title="w:Joe Rokocoko">Joe Rokocoko</a> scored a hat-trick of tries for the All Blacks, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitiveni_Sivivatu" class="extiw" title="w:Sitiveni Sivivatu">Sitiveni Sivivatu</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaia_Toeava" class="extiw" title="w:Isaia Toeava">Isaia Toeava</a> scored two each. </span></p> <table style="width: 100%; background: transparent;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" valign="top" rowspan="3" width="15%">September 29, 2007<br />13:00 (UTC+2) </td></tr> <tr> <td width="24%" align="right"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/20px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/30px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/40px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></b> </td> <td align="center" width="13%"><b>85 – 8</b> </td> <td width="24%"><b><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Romania.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/20px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/30px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/40px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Romania national rugby union team">Romania</a></b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%" rowspan="2" valign="top"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_de_Toulouse" class="extiw" title="w:Stadium de Toulouse">Stadium de Toulouse</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulouse" class="extiw" title="w:Toulouse">Toulouse</a><br /> Referee: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%ABl_Jutge" class="extiw" title="w:Joël Jutge">Joël Jutge</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_France.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/20px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/30px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/40px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td align="right" valign="top"><b>Tries:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitiveni_Sivivatu" class="extiw" title="w:Sitiveni Sivivatu">S Sivivatu</a> (2) 1' m, 24' c<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Masoe" class="extiw" title="w:Chris Masoe">C Masoe</a> 10' c<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Rokocoko" class="extiw" title="w:Joe Rokocoko">J Rokocoko</a> (3) 15' c, 58' c, 66' c<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Evans" class="extiw" title="w:Nick Evans">N Evans</a> 18' m<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Mauger" class="extiw" title="w:Aaron Mauger">A Mauger</a> 37' m<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaia_Toeava" class="extiw" title="w:Isaia Toeava">I Toeava</a> (2) 47' c, 80+' c<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Hore" class="extiw" title="w:Andrew Hore">A Hore</a> 64' c<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Smith" class="extiw" title="w:Conrad Smith">C Smith</a> 75' c<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Howlett" class="extiw" title="w:Doug Howlett">D Howlett</a> 79' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_McAlister" class="extiw" title="w:Luke McAlister">L McAlister</a> (4/7)<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Evans" class="extiw" title="w:Nick Evans">N Evans</a> (6/6) </td> <td align="center" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Try:</b> M Tincu 31' m<br /><b>Pen:</b> F Vlaicu 72' </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <table style="width: 100%; background: transparent;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" valign="top" rowspan="3" width="15%">September 29, 2007<br />15:00 (UTC+2) </td></tr> <tr> <td width="24%" align="right"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/20px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></b> </td> <td align="center" width="13%"><b>37 – 6</b> </td> <td width="24%"><b><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Canada.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/20px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/40px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Canada national rugby union team">Canada</a></b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%" rowspan="2" valign="top"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_Chaban-Delmas" class="extiw" title="w:Stade Chaban-Delmas">Stade Chaban-Delmas</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux" class="extiw" title="w:Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a><br /> Referee: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_White_(referee)" class="extiw" title="w:Chris White (referee)">Chris White</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_England.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/20px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/30px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/40px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td align="right" valign="top"><b>Tries:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Baxter" class="extiw" title="w:Al Baxter">A Baxter</a> 24' m<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Freier" class="extiw" title="w:Adam Freier">A Freier</a> 34' m<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Smith_(rugby_player)" class="extiw" title="w:George Smith (rugby player)">G Smith</a> 51' m<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Mitchell" class="extiw" title="w:Drew Mitchell">D Mitchell</a> (2) 63' c, 65' m<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Latham" class="extiw" title="w:Chris Latham">C Latham</a> 73' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Shepherd" class="extiw" title="w:Cameron Shepherd">C Shepherd</a> (2/3)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Huxley" class="extiw" title="w:Julian Huxley">J Huxley</a> (1/1) 2' </td> <td align="center" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pritchard" class="extiw" title="w:James Pritchard">J Pritchard</a> (2/2) 42', 54' </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <table style="width: 100%; background: transparent;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" valign="top" rowspan="3" width="15%">September 29, 2007<br />17:00 (UTC+2) </td></tr> <tr> <td width="24%" align="right"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Wales.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/20px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/30px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/40px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></b> </td> <td align="center" width="13%"><b>34 – 38</b> </td> <td width="24%"><b><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Fiji.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/20px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/30px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/40px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a></b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%" rowspan="2" valign="top"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_de_la_Beaujoire" class="extiw" title="w:Stade de la Beaujoire">Stade de la Beaujoire</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes" class="extiw" title="w:Nantes">Nantes</a><br /> Referee: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Dickinson" class="extiw" title="w:Stuart Dickinson">Stuart Dickinson</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/20px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td align="right" valign="top"><b>Try:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alix_Popham" class="extiw" title="w:Alix Popham">A Popham</a> 34' c<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Williams" class="extiw" title="w:Shane Williams">S Williams</a> 45' c<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Thomas_(rugby_player)" class="extiw" title="w:Gareth Thomas (rugby player)">G Thomas</a> 48' m<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jones_(rugby_player)" class="extiw" title="w:Mark Jones (rugby player)">M Jones</a> 51' c<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Williams" class="extiw" title="w:Martyn Williams">M Williams</a> 73' m<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hook_(rugby_player)" class="extiw" title="w:James Hook (rugby player)">J Hook</a> (1/1)<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(rugby_player)" class="extiw" title="w:Stephen Jones (rugby player)">S Jones</a> (2/4)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(rugby_player)" class="extiw" title="w:Stephen Jones (rugby player)">S Jones</a> (1/2) 5' </td> <td align="center" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Tries:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akapusi_Qera" class="extiw" title="w:Akapusi Qera">A Qera</a> 16' c<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilimoni_Delasau" class="extiw" title="w:Vilimoni Delasau">V Delasau</a> 19' m<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kele_Leawere" class="extiw" title="w:Kele Leawere">K Leawere</a> 25' c<br />G Dewes 77' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Little" class="extiw" title="w:Nicky Little">N Little</a> (3/4)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Little" class="extiw" title="w:Nicky Little">N Little</a> (4/5) 21', 24', 54', 60' </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <table style="width: 100%; background: transparent;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" valign="top" rowspan="3" width="15%">September 29, 2007<br />21:00 (UTC+2) </td></tr> <tr> <td width="24%" align="right"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Scotland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/20px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></b> </td> <td align="center" width="13%"><b>18 – 16</b> </td> <td width="24%"><b><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Italy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/20px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/30px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/40px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" class="extiw" title="w:Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a></b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%" rowspan="2" valign="top"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_Geoffroy-Guichard" class="extiw" title="w:Stade Geoffroy-Guichard">Stade Geoffroy-Guichard</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-%C3%89tienne" class="extiw" title="w:Saint-Étienne">Saint-Étienne</a><br /> Referee: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Kaplan_(rugby)" class="extiw" title="w:Jonathan Kaplan (rugby)">Jonathan Kaplan</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Africa.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/20px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/30px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:85%"> <td align="right" valign="top"><b>Pen:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Paterson" class="extiw" title="w:Chris Paterson">C Paterson</a> (6/6) 2', 6', 32', 35', 47', 53' </td> <td align="center" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Try:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Troncon" class="extiw" title="w:Alessandro Troncon">A Troncon</a> 13' c<br /><b>Con:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bortolussi" class="extiw" title="w:David Bortolussi">D Bortolussi</a> (1/1)<br /><b>Pen:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bortolussi" class="extiw" 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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" class="extiw" title="w:Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a></span></i>, September 29, 2007</span></li> <li><span class="sourceTemplate"> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7014212.stm">Australia 37-6 Canada</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-local"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Sport">BBC Sport</a></span></i>, September 29, 2007</span></li> <li><span class="sourceTemplate"> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10107/report.html">Wallabies defeat Canada 37-6</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-foreign"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" class="extiw" title="w:Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a></span></i>, September 29, 2007</span></li> <li><span class="sourceTemplate"> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/7017637.stm">Wales 34-38 Fiji</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-local"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Sport">BBC Sport</a></span></i>, September 29, 2007</span></li> <li><span class="sourceTemplate"> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10108/report.html">Fiji hang on to defeat Wales 38-34</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-foreign"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" class="extiw" title="w:Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a></span></i>, September 29, 2007</span></li> <li><span class="sourceTemplate"> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7014104.stm">Scotland 18-16 Italy</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-local"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Sport">BBC Sport</a></span></i>, September 29, 2007</span></li> <li><span class="sourceTemplate"> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10109/report.html">Scotland defeat Italy 18-16</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-foreign"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" class="extiw" title="w:Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a></span></i>, September 29, 2007</span><br style="clear:both" /></li></ul> <table align="center" style="width:30%; background-color:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #a7d7f9; -moz-border-radius: 9px;-webkit-border-radius: 9px; border-radius: 9px; padding:1px;" id="social_bookmarks" class="noprint"> <tbody><tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Social_bookmarks"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Bookmark-new.svg/25px-Bookmark-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" 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