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Pool C of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 11 September 2011 and was completed on 2 October. The pool was composed of Australia

Australia national rugby union team

The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

, Ireland

Ireland national rugby union team

The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...

, Italy

Italy national rugby union team

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

, Russia

Russia national rugby union team

The Russian National Rugby Union Team, is the national team representing Russia at the sport of rugby union.Rugby union in Russia is administered by the Rugby Union of Russia . The RUR is the official successor union of the Soviet Union and the combined CIS team which played in the early 1990s...

and the United States

United States national rugby union team

USA Rugby's men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, represents the United States in the sport of rugby union. The Eagles are currently ranked 17th by the IRB World Rankings. Their highest ranking was from November 2, 2006 – September 10, 2007 at the 14th position...

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Australia v Italy


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Australia
FB	15	Kurtley Beale Kurtley Beale Kurtley Beale is an Australian representative rugby union player. His primary position is fullback.- Youth :Beale signed to the Waratahs while a 16 year old at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill. Before leaving school Beale captained the Australian Schoolboys and regularly attended training...
RW	14	Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper is an Australian rugby union footballer. He he has signed with the NSW Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition for 2012 and also plays for Australia. He was educated at the Berkeley Vale High School and played his junior rugby for Ourimbah on the NSW Central Coast...
OC	13	Anthony Fainga'a
IC	12	Pat McCabe
LW	11	Digby Ioane Digby Ioane Digby Ioane is an Australian rugby union footballer playing for the Queensland Reds. He has previously played for the Western Force in their inaugural year in 2006 to 2007, and has been capped 11 times for the Wallabies.-Early life:...
FH	10	Quade Cooper Quade Cooper Quade S. Cooper is a New Zealand born Australian rugby union player.He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition and the Australia national rugby union team, generally as fly-half.-Career:...
SH	9	Will Genia Will Genia Will Genia is a Papua New Guinean-born, Australian rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition, in which he debuted round one, 2007. Currently, he plays for the Wallabies.-Career:...
N8	8	Radike Samo Radike Samo Radike Samo is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock, flanker, number 8 and can even play on the wing...
OF	7	David Pocock
BF	6	Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom is a former captain of the Australia national rugby union team. Raised in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated Rugby players. Elsom has played over 50 times for Australia and has over 80 Super rugby caps with the Waratahs 2003–08 and the...
RL	5	James Horwill James Horwill James Horwill is an Australian rugby union player, a national and provincial representative Lock forward. He captained the Queensland Reds to a season victory in the 2011 in the Super 15 competition, his sixth season played at that level and debuted as Wallaby captain in the deciding game of the... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
LL	4	Daniel Vickerman Daniel Vickerman Daniel Vickerman is a rugby union footballer for the New South Wales Waratahs and Australia who left a successful international career in 2008 to attend the University of Cambridge, where he read a degree in Land Economy at Hughes Hall, and returned to Australian Rugby in 2011...
TP	3	Ben Alexander
HK	2	Stephen Moore
LP	1	Sekope Kepu Sekope Kepu Sekope Kepu is a young Australian prop forward for the NSW Waratahs rugby union club in the Super 14 competition. He made his debut during the 2008 season....
Replacements:
HK	16	Tatafu Polota-Nau Tatafu Polota-Nau - Biography :At 25 years of age, Polota-Nau achieved the rare feat of Test selection before playing a match at Super 14 level. His performances in his Test debut against England at Twickenham and in the win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road were impressive.v Signed to the New South Wales Waratahs...
PR	17	James Slipper James Slipper James Slipper is an Australian rugby union player who plays at prop. Slipper currently represents the Queensland Reds, making his debut during the 2010 Super 14 season...
LK	18	Rob Simmons Rob Simmons (rugby union) Rob Simmons is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition and has also represented Australia. His position is lock.-External links:...
N8	19	Ben McCalman Ben McCalman Ben McCalman is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Western Force in the international Super Rugby competition, and Australia....
FL	20	Scott Higginbotham Scott Higginbotham Scott Higginbotham is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 15 competition. He can play anywhere in the backrow.-Career:...
SH	21	Luke Burgess Luke Burgess (rugby union) Luke Burgess is anational representative rugby union player who plays professionally for the Stade Toulousain....
WG	22	James O'Connor James O'Connor (rugby) James O'Connor is an Australian international rugby union footballer. He made his Wallabies debut in 2008. In the Super Rugby competition he played from 2008 to 2011 with Western Force, and subsequently signed to the Melbourne Rebels for the 2012 season.-Biography:O'Connor is a versatile...
Coach:
Robbie Deans Robbie Deans Robert Maxwell Deans is the current coach of the Wallabies and former All Black. He is the former coach of the Crusaders. He also served as assistant to former All Blacks coach John Mitchell between late 2001 and 2003...

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

Andrea Masi

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

RW 14 Tommaso Benvenuti

Tommaso Benvenuti (rugby union)

Tommaso Benvenuti is an Italian rugby union player. He plays as a centre, wing or fullback. He plays for Benetton Treviso. In October 2010, he was selected for the Italy training squad preparing for the November tests. He made his Italy debut against Argentina on 13 November 2010. He also played...

OC 13 Gonzalo Canale

Gonzalo Canale

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

IC 12 Gonzalo Garcia

Gonzalo Garcia (rugby union)

Gonzalo Garcia is an Italian-Argentinian rugby union player for Benetton Rugby Treviso in the Celtic League competition.Gonzalo Garcia's choice of position is centre.-Biography:...

LW 11 Mirco Bergamasco

Mirco Bergamasco

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

FH 10 Luciano Orquera

Luciano Orquera

Luciano Orquera is an Argentine-Italian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half for Aironi, an Italian club in the Celtic League.....

SH 9 Fabio Semenzato

Fabio Semenzato

Fabio Semenzato is an Italian rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half.He plays currently for Benetton Rugby Treviso....

N8 8 Sergio Parisse

Sergio Parisse

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

Captain (sports)

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

) OF 7 Robert Barbieri

Robert Barbieri

Robert Julian Barbieri is a Canadian-born Italian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker. He decided to represent Italy....

BF 6 Alessandro Zanni

Alessandro Zanni

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

RL 5 Cornelius Van Zyl

Cornelius Van Zyl

Cornelius Van Zyl is a South African born Italian rugby union footballer who plays at lock. Van Zyl was part of the Italian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

LL 4 Carlo del Fava

Carlo Del Fava

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

TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni

Martin Castrogiovanni

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

HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini

Leonardo Ghiraldini

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

LP 1 Andrea Lo Cicero

Andrea Lo Cicero

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

Replacements: HK 16 Tommaso D'Apice

Tommaso D'Apice

Tommaso D'Apice is an Italian rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker. D'Apice was part of the Italian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup and joined Aironi after the tournament.-External links:**...

PR 17 Lorenzo Cittadini

Lorenzo Cittadini

Lorenzo Cittadini is an Italian rugby union player. Cittadini, who is a prop, plays club rugby for Benetton Treviso. He made his debut for Italy against Ireland on 2 February 2008.He played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand....

LK 18 Marco Bortolami

Marco Bortolami

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

FL 19 Paul Derbyshire

Paul Derbyshire

Paul Derbyshire is an Italian rugby union player. Derbyshire, who is a flanker, plays club rugby for Benetton Treviso. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009....

SH 20 Edoardo Gori

Edoardo Gori

Edoardo Gori is an Italian rugby union player. He was selected to the 25-man Italian squad to face Argentina in November 2010. In the same month he made his Italy debut against Australia. He also played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.-External links:**...

FH 21 Riccardo Bocchino

Riccardo Bocchino

Riccardo Bocchino is an Italian rugby union player. Bocchino, who is a fly-half, plays his club rugby for Aironi. He made his debut for Italy against Ireland on 6 February 2010....

FB 22 Luke McLean

Luke McLean

Luke McLean is an Italian Australian rugby union footballer who plays at fullback and fly-half for Treviso in Italy. He has also represented the Italy national rugby union team.-Background:McLean was born in Townsville, Queensland...

Coach:

Nick Mallett

Nicholas Vivian Howard Mallett is a former South African rugby union player who was until recently the head coach of the Italian national team, previously replacing Pierre Berbizier on 3 October 2007...

Man of the Match:

James Horwill

James Horwill

James Horwill is an Australian rugby union player, a national and provincial representative Lock forward. He captained the Queensland Reds to a season victory in the 2011 in the Super 15 competition, his sixth season played at that level and debuted as Wallaby captain in the deciding game of the...

(Australia)

Touch judges:

Jonathan Kaplan

Jonathan Kaplan (rugby)

Jonathan Isaac Kaplan , is a full-time international rugby union referee and currently holds the record for the most international matches as referee.-Background:...

(South Africa

South African Rugby Union

The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board...

)

Chris Pollock (New Zealand)

Television match official:

Giulio De Santis (Italy)

Ireland v United States


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Ireland
FB	15	Geordan Murphy Geordan Murphy Geordan Edward Andrew Murphy is an Irish rugby union rugby player and plays fullback or wing for the English club Leicester Tigers and Ireland....
RW	14	Tommy Bowe Tommy Bowe Thomas John "Tommy" Bowe is an Irish rugby union footballer from County Monaghan, Ireland...
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll Brian O'Driscoll Brian O'Driscoll is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is the current captain of the Ireland Rugby team and captained Leinster Rugby until the start of 2008 season. He also captained the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
IC	12	Gordon D'Arcy Gordon D'Arcy Gordon William D'Arcy is an Irish rugby player, more specifically an inside centre. He is registered to Lansdowne RFC and plays for provincial and RaboDirect Pro12 side Leinster.-Career:...
LW	11	Keith Earls Keith Earls Keith Earls is an Irish rugby union footballer for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup. Internationally, Earls plays for Ireland, and he represented the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa. He plays as an Outside Centre, Winger or Fullback. He won a Munster...
FH	10	Jonathan Sexton Jonathan Sexton Jonathan Sexton , is a rugby union player for Leinster Rugby in the Celtic League and Heineken Cup. Sexton is a nephew of former Garryowen, Munster and Ireland rugby player Willie Sexton.Sexton is registered to St...
SH	9	Conor Murray Conor Murray Conor Murray is an Irish rugby union footballer who plays for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup. Murray attended St.Munchins secondary school and was part of the same Munster Senior Cup squad as current Munster and Ireland colleague Keith Earls...
N8	8	Jamie Heaslip Jamie Heaslip James Peter Richard "Jamie" Heaslip is a Leinster & Irish rugby union player.- Early life :Heaslip was born in Tiberias, Israel, while his father, retired Brigadier General Richard Heaslip, was there on duty with UNIFIL. He attended Newbridge College before starring at the 2004 U-21 World Cup in...
OF	7	Shane Jennings Shane Jennings Shane Jennings born 8 July 1981 in Dublin, Ireland is a rugby union player for Leinster Rugby in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup.He is also registered to St...
BF	6	Stephen Ferris
RL	5	Paul O'Connell Paul O'Connell Paul O'Connell is an Irish rugby union player who plays lock for Munster and Ireland. He also captained the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa.-Early life:...
LL	4	Donncha O'Callaghan Donncha O'Callaghan Donncha O'Callaghan is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock for Munster and Ireland.- Early career :He began his rugby education in Highfield Rugby Club, on the Model Farm Road in Cork. During the 1997/98 season he won a Schools Senior Cup with the Christian Brothers College, Cork,...
TP	3	Mike Ross
HK	2	Rory Best Rory Best Rory Best from Poyntzpass is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays at the position of Hooker for Ulster and is registered for Banbridge RFC.-Club/Provincial:...
LP	1	Tom Court Tom Court Tom Court is a rugby union footballer. He plays for Ulster as a tighthead and loosehead prop. He primarily played at tighthead in his early career but switched to loosehead in the 2007/2008 season when BJ Botha arrived at Ulster....
Replacements:
HK	16	Jerry Flannery Jerry Flannery Jeremiah Paul "Jerry" Flannery is an Irish rugby union player who plays at Hooker for Munster and Ireland.-Early career:...
PR	17	Tony Buckley Tony Buckley Tony "Mushy" Buckley is an Irish rugby union player from Newmarket, County Cork, who plays tighthead prop for Sale in the Aviva Premiership and for Ireland. He is currently one of the heaviest men playing professional rugby, weighing in at 21 st 5 lbs or 135 kilograms. He wears size 16 boots...
LK	18	Donnacha Ryan Donnacha Ryan Donnacha Ryan is a rugby union player for Munster in the Magners League. He went to school in St. Munchin's College in Limerick where he was a key member of the side that won the Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 2002...
N8	19	Denis Leamy Denis Leamy Denis Leamy is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is a back row forward who can play either blind side flanker or at number 8, and has occasionally played at inside centre...
SH	20	Eoin Reddan Eoin Reddan Eoin Reddan is an Irish rugby union player who plays at scrum half. He attended school at Crescent College Comprehensive where he captained the school side. On leaving school he studied at the University of Limerick....
FH	21	Ronan O'Gara Ronan O'Gara Ronan John Ross O'Gara is an Irish rugby union player, playing at fly-half for both Munster and Ireland. He is the all time highest point scorer for both Munster and Ireland. In addition to his prolific point-scoring, he has captained Munster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions...
WG	22	Andrew Trimble Andrew Trimble Andrew Trimble is an Irish rugby union footballer from Coleraine, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.- Club career :He attended Coleraine Academical Institution, where he competed in the Ulster Schools Cup....
Coach:
Declan Kidney Declan Kidney Declan Kidney is an Irish rugby union coach.-Early life:Kidney played rugby for UCC and later for Dolphin RFC....

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> United States | FB 15 Blaine Scully

Blaine Scully

Blaine Scully is an USA rugby union footballer who plays as a fullback or wing. Scully was part of the United States squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

RW 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya

Takudzwa Ngwenya

Takudzwa Ngwenya is a rugby union player who plays on the wing for the United States national rugby union team and French power Biarritz...

OC 13 Paul Emerick

Paul Emerick

Paul Emerick is a USA international rugby player. His position is centre or wing. He last played for Ulster Rugby before being released.-Club:...

IC 12 Andrew Suniula

Andrew Suniula

Andrew Suniula is an American Samoan rugby union player for the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship. He previously played for the Chicago Griffins and rugby league football for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. His position is at wing/centre/second row. He has...

LW 11 James Paterson

James Paterson (rugby union)

James Douglas Paterson is a native New Zealand rugby union player, although he has dual United States and New Zealand citizenship due to his mother Deanna being a US citizen.-Career:...

FH 10 Roland Suniula

Roland Suniula

Roland Suniula is an American international rugby union player who plays professionally for Chicago Griffins as a halfback on their rugby 7's team. He is the younger brother of former Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Winger Andrew Suniula, who has also represented USA in rugby union.Suniula played for...

SH 9 Mike Petri N8 8 Nic Johnson

Nic Johnson

Nicholas Johnson is an American rugby union player. Nicholas plays flank and 8th man for the USA Eagles XV. He was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe. Nic started playing rugby around 20 years old. He has been playing with the USA Sevens since 2007 and...

OF 7 Todd Clever

Todd Clever

Todd Stanger Clever is an American rugby union player. He is currently the Captain of the USA rugby union team. His current club is Suntory in Japan. In rugby Clever plays as a flanker, but while playing for the USA Sevens side he plays as a prop.-Club career:Todd joined Suntory of Japan in June...

Captain (sports)

) BF 6 Louis Stanfill

Louis Stanfill

Louis Stanfill is an American rugby union player. He currently plays for Mogliano, and for the United States national side. Stanfill made his international debut against in May 2005, at the age of 19. Stanfill plays as a back row player at flanker or No. 8...

RL 5 Hayden Smith

Hayden Smith

Hayden Smith is an Australian-born American rugby union player.-Career:Smith first started playing rugby when he was in the seventh grade. He went on to play for Metropolitan State College of Denver, where he was also the Men's Basketball Captain and a scholarship holder...

LL 4 John van der Giessen

John van der Giessen

John Van Der Giessen is an American rugby union player. He plays lock for the USA Eagle XV side. He was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe. Van Der Giessen plays his club rugby for Bath Rugby.-Career:Van der Giessen's debut for his country was in 2008...

TP 3 Shawn Pittman

Shawn Pittman

Shawn Pittman is an American rugby union player. Shawn plays prop for the USA Eagle XV side. He has also represented his country at under 19 and under 20. He was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe. Shawn plays his club rugby for London Welsh...

HK 2 Phil Thiel

Phil Thiel

Phillip Thiel , is an American rugby union player. Phillip plays both hooker and prop. He was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe. Phillip plays rugby for his American Super League Club, Life University. His debut for the USA Eagles was in November 2009...

LP 1 Mike MacDonald Replacements: HK 16 Chris Biller

Chris Biller

Chris Biller is an American rugby union player who is currently on a short term contract with Bath Rugby....

PR 17 Mate Moeakiola

Matekitonga Moeakiola

Matekitonga Moeakiola is an American rugby union player. He currently plays for SC Albi, and for the United States national side. Moeakiola made his debut at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, scoring a try after coming on as a substitute in the Eagles' opening match against...

LK 18 Scott LaValla

Scott LaValla

Scott LaValla is an American rugby union player. LaValla plays lock for the USA Eagle XV side. He was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe. LaValla played his club rugby for Dublin University Football Club until signing for Stade Francais in Summer 2011...

FL 19 Pat Danahy

Patrick Danahy

Patrick Danahy is an American rugby union player. Patrick is comfortable playing in both the lock and flank positions.He currently plays for the Life University RFC. He was selected to tour with the USA national rugby union team, the USA Eagles XV, for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe...

SH 20 Tim Usasz

Tim Usasz

Timothy "Tim" Usasz is an Australian-born American international rugby union player who plays professionally for Nottingham in England as a scrum-half.His debut for the USA Eagles XV was against Ireland at Santa Clara on 31 May 2009....

FH 21 Nese Malifa

Valenese Malifa

Valenese Malifa is an American rugby union fly-half. He is a member of the United States national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup....

WG 22 Colin Hawley

Colin Hawley

Colin Hawley is an American-born American rugby union player.Hawley was named to the Collegiate All-Americans before being brought in to the USA Eagles Player Pool. Soon after his test debut against Georgia in June 2009, he was asked to join the USA national rugby union team on their 2010 Autumn...

Coach: Eddie O'Sullivan

Eddie O'Sullivan

Eddie O'Sullivan is an Irish rugby union coach and a former footballer. He is a former head coach of the United States national rugby union team and of the Ireland national rugby union team....

Man of the Match:

Paul O'Connell

Paul O'Connell

Paul O'Connell is an Irish rugby union player who plays lock for Munster and Ireland. He also captained the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa.-Early life:...

(Ireland)

Touch judges:

Nigel Owens

Nigel Owens

Nigel Owens is a Welsh international rugby union referee. He is an international and Heineken Cup referee and was the only Welsh referee at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France....

(Wales

Welsh Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the...

)

Carlo Damasco (Italy)

Television match official:

Graham Hughes (England

Rugby Football Union

The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886...

)

Russia v United States


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Russia
FB	15	Igor Klyuchnikov Igor Klyuchnikov Igor Kluchnikov is a Russian rugby union player who play for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino and is part of the Russian squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. He is a tall, strong back who can play as both full back and winger....
RW	14	Vasily Artemyev
OC	13	Konstantin Rachkov Konstantin Rachkov Konstantin Rachkov is a rugby union footballer who plays as a fly-half. Rachkov was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...
IC	12	Alexei Makovetskiy
LW	11	Vladimir Ostroushko Vladimir Ostroushko Vladimir Ostroushko is a rugby union footballer who plays on the wing. Ostroushko was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev Yuri Kushnarev Yuri Kushnarev is a rugby union footballer who plays as a fly-half. Kushnarev was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...
SH	9	Alexander Shakirov
N8	8	Viacheslav Grachev Viacheslav Grachev Viacheslav Grachev is a Russian rugby union player. He is the Vice Captain of the Russian squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.-References:...
OF	7	Andrei Garbuzov Andrei Garbuzov Andrei Nikolayevich Garbuzov is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Sheksna Cherepovets .-External links:*...
BF	6	Artem Fatakhov
RL	5	Denis Antonov
LL	4	Alexander Voytov
TP	3	Ivan Prishchepenko
HK	2	Vladislav Korshunov Vladislav Korshunov Vladislav Korshunov is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.He plays for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, a professional Russian team.... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
LP	1	Sergei Popov
Replacements:
HK	16	Valeri Tsnobiladze
PR	17	Vladmimir Botvinnikov
PR	18	Alexander Khrokin Alexander Khrokin Alexander Khrokin is a rugby union footballer who plays as a prop. Khrokin was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...
LK	19	Adam Byrnes Adam Byrnes Adam Byrnes is an International professional rugby union player. His position is lock. Byrnes played 2 seasons, 2005/06 & 2006/07, for the Heineken Cup Champion side Leinster in Ireland. Byrnes then made his Super Rugby debut for the Queensland Reds in 2009, and played there into 2010...
SH	20	Alexander Yanyushkin Alexander Yanyushkin Alexander Yanyushkin is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half and as a scrum-half.He currently plays for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, in the Russian Professional League....
N8	21	Victor Gresev
WG	22	Andrei Kuzin
Coaches:
Nikolay Nerush Kingsley Jones

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> United States | FB 15 Chris Wyles

Chris Wyles

Chris Wyles is an International rugby union player who plays for the USA Eagles and plays his club rugby for Saracens in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a fullback or wing...

RW 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya

Takudzwa Ngwenya

Takudzwa Ngwenya is a rugby union player who plays on the wing for the United States national rugby union team and French power Biarritz...

OC 13 Paul Emerick

Paul Emerick

Paul Emerick is a USA international rugby player. His position is centre or wing. He last played for Ulster Rugby before being released.-Club:...

IC 12 Andrew Suniula

Andrew Suniula

LW 11 James Paterson

James Paterson (rugby union)

James Douglas Paterson is a native New Zealand rugby union player, although he has dual United States and New Zealand citizenship due to his mother Deanna being a US citizen.-Career:...

FH 10 Roland Suniula

Roland Suniula

SH 9 Mike Petri N8 8 Nic Johnson

Nic Johnson

OF 7 Todd Clever

Todd Clever

Captain (sports)

) BF 6 Louis Stanfill

Louis Stanfill

RL 5 Hayden Smith

Hayden Smith

LL 4 John van der Giessen

John van der Giessen

TP 3 Matekitonga Moeakiola

Matekitonga Moeakiola

HK 2 Chris Biller

Chris Biller

Chris Biller is an American rugby union player who is currently on a short term contract with Bath Rugby....

LP 1 Mike MacDonald Replacements: HK 16 Phil Thiel

Phil Thiel

PR 17 Shawn Pittman

Shawn Pittman

LK 18 Scott LaValla

Scott LaValla

FL 19 Pat Danahy

Patrick Danahy

SH 20 Tim Usasz

Tim Usasz

FH 21 Nese Malifa

Valenese Malifa

Valenese Malifa is an American rugby union fly-half. He is a member of the United States national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup....

FB 22 Blaine Scully

Blaine Scully

Blaine Scully is an USA rugby union footballer who plays as a fullback or wing. Scully was part of the United States squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

Coach: Eddie O'Sullivan

Eddie O'Sullivan

Eddie O'Sullivan is an Irish rugby union coach and a former footballer. He is a former head coach of the United States national rugby union team and of the Ireland national rugby union team....

Man of the Match:

Mike MacDonald (United States)

Touch judges:

Craig Joubert

Craig Joubert

Craig Paul Joubert is a South African professional rugby union referee. He has officiated at international level since 2003 with the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final being his most profile match.-Biography:...

(South Africa

South African Rugby Union

The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board...

)

Carlo Damasco (Ireland

Irish Rugby Football Union

The Irish Rugby Football Union is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where Irish rugby union international matches are played...

)

Television match official:

Graham Hughes (England

Rugby Football Union

)

Australia v Ireland


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Australia
FB	15	Kurtley Beale Kurtley Beale Kurtley Beale is an Australian representative rugby union player. His primary position is fullback.- Youth :Beale signed to the Waratahs while a 16 year old at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill. Before leaving school Beale captained the Australian Schoolboys and regularly attended training...
RW	14	James O'Connor James O'Connor (rugby) James O'Connor is an Australian international rugby union footballer. He made his Wallabies debut in 2008. In the Super Rugby competition he played from 2008 to 2011 with Western Force, and subsequently signed to the Melbourne Rebels for the 2012 season.-Biography:O'Connor is a versatile...
OC	13	Anthony Fainga'a
IC	12	Pat McCabe
LW	11	Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper is an Australian rugby union footballer. He he has signed with the NSW Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition for 2012 and also plays for Australia. He was educated at the Berkeley Vale High School and played his junior rugby for Ourimbah on the NSW Central Coast...
FH	10	Quade Cooper Quade Cooper Quade S. Cooper is a New Zealand born Australian rugby union player.He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition and the Australia national rugby union team, generally as fly-half.-Career:...
SH	9	Will Genia Will Genia Will Genia is a Papua New Guinean-born, Australian rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition, in which he debuted round one, 2007. Currently, he plays for the Wallabies.-Career:...
N8	8	Radike Samo Radike Samo Radike Samo is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock, flanker, number 8 and can even play on the wing...
OF	7	Ben McCalman Ben McCalman Ben McCalman is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Western Force in the international Super Rugby competition, and Australia....
BF	6	Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom is a former captain of the Australia national rugby union team. Raised in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated Rugby players. Elsom has played over 50 times for Australia and has over 80 Super rugby caps with the Waratahs 2003–08 and the...
RL	5	James Horwill James Horwill James Horwill is an Australian rugby union player, a national and provincial representative Lock forward. He captained the Queensland Reds to a season victory in the 2011 in the Super 15 competition, his sixth season played at that level and debuted as Wallaby captain in the deciding game of the... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
LL	4	Dan Vickerman
TP	3	Ben Alexander
HK	2	Tatafu Polota-Nau Tatafu Polota-Nau - Biography :At 25 years of age, Polota-Nau achieved the rare feat of Test selection before playing a match at Super 14 level. His performances in his Test debut against England at Twickenham and in the win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road were impressive.v Signed to the New South Wales Waratahs...
LP	1	Sekope Kepu Sekope Kepu Sekope Kepu is a young Australian prop forward for the NSW Waratahs rugby union club in the Super 14 competition. He made his debut during the 2008 season....
Replacements:
HK	16	Saia Fainga'a
PR	17	James Slipper James Slipper James Slipper is an Australian rugby union player who plays at prop. Slipper currently represents the Queensland Reds, making his debut during the 2010 Super 14 season...
LK	18	Rob Simmons Rob Simmons (rugby union) Rob Simmons is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition and has also represented Australia. His position is lock.-External links:...
N8	19	Wycliff Palu Wycliff Palu Wycliff Palu is an Australian rugby union footballer of Tongan descent. He plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition...
FL	20	Scott Higginbotham Scott Higginbotham Scott Higginbotham is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 15 competition. He can play anywhere in the backrow.-Career:...
SH	21	Luke Burgess Luke Burgess (rugby union) Luke Burgess is anational representative rugby union player who plays professionally for the Stade Toulousain....
WG	22	Drew Mitchell Drew Mitchell Drew Alan Mitchell is an Australian rugby union player. He usually plays on the wing or as fullback. Up to the 2006 season he played for the Queensland Reds. He played for the Western Force for the 2007–2009 Super 14 seasons. In 2010 he is playing for the New South Wales Waratahs franchise...
Coach:
Robbie Deans Robbie Deans Robert Maxwell Deans is the current coach of the Wallabies and former All Black. He is the former coach of the Crusaders. He also served as assistant to former All Blacks coach John Mitchell between late 2001 and 2003...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Ireland | FB 15 Rob Kearney

Rob Kearney

Robert Kearney , also referred to as Rob Kearney, is an Irish rugby union footballer who currently plays for UCD, Leinster and Ireland. As a youth he also played rugby union for Clongowes Wood College and Gaelic football for Louth in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship...

RW 14 Tommy Bowe

Tommy Bowe

Thomas John "Tommy" Bowe is an Irish rugby union footballer from County Monaghan, Ireland...

OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll

Brian O'Driscoll

Brian O'Driscoll is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is the current captain of the Ireland Rugby team and captained Leinster Rugby until the start of 2008 season. He also captained the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand...

Captain (sports)

) IC 12 Gordon D'Arcy

Gordon D'Arcy

Gordon William D'Arcy is an Irish rugby player, more specifically an inside centre. He is registered to Lansdowne RFC and plays for provincial and RaboDirect Pro12 side Leinster.-Career:...

LW 11 Keith Earls

Keith Earls

Keith Earls is an Irish rugby union footballer for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup. Internationally, Earls plays for Ireland, and he represented the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa. He plays as an Outside Centre, Winger or Fullback. He won a Munster...

FH 10 Jonathan Sexton

Jonathan Sexton

Jonathan Sexton , is a rugby union player for Leinster Rugby in the Celtic League and Heineken Cup. Sexton is a nephew of former Garryowen, Munster and Ireland rugby player Willie Sexton.Sexton is registered to St...

SH 9 Eoin Reddan

Eoin Reddan

Eoin Reddan is an Irish rugby union player who plays at scrum half. He attended school at Crescent College Comprehensive where he captained the school side. On leaving school he studied at the University of Limerick....

N8 8 Jamie Heaslip

Jamie Heaslip

James Peter Richard "Jamie" Heaslip is a Leinster & Irish rugby union player.- Early life :Heaslip was born in Tiberias, Israel, while his father, retired Brigadier General Richard Heaslip, was there on duty with UNIFIL. He attended Newbridge College before starring at the 2004 U-21 World Cup in...

OF 7 Sean O'Brien

Sean O'Brien (rugby player)

Sean Kevin O'Brien is an Irish professional rugby union player from Carlow, Ireland. He plays provincial rugby for Leinster and club rugby for Clontarf RFC....

BF 6 Stephen Ferris RL 5 Paul O'Connell

Paul O'Connell

Paul O'Connell is an Irish rugby union player who plays lock for Munster and Ireland. He also captained the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa.-Early life:...

LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan

Donncha O'Callaghan

Donncha O'Callaghan is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock for Munster and Ireland.- Early career :He began his rugby education in Highfield Rugby Club, on the Model Farm Road in Cork. During the 1997/98 season he won a Schools Senior Cup with the Christian Brothers College, Cork,...

TP 3 Mike Ross HK 2 Rory Best

Rory Best

Rory Best from Poyntzpass is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays at the position of Hooker for Ulster and is registered for Banbridge RFC.-Club/Provincial:...

LP 1 Cian Healy

Cian Healy

Cian Healy born 7 October 1987 in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays for Leinster and for the Ireland national team. He is registered to Clontarf RFC who play in AIB League Division 1...

Replacements: HK 16 Sean Cronin

Sean Cronin (rugby union)

Sean Cronin is an Irish player for Leinster in the Celtic League. Cronin was educated at Ardscoil Ris in Limerick and has previously played with Shannon RFC and Munster Rugby where he had progressed through their academy to a development contract...

PR 17 Tom Court

Tom Court

Tom Court is a rugby union footballer. He plays for Ulster as a tighthead and loosehead prop. He primarily played at tighthead in his early career but switched to loosehead in the 2007/2008 season when BJ Botha arrived at Ulster....

LK 18 Donnacha Ryan

Donnacha Ryan

Donnacha Ryan is a rugby union player for Munster in the Magners League. He went to school in St. Munchin's College in Limerick where he was a key member of the side that won the Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 2002...

N8 19 Denis Leamy

Denis Leamy

Denis Leamy is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is a back row forward who can play either blind side flanker or at number 8, and has occasionally played at inside centre...

SH 20 Conor Murray

Conor Murray

Conor Murray is an Irish rugby union footballer who plays for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup. Murray attended St.Munchins secondary school and was part of the same Munster Senior Cup squad as current Munster and Ireland colleague Keith Earls...

FH 21 Ronan O'Gara

Ronan O'Gara

Ronan John Ross O'Gara is an Irish rugby union player, playing at fly-half for both Munster and Ireland. He is the all time highest point scorer for both Munster and Ireland. In addition to his prolific point-scoring, he has captained Munster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions...

WG 22 Andrew Trimble

Andrew Trimble

Andrew Trimble is an Irish rugby union footballer from Coleraine, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.- Club career :He attended Coleraine Academical Institution, where he competed in the Ulster Schools Cup....

Coach: Declan Kidney

Declan Kidney

Declan Kidney is an Irish rugby union coach.-Early life:Kidney played rugby for UCC and later for Dolphin RFC....

Man of the Match:

Cian Healy

Cian Healy

(Ireland)

Touch judges:

Craig Joubert

Craig Joubert

(South Africa

South African Rugby Union

The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board...

)

Carlo Damasco (Italy)

Television match official:

Graham Hughes (England

Rugby Football Union

)

Italy v Russia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Italy
FB	15	Andrea Masi Andrea Masi Andrea Masi is an Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centres but he has also played at fly-half and at full-back. He currently plays for the Italian franchise in the RaboDirect Pro12, Aironi...
RW	14	Giulio Toniolatti Giulio Toniolatti Giulio Toniolatti is an Italian rugby union footballer who plays as a winger.A native of Rome, Toniolatti made his debut for Italy in 2008 against Australia and was part of the Italian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup....
OC	13	Tommaso Benvenuti Tommaso Benvenuti (rugby union) Tommaso Benvenuti is an Italian rugby union player. He plays as a centre, wing or fullback. He plays for Benetton Treviso. In October 2010, he was selected for the Italy training squad preparing for the November tests. He made his Italy debut against Argentina on 13 November 2010. He also played...
IC	12	Matteo Pratichetti Matteo Pratichetti Matteo Pratichetti is an Italian rugby union player.He currently plays for Aironi in the RaboDirect Pro12.Pratichetti's father, Oreste, was a rugby player and coach, his uncle Carlo was capped several times for Italy in the 1980s, and his brother Andrea was his teammate at Calvisano for the...
LW	11	Luke McLean Luke McLean Luke McLean is an Italian Australian rugby union footballer who plays at fullback and fly-half for Treviso in Italy. He has also represented the Italy national rugby union team.-Background:McLean was born in Townsville, Queensland...
FH	10	Riccardo Bocchino Riccardo Bocchino Riccardo Bocchino is an Italian rugby union player. Bocchino, who is a fly-half, plays his club rugby for Aironi. He made his debut for Italy against Ireland on 6 February 2010....
SH	9	Edoardo Gori Edoardo Gori Edoardo Gori is an Italian rugby union player. He was selected to the 25-man Italian squad to face Argentina in November 2010. In the same month he made his Italy debut against Australia. He also played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.-External links:**...
N8	8	Sergio Parisse Sergio Parisse Sergio Parisse is an Italian Argentine rugby union rugby player. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International player of the year... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco Mauro Bergamasco Mauro Bergamasco is an Italian rugby union footballer. He predominantly plays as an open-side flanker, although his versatility means has also played a number of international games on the wing, and started at scrum-half in an infamously error-prone performance...
BF	6	Paul Derbyshire Paul Derbyshire Paul Derbyshire is an Italian rugby union player. Derbyshire, who is a flanker, plays club rugby for Benetton Treviso. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009....
RL	5	Marco Bortolami Marco Bortolami Marco Bortolami is an Italian international rugby union player, playing club rugby for Aironi in the Celtic League. In January 2008 he was replaced as captain of Italy's national team....
LL	4	Quintin Geldenhuys Quintin Geldenhuys Quintin Geldenhuys is a South Africa-born Italian rugby union player. Geldenhuys, who is a lock, acts as captain of the Italian Pro12 franchise Aironi. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009. He qualified for Italy through residency.-References:...
TP	3	Lorenzo Cittadini Lorenzo Cittadini Lorenzo Cittadini is an Italian rugby union player. Cittadini, who is a prop, plays club rugby for Benetton Treviso. He made his debut for Italy against Ireland on 2 February 2008.He played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand....
HK	2	Fabio Ongaro Fabio Ongaro Fabio Ongaro is an Italian rugby union footballer. Although he now plays as a hooker, he played in the Italian youth teams as a flanker.-Career:...
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini Salvatore Perugini Salvatore Perugini is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Aironi in the RaboDirect Pro12 club competition. He has also been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2000 against Italy. His usual position is at prop...
Replacements:
HK	16	Tommaso D'Apice Tommaso D'Apice Tommaso D'Apice is an Italian rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker. D'Apice was part of the Italian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup and joined Aironi after the tournament.-External links:**...
PR	17	Martin Castrogiovanni Martin Castrogiovanni Martín Leandro Castrogiovanni is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He played for Ghial Calvisano, with whom he won the Italian championship in 2005. He has since signed a new contract with Leicester Tigers, and after a successful 2006/07 season with them was named Guinness Premiership...
LK	18	Cornelius Van Zyl Cornelius Van Zyl Cornelius Van Zyl is a South African born Italian rugby union footballer who plays at lock. Van Zyl was part of the Italian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...
FL	19	Alessandro Zanni Alessandro Zanni Alessandro Zanni is an Italian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Treviso in the Super 10 in Italy. His usual position is as a number 8, but in national team he plays often as substitute of Mauro Bergamasco in openside flanker position, or in blindside flanker position.Zanni made his...
SH	20	Pablo Canavosio Pablo Canavosio Pablo Canavosio is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Aironi in the Italian Magners League. Previously, Canavosio played club rugby in Italy, for Rovigo, Calvisano and Castres Olympique. His usual position is at scrum half or wing.Canavosio has been capped by...
OC	21	Gonzalo Canale Gonzalo Canale Gonzalo Canale is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centre or at full back. He plays for French club ASM Clermont Auvergne...
FB	22	Alberto Sgarbi Alberto Sgarbi Alberto Sgarbi is an Italian rugby union player for Benetton Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12.Sgarbi's position of choice is on the Centre.-Benetton Rugby:...
Coach:
Nick Mallett Nick Mallett Nicholas Vivian Howard Mallett is a former South African rugby union player who was until recently the head coach of the Italian national team, previously replacing Pierre Berbizier on 3 October 2007...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Russia | FB 15 Igor Klyuchnikov

Igor Klyuchnikov

Igor Kluchnikov is a Russian rugby union player who play for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino and is part of the Russian squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. He is a tall, strong back who can play as both full back and winger....

RW 14 Vasily Artemyev OC 13 Andrei Kuzin IC 12 Alexei Makovetskiy LW 11 Vladimir Ostroushko

Vladimir Ostroushko

Vladimir Ostroushko is a rugby union footballer who plays on the wing. Ostroushko was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

FH 10 Konstantin Rachkov

Konstantin Rachkov

Konstantin Rachkov is a rugby union footballer who plays as a fly-half. Rachkov was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

SH 9 Alexander Shakirov N8 8 Victor Gresev OF 7 Andrei Garbuzov

Andrei Garbuzov

Andrei Nikolayevich Garbuzov is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Sheksna Cherepovets .-External links:*...

BF 6 Viacheslav Grachev

Viacheslav Grachev

Viacheslav Grachev is a Russian rugby union player. He is the Vice Captain of the Russian squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.-References:...

RL 5 Adam Byrnes

Adam Byrnes

Adam Byrnes is an International professional rugby union player. His position is lock. Byrnes played 2 seasons, 2005/06 & 2006/07, for the Heineken Cup Champion side Leinster in Ireland. Byrnes then made his Super Rugby debut for the Queensland Reds in 2009, and played there into 2010...

LL 4 Alexander Voytov TP 3 Ivan Prishchepenko HK 2 Vladislav Korshunov

Vladislav Korshunov

Vladislav Korshunov is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.He plays for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, a professional Russian team....

Captain (sports)

) LP 1 Vladmimir Botvinnikov Replacements: HK 16 Valeri Tsnobiladze PR 17 Alexander Khrokin

Alexander Khrokin

Alexander Khrokin is a rugby union footballer who plays as a prop. Khrokin was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

LK 18 Denis Antonov FL 19 Artem Fatakhov SH 20 Alexander Yanyushkin

Alexander Yanyushkin

Alexander Yanyushkin is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half and as a scrum-half.He currently plays for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, in the Russian Professional League....

FL 21 Mikhail Sidorov FB 22 Yuri Kushnarev

Yuri Kushnarev

Yuri Kushnarev is a rugby union footballer who plays as a fly-half. Kushnarev was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

Coaches:

Nikolay Nerush

Kingsley Jones

Man of the Match:

Victor Gresev (Russia)

Touch judges:

Chris Pollock (New Zealand)

Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)

Television match official:

Shaun Veldsman (South Africa

South African Rugby Union

The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board...

)

Australia v United States


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Australia
FB	15	Kurtley Beale Kurtley Beale Kurtley Beale is an Australian representative rugby union player. His primary position is fullback.- Youth :Beale signed to the Waratahs while a 16 year old at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill. Before leaving school Beale captained the Australian Schoolboys and regularly attended training...
RW	14	Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper is an Australian rugby union footballer. He he has signed with the NSW Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition for 2012 and also plays for Australia. He was educated at the Berkeley Vale High School and played his junior rugby for Ourimbah on the NSW Central Coast...
OC	13	Anthony Fainga'a
IC	12	Rob Horne Rob Horne Rob Horne and is a young Australian centre for the NSW Waratahs rugby union club in the Super 14 competition.-Career:Horne made his debut during the 2008 season as a replacement for Timana Tahu...
LW	11	Drew Mitchell Drew Mitchell Drew Alan Mitchell is an Australian rugby union player. He usually plays on the wing or as fullback. Up to the 2006 season he played for the Queensland Reds. He played for the Western Force for the 2007–2009 Super 14 seasons. In 2010 he is playing for the New South Wales Waratahs franchise...
FH	10	Quade Cooper Quade Cooper Quade S. Cooper is a New Zealand born Australian rugby union player.He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition and the Australia national rugby union team, generally as fly-half.-Career:...
SH	9	Will Genia Will Genia Will Genia is a Papua New Guinean-born, Australian rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition, in which he debuted round one, 2007. Currently, he plays for the Wallabies.-Career:... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
N8	8	Wycliff Palu Wycliff Palu Wycliff Palu is an Australian rugby union footballer of Tongan descent. He plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition...
OF	7	Ben McCalman Ben McCalman Ben McCalman is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Western Force in the international Super Rugby competition, and Australia....
BF	6	Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom is a former captain of the Australia national rugby union team. Raised in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated Rugby players. Elsom has played over 50 times for Australia and has over 80 Super rugby caps with the Waratahs 2003–08 and the...
RL	5	Nathan Sharpe Nathan Sharpe Nathan Sharpe is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock and is the captain of the Western Force.-Early career:...
LL	4	Rob Simmons Rob Simmons (rugby union) Rob Simmons is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition and has also represented Australia. His position is lock.-External links:...
TP	3	Ben Alexander
HK	2	Tatafu Polota-Nau Tatafu Polota-Nau - Biography :At 25 years of age, Polota-Nau achieved the rare feat of Test selection before playing a match at Super 14 level. His performances in his Test debut against England at Twickenham and in the win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road were impressive.v Signed to the New South Wales Waratahs...
LP	1	James Slipper James Slipper James Slipper is an Australian rugby union player who plays at prop. Slipper currently represents the Queensland Reds, making his debut during the 2010 Super 14 season...
Replacements:
HK	16	Stephen Moore
PR	17	Sekope Kepu Sekope Kepu Sekope Kepu is a young Australian prop forward for the NSW Waratahs rugby union club in the Super 14 competition. He made his debut during the 2008 season....
LK	18	Dan Vickerman
FL	19	Radike Samo Radike Samo Radike Samo is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock, flanker, number 8 and can even play on the wing...
SH	20	Luke Burgess Luke Burgess (rugby union) Luke Burgess is anational representative rugby union player who plays professionally for the Stade Toulousain....
FH	21	Berrick Barnes Berrick Barnes Berrick Barnes is an Australian rugby union footballer with the NSW Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition. His usual position is fly-half or inside centre and he previously played for the Queensland Reds....
WG	22	Pat McCabe
Coach:
Robbie Deans Robbie Deans Robert Maxwell Deans is the current coach of the Wallabies and former All Black. He is the former coach of the Crusaders. He also served as assistant to former All Blacks coach John Mitchell between late 2001 and 2003...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> United States | FB 15 Blaine Scully

Blaine Scully

Blaine Scully is an USA rugby union footballer who plays as a fullback or wing. Scully was part of the United States squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

RW 14 Colin Hawley

Colin Hawley

OC 13 Tai Enosa

Tai Enosa

Tai Enosa is an American rugby union player.Tai has played for the USA Under-20s, before being named to the USA Sevens Team and the USA Eagles player pool in 2009. On a club level, Tai played for Tempe, before transferring to Belmont Shore...

IC 12 Junior Sifa

Junior Sifa

Junior Lotomau Sifa is an American international rugby union player who plays previously in Ireland for Midleton as a centre and currently for Nottingham Rugby. Junior Lotomau Sifa attended Edgewater College.-External links:*...

LW 11 Kevin Swiryn

Kevin Swiryn

Kevin Swiryn is an American rugby union player, who plays for Agen in the French Top 14. Kevin plays both centre and wing. He was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe...

FH 10 Valenese Malifa

Valenese Malifa

Valenese Malifa is an American rugby union fly-half. He is a member of the United States national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup....

SH 9 Tim Usasz

Tim Usasz

Captain (sports)

) N8 8 JJ Gagiano

JJ Gagiano

Jonathan Richard Gagiano is a South African born, American rugby union player. "JJ" plays flank for the USA Eagle XV side. He was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe. "JJ" plays his club rugby for Eastern Province Kings in South Africa...

OF 7 Pat Danahy

Patrick Danahy

BF 6 Inaki Basauri

Inaki Basauri

Inaki Basauri is a Mexican-born American rugby union player.-Career:Basauri first started playing rugby when he was 15 and was invited to a practice by his friend.Inaki graduated from Walt Whitman High School in 2002. Throughout High School, he played sevens rugby with the Maryland Exiles in the...

RL 5 Hayden Smith

Hayden Smith

LL 4 Scott LaValla

Scott LaValla

TP 3 Eric Fry

Eric Fry

Eric Fry is an American rugby union player. Eric plays his club rugby with the Las Vagas Black Jacks Rugby Club. His position is prop forward. Eric was selected to tour with the USA national rugby union team, the USA Eagles XV, in their 2010 Autumn tour of Europe. The USA Eagles played Portugal,...

HK 2 Phil Thiel

Phil Thiel

LP 1 Shawn Pittman

Shawn Pittman

Replacements: HK 16 Brian McClenahan

Brian Mcclenahan

Brian Mcclenahan Brian Mcclenahan Brian Mcclenahan (born 12 June 1982 is an American rugby union player. Brian has played both prop and hooker. He represents the USA Eagle XV side in the prop position. He was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe. Brian plays...

PR 17 Matekitonga Moeakiola

Matekitonga Moeakiola

LK 18 Louis Stanfill

Louis Stanfill

FL 19 Nic Johnson

Nic Johnson

SH 20 Mike Petri FH 21 Roland Suniula

Roland Suniula

FB 22 Chris Wyles

Chris Wyles

Chris Wyles is an International rugby union player who plays for the USA Eagles and plays his club rugby for Saracens in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a fullback or wing...

Coach: Eddie O'Sullivan

Eddie O'Sullivan

Eddie O'Sullivan is an Irish rugby union coach and a former footballer. He is a former head coach of the United States national rugby union team and of the Ireland national rugby union team....

Man of the Match:

Adam Ashley-Cooper

Adam Ashley-Cooper

Adam Ashley-Cooper is an Australian rugby union footballer. He he has signed with the NSW Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition for 2012 and also plays for Australia. He was educated at the Berkeley Vale High School and played his junior rugby for Ourimbah on the NSW Central Coast...

(Australia)

Touch judges:

Wayne Barnes

Wayne Barnes

Wayne Barnes is an English international rugby union referee. He was educated at Whitecross School in Lydney, where he was head boy, Monmouth School and at the University of East Anglia. He became a professional referee in April 2005, giving up a career in law to do so...

(England

Rugby Football Union

)

Vinny Munro (New Zealand)

Television match official:

Tim Hayes (Wales

Welsh Rugby Union

)

Ireland v Russia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Ireland
FB	15	Rob Kearney Rob Kearney Robert Kearney , also referred to as Rob Kearney, is an Irish rugby union footballer who currently plays for UCD, Leinster and Ireland. As a youth he also played rugby union for Clongowes Wood College and Gaelic football for Louth in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship...
RW	14	Fergus McFadden Fergus McFadden Fergus McFadden from Kilkenny is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is currently contracted to Leinster and the Irish rugby union. He plays club rugby for his university club UCD RFC.-Early career:...
OC	13	Keith Earls Keith Earls Keith Earls is an Irish rugby union footballer for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup. Internationally, Earls plays for Ireland, and he represented the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa. He plays as an Outside Centre, Winger or Fullback. He won a Munster...
IC	12	Paddy Wallace Paddy Wallace Paddy Wallace is an Irish rugby union footballer from Belfast where he attended Rockport School and Campbell College. He plays for Ulster. He was a member of the Ireland U19 side that lifted the U19 World Cup in 1998...
LW	11	Andrew Trimble Andrew Trimble Andrew Trimble is an Irish rugby union footballer from Coleraine, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.- Club career :He attended Coleraine Academical Institution, where he competed in the Ulster Schools Cup....
FH	10	Ronan O'Gara Ronan O'Gara Ronan John Ross O'Gara is an Irish rugby union player, playing at fly-half for both Munster and Ireland. He is the all time highest point scorer for both Munster and Ireland. In addition to his prolific point-scoring, he has captained Munster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions...
SH	9	Isaac Boss Isaac Boss Isaac Boss is a New Zealand–born Irish rugby union footballer. His grandmother was born in Glenarm, County Antrim, thereby qualifying him to play for Ireland. He plays scrum-half or fullback for Leinster and the Ireland national team...
N8	8	Jamie Heaslip Jamie Heaslip James Peter Richard "Jamie" Heaslip is a Leinster & Irish rugby union player.- Early life :Heaslip was born in Tiberias, Israel, while his father, retired Brigadier General Richard Heaslip, was there on duty with UNIFIL. He attended Newbridge College before starring at the 2004 U-21 World Cup in...
OF	7	Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien (rugby player) Sean Kevin O'Brien is an Irish professional rugby union player from Carlow, Ireland. He plays provincial rugby for Leinster and club rugby for Clontarf RFC....
BF	6	Donnacha Ryan Donnacha Ryan Donnacha Ryan is a rugby union player for Munster in the Magners League. He went to school in St. Munchin's College in Limerick where he was a key member of the side that won the Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 2002...
RL	5	Leo Cullen Leo Cullen (rugby player) Leo Cullen is an Irish rugby union player who plays Lock for Irish club Leinster Rugby and Ireland. He was educated, firstly at Willow Park which is the junior school to Blackrock College where he attended secondary school... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
LL	4	Donncha O'Callaghan Donncha O'Callaghan Donncha O'Callaghan is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock for Munster and Ireland.- Early career :He began his rugby education in Highfield Rugby Club, on the Model Farm Road in Cork. During the 1997/98 season he won a Schools Senior Cup with the Christian Brothers College, Cork,...
TP	3	Tony Buckley Tony Buckley Tony "Mushy" Buckley is an Irish rugby union player from Newmarket, County Cork, who plays tighthead prop for Sale in the Aviva Premiership and for Ireland. He is currently one of the heaviest men playing professional rugby, weighing in at 21 st 5 lbs or 135 kilograms. He wears size 16 boots...
HK	2	Sean Cronin Seán Cronin Seán Cronin was a journalist and former Irish Army officer and twice Irish Republican Army chief of staff.Cronin was born in Dublin in 1920 but spent his childhood years in Ballinskelligs, in the County Kerry Gaeltacht....
LP	1	Cian Healy Cian Healy Cian Healy born 7 October 1987 in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays for Leinster and for the Ireland national team. He is registered to Clontarf RFC who play in AIB League Division 1...
Replacements:
HK	16	Rory Best Rory Best Rory Best from Poyntzpass is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays at the position of Hooker for Ulster and is registered for Banbridge RFC.-Club/Provincial:...
PR	17	Mike Ross
N8	18	Denis Leamy Denis Leamy Denis Leamy is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is a back row forward who can play either blind side flanker or at number 8, and has occasionally played at inside centre...
FL	19	Shane Jennings Shane Jennings Shane Jennings born 8 July 1981 in Dublin, Ireland is a rugby union player for Leinster Rugby in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup.He is also registered to St...
SH	20	Eoin Reddan Eoin Reddan Eoin Reddan is an Irish rugby union player who plays at scrum half. He attended school at Crescent College Comprehensive where he captained the school side. On leaving school he studied at the University of Limerick....
FH	21	Jonathan Sexton Jonathan Sexton Jonathan Sexton , is a rugby union player for Leinster Rugby in the Celtic League and Heineken Cup. Sexton is a nephew of former Garryowen, Munster and Ireland rugby player Willie Sexton.Sexton is registered to St...
WG	22	Geordan Murphy Geordan Murphy Geordan Edward Andrew Murphy is an Irish rugby union rugby player and plays fullback or wing for the English club Leicester Tigers and Ireland....
Coach:
Declan Kidney Declan Kidney Declan Kidney is an Irish rugby union coach.-Early life:Kidney played rugby for UCC and later for Dolphin RFC....

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Russia | FB 15 Vasily Artemyev RW 14 Denis Simplikevich

Denis Simplikevich

Denis Simplikevich , is a rugby union footballer who plays as a fullback. Simplikevich was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup....

OC 13 Andrei Kuzin IC 12 Sergey Trishin LW 11 Vladimir Ostroushko

Vladimir Ostroushko

Vladimir Ostroushko is a rugby union footballer who plays on the wing. Ostroushko was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

FH 10 Konstantin Rachkov

Konstantin Rachkov

Konstantin Rachkov is a rugby union footballer who plays as a fly-half. Rachkov was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

SH 9 Alexander Yanyushkin

Alexander Yanyushkin

Alexander Yanyushkin is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half and as a scrum-half.He currently plays for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, in the Russian Professional League....

Captain (sports)

) N8 8 Victor Gresev OF 7 Andrei Garbuzov

Andrei Garbuzov

Andrei Nikolayevich Garbuzov is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Sheksna Cherepovets .-External links:*...

BF 6 Artem Fatakhov RL 5 Adam Byrnes

Adam Byrnes

LL 4 Denis Antonov TP 3 Alexander Khrokin

Alexander Khrokin

Alexander Khrokin is a rugby union footballer who plays as a prop. Khrokin was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

HK 2 Valeri Tsnobiladze LP 1 Sergey Popov Replacements: HK 16 Evgeny Matveev PR 17 Ivan Prishchepenko PR 18 Alexey Travkin LK 19 Alexander Voytov SH 20 Andrey Bykanov FL 21 Mikhail Sidorov CE 22 Mikhail Babaev Coaches:

Nikolay Nerush

Kingsley Jones

Man of the Match:

Ronan O'Gara

Ronan O'Gara

(Ireland)

Touch judges:

Dave Pearson

Dave Pearson (rugby)

Dave Pearson is an English rugby union referee. He is on the International Rugby Board's list of 17 international referees for the 2009/10 season. Pearson officiated the first test match between Argentina and Scotland in June 2010. David Pearson also refereed France V Ireland in the 2011 six...

(England

Rugby Football Union

)

Jérôme Garces (France)

Television match official:

Giulio De Santis (Italy)

Italy v United States


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Italy
FB	15	Luke McLean Luke McLean Luke McLean is an Italian Australian rugby union footballer who plays at fullback and fly-half for Treviso in Italy. He has also represented the Italy national rugby union team.-Background:McLean was born in Townsville, Queensland...
RW	14	Tommaso Benvenuti Tommaso Benvenuti (rugby union) Tommaso Benvenuti is an Italian rugby union player. He plays as a centre, wing or fullback. He plays for Benetton Treviso. In October 2010, he was selected for the Italy training squad preparing for the November tests. He made his Italy debut against Argentina on 13 November 2010. He also played...
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale Gonzalo Canale Gonzalo Canale is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centre or at full back. He plays for French club ASM Clermont Auvergne...
IC	12	Gonzalo Garcia Gonzalo Garcia (rugby union) Gonzalo Garcia is an Italian-Argentinian rugby union player for Benetton Rugby Treviso in the Celtic League competition.Gonzalo Garcia's choice of position is centre.-Biography:...
LW	11	Mirco Bergamasco Mirco Bergamasco Mirco Bergamasco is an Italian rugby union footballer. He primarily plays centre, presently with Parisian club Racing Métro in the French Top 14, and internationally with Italy...
FH	10	Luciano Orquera Luciano Orquera Luciano Orquera is an Argentine-Italian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half for Aironi, an Italian club in the Celtic League.....
SH	9	Fabio Semenzato Fabio Semenzato Fabio Semenzato is an Italian rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half.He plays currently for Benetton Rugby Treviso....
N8	8	Sergio Parisse Sergio Parisse Sergio Parisse is an Italian Argentine rugby union rugby player. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International player of the year... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco Mauro Bergamasco Mauro Bergamasco is an Italian rugby union footballer. He predominantly plays as an open-side flanker, although his versatility means has also played a number of international games on the wing, and started at scrum-half in an infamously error-prone performance...
BF	6	Alessandro Zanni Alessandro Zanni Alessandro Zanni is an Italian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Treviso in the Super 10 in Italy. His usual position is as a number 8, but in national team he plays often as substitute of Mauro Bergamasco in openside flanker position, or in blindside flanker position.Zanni made his...
RL	5	Cornelius Van Zyl Cornelius Van Zyl Cornelius Van Zyl is a South African born Italian rugby union footballer who plays at lock. Van Zyl was part of the Italian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...
LL	4	Quintin Geldenhuys Quintin Geldenhuys Quintin Geldenhuys is a South Africa-born Italian rugby union player. Geldenhuys, who is a lock, acts as captain of the Italian Pro12 franchise Aironi. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009. He qualified for Italy through residency.-References:...
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni Martin Castrogiovanni Martín Leandro Castrogiovanni is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He played for Ghial Calvisano, with whom he won the Italian championship in 2005. He has since signed a new contract with Leicester Tigers, and after a successful 2006/07 season with them was named Guinness Premiership...
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini Leonardo Ghiraldini Leonardo Ghiraldini is an Italian rugby union player for Benetton Rugby Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12.Ghiraldini's position of choice is at Hooker.-Underage & 'A' Level:...
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini Salvatore Perugini Salvatore Perugini is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Aironi in the RaboDirect Pro12 club competition. He has also been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2000 against Italy. His usual position is at prop...
Replacements:
HK	16	Fabio Ongaro Fabio Ongaro Fabio Ongaro is an Italian rugby union footballer. Although he now plays as a hooker, he played in the Italian youth teams as a flanker.-Career:...
PR	17	Andrea Lo Cicero Andrea Lo Cicero Andrea Lo Cicero is an Italian rugby union footballer.Born in Catania, Sicily, Lo Cicero began his professional career in the town of his birth with Amatori Catania. Later he moved to Bologna and then to Rugby Rovigo, winning his first Italian Championship in 2000 with Rugby Roma...
LK	18	Marco Bortolami Marco Bortolami Marco Bortolami is an Italian international rugby union player, playing club rugby for Aironi in the Celtic League. In January 2008 he was replaced as captain of Italy's national team....
FL	19	Paul Derbyshire Paul Derbyshire Paul Derbyshire is an Italian rugby union player. Derbyshire, who is a flanker, plays club rugby for Benetton Treviso. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009....
SH	20	Edoardo Gori Edoardo Gori Edoardo Gori is an Italian rugby union player. He was selected to the 25-man Italian squad to face Argentina in November 2010. In the same month he made his Italy debut against Australia. He also played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.-External links:**...
FH	21	Riccardo Bocchino Riccardo Bocchino Riccardo Bocchino is an Italian rugby union player. Bocchino, who is a fly-half, plays his club rugby for Aironi. He made his debut for Italy against Ireland on 6 February 2010....
WG	22	Giulio Toniolatti Giulio Toniolatti Giulio Toniolatti is an Italian rugby union footballer who plays as a winger.A native of Rome, Toniolatti made his debut for Italy in 2008 against Australia and was part of the Italian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup....
Coach:
Nick Mallett Nick Mallett Nicholas Vivian Howard Mallett is a former South African rugby union player who was until recently the head coach of the Italian national team, previously replacing Pierre Berbizier on 3 October 2007...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> United States | FB 15 Chris Wyles

Chris Wyles

Chris Wyles is an International rugby union player who plays for the USA Eagles and plays his club rugby for Saracens in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a fullback or wing...

RW 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya

Takudzwa Ngwenya

Takudzwa Ngwenya is a rugby union player who plays on the wing for the United States national rugby union team and French power Biarritz...

OC 13 Paul Emerick

Paul Emerick

Paul Emerick is a USA international rugby player. His position is centre or wing. He last played for Ulster Rugby before being released.-Club:...

IC 12 Andrew Suniula

Andrew Suniula

LW 11 James Paterson

James Paterson (rugby union)

James Douglas Paterson is a native New Zealand rugby union player, although he has dual United States and New Zealand citizenship due to his mother Deanna being a US citizen.-Career:...

FH 10 Roland Suniula

Roland Suniula

SH 9 Mike Petri N8 8 Nic Johnson

Nic Johnson

OF 7 Todd Clever

Todd Clever

Captain (sports)

) BF 6 Louis Stanfill

Louis Stanfill

RL 5 Hayden Smith

Hayden Smith

LL 4 John van der Giessen

John van der Giessen

TP 3 Matekitonga Moeakiola

Matekitonga Moeakiola

HK 2 Chris Biller

Chris Biller

Chris Biller is an American rugby union player who is currently on a short term contract with Bath Rugby....

LP 1 Mike MacDonald Replacements: HK 16 Phil Thiel

Phil Thiel

PR 17 Shawn Pittman

Shawn Pittman

LK 18 Scott LaValla

Scott LaValla

FL 19 Pat Danahy

Patrick Danahy

SH 20 Tim Usasz

Tim Usasz

FH 21 Valenese Malifa

Valenese Malifa

Valenese Malifa is an American rugby union fly-half. He is a member of the United States national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup....

FB 22 Blaine Scully

Blaine Scully

Blaine Scully is an USA rugby union footballer who plays as a fullback or wing. Scully was part of the United States squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

Coach: Eddie O'Sullivan

Eddie O'Sullivan

Eddie O'Sullivan is an Irish rugby union coach and a former footballer. He is a former head coach of the United States national rugby union team and of the Ireland national rugby union team....

Man of the Match:

Martin Castrogiovanni

Martin Castrogiovanni

(Italy)

Touch judges:

Wayne Barnes

Wayne Barnes

(England

Rugby Football Union

)

Chris Pollock (New Zealand)

Television match official:

Shaun Veldsman (South Africa

South African Rugby Union

The South African Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board...

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Australia v Russia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Australia
FB	15	James O'Connor James O'Connor (rugby) James O'Connor is an Australian international rugby union footballer. He made his Wallabies debut in 2008. In the Super Rugby competition he played from 2008 to 2011 with Western Force, and subsequently signed to the Melbourne Rebels for the 2012 season.-Biography:O'Connor is a versatile...
RW	14	Radike Samo Radike Samo Radike Samo is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock, flanker, number 8 and can even play on the wing...
OC	13	Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper Adam Ashley-Cooper is an Australian rugby union footballer. He he has signed with the NSW Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition for 2012 and also plays for Australia. He was educated at the Berkeley Vale High School and played his junior rugby for Ourimbah on the NSW Central Coast...
IC	12	Berrick Barnes Berrick Barnes Berrick Barnes is an Australian rugby union footballer with the NSW Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition. His usual position is fly-half or inside centre and he previously played for the Queensland Reds....
LW	11	Drew Mitchell Drew Mitchell Drew Alan Mitchell is an Australian rugby union player. He usually plays on the wing or as fullback. Up to the 2006 season he played for the Queensland Reds. He played for the Western Force for the 2007–2009 Super 14 seasons. In 2010 he is playing for the New South Wales Waratahs franchise...
FH	10	Quade Cooper Quade Cooper Quade S. Cooper is a New Zealand born Australian rugby union player.He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition and the Australia national rugby union team, generally as fly-half.-Career:...
SH	9	Luke Burgess Luke Burgess (rugby union) Luke Burgess is anational representative rugby union player who plays professionally for the Stade Toulousain....
N8	8	Ben McCalman Ben McCalman Ben McCalman is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Western Force in the international Super Rugby competition, and Australia....
OF	7	David Pocock
BF	6	Scott Higginbotham Scott Higginbotham Scott Higginbotham is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 15 competition. He can play anywhere in the backrow.-Career:...
RL	5	Nathan Sharpe Nathan Sharpe Nathan Sharpe is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock and is the captain of the Western Force.-Early career:...
LL	4	James Horwill James Horwill James Horwill is an Australian rugby union player, a national and provincial representative Lock forward. He captained the Queensland Reds to a season victory in the 2011 in the Super 15 competition, his sixth season played at that level and debuted as Wallaby captain in the deciding game of the... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
TP	3	Sekope Kepu Sekope Kepu Sekope Kepu is a young Australian prop forward for the NSW Waratahs rugby union club in the Super 14 competition. He made his debut during the 2008 season....
HK	2	Stephen Moore
LP	1	James Slipper James Slipper James Slipper is an Australian rugby union player who plays at prop. Slipper currently represents the Queensland Reds, making his debut during the 2010 Super 14 season...
Replacements:
HK	16	Tatafu Polota-Nau Tatafu Polota-Nau - Biography :At 25 years of age, Polota-Nau achieved the rare feat of Test selection before playing a match at Super 14 level. His performances in his Test debut against England at Twickenham and in the win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road were impressive.v Signed to the New South Wales Waratahs...
HK	17	Saia Fainga'a
PR	18	Salesi Ma'afu Salesi Ma'afu Salesi Ma'afu, is an Australian professional Rugby union footballer. Ma'afu was selected to the Qantas Wallabies squad in 2009 and again in 2011 after having appeared for Australia A in 2007 and 2008...
LK	19	Rob Simmons Rob Simmons (rugby union) Rob Simmons is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition and has also represented Australia. His position is lock.-External links:...
FL	20	Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom Rocky Elsom is a former captain of the Australia national rugby union team. Raised in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Elsom is one of Australia's most decorated Rugby players. Elsom has played over 50 times for Australia and has over 80 Super rugby caps with the Waratahs 2003–08 and the...
SH	21	Will Genia Will Genia Will Genia is a Papua New Guinean-born, Australian rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition, in which he debuted round one, 2007. Currently, he plays for the Wallabies.-Career:...
SH	22	Nick Phipps Nicholas Phipps (rugby) Nick Phipps is a national representative rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Rebels in the Super 15 competition.-Super 15:...
Coach:
Robbie Deans Robbie Deans Robert Maxwell Deans is the current coach of the Wallabies and former All Black. He is the former coach of the Crusaders. He also served as assistant to former All Blacks coach John Mitchell between late 2001 and 2003...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Russia | FB 15 Vasily Artemyev RW 14 Denis Simplikevich

Denis Simplikevich

Denis Simplikevich , is a rugby union footballer who plays as a fullback. Simplikevich was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup....

OC 13 Andrei Kuzin IC 12 Alexey Makovetskiy

Alexey Makovetskiy

Alexey Makovetskiy is a rugby union footballer who plays as a fly-half. Makovetskiy was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

LW 11 Vladimir Ostroushko

Vladimir Ostroushko

Vladimir Ostroushko is a rugby union footballer who plays on the wing. Ostroushko was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev

Yuri Kushnarev

Yuri Kushnarev is a rugby union footballer who plays as a fly-half. Kushnarev was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

SH 9 Alexander Yanyushkin

Alexander Yanyushkin

Alexander Yanyushkin is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half and as a scrum-half.He currently plays for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, in the Russian Professional League....

N8 8 Victor Gresev OF 7 Viacheslav Grachev

Viacheslav Grachev

Viacheslav Grachev is a Russian rugby union player. He is the Vice Captain of the Russian squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.-References:...

BF 6 Artem Fatakhov RL 5 Adam Byrnes

Adam Byrnes

LL 4 Alexander Voytov TP 3 Ivan Prishchepenko HK 2 Vladislav Korshunov

Vladislav Korshunov

Vladislav Korshunov is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.He plays for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, a professional Russian team....

Captain (sports)

) LP 1 Sergey Popov Replacements: HK 16 Evgeny Matveev PR 17 Vladimir Botvinnikov PR 18 Alexei Travkin FL 19 Andrey Garbuzov SH 20 Alexander Shakirov FH 21 Konstantin Rachkov

Konstantin Rachkov

Konstantin Rachkov is a rugby union footballer who plays as a fly-half. Rachkov was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

CE 22 Mikhail Babaev Coaches:

Nikolay Nerush

Kingsley Jones

Man of the Match:

Victor Gresev (Russia)

Touch judges:

George Clancy

George Clancy

George Clancy was an Irish nationalist politician and Mayor of Limerick. He was shot dead by the Auxiliary Police in 1921 during the Anglo-Irish conflict . The previous Mayor, Michael O'Callaghan, was murdered on the same night by the same group.Clancy was born at Grange, County Limerick...

(Ireland)

Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Television match official:

Shaun Veldsman (South Africa

South African Rugby Board

The South African Rugby Board was the rugby union governing body of white South Africans between 1889 and 1992. The governing of white and coloured rugby union was handled separately during South Africa under Apartheid....

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Ireland v Italy


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Ireland
FB	15	Rob Kearney Rob Kearney Robert Kearney , also referred to as Rob Kearney, is an Irish rugby union footballer who currently plays for UCD, Leinster and Ireland. As a youth he also played rugby union for Clongowes Wood College and Gaelic football for Louth in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship...
RW	14	Tommy Bowe Tommy Bowe Thomas John "Tommy" Bowe is an Irish rugby union footballer from County Monaghan, Ireland...
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll Brian O'Driscoll Brian O'Driscoll is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is the current captain of the Ireland Rugby team and captained Leinster Rugby until the start of 2008 season. He also captained the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... )
IC	12	Gordon d'Arcy Gordon D'Arcy Gordon William D'Arcy is an Irish rugby player, more specifically an inside centre. He is registered to Lansdowne RFC and plays for provincial and RaboDirect Pro12 side Leinster.-Career:...
LW	11	Keith Earls Keith Earls Keith Earls is an Irish rugby union footballer for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup. Internationally, Earls plays for Ireland, and he represented the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa. He plays as an Outside Centre, Winger or Fullback. He won a Munster...
FH	10	Ronan O'Gara Ronan O'Gara Ronan John Ross O'Gara is an Irish rugby union player, playing at fly-half for both Munster and Ireland. He is the all time highest point scorer for both Munster and Ireland. In addition to his prolific point-scoring, he has captained Munster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions...
SH	9	Conor Murray Conor Murray Conor Murray is an Irish rugby union footballer who plays for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup. Murray attended St.Munchins secondary school and was part of the same Munster Senior Cup squad as current Munster and Ireland colleague Keith Earls...
N8	8	Jamie Heaslip Jamie Heaslip James Peter Richard "Jamie" Heaslip is a Leinster & Irish rugby union player.- Early life :Heaslip was born in Tiberias, Israel, while his father, retired Brigadier General Richard Heaslip, was there on duty with UNIFIL. He attended Newbridge College before starring at the 2004 U-21 World Cup in...
OF	7	Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien (rugby player) Sean Kevin O'Brien is an Irish professional rugby union player from Carlow, Ireland. He plays provincial rugby for Leinster and club rugby for Clontarf RFC....
BF	6	Stephen Ferris
RL	5	Paul O'Connell Paul O'Connell Paul O'Connell is an Irish rugby union player who plays lock for Munster and Ireland. He also captained the British and Irish Lions on their 2009 tour to South Africa.-Early life:...
LL	4	Donncha O'Callaghan Donncha O'Callaghan Donncha O'Callaghan is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock for Munster and Ireland.- Early career :He began his rugby education in Highfield Rugby Club, on the Model Farm Road in Cork. During the 1997/98 season he won a Schools Senior Cup with the Christian Brothers College, Cork,...
TP	3	Mike Ross
HK	2	Rory Best Rory Best Rory Best from Poyntzpass is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays at the position of Hooker for Ulster and is registered for Banbridge RFC.-Club/Provincial:...
LP	1	Cian Healy Cian Healy Cian Healy born 7 October 1987 in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays for Leinster and for the Ireland national team. He is registered to Clontarf RFC who play in AIB League Division 1...
Replacements:
HK	16	Sean Cronin Seán Cronin Seán Cronin was a journalist and former Irish Army officer and twice Irish Republican Army chief of staff.Cronin was born in Dublin in 1920 but spent his childhood years in Ballinskelligs, in the County Kerry Gaeltacht....
PR	17	Tom Court Tom Court Tom Court is a rugby union footballer. He plays for Ulster as a tighthead and loosehead prop. He primarily played at tighthead in his early career but switched to loosehead in the 2007/2008 season when BJ Botha arrived at Ulster....
LK	18	Donnacha Ryan Donnacha Ryan Donnacha Ryan is a rugby union player for Munster in the Magners League. He went to school in St. Munchin's College in Limerick where he was a key member of the side that won the Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 2002...
N8	19	Denis Leamy Denis Leamy Denis Leamy is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is a back row forward who can play either blind side flanker or at number 8, and has occasionally played at inside centre...
SH	20	Eoin Reddan Eoin Reddan Eoin Reddan is an Irish rugby union player who plays at scrum half. He attended school at Crescent College Comprehensive where he captained the school side. On leaving school he studied at the University of Limerick....
FH	21	Jonathan Sexton Jonathan Sexton Jonathan Sexton , is a rugby union player for Leinster Rugby in the Celtic League and Heineken Cup. Sexton is a nephew of former Garryowen, Munster and Ireland rugby player Willie Sexton.Sexton is registered to St...
WG	22	Andrew Trimble Andrew Trimble Andrew Trimble is an Irish rugby union footballer from Coleraine, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.- Club career :He attended Coleraine Academical Institution, where he competed in the Ulster Schools Cup....
Coach:
Declan Kidney Declan Kidney Declan Kidney is an Irish rugby union coach.-Early life:Kidney played rugby for UCC and later for Dolphin RFC....

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

Andrea Masi

RW 14 Tommaso Benvenuti

Tommaso Benvenuti (rugby union)

OC 13 Gonzalo Canale

Gonzalo Canale

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

IC 12 Gonzalo Garcia

Gonzalo Garcia (rugby union)

Gonzalo Garcia is an Italian-Argentinian rugby union player for Benetton Rugby Treviso in the Celtic League competition.Gonzalo Garcia's choice of position is centre.-Biography:...

LW 11 Mirco Bergamasco

Mirco Bergamasco

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

FH 10 Luciano Orquera

Luciano Orquera

Luciano Orquera is an Argentine-Italian rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half for Aironi, an Italian club in the Celtic League.....

SH 9 Fabio Semenzato

Fabio Semenzato

Fabio Semenzato is an Italian rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half.He plays currently for Benetton Rugby Treviso....

N8 8 Sergio Parisse

Sergio Parisse

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

Captain (sports)

) OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco

Mauro Bergamasco

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

BF 6 Alessandro Zanni

Alessandro Zanni

RL 5 Cornelius Van Zyl

Cornelius Van Zyl

Cornelius Van Zyl is a South African born Italian rugby union footballer who plays at lock. Van Zyl was part of the Italian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.-External links:**...

LL 4 Quintin Geldenhuys

Quintin Geldenhuys

Quintin Geldenhuys is a South Africa-born Italian rugby union player. Geldenhuys, who is a lock, acts as captain of the Italian Pro12 franchise Aironi. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009. He qualified for Italy through residency.-References:...

TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni

Martin Castrogiovanni

HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini

Leonardo Ghiraldini

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

LP 1 Salvatore Perugini

Salvatore Perugini

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

Replacements: HK 16 Fabio Ongaro

Fabio Ongaro

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

PR 17 Andrea Lo Cicero

Andrea Lo Cicero

LK 18 Marco Bortolami

Marco Bortolami

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

FL 19 Paul Derbyshire

Paul Derbyshire

Paul Derbyshire is an Italian rugby union player. Derbyshire, who is a flanker, plays club rugby for Benetton Treviso. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009....

SH 20 Edoardo Gori

Edoardo Gori

FH 21 Riccardo Bocchino

Riccardo Bocchino

Riccardo Bocchino is an Italian rugby union player. Bocchino, who is a fly-half, plays his club rugby for Aironi. He made his debut for Italy against Ireland on 6 February 2010....

FB 22 Luke McLean

Luke McLean

Coach:

Nick Mallett

Man of the Match:

Sean O'Brien

Sean O'Brien (rugby player)

Sean Kevin O'Brien is an Irish professional rugby union player from Carlow, Ireland. He plays provincial rugby for Leinster and club rugby for Clontarf RFC....

(Ireland)

Touch judges:

Bryce Lawrence

Bryce Lawrence

Bryce Lawrence is a professional international rugby union referee from the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.Originally a school headmaster, Lawrence took up refereeing in 1994, following in footsteps of his father, Keith Lawrence, who had been an international rugby union referee from 1985 to 1991...

(New Zealand)

Chris Pollock (New Zealand)

Television match official:

Shaun Veldsman (South Africa

South African Rugby Board

)

External links

Pool C at rugbyworldcup.com

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