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  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011
    Injury woe for Carter and McCaw

    Injury woe for Carter and McCaw

    New Zealand suffered a second injury blow ahead of their final World Cup Pool A clash with Canada after Dan Carter was forced to withdraw.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011
    Parisse positive over bust up

    Parisse positive over bust up

    Italy captain Sergio Parisse has claimed that a training ground bust up between Martin Castrogiovanni and Riccardo Bocchino is a good omen.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011
    Wales centre hails Williams

    Wales centre hails Williams

    Jamie Roberts is looking forward to teaming up with Scott Williams in a new-look Wales midfield against Fiji in Sunday's final Pool D clash.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011
    O'Connell wary of Italy threat

    O'Connell wary of Italy threat

    Ireland second row Paul O'Connell is not getting carried away despite his country having won their last 15 matches against Italy.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011

    Player ratings: Hopeless French falter

    France fell to Tonga, a 14-19 upset in Wellington on Saturday, which added fuel to the rumours that the Tricolours are a camp in disunity and beset by internal strive.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011
    Samoa's Williams avoids ban

    Samoa's Williams avoids ban

    Samoa full-back Paul Williams has escaped a ban for his red card in the 13-5 Pool D loss to South Africa.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011
    France stunned by Tonga

    France stunned by Tonga

    Tonga defeated France 19-14 in one of the World Cup's biggest upsets, but Vincent Clerc's late try ensured Les Bleus' place in the last eight.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011

    Tonga leave their mark on France

    Tonga may have bowed out of the World Cup, but they left their mark on the tournament with the biggest upset of 2011 - a 19-14 Pool A win over top-ranked France in Wellington on Saturday.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011
    Wallabies reach last eight

    Wallabies reach last eight

    Australia secured their passage to the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a 68-22 win over Russia.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011

    Pool D preview: Wales v Fiji

    It is the last match of Pool D - the Pool of Death. South Africa have survived it to go to the quarterfinals and Wales will survive it unless something like a tsunami happens.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011

    Player ratings: From Russia with love

    The Wallabies, predictably, romped to a big win over Russia in their final Pool C clash at Trafalgar Park in Nelson on Saturday. However, the two-times World Cup champions did not have things all their way.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011

    All Blacks dealt serious injury blow

    Key man Dan Carter will miss Sunday's Pool A finale against Canada after pulling up with a groin injury in training, the All Blacks announced on Sunday. However, talk around NZ is that he could also miss the rest of the 2011 World Cup with this injury.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011

    Australia fail to convince

    Australia, as was expected, managed a large winning margin in putting minnows Russia away (68-22), in their Pool C World Cup match in Nelson on Saturday.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011

    Drunk Samoan tweets about 'racist ref'

    The Samoan player who compared the World Cup to "slavery" was at the centre of another row on Saturday when he accused a referee of being racist and biased in an expletive-filled Twitter rant.

  • Saturday, 1. October, 2011

    Red card hearing for Williams

    Samoa fullback Paul Williams will have his red card hearing in Auckland on Saturday, after he was sent packing for striking South African flank Heinrich Brüssow in the face during Friday's World Cup Pool D game.