Rugby World Cup Pool Tables

These are the results from Pool A in the Rugby World Cup
2007

England 28 10 United States

(3 tries) (1 try)
South Africa 59 - 7 Samoa
(8 tries) (1 try)
United States 15 - 25 Tonga
(2 tries) (3 tries)
England 0 - 36 South Africa
(0 tries) (3 tries)
Samoa 15 19 Tonga
(0 tries) (1 try)
South Africa 30 - 25 Tonga
(4 tries) (3 tries)
England 44 - 22 Samoa
(4 tries) (1 try)
Samoa 25 - 21 United States
(3 tries) (2 tries)
England 36 - 20 Tonga
(4 tries) (2 tries)
South Africa 64 - 15 United States
(9 tries) (2 tries)

Teams are awarded:

4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
a bonus 1 point for scoring four or more tries in
a match
(whether they win or lose)
a bonus 1 point for a team that loses by seven
points or less

Activity:

Calculate how many points each team in the pool won.

(Work out the points for each team in turn. Dont forget to look
at the number of tries they scored and the score difference in
the match)

The details of how to calculate table position should two teams have the same
number of points is listed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_world_cup_2007#Pool_stage
 Extension: Work out each teams position in the final
pool table.

Rugby World Cup Pool Tables

These are the results from Pool B in the Rugby World Cup
2007

Australia 91 - 3 Japan
(14 tries) (0 tries)
Wales 42 17 Canada
(5 tries) (3 tries)
Japan 31 35 Fiji
(3 tries) (4 tries)
Wales 20 32 Australia
(2 tries) (4 tries)
Fiji 29 16 Canada
(4 tries) (1 try)
Wales 72 18 Japan
(11 tries) (2 tries)
Australia 55 12 Fiji
(7 tries) (2 tries)
Canada 12 12 Japan
(2 tries) (2 tries)
Australia 37 6 Canada
(6 tries) (0 tries)
Wales 34 38 Fiji
(5 tries) (4 tries)

Teams are awarded:

4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
a bonus 1 point for scoring four or more tries in
a match
(whether they win or lose)
a bonus 1 point for a team that loses by seven
points or less

Activity:

Calculate how many points each team in the pool won.

(Work out the points for each team in turn. Dont forget to look
The details of how to calculate table position should two teams have the same
number of points is listed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_world_cup_2007#Pool_stage
at the number of tries they scored and the score difference in
the match)

Extension: Work out each teams position in the final

pool table.

Rugby World Cup Pool Tables

These are the results from Pool C in the Rugby World Cup
2007

New Zealand 76 14 Italy

(11 tries) (2 tries)
Scotland 56 10 Portugal
(8 tries) (1 try)
Italy 24 18 Romania
(2 tries) (2 tries)
New Zealand 108 13 Portugal
(16 tries) (1 try)
Scotland 42 2 Romania
(6 tries) (0 tries)
Italy 31 - 5 Portugal
(3 tries) (0 tries)
Scotland 0 40 New Zealand
(0 tries) (6 tries)
Romania 14 10 Portugal
(2 tries) (1 try)
New Zealand 85 - 8 Romania
(13 tries) (1 try)
Scotland 18 16 Italy
(0 tries) (1 try)

Teams are awarded:

4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
a bonus 1 point for scoring four or more tries in
a match
(whether they win or lose)
a bonus 1 point for a team that loses by seven
points or less

The details of how to calculate table position should two teams have the same
number of points is listed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_world_cup_2007#Pool_stage
 Activity:

Calculate how many points each team in the pool won.

(Work out the points for each team in turn. Dont forget to look
at the number of tries they scored and the score difference in
the match)

Extension: Work out each teams position in the final

pool table.

Rugby World Cup Pool Tables

These are the results from Pool D in the Rugby World Cup
2007

France 12 17 Argentina
(0 tries) (1 try)
Ireland 32 17 Namibia
(5 tries) (2 tries)
Argentina 33 - 3 Georgia
(4 tries) (0 tries)
Ireland 14 10 Georgia
(2 tries) (1 try)
France 87 10 Namibia
(13 tries) (1 try)
France 25 3 Ireland
(2 tries) (0 tries)
Argentina 63 - 3 Namibia
(9 tries) (0 tries)
Georgia 30 - 0 Namibia
(3 tries) (0 tries)
France 64 - 7 Georgia
(9 tries) (1 try)
Ireland 15 30 Argentina
(2 tries) (2 tries)

Teams are awarded:

4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
a bonus 1 point for scoring four or more tries in
a match
(whether they win or lose)
The details of how to calculate table position should two teams have the same
number of points is listed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_world_cup_2007#Pool_stage
 a bonus 1 point for a team that loses by seven points or
less

Activity:

Calculate how many points each team in the pool won.

(Work out the points for each team in turn. Dont forget to look
at the number of tries they scored and the score difference in
the match)

Extension: Work out each teams position in the final

pool table.

The details of how to calculate table position should two teams have the same
number of points is listed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_world_cup_2007#Pool_stage