England Announce World Cup Rugby Finals

For the Rugby World Cup 2011, England has announced there warm ups matches and said we are ready for the challenge.

According to team manager Martin side will face Wales at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, August 6, with the return game taking place at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, August 13.

They travel to face Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, August 27 before departing for New Zealand the following week.

Johnson said: "These three games are an important element in our build-up to Rugby World Cup 2011. "

"We're looking forward to playing both Wales home and away and Ireland as part of our preparation, and they should be excellent contests."

The RFU say that kick off times will be confirmed in due course.

Rugby World Cup Qualifiers Ends Up In A Draw

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -A late penalty by flyhalf Matias Arocena has allowed Uruguay to draw with Romania 21-21 in their Rugby World Cup playoff at Charrua Stadium on Saturday.

They are playing for the 20th and final spot in next year's tournament in New Zealand.
The second leg is in two weeks in Bucharest, and the winner on aggregate will qualify.
Romania has never missed a World Cup, while Uruguay is trying to reach its third.

Thousands of extra tickets for Christchurch's seven Rugby World Cup

Christchurch lands more tickets to Rugby World Cup matches which will commence on sale from November 15.

Tickets will be available online for the first come first served basis for the five pool matches and two quarterfinals.

Martin Snedden, Rugby World Cup chief executive said that "the offer was made because the Canterbury earthquake hit six days before the second round of cup ticket sales began"

Snedden was of the view that the earthquake will not effect sales in Christchurch,but if it had the extra chance to buy tickets would help.

For the pool games thousand of tickets will going to be available also, with fewer available for the two quarterfinals.

"It varies from match to match," Snedden said. "In the pool phase, there are lots of tickets around.

"In the quarterfinals, sales have been going so well that tickets will be limited, but there definitely will be good-quality seats available for both games."

He said ticket sales in Christchurch "haven't been slow".

"The tickets for the pool matches have been going as we expected them to," he said. "We're pretty happy with how it sits."

Anyone buying tickets can enter a ballot for tickets for the semifinals and final.

The extra tickets would be available worldwide, not just to Canterbury fans, he said.

They will be available from 9am, November 15, on www.rugbyworldcup/christchurch. There will be a limit of four tickets per customer, but Rugby World Cup bosses are considering raising that number to six for the Christchurch pool matches.