Rugby World Cup 2011 will begin campaign against Argentina in Dunedin, tournament organizers booked on Tuesday.Martin Johnson's men on September 10 Otago Stadium and kick off against the Pumas on the Web site of Georgia faced eight days later.
Christchurch match originally scheduled for five of them with the remaining three South Island, I moved. Nelson, Dunedin, and Invercargill will host an additional game for all.
The other two are Paul moved to Wellington and North Harbour match, and the revised schedule is:
Sat, Sept 10 at 20.30: Argentina v England - Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Sun, Sept 11 at 15.30: Australia v Italy - North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Sun, Sept 18 at 18.00: England v Georgia - Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Sun, Sept 25 at 20.30: Argentina v Scotland - Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Sat, Oct 1 at 15.30: Australia v Russia - Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Two quarter-finals originally scheduled for Christchurch on October 8 and 9 will be played in Auckland at Eden Park.
Rugby World Cup Limited Chairman Bernard Lapasset said: "Following the difficult decision to transfer the Christchurch matches all involved have worked hard to confirm the new venues as quickly as possible. We are pleased that three of the five matches will remain in the South Island."
"We appreciate the patience shown by the teams and fans during this difficult period and are enormously grateful for the support and cooperation of all our partners during what has been a complex process," added Lapasset.
Invercargill to Dunedin tournament organizers are also operational reasons is Scotland v Georgia.
England match with Georgia in Invercargill was proposed to move, but its main operational challenges because of the town (Argentina v Romania on September 17 is being played in Invercargill) in a double header weekend Will be caused by the was rejected.
RNZ 2011 CEO Martin Snedden said: "Our desire was always to transfer as many of the Christchurch pool matches as was reasonably possible to other existing South Island venues.
"At the same time we are very conscious that time is pressing, with just 163 days to go before the world's third largest sporting event kicks off, so we have also sought to minimise disruptions to ensure as few teams and their supporters were affected as possible."
