Rugby World Cup Will Light Up New Zealand

On the list of CNN's Top 9 destination for 2011,New Zealand has grab second spot.

According to CNN,in 2011 New Zealand will come up as more exciting with Rugby World Cup 2011 taking place.

The one of the most important reason for New Zealand to be selected as a top destination could be its luxury lodges.

RTÉ Sport secure rights to screen Rugby World Cup 2011

Ireland's free-to-air television broadcast rights has been secured by RTE for the Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.

13 key matches will going to be broadcast by RTE,including all of Ireland's Pool matches, the final, the bronze final, both semi-finals, all four quarter-finals and the opening match.

All 13 matches will also be simulcast and available for catch-up on RTÉ.ie.

Rugby fans set for May

On the same weekend two major rugby finals are to come to Cardiff.

The final of the Heineken Cup and The European Rugby Cup (ERC) Amlin Challenge Cup final both will take place in the city in May.

Executive member for sport, leisure and culture, Nigel Howells, said: “We have a strong tradition of hosting successful sporting events such as the Rugby World Cup, the FA Cup final and the Ashes and are now looking forward to adding the Amlin Cup and Heineken Cup finals to those occasions.”

The Amlin Cup final will take place at Cardiff City Stadium on Friday, May 20, while the Heineken Cup final is scheduled for the following day at the Millennium Stadium.

England are world cup contenders: Giteau

After the way England played against Australia they should not be written off for the Rugby World cup said the Wallaby back Matt Giteau.

This weekend Giteau will arrived at Twickenham, and he will taking the captain ship guard in the match against South Africa who beat England on the weekend,he will be captaining Barbarians.

England had humbled Giteau's Wallabies three Saturdays ago because of their out standing performance, and he says that it brighter the chance of team winning the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand next year.

Giteau says he is still hurting from England's victory especially since England also beat Australia in Australia earlier in the year.

"They outplayed us. We weren't ready for the style of football that they played." Giteau said.

"That caught us off guard. It was one of those days. Hopefully next time we will be better prepared."

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.