Zinzan Brooke talks about how his All Blacks team was poisoned before the 1995 World Cup Final against the Springboks. Scott Quinnell’s lucky underpants. How Lievremont has outhought Graham Henry. Moustaches – Will Carling: “South Africans never do anything that’s funny”
Year: 2011
French captain Thierry Dusautoir was named 2011 IRB Player of the Year. New Zealand was named Team of the Year, while their coach Graham Henry was named Coach of the Year.
The full list of award winners is as follows:
The All Blacks narrowly defeated a French side that had come to play, winning their second Rugby World Cup title.
All Blacks 8 (5)
Try: Tony Woodcock
Penalty: Stephen Donald
France 7 (0)
Try: Thierry Dusautoir
Conversion: Francois Trinh-Duc
MOTM: Thierry Dusautoir (France)
Sat 22 October 14:30 | Sharks vs Cheetahs (Durban)
Sharks – 15 Pat Lambie, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 12 Marius Joubert, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Conrad Hoffmann, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Keegan Daniel (c), 5 Ross Skeate, 4 Jean Deysel/Anton Bresler, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Eugene van Staden, 18 Marcell Coetzee, 19 Jacques Botes, 20 Ross Cronje, 21 Adi Jacobs, 22 Lwazi Mvovo
Cheetahs – 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Ryno Benjamin, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Cameron Jacobs, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Boom Prinsloo, 7 Ashley Johnson, 6 Lappies Labuschagne, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Philip van der Walt, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Marcel van der Merwe.
Replacements: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 Johan Wessels, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Nico Scheepers.
Sat 22 October 17:00 | Lions vs Western Province (Joburg)
Lions – 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Deon Van Rensburg, 13 Doppies la Grange, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (c), 7 Michael Rhodes, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco Van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Pat Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 CJ Van der Linde.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Warren Whiteley, 19 Cobus Grobbelaar/Jaco Kriel, 20 Butch James, 21 Dylan des Fountain, 22 James Kamana.
WP – 15 Gio Aplon, 14 JJ Engelbrecht, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Schalk Burger (c), 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Adriaan Fondse, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 JC Kritzinger.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Tertius Daniller, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Conrad Jantjes.
Match details
Date: Sunday 23 October 2011
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Kick-off: 10.00 SA 21.00 NZ (08.00 GMT)
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant refs: Alain Rolland (Ire), Nigel Owens (Wales)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
Teams
New Zealand: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Richard Kahui, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Brad Thorn, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Andrew Hore, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Ali Williams, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Andy Ellis, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Sonny Bill Williams.
France: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Alexis Palisson, 10 Morgan Parra, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Fabien Barcella, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 20 Francois Trinh-Duc, 21 Jean Marc Doussain, 22 Damien Traille.
Route to final
New Zealand
Friday, September 9: beat Tonga 41-10, Auckland (pool match)
Friday, September 16: beat Japan 83-7, Hamilton (pool match)
Saturday, September 24: beat France 37-17, Auckland (pool match)
Sunday, October 2: Canada 79-15, Wellington (pool match)
Sunday, October 9: Argentina 33-10, Auckland (quarterfinal)
Sunday, October 16: beat Australia 20-6, Auckland (semifinal)
France
Saturday, September 10: beat Japan 47-21, Albany (pool match)
Sunday, September 18: beat Canada 46-19, Napier (pool match)
Saturday, September 24: lost to New Zealand 17-37, Auckland (pool match)
Saturday, October 1: lost to Tonga 14-19, Wellington (pool match)
Saturday, October 8: beat England 19-12, Auckland (quarterfinal)
Saturday, October 15: beat Wales 9-8, Auckland (semifinal)
Recent results
2011: New Zealand won 37-17, Auckland
2009: New Zealand won 39-12, Marseille
2009: New Zealand won 14-10, Wellington
2009: France won 27-22, Dunedin
2007: France won 20-18, Cardiff
2007: New Zealand won 61-10, Wellington
2007: New Zealand won 42-11, Auckland
2006: New Zealand won 23-11, Paris
2006: New Zealand won 47-3, Lyon
2004: New Zealand won 45-6, Paris
The winners will be announced on 3rd November 2011.
Rugby Player of the Year
Schalk Burger
Bismarck du Plessis
Francois Hougaard
Pat Lambie
Victor Matfield
Young Player of the Year
Based on Ou Grote’s predictions, those of international rugby experts, and Oddschecker which combines the odds of the world’s top 22 bookmakers to give the most likely result.
Predictions
Hear the predictions of Will Carling, Zinzan Brooke, Scott Quinnell, Rob Henderson and Matt Burke:
Rugby World Cup Final
Sunday 23 October 10:00 SA – New Zealand v France (Auckland)
OuGrote: New Zealand by 16
Joel Stransky: New Zealand by 24 (33-09)
Allister Coetzee: New Zealand by 14 (32-18)
John Mitchell: New Zealand by 17 (28-11)
Garth Wright: New Zealand by 15 (25-10)
OddsChecker: New Zealand by 13+
SuperBru overall average: New Zealand by 14
Prediction: NEW ZEALAND
Third place playoff
Friday 21 October 09:30 SA – Wales v Australia (Auckland)
In this episode, the lads predict the teams for the Rugby World Cup final, talk about Lievremonts moustach, discuss Wales’ ‘Kamp Staaldraad’ in Poland, weigh up a fit Pocock against a half-fit McCaw. Zinzan comments on the Australia v South Africa game: “Stealing’s quite a regular thing in Australia”. Scott Quinnell believes that “Bryce Lawrence was consistent…”
