L’Australia e l’Inghilterra superano rispettivamente la Russia e la Scozia, mentre Tonga batte la Francia, che però ottiene comunque la qualificazione.
AUSTRALIA – RUSSIA 68-22 (p.t. 47-5)
Australia: 15 James O’Connor; 14 Radike Samo, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Drew Mitchell (10′ s.t. Phipps); 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Luke Burgess; 8 Ben McCalman, 7 David Pocock (1′ s.t. Elsom), 6 Scott Higginbotham; 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 James Horwill (c) (1′ s.t. Simmons), 3 Sekope Kepu (30′ p.t. Ma’afu), 2 Stephen Moore (1′ s.t. Faingaa), 1 James Slipper (29′ s.t. Kepu).
Russia: 15 Vasily Artemyev; 14 Denis Simplikevich, 13 Andrey Kuzin (19′ s.t. Babaev), 12 Alexey Makovetskiy, 11 Vladimir Ostroushko; 10 Yury Kushnarev (1′ s.t. Rachkov), 9 Alexander Yanyushkin (23′ s.t. Shakirov); 8 Victor Gresev, 7 Vyacheslav Grachev (10′ s.t. Garbuzov), 6 Artem Fatakhov (32′ s.t. Matveev); 5 Adam Byrnes, 4 Alexander Voytov; 3 Ivan Prishchepenko (19′ s.t. Travkin), 2 Vladislav Korshunov (c), 1 Sergey Popov (25′ s.t. Botvinnikov).
Marcatori: 6′ m. Barnes (5-0), 8′ m. Mitchell tr. O’Connor (12-0), 11′ m. McCalman tr. O’Connor (19-0), 15′ m. Pocock tr. O’Connor (26-0), 21′ m. Pocock tr. O’Connor (33-0), 32′ m. Ostrushko (33-5), 35′ m. Moore tr. O’Connor (40-5), 38′ m. Ashley-Cooper tr. O’Connor (47-5); s.t.: 2′ m. Ma’afu tr. O’Connor (54-5), 6′ d. Rachkov (54-8), 8′ m. Mitchell tr. O’Connor (61-8), 19′ m. Simplikevich tr. Rachkov (61-15), 27′ m. Rachkov tr. Rachkov (61-22), 39′ m. Barnes tr. O’Connor (68-22).
Arbitro: Bryce Lawrence (Nuova Zelanda)
Classifica Pool C: Australia 15, Irlanda 13, Italia 10, Stati Uniti 4, Russia 1.
FRANCIA – TONGA 9-19 (p.t. 6-13)
Francia: 15 Maxime Médard; 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurélien Rougerie (19′ s.t. Estebanez), 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Alexis Palisson (35′ s.t. Heymans); 10 Morgan Parra (19′ s.t. Trinh-Duc), 9 Dimitri Yachvili; 8 Raphael Lakafia (10′ s.t. Harinordoquy), 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c); 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Pascal Pape (27′ s.t. Pierre); 3 Luc Ducalcon (1′ s.t. Barcella), 2 William Servat (10′ s.t. Szarzewski), 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux (6′ s.t. – 20′ s.t. Barcella, 5′ s.t. Ducalcon).
Tonga: 15 Vungakoto Lilo; 14 Viliame Iongi, 13 Siale Piutau, 12 Andrew Ma’ilei (22′ s.t. Fatafehi), 11 Sukanaivalu Hufanga (32′ s.t. Palu); 10 Kurt Morath, 9 Taniela Moa; 8 Viliami Ma’afu, 7 Finau Maka (c) (11′ p.t. – 23′ p.t., 2′ s.t. Vahafolau), 6 Sione Kalamafoni; 5 Paino Hehea (17′ s.t. Tuineau), 4 Tukulua Lokotui; 3 Kisi Pulu (1′ s.t. Aulika), 2 Aleki Lutui, 1 Soane Tonga’uiha (7′ s.t. Taumalolo).
Marcatori: 1′ c.p. Yachvili (3-0), 7′ c.p. Morath (3-3), 23′ c.p. Yachvili (6-3), 26′ m. Hufanga tr. Morath (6-10), 35′ c.p. Morath (6-13); s.t.: 10′ c.p. Yachvili (9-13), 26′ c.p. Morath (9-16), 32′ c.p. Morath (9-19), 42′ m. Clerc (14-19).
Arbitro: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Classifica Pool A: Nuova Zelanda 15, Francia 11, Tonga 9, Canada 6, Giappone 2.
INGHILTERRA – SCOZIA 16-12 (p.t. 3-9)
Inghilterra: 15 Ben Foden; 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Mike Tindall (31′ s.t. Flood), 11 Delon Armitage; 10 Jonny Wilkinson (34′ s.t. Banahan), 9 Ben Youngs (34′ s.t. Wigglesworth); 8 James Haskell, 7 Lewis Moody (c) (13′ s.t. – 23′ s.t. Easter), 6 Tom Croft; 5 Courtney Lawes (16′ s.t. Palmer), 4 Louis Deacon; 3 Dan Cole, 2 Steve Thompson (27′ s.t. Hartley), 1 Matt Stevens (32′ s.t. Corbisiero).
Scozia: 15 Chris Paterson; 14 Max Evans (1′ s.t. De Luca), 13 Joe Ansbro, 12 Sean Lamont, 11 Simon Danielli; 10 Ruaridh Jackson (4′ p.t. Parks), 9 Mike Blair (31′ s.t. Cusiter); 8 Richie Vernon, 7 John Barclay (23′ s.t. Rennie), 6 Ally Strokosch (23′ s.t. Hines); 5 Alastair Kellock (c), 4 Richie Gray; 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen (27′ s.t. Dickinson).
Marcatori: 9′ c.p. Paterson (0-3), 16′ c.p. Parks (0-6), 34′ c.p. Wilkinson (3-6), 41′ d. Parks (3-9); s.t.: 16′ c.p. Paterson (3-12), 17′ d. Wilkinson (6-12), 22′ c.p. Wilkinson (9-12), 38′ m. Ashton tr. Flood (16-12).
Arbitro: Craig Joubert (Sudafrica)
Classifica Pool B: Inghilterra 18, Scozia 11, Argentina 10, Georgia 4, Romania 0.
