Il Galles soffre ma alla fine supera Samoa. Inghilterra e Francia vincono rispettivamente contro Georgia e Canada. Di seguito i tabellini.
GALLES – SAMOA 17-10 (p.t. 6-10)
Galles: 15 James Hook (1′ s.t. Halfpenny); 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams; 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Mike Phillips; 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (c), 6 Dan Lydiate (10′ p.t. Powell); 5 Alun-Wyn Jones (28′ s.t. BS Davies), 4 Luke Charteris; 3 Adam Jones, 2 Huw Bennett (22′ s.t. Burns), 1 Paul James (22′ s.t. Jenkins).
Samoa: 15 Paul Williams; 14 Sailosi Tagicakibau (15′ s.t. So’oialo), 13 George Pisi, 12 Seilala Mapusua (29′ s.t. Fuimaono-Sapolu), 11 Alesana Tuilagi; 10 Tasesa Lavea Levi (28′ s.t. Sua), 9 Kahn Fotuali’i; 8 George Stowers, 7 Maurie Fa’asavalu, 6 Ofisa Treviranus; 5 Daniel Leo (28′ s.t. Tekori), 4 Kane Thompson; 3 Anthony Perenise (29′ s.t. Johnston), 2 Mahonri Schwalger (c), 1 Sakaria Taulafo.
Marcatori: 12′ c.p. Hook (3-0), 21′ c.p. Williams (3-3), 27′ c.p. Hook (6-3), 42′ m. Perenise tr. Williams (6-10); s.t.: 3′ c.p. Priestland (9-10), 25′ c.p. Priestland (12-10), 27′ m. S. Williams (17-10).
Arbitro: Alain Rolland (Irlanda)
Classifica Pool D: Sud Africa 9, Samoa 6, Galles 5, Fiji 5, Namibia 0.
INGHILTERRA – GEORGIA 41-10 (p.t. 17-10)
Inghilterra: 15 Ben Foden; 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi (37′ s.t. Banahan), 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Delon Armitage; 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs (27′ s.t. Simpson); 8 Nick Easter, 7 Lewis Moody (c) (17′ s.t. Croft), 6 Tom Wood (39′ p.t. – 9′ s.t. Thompson), 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Simon Shaw; 3 Dan Cole (24′ s.t. Corbisiero), 2 Dylan Hartley (20′ s.t. Thompson), 1 Matt Stevens (34′ s.t. Cole).
Georgia: 15 Revaz Gigauri; 14 Irakli Machkhaneli (2′ s.t. Khmaladze), 13 David Kacharava, 12 Tedo Zibzibadze, 11 Alexander Todua (27′ s.t. Datunashvili); 10 Merab Kvirikashvili, 9 Irakli Abuseridze (c) (23′ s.t. Samkharadze); 8 Dimitri Basilaia (20′ s.t. Berishvili), 7 Mamuka Gorgodze, 6 Shalva Sutiashvili (31′ p.t. Chkhaidze); 5 Vakhtang Maisuradze, 4 Ilia Zedginidze (5′ p.t. – 16′ p.t. Datunashvili); 3 David Kubriashvili (23′ p.t. Zirakashvili), 2 Jaba Bregvadze, 1 David Khinchagishvili (16′ s.t. Shvelidze).
Marcatori: 3′ m. Hape tr. Flood (7-0), 20′ m. Hape tr. Flood (14-0), 27′ c.p. Kvirikashvili (14-3), 34′ c.p. Flood (17-3), 40′ m. Basilaia tr. Kvirikashvili (17-10); s.t.: 6′ m. Armitage (22-10), 22′ m. Tuilagi tr. Flood (29-10), 25′ m. Ashton tr. Flood (36-10), 41′ m. Ashton (41-10)
Arbitro. Jonathan Kaplan (Sud Africa)
Classifica Pool B: Inghilterra 9, Scozia 9, Argentina 6, Georgia 0, Romania 0.
FRANCIA – CANADA 46-19 (p.t. 19-10)
Francia: 15 Damien Traille, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 David Marty, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Aurélien Rougerie (c) (72′ Médard), 10 Francois Trinh-Duc (69′ Yachvili), 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo (75′ Harinordoquy), 5 Romain, Millo-Chluski (63′ Pierre), 4 Pascale Papé, 3 Luc Ducalcon, 2 William Servat (52′ Guirado), 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux (46′ Barcella).
Canada:15 James Pritchard, 14 Ciaran Hearn, 13 DTH van der Merwe (63′ Trainor), 12 Ryan Smith, 11 Phil Mackenzie, 10 Ander Monro (70′ Hirayama), 9 Ed Fairhurst (62′ White), 8 Aaron Carpenter, 7 Chauncey O’Toole (62′ Dala), 6 Adam Kleeberger, 5 Jamie Cudmore (60′ Hotson), 4 Jebb Sinclair, 3 Jason Marshall (62′ Franklin), 2 Pat Riordan (c) (58′ Hamilton), 1 Hubert Buydens.
Marcatori: 1′ cp. Pritchard, 4′ m. Clerc tr. Parra, 6′ m. Smith tr. Pritchard, 16′ cp. Parra, 35′ cp. Parra, 37′ cp. Parra, 40′ cp. Parra, 45′ dr. Monro, 47′ cp. Parra, 49′ dr. Monro, 56′ dr. Trinh-Duc, 60′ cp. Pritchard, 64′ m. Traille tr. Parra, 78′ m. Clerc tr. Parra, 80′ m. Clerc tr. Parra.
Arbitro: Craig Joubert (Sud Africa).
Classifica Pool A: Nuova Zelanda 10, Francia 10, Canada 4, Tonga 1, Giappone 0.