Archive for 2011

Hospitality and Travel Packages watch this space

Rugby Travel & Hospitality Ltd has been awarded the contract for the Commercial Ticketing (Travel & Hospitality) Programme for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.
The web site offering all information is due to come on line in August 2008 so it you are thinking of traveling visit this site Rugby Travel & Hospitality.

The Draw for 2011 will be in December 2008

We will not know all the teams taking part, but on the 1 December London will host the draw for the World Cup Pools in New Zealand 2011.  We will bring you all the information as soon as it is released.
The venue for the draw will be : Tourism New Zealand’s “Giant Rugby Ball” that […]

Trinidad and Tobago into next round of Qualification

Trinidad and Tobago won the Caribbean Rugby Championship on Saturday to book their place in the next round of qualifying for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.
Trinidad and Tobago beat Guyana 40-24 in the final in George Town, Grand Cayman and will now play the winner of South America’s Consur B tournament in home […]

2011 Qualification process starts in April 2008

The 2007 contest may only have been 6 months ago, but the qualification for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand starts on April 20 in the Cayman Islands as the 2008 Caribbean Championship doubles as a RWC 2011 qualifying event. This will be the first time it has begun in the Caribbean.
The host nation […]

Eden Park Auckland for Final and Semis

Following confirmation of the seeding and draw process for Rugby World Cup 2011, Rugby New Zealand (RNZ) 2011 Ltd has confirmed the timeline for the allocation of matches and team bases for the Tournament.
The redeveloped Eden Park has been selected to host the Final, as agreed in New Zealand’s Bid for RWC 2011, and is […]

World ranking on 1 December 2008 to decide seeding for 2011

The International Rugby Board has revealed that their world rankings will be used to seed the 12 automatic qualifiers for the 2011 World Cup.
Previously, the seeding process for the pool stages was determined by performances at past World Cups. The 12 teams will be divided into three bands of four according to their world rankings, […]

Will Dunedin be ready for 2011

Delays in the land acquisition are causing concerns even at this early date as to if Carisbrook will be ready in time. The Chairman of the trust has said that even though the purchase is complex and thus taking longer than originally palled it is not yet impacting the critical path for completion in November […]

Ashton and team retained

Brian Ashton, John Wells and Mike Ford have been confirmed as the coaching team for England.  Shaun Edwards has not been found a place in the coaching set-up at this time and although it was said they did not necessarily have the same objectives Ford stays on working with Ashton.  Unlike some of the coaches […]

There will be 20 teams for 2011

We are pleased to bring the news that sense has prevailed and the International Rugby Board (IRB) has confirmed that 20 teams will compete at the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand.
We like to think that the furore from supporters, pundits and most International players helped the decision forward and quashed  the suggestions before this […]

Sixteen or Twenty teams at 2011 RWC?

How have you found the 2007 tournament, is twenty teams and six weeks of rugby too much? The IRB will vote and announce a decision in October but before then you can have your say on the number of competitors at the next Rugby World Cup.
If the number of teams competing is reduced it is […]

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