2011 Rugby World Cup Pool B Explained

Pool B of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 10 September 2011 and was completed on 2 October. The pool was composed of the 2007 runners-up England, as well as the third-placed team from 2007, Argentina, and Georgia, Romania and Scotland.

Matches

All times are local New Zealand time (UTC+12 until 24 September, UTC+13 from 25 September^[1])

Scotland vs Romania


FB	15	Chris Paterson
RW	14	Max Evans
OC	13	Joe Ansbro
IC	12	Sean Lamont
LW	11	Simon Danielli
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8	Richie Vernon
OF	7
BF	6	Kelly Brown
RL	5	Alastair Kellock (c)
LL	4
TP	3	Geoff Cross
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
FH	21
FB	22	Rory Lamont
Coach:
Andy Robinson


FB	15
RW	14	Ștefan Ciuntu
OC	13	Csaba Gál
IC	12	Ionuț Dimofte
LW	11	Mădălin Lemnaru
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8	Daniel Carpo
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4	Valentin Ursache
TP	3
HK	2	Marius Țincu (c)
LP	1	Mihai Lazăr
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
CE	21
FB	22
Coach:
Romeo Gontineac

Man of the Match:
Marius Țincu (Romania)

Touch judges:
Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
Tim Hayes (Wales)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Argentina vs England


FB	15	Martín Rodríguez
RW	14	Horacio Agulla
OC	13
IC	12	Santiago Fernández
LW	11	Gonzalo Camacho
FH	10	Felipe Contepomi (c)
SH	9	Nicolás Vergallo
N8	8	Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5	Patricio Albacete
LL	4	Manuel Carizza
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20	Alfredo Lalanne
CE	21
WG	22
Coach:
Santiago Phelan


FB	15	Ben Foden
RW	14	Chris Ashton
OC	13	Manu Tuilagi
IC	12	Mike Tindall (c)
LW	11	Delon Armitage
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson
SH	9
N8	8	Nick Easter
OF	7
BF	6	Tom Croft
RL	5	Courtney Lawes
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19	Tom Wood
SH	20
FH	21	Toby Flood
WG	22	Matt Banahan
Team Manager:
Martin Johnson

Scotland vs Georgia


FB	15
RW	14	Max Evans
OC	13	Nick De Luca
IC	12	Graeme Morrison
LW	11	Sean Lamont
FH	10	Dan Parks
SH	9	Rory Lawson (c)
N8	8	Kelly Brown
OF	7	Ross Rennie
BF	6	Alasdair Strokosch
RL	5	Jim Hamilton
LL	4
TP	3	Euan Murray
HK	2	Ross Ford
LP	1	Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK	16	Dougie Hall
PR	17	Geoff Cross
PR	18	Alasdair Dickinson
LK	19
N8	20	Richie Vernon
SH	21	Chris Cusiter
FB	22
Coach:
Andy Robinson


FB	15	Revaz Gigauri
RW	14	Irakli Machkhaneli
OC	13	David Kacharava
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Merab Kvirikashvili
SH	9	Irakli Abuseridze (c)
N8	8
OF	7	Mamuka Gorgodze
BF	6	Shalva Sutiashvili
RL	5
LL	4	Levan Datunashvili
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Davit Khinchagishvili
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
FL	18
FL	19
SH	20	Bidzina Samkharadze
FH	21	Lasha Khmaladze
FB	22
Coach:
Richard Dixon

Man of the Match:
Kelly Brown (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Tim Hayes (Wales)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Argentina vs Romania


FB	15	Lucas González Amorosino
RW	14
OC	13	Marcelo Bosch
IC	12	Martin Rodríguez
LW	11	Horacio Agulla
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8	Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (c)
OF	7
BF	6	Julio Farías Cabello
RL	5	Patricio Albacete
LL	4	Manuel Carizza
TP	3	Juan Figallo
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
FH	21
WG	22
Coach:
Santiago Phelan


FB	15
RW	14	Mădălin Lemnaru
OC	13	Csaba Gál
IC	12	Constantin Gheară
LW	11	Ionel Cazan
FH	10	Ionuț Dimofte
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Ovidiu Tonița
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4	Valentin Ursache
TP	3	Paulică Ion
HK	2	Marius Țincu (c)
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16	Bogdan Zebega
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
FH	21	Dănuț Dumbravă
FB	22
Coach:
Romeo Gontineac

Man of the Match:
Lucas González Amorosino (Argentina)

Touch judges:
Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

England vs Georgia


FB	15	Ben Foden
RW	14	Chris Ashton
OC	13
IC	12	Shontayne Hape
LW	11	Delon Armitage
FH	10	Toby Flood
SH	9
N8	8	Nick Easter
OF	7	Lewis Moody (c)
BF	6
RL	5	Tom Palmer
LL	4	Simon Shaw
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
FL	18
FL	19	James Haskell
SH	20
FH	21	Jonny Wilkinson
WG	22
Coach:
Martin Johnson


FB	15	Revaz Gigauri
RW	14
OC	13	Davit Kacharava
IC	12	Tedo Zibzibadze
LW	11
FH	10	Merab Kvirikashvili
SH	9	Irakli Abuseridze (c)
N8	8
OF	7	Mamuka Gorgodze
BF	6
RL	5	Vakhtang Maisuradze
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2	Jaba Bregvadze
LP	1
Replacements:
PR	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
FL	21
FH	22
Coach:
Richard Dixon

England vs Romania


FB	15
RW	14	Chris Ashton
OC	13	Manu Tuilagi
IC	12	Mike Tindall
LW	11	Mark Cueto
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8	James Haskell
OF	7	Lewis Moody (c)
BF	6	Tom Croft
RL	5	Tom Palmer
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
FH	21
WG	22
Coach:
Martin Johnson


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12	Iulian Dumitraș
LW	11	Adrian Apostol
FH	10	Dănuț Dumbravă
SH	9
N8	8	Ovidiu Tonița
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5	Cristian Petre (c)
LL	4	Valentin Popârlan
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Nicolae Nere
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
FL	18
FL	19
SH	20
CE	21
WG	22
Coach:
Romeo Gontineac

Argentina vs Scotland


FB	15
RW	14	Gonzalo Camacho
OC	13	Marcelo Bosch
IC	12	Felipe Contepomi (c)
LW	11	Horacio Agulla
FH	10	Santiago Fernández
SH	9	Nicolás Vergallo
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Julio Farías Cabello
RL	5	Patricio Albacete
LL	4	Manuel Carizza
TP	3	Juan Figallo
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18	Mariano Galarza
FL	19
SH	20	Alfredo Lalanne
FB	21
WG	22	Juan Imhoff
Coach:
Santiago Phelan


FB	15	Chris Paterson
RW	14	Max Evans
OC	13	Nick De Luca
IC	12	Graeme Morrison
LW	11	Sean Lamont
FH	10
SH	9	Rory Lawson (c)
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Ally Strokosch
RL	5	Jim Hamilton
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
N8	19
SH	20
FH	21
WG	22	Simon Danielli
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Man of the Match:
Ruaridh Jackson (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Georgia vs Romania


FB	15	Lasha Khmaladze
RW	14
OC	13	David Kacharava
IC	12	Tedo Zibzibadze
LW	11	Alexander Todua
FH	10
SH	9	Irakli Abuseridze (c)
N8	8	Dimitri Basilaia
OF	7
BF	6	Giorgi Chkhaidze
RL	5	Vakhtang Maisuradze
LL	4
TP	3	David Zirakashvili
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
PR	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
WG	21	Irakli Chkhikvadze
FB	22
Coach:
Richard Dixon


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13	Csaba Gál
IC	12	Ionuț Dimofte
LW	11	Mădălin Lemnaru
FH	10
SH	9	Florin Surugiu
N8	8	Daniel Carpo
OF	7
BF	6	Mihai Macovei
RL	5
LL	4	Valentin Ursache
TP	3
HK	2	Marius Țincu (c)
LP	1	Mihai Lazăr
Replacements:
HK	16	Bogdan Zebega
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
CE	21
FB	22
Coach:
Romeo Gontineac

England vs Scotland


FB	15	Ben Foden
RW	14	Chris Ashton
OC	13	Manu Tuilagi
IC	12
LW	11	Delon Armitage
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Lewis Moody (c)
BF	6	Tom Croft
RL	5
LL	4	Louis Deacon
TP	3	Dan Cole
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
N8	19
SH	20
FH	21
WG	22
Coach:
Martin Johnson


FB	15	Chris Paterson
RW	14
OC	13	Joe Ansbro
IC	12	Sean Lamont
LW	11	Simon Danielli
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8	Richie Vernon
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5	Alastair Kellock (c)
LL	4	Richie Gray
TP	3	Euan Murray
HK	2	Ross Ford
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson
PR	17
LK	18
N8	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Man of the Match:
Dan Parks (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Television match official:
Tim Hayes (Wales)

Argentina vs Georgia


FB	15	Lucas González Amorosino
RW	14
OC	13	Marcelo Bosch
IC	12	Felipe Contepomi (c)
LW	11	Juan Imhoff
FH	10	Santiago Fernández
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Juan Manuel Leguizamón
BF	6	Julio Farías Cabello
RL	5	Patricio Albacete
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Marcos Ayerza
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
CE	21
FB	22
Coach:
Santiago Phelan


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13	David Kacharava
IC	12	Tedo Zibzibadze
LW	11	Alexander Todua
FH	10	Lasha Khmaladze
SH	9	Irakli Abuseridze (c)
N8	8	Mamuka Gorgodze
OF	7
BF	6	Giorgi Chkhaidze
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
FH	21
FH	22
Coach:
Richard Dixon

Man of the Match:
Juan Manuel Leguizamón (Argentina)

Touch judges:
Dave Pearson (England)
Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Giulio De Santis (Italy)

External links

Pool B at rugbyworldcup.com

Notes and References

The change in time zone is due to the start of daylight saving time in New Zealand, at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, 25 September