2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C#Scotland vs Italy

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Pool C of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 8 September and concluded on 29 September 2007. The pool was composed of Italy, New Zealand, Romania and Scotland and World Cup debutants Portugal.

Standings

New Zealand were assured of first place in the pool after only three rounds of matches, having secured the maximum of five points from each of their matches. Over their four matches, the All Blacks established a new points record for the pool stage with 309 points.

Italy were unable to carry their strong Six Nations form into the World Cup, and were knocked out by a narrow margin. Scotland qualified for the quarter-finals as pool runners-up.

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Matches

All times local (UTC+2)

=New Zealand vs Italy=

{{rugbybox

|date = 8 September 2007

|time = 13:45

|team1 = {{ru-rt|NZL}}

|score = 76–14

|report = [http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/home/fixtures/round=104/match=10074/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{ru|ITA}}

|try1 = McCaw (2) 2' c, 7' c
Howlett (3) 12' c, 56' c, 59' m
Muliaina 15' c
Sivivatu (2) 18' c, 29' m
Jack 50' c
Collins (2) 68' c, 70' c

|con1 = Carter (7/9)
McAlister (2/2)

|pen1 = Carter (1/1) 11'

|try2 = Stanojevic 38' c
Mi. Bergamasco 71' c

|con2 = Bortolussi (1/1)
De Marigny (1/1)

|stadium = Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

|attendance = 58,612

|referee = Wayne Barnes (England)

}}

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FB	15	Leon MacDonald
RW	14	Doug Howlett
OC	13	Mils Muliaina		{{suboff\|53}}
IC	12	Luke McAlister
LW	11	Sitiveni Sivivatu
FH	10	Dan Carter		{{suboff\|60}}
SH	9	Byron Kelleher		{{suboff\|52}}
N8	8	Rodney So'oialo
OF	7	Richie McCaw (c)		{{suboff\|60}}
BF	6	Jerry Collins		{{suboff\|46}}	{{subon\|46}}
RL	5	Ali Williams		{{suboff\|71}}
LL	4	Chris Jack
TP	3	Carl Hayman	{{yel\|42}}
HK	2	Keven Mealamu		{{suboff\|52}}
LP	1	Tony Woodcock				{{suboff\|55}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Anton Oliver		{{subon\|52}}
PR	17	Neemia Tialata		{{subon\|46}}	{{suboff\|46}}	{{subon\|55}}
FL	18	Chris Masoe		{{subon\|60}}
N8	19	Sione Lauaki		{{subon\|71}}
SH	20	Brendon Leonard		{{subon\|52}}
CE	21	Aaron Mauger		{{subon\|60}}
CE	22	Isaia Toeava		{{subon\|53}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|NZL}} Graham Henry

|style="vertical-align:top"|350px

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FB	15	David Bortolussi		{{suboff\|67}}
RW	14	Kaine Robertson
OC	13	Andrea Masi
IC	12	Mirco Bergamasco
LW	11	Marko Stanojevic
FH	10	Roland de Marigny
SH	9	Alessandro Troncon		{{suboff\|67}}
N8	8	Sergio Parisse
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Alessandro Zanni		{{suboff\|42}}
RL	5	Marco Bortolami (c)
LL	4	Santiago Dellapè		{{suboff\|58}}
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni			{{suboff\|55}}
HK	2	Fabio Ongaro		{{suboff\|57}}
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini	{{yel\|62}}	{{suboff\|41}}	{{subon\|55}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Carlo Festuccia		{{subon\|57}}
PR	17	Andrea Lo Cicero		{{subon\|41}}
LK	18	Valerio Bernabò		{{subon\|58}}
N8	19	Manoa Vosawai		{{subon\|42}}
SH	20	Paul Griffen		{{subon\|67}}
WG	21	Gonzalo Canale
FB	22	Ezio Galon		{{subon\|67}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Pierre Berbizier

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Man of the Match:

Richie McCaw (New Zealand)

Touch judges:

Mark Lawrence (South Africa)

Christophe Berdos (France)

Television match official:

Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Fourth official:

Nigel Owens (Wales)

Fifth official:

Franck Maciello (France)

Note: Doug Howlett's three tries in this match brought him level with Christian Cullen as New Zealand's all-time highest try scorer, with 46.

=Scotland vs Portugal=

{{rugbybox

|date = 9 September 2007

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{ru-rt|SCO}}

|score = 56–10

|report = [http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/home/fixtures/round=104/match=10079/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{ru|POR}}

|try1 = R. Lamont (2) 12' c, 14' c
S. Lawson 23' c
Dewey 30' c
Parks 57' c
Southwell 60' c
Brown 68' c
Ford 76' c

|con1 = Parks (5/5)
Paterson (3/3)

|try2 = Carvalho 28' c

|con2 = D. Pinto (1/1)

|pen2 = D. Pinto (1/1) 34'

|stadium = Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

|attendance = 34,162

|referee = Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

}}

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FB	15	Rory Lamont
RW	14	Sean Lamont
OC	13	Marcus Di Rollo	{{suboff\|52}}
IC	12	Rob Dewey
LW	11	Simon Webster
FH	10	Dan Parks	{{suboff\|59}}
SH	9	Mike Blair	{{suboff\|67}}
N8	8	Simon Taylor
OF	7	Ally Hogg
BF	6	Jason White (c)	{{suboff\|62}}
RL	5	Scott Murray	{{suboff\|62}}
LL	4	Nathan Hines
TP	3	Euan Murray
HK	2	Scott Lawson	{{suboff\|69}}
LP	1	Allan Jacobsen	{{suboff\|36}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Ross Ford	{{subon\|69}}
PR	17	Gavin Kerr	{{subon\|36}}
LK	18	Scott MacLeod	{{subon\|62}}
FL	19	Kelly Brown	{{subon\|62}}
SH	20	Rory Lawson	{{subon\|67}}
FH	21	Chris Paterson	{{subon\|59}}
FB	22	Hugo Southwell	{{subon\|52}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Frank Hadden

|style="vertical-align:top"|350px

|style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|

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FB	15	Pedro Leal
RW	14	David Mateus
OC	13	Frederico Sousa		{{suboff\|38}}
IC	12	Diogo Mateus
LW	11	Pedro Carvalho
FH	10	Duarte Cardoso Pinto		{{suboff\|64}}
SH	9	José Pinto		{{suboff\|66}}
N8	8	Vasco Uva (c)
OF	7	João Uva	{{yel\|40+}}	{{suboff\|64}}
BF	6	Juan Severino Somoza
RL	5	David Penalva		{{suboff\|52}}
LL	4	Gonçalo Uva
TP	3	Ruben Spachuck
HK	2	Joaquim Ferreira		{{suboff\|52}}
LP	1	Rui Cordeiro		{{suboff\|60}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
PR	16	Juan Muré		{{subon\|60}}
HK	17	João Correia		{{subon\|52}}
FL	18	Paulo Murinello		{{subon\|52}}
FL	19	Diogo Coutinho		{{subon\|64}}
SH	20	Luís Pissarra		{{subon\|66}}
FH	21	Pedro Cabral		{{subon\|64}}
CE	22	Miguel Portela		{{subon\|38}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|POR}} Tomaz Morais

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Man of the Match:

Vasco Uva (Portugal)

Touch judges:

Hugh Watkins (Wales)

Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Television match official:

Dave Pearson (England)

Fourth official:

Alan Lewis (Ireland)

Fifth official:

Cyril Lafon (France)

=Italy vs Romania=

{{rugbybox

|date = 12 September 2007

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{ru-rt|ITA}}

|score = 24–18

|report = [http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/home/fixtures/round=104/match=10084/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{ru|ROM}}

|try1 = Dellapè 6' m
Penalty try 55' c

|con1 = Pez (1/1)

|pen1 = Bortolussi (1/2) 14'
Ramiro Pez (3/3) 62', 66', 72'

|try2 = Manta 43' m
Țincu 47' c

|con2 = Dimofte (1/1)

|pen2 = Dimofte (2/2) 70', 74'

|stadium = Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

|attendance = 44,241

|referee = Tony Spreadbury (England)

}}

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FB	15	David Bortolussi			{{suboff\|49}}
RW	14	Kaine Robertson
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Mirco Bergamasco
LW	11	Andrea Masi	{{suboff\|42}}	{{subon\|45}}
FH	10	Ramiro Pez
SH	9	Paul Griffen	{{suboff\|49}}
N8	8	Sergio Parisse
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Josh Sole	{{suboff\|49}}
RL	5	Marco Bortolami (c)
LL	4	Santiago Dellapè	{{suboff\|8}}
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni
HK	2	Carlo Festuccia
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Leonardo Ghiraldini
PR	17	Matías Agüero
LK	18	Valerio Bernabò	{{subon\|8}}
N8	19	Manoa Vosawai	{{subon\|49}}
SH	20	Alessandro Troncon	{{subon\|49}}
WG	21	Ezio Galon	{{subon\|42}}	{{suboff\|45}}	{{subon\|49}}
FH	22	Roland de Marigny
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Pierre Berbizier

|style="vertical-align:top"|350px

|style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|

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FB	15	Iulian Dumitraș		{{suboff\|79}}
RW	14	Cătălin Fercu
OC	13	Csaba Gál
IC	12	Romeo Gontineac
LW	11	Gabriel Brezoianu
FH	10	Ionuț Dimofte
SH	9	Lucian Sîrbu		{{suboff\|80}}
N8	8	Ovidiu Tonița		{{suboff\|72}}
OF	7	Alexandru Manta	{{yel\|53}}	{{suboff\|80+}}
BF	6	Florin Corodeanu
RL	5	Cristian Petre
LL	4	Sorin Socol (c)
TP	3	Bogdan Bălan
HK	2	Marius Țincu		{{suboff\|40}}	{{subon\|41}}	{{suboff\|54}}	{{subon\|57}}	{{suboff\|70}}
LP	1	Petrișor Toderașc		{{suboff\|64}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Răzvan Mavrodin		{{subon\|40}}	{{suboff\|41}}	{{subon\|54}}	{{suboff\|57}}	{{subon\|70}}
PR	17	Cezar Popescu		{{subon\|64}}
LK	18	Cosmin Rațiu		{{subon\|72}}
N8	19	Alexandru Tudori		{{subon\|80+}}
SH	20	Valentin Calafeteanu		{{subon\|80}}
CE	21	Ionuț Tofan
CE	22	Dan Vlad		{{subon\|79}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Daniel Santamans

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Man of the Match:

Ramiro Pez (Italy)

Touch judges:

Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)

Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

Television match official:

Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)

Fourth official:

Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Fifth official:

Franck Maciello (France)

=New Zealand vs Portugal=

{{rugbybox

|date = 15 September 2007

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{ru-rt|NZL}}

|score = 108–13

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090324032135/http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10086/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{ru|POR}}

|try1 = Rokocoko (2) 3' m, 12' c
Toeava 25' c
Williams 28' c
Mauger (2) 30' c, 66' c
Collins 32' c
Masoe 34' m
Hore 40' c
Leonard 50' c
Evans 59' c
Ellis 61' c
MacDonald 69' c
Smith (2) 72' c, 79' c
Hayman 76' c

|con1 = Evans (14/16)

|try2 = Cordeiro 48' c

|con2 = D. Pinto (1/1)

|pen2 = D. Pinto (1/1) 75'

|drop2 = Malheiro (1/2) 22'

|stadium = Stade de Gerland, Lyon

|attendance = 40,729

|referee = Chris White (England)

}}

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FB	15	Mils Muliaina	{{suboff\|7}}
RW	14	Isaia Toeava
OC	13	Conrad Smith
IC	12	Aaron Mauger
LW	11	Joe Rokocoko
FH	10	Nick Evans
SH	9	Brendon Leonard	{{suboff\|54}}
N8	8	Sione Lauaki
OF	7	Chris Masoe
BF	6	Jerry Collins (c)	{{suboff\|64}}
RL	5	Ali Williams	{{suboff\|54}}
LL	4	Chris Jack	{{suboff\|51}}
TP	3	Greg Somerville	{{suboff\|61}}
HK	2	Andrew Hore	{{suboff\|57}}
LP	1	Neemia Tialata
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Anton Oliver	{{subon\|57}}
PR	17	Tony Woodcock	{{subon\|61}}
PR	18	Carl Hayman	{{subon\|51}}
N8	19	Rodney So'oialo	{{subon\|54}}
HK	20	Keven Mealamu	{{subon\|64}}
SH	21	Andy Ellis	{{subon\|54}}
FB	22	Leon MacDonald	{{subon\|7}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|NZL}} Graham Henry

|style="vertical-align:top"|350px

|style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|

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FB	15	Pedro Leal
RW	14	António Aguilar
OC	13	Miguel Portela
IC	12	Diogo Mateus
LW	11	Pedro Carvalho
FH	10	Gonçalo Malheiro	{{suboff\|41}}
SH	9	Luís Pissarra	{{suboff\|41}}
N8	8	Vasco Uva (c)	{{suboff\|54}}
OF	7	Paulo Murinello
BF	6	Diogo Coutinho	{{suboff\|44}}
RL	5	Gonçalo Uva	{{suboff\|51}}
LL	4	Marcello d'Orey	{{suboff\|27}}
TP	3	Ruben Spachuck
HK	2	João Correia
LP	1	André Silva	{{suboff\|41}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
PR	16	Rui Cordeiro	{{subon\|41}}
PR	17	Joaquim Ferreira	{{subon\|54}}
LK	18	David Penalva	{{subon\|27}}
FL	19	Tiago Girão	{{subon\|44}}
FL	20	João Uva	{{subon\|51}}
SH	21	José Pinto	{{subon\|41}}
FH	22	Duarte Cardoso Pinto	{{subon\|41}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|POR}} Tomaz Morais

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Man of the Match:

Jerry Collins (New Zealand)

Touch judges:

Hugh Watkins (Wales)

Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Television match official:

Dave Pearson (England)

Fourth official:

Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

Fifth official:

Laurent Valin (France)

=Scotland vs Romania=

{{rugbybox

|date = 18 September 2007

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{ru-rt|SCO}}

|score = 42–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090324030905/http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10092/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{ru|ROM}}

|try1 = Paterson 2' c
Hogg (3) 17' c, 46' c, 53' c
R. Lamont (2) 36' c, 72' c

|con1 = Paterson (6/6)

|stadium = Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|attendance = 31,222

|referee = Nigel Owens (Wales)

}}

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FB	15	Rory Lamont
RW	14	Sean Lamont
OC	13	Simon Webster
IC	12	Rob Dewey	{{suboff\|59}}
LW	11	Chris Paterson
FH	10	Dan Parks	{{suboff\|68}}
SH	9	Mike Blair	{{suboff\|59}}
N8	8	Simon Taylor
OF	7	Ally Hogg	{{suboff\|65}}
BF	6	Jason White (c)
RL	5	Jim Hamilton
LL	4	Nathan Hines	{{suboff\|52}}
TP	3	Euan Murray		{{suboff\|68}}
HK	2	Ross Ford	{{suboff\|59}}
LP	1	Gavin Kerr	{{suboff\|52}}	{{subon\|68}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson	{{subon\|59}}
PR	17	Craig Smith	{{subon\|52}}
LK	18	Scott MacLeod	{{subon\|52}}
FL	19	Kelly Brown	{{subon\|65}}
SH	20	Chris Cusiter	{{subon\|59}}
FB	21	Hugo Southwell	{{subon\|59}}
WG	22	Nikki Walker	{{subon\|68}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Frank Hadden

|style="vertical-align:top"|350px

|style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|

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FB	15	Iulian Dumitraș
RW	14	Cătălin Fercu
OC	13	Csaba Gál
IC	12	Romeo Gontineac	{{suboff\|73}}
LW	11	Gabriel Brezoianu
FH	10	Ionuț Dimofte	{{suboff\|45}}
SH	9	Lucian Sîrbu	{{suboff\|45}}
N8	8	Ovidiu Tonița
OF	7	Alexandru Manta	{{suboff\|53}}
BF	6	Florin Corodeanu	{{suboff\|61}}
RL	5	Cristian Petre
LL	4	Sorin Socol (c)
TP	3	Bogdan Bălan	{{suboff\|69}}
HK	2	Marius Țincu	{{suboff\|41}}
LP	1	Petrișor Toderașc
colspan=3\|Replacements:
PR	16	Silviu Florea	{{subon\|69}}
HK	17	Răzvan Mavrodin	{{subon\|41}}
LK	18	Cosmin Rațiu	{{subon\|61}}
N8	19	Alexandru Tudori	{{subon\|53}}
SH	20	Valentin Calafeteanu	{{subon\|45}}
CE	21	Ionuț Tofan	{{subon\|45}}
FB	22	Florin Vlaicu	{{subon\|73}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Daniel Santamans

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Man of the Match:

Ally Hogg (Scotland)

Touch judges:

Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Christophe Berdos (France)

Television match official:

Mark Lawrence (South Africa)

Fourth official:

Wayne Barnes (England)

Fifth official:

Peter Allan (Scotland)

Note: With an attendance of 31,222, Scotland vs Romania was the lowest-attended match in Pool C, despite Scotland playing at home.

=Italy vs Portugal=

{{rugbybox

|date = 19 September 2007

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{ru-rt|ITA}}

|score = 31–5

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090324032141/http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10093/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{ru|POR}}

|try1 = Masi (2) 4' c, 77' c
Ma. Bergamasco 72' m

|con1 = Bortolussi (2/3)

|pen1 = Bortolussi (4/4) 17', 30', 40+', 63'

|try2 = Penalva 33' m

|stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris

|attendance = 45,476

|referee = Marius Jonker (South Africa)

}}

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FB	15	David Bortolussi
RW	14	Pablo Canavosio
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Andrea Masi
LW	11	Matteo Pratichetti
FH	10	Roland de Marigny
SH	9	Alessandro Troncon		{{suboff\|80}}
N8	8	Manoa Vosawai		{{suboff\|59}}
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Sergio Parisse
RL	5	Marco Bortolami (c)	{{yel\|8}}
LL	4	Carlo Del Fava
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni		{{suboff\|64}}
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero		{{suboff\|64}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Fabio Ongaro
PR	17	Matías Agüero		{{subon\|64}}
PR	18	Salvatore Perugini		{{subon\|64}}
LK	19	Valerio Bernabò
FL	20	Silvio Orlando		{{subon\|59}}
SH	21	Paul Griffen		{{subon\|80}}
WG	22	Ezio Galon
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Pierre Berbizier

|style="vertical-align:top"|350px

|style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|

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FB	15	Pedro Cabral
RW	14	David Mateus	{{suboff\|61}}
OC	13	Federico Sousa
IC	12	Diogo Mateus	{{suboff\|31}}
LW	11	António Aguilar
FH	10	Duarte Cardoso Pinto
SH	9	José Pinto	{{suboff\|66}}
N8	8	Vasco Uva (c)
OF	7	João Uva	{{suboff\|64}}
BF	6	Tiago Girão
RL	5	David Penalva
LL	4	Gonçalo Uva
TP	3	Ruben Spachuck	{{suboff\|61}}
HK	2	João Correia	{{suboff\|70}}
LP	1	Rui Cordeiro	{{suboff\|61}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
PR	16	Juan Muré	{{subon\|61}}
PR	17	André Silva	{{subon\|61}}
PR	18	Duarte Figueiredo	{{subon\|70}}
FL	19	Paulo Murinello	{{subon\|64}}
SH	20	Luís Pissarra	{{subon\|66}}
CE	21	Diogo Gama	{{subon\|31}}
WG	22	Gonçalo Foro	{{subon\|61}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|POR}} Tomaz Morais

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Man of the Match:

José Pinto (Portugal)

Touch judges:

Federico Cuesta (Argentina)

Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)

Television match official:

Paul Marks (Australia)

Fourth official:

Chris White (England)

Fifth official:

Eric Molier (France)

=Scotland vs New Zealand=

{{rugbybox

|date = 23 September 2007

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{ru-rt|SCO}}

|score = 0–40

|report = [http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10100/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{ru|NZL}}

|try2 = McCaw 5' c
Howlett (2) 15' m, 74' m
Kelleher 33' m
Williams 62' m
Carter 65' c

|con2 = Carter (2/6)

|pen2 = Carter (2/3) 26', 43'

|stadium = Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

|attendance = 64,558

|referee = Marius Jonker (South Africa)

}}

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FB	15	Hugo Southwell
RW	14	Nikki Walker
OC	13	Marcus Di Rollo
IC	12	Andrew Henderson	{{suboff\|69}}
LW	11	Simon Webster
FH	10	Chris Paterson	{{suboff\|21}}
SH	9	Chris Cusiter	{{suboff\|59}}
N8	8	David Callam
OF	7	John Barclay
BF	6	Kelly Brown
RL	5	Scott Murray (c)
LL	4	Scott MacLeod	{{suboff\|69}}
TP	3	Craig Smith	{{suboff\|51}}	{{subon\|66}}
HK	2	Scott Lawson	{{suboff\|58}}
LP	1	Alasdair Dickinson		{{suboff\|66}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Fergus Thomson	{{subon\|58}}
PR	17	Gavin Kerr	{{subon\|51}}
LK	18	Jim Hamilton	{{subon\|69}}
FL	19	Ally Hogg
SH	20	Rory Lawson	{{subon\|59}}
FH	21	Dan Parks	{{subon\|21}}
CE	22	Rob Dewey	{{subon\|69}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Frank Hadden

|style="vertical-align:top"|350px

|style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|

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cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
FB	15	Leon MacDonald	{{suboff\|21}}
RW	14	Doug Howlett
OC	13	Conrad Smith	{{suboff\|65}}
IC	12	Luke McAlister
LW	11	Sitiveni Sivivatu
FH	10	Dan Carter
SH	9	Byron Kelleher	{{suboff\|59}}
N8	8	Rodney So'oialo
OF	7	Richie McCaw (c)	{{suboff\|61}}
BF	6	Chris Masoe
RL	5	Ali Williams	{{suboff\|66}}
LL	4	Reuben Thorne
TP	3	Carl Hayman	{{suboff\|65}}
HK	2	Anton Oliver	{{suboff\|59}}
LP	1	Tony Woodcock
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Andrew Hore	{{subon\|59}}
PR	17	Neemia Tialata	{{subon\|65}}
LK	18	Chris Jack	{{subon\|66}}
N8	19	Sione Lauaki	{{subon\|61}}
SH	20	Brendon Leonard	{{subon\|59}}
FH	21	Nick Evans	{{subon\|21}}
CE	22	Isaia Toeava	{{subon\|65}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|NZL}} Graham Henry

width=100%

Man of the Match:

Chris Masoe (New Zealand)

Touch judges:

Dave Pearson (England)

Paul Marks (Australia)

Television match official:

Hugh Watkins (Wales)

Fourth official:

Chris White (England)

Fifth official:

Peter Allan (Scotland)

Note: Doug Howlett's two tries in this match brought his total in internationals to 48, a new try-scoring record for New Zealand.

=Romania vs Portugal=

{{rugbybox

|date = 25 September 2007

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{ru-rt|ROM}}

|score = 14–10

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090324030920/http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10102/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{ru|POR}}

|try1 = Țincu 63' c
Corodeanu 72' c

|con1 = Calafeteanu (1/1)
Dumbravă (1/1)

|try2 = Ferreira 18' c

|con2 = D. Pinto (1/1)

|pen2 = Malheiro (1/1) 69'

|stadium = Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse

|attendance = 35,526

|referee = Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

}}

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FB	15	Iulian Dumitraș
RW	14	Cătălin Nicolae
OC	13	Ionuț Dimofte
IC	12	Romeo Gontineac
LW	11	Cătălin Fercu
FH	10	Dănuț Dumbravă
SH	9	Valentin Calafeteanu	{{suboff\|64}}
N8	8	Ovidiu Tonița (c)	{{suboff\|66}}
OF	7	Florin Corodeanu
BF	6	Alexandru Tudori	{{suboff\|41}}
RL	5	Cristian Petre
LL	4	Cosmin Rațiu
TP	3	Bogdan Bălan	{{suboff\|52}}	{{subon\|63}}
HK	2	Răzvan Mavrodin	{{suboff\|41}}
LP	1	Cezar Popescu		{{suboff\|63}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Marius Țincu	{{subon\|41}}
PR	17	Paulică Ion	{{subon\|52}}
LK	18	Sorin Socol	{{subon\|41}}
LK	19	Valentin Ursache	{{subon\|66}}
SH	20	Lucian Sîrbu	{{subon\|64}}
FB	21	Florin Vlaicu
WG	22	Gabriel Brezoianu
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Daniel Santamans

|style="vertical-align:top"|350px

|style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|

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cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
FB	15	Pedro Leal
RW	14	António Aguilar
OC	13	Miguel Portela
IC	12	Federico Sousa
LW	11	Pedro Carvalho
FH	10	Duarte Cardoso Pinto	{{suboff\|65}}
SH	9	José Pinto	{{suboff\|75}}
N8	8	Tiago Girão
OF	7	João Uva	{{suboff\|76}}
BF	6	Diogo Coutinho
RL	5	David Penalva	{{suboff\|79}}
LL	4	Gonçalo Uva
TP	3	Ruben Spachuck	{{suboff\|52}}
HK	2	Joaquim Ferreira (c)	{{suboff\|70}}
LP	1	Rui Cordeiro
colspan=3\|Replacements:
PR	16	Juan Muré	{{subon\|70}}
PR	17	João Correia	{{subon\|52}}
PR	18	Salvador Palha	{{subon\|79}}
FL	19	Paulo Murinello	{{subon\|76}}
SH	20	Luís Pissarra	{{subon\|75}}
FH	21	Gonçalo Malheiro	{{subon\|65}}
CE	22	Diogo Gama
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|POR}} Tomaz Morais

width=100%

Man of the Match:

Diogo Coutinho (Portugal)

Touch judges:

Carlo Damasco (Italy)

Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Television match official:

Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)

Fourth official:

Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

Fifth official:

Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)

=New Zealand vs Romania=

{{rugbybox

|date = 29 September 2007

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{ru-rt|NZL}}

|score = 85–8

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090324030951/http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10106/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{ru|ROM}}

|try1 = Sivivatu (2) 1' m, 24' c
Masoe 10' c
Rokocoko (3) 15' c, 58' c, 66' c
Evans 18' m
Mauger 37' m
Toeava (2) 47' c, 80+' c
Hore 64' c
Smith 75' c
Howlett 79' c

|con1 = McAlister (4/7)
Evans (6/6)

|try2 = Țincu 31' m

|pen2 = Vlaicu 72'

|stadium = Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse

|attendance = 35,608

|referee = Joël Jutge (France)

}}

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FB	15	Nick Evans
RW	14	Joe Rokocoko
OC	13	Isaia Toeava
IC	12	Aaron Mauger
LW	11	Sitiveni Sivivatu	{{suboff\|61}}
FH	10	Luke McAlister	{{suboff\|55}}
SH	9	Andy Ellis	{{suboff\|59}}
N8	8	Sione Lauaki
OF	7	Chris Masoe	{{suboff\|55}}
BF	6	Jerry Collins (c)
RL	5	Keith Robinson	{{suboff\|55}}
LL	4	Reuben Thorne
TP	3	Greg Somerville
HK	2	Keven Mealamu	{{suboff\|61}}
LP	1	Neemia Tialata
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Andrew Hore	{{subon\|61}}
PR	17	Tony Woodcock
LK	18	Chris Jack	{{subon\|55}}
FL	19	Richie McCaw	{{subon\|55}}
SH	20	Brendon Leonard	{{subon\|59}}
WG	21	Doug Howlett	{{subon\|55}}
CE	22	Conrad Smith	{{subon\|61}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|NZL}} Graham Henry

|style="vertical-align:top"|350px

|style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|

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cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
FB	15	Iulian Dumitraș	{{suboff\|61}}
RW	14	Ștefan Ciuntu
OC	13	Csaba Gál
IC	12	Romeo Gontineac	{{suboff\|70}}
LW	11	Gabriel Brezoianu
FH	10	Ionuț Dimofte
SH	9	Lucian Sîrbu	{{suboff\|62}}
N8	8	Ovidiu Tonița
OF	7	Alexandru Manta	{{suboff\|67}}
BF	6	Florin Corodeanu	{{suboff\|48}}
RL	5	Cristian Petre
LL	4	Sorin Socol (c)
TP	3	Silviu Florea	{{suboff\|53}}	{{subon\|57}}
HK	2	Marius Țincu	{{suboff\|53}}
LP	1	Bogdan Bălan		{{suboff\|57}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Răzvan Mavrodin	{{subon\|53}}
PR	17	Paulică Ion	{{subon\|53}}
LK	18	Valentin Ursache	{{subon\|67}}
N8	19	Cosmin Rațiu	{{subon\|48}}
SH	20	Valentin Calafeteanu	{{subon\|62}}
FB	21	Florin Vlaicu	{{subon\|61}}
CE	22	Robert Cătălin Dascălu	{{subon\|70}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Daniel Santamans

width=100%

Man of the Match:

Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)

Touch judges:

Federico Cuesta (Argentina)

Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)

Television match official:

Paul Marks (Australia)

Fourth official:

Romain Poite (France)

Fifth official:

Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)

=Scotland vs Italy=

{{rugbybox

|date = 29 September 2007

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{ru-rt|SCO}}

|score = 18–16

|report = [http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10109/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{ru|ITA}}

|pen1 = Paterson (6/6) 2', 6', 32', 35', 47', 53'

|try2 = Troncon 13' c

|con2 = Bortolussi (1/1)

|pen2 = Bortolussi (3/6) 18', 56', 62'

|stadium = Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

|attendance = 34,701

|referee = Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

}}

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FB	15	Rory Lamont		{{suboff\|25}}
RW	14	Sean Lamont
OC	13	Simon Webster
IC	12	Rob Dewey		{{suboff\|60}}
LW	11	Chris Paterson
FH	10	Dan Parks
SH	9	Mike Blair		{{suboff\|72}}
N8	8	Simon Taylor
OF	7	Ally Hogg		{{suboff\|70}}
BF	6	Jason White (c)
RL	5	Jim Hamilton		{{suboff\|72}}
LL	4	Nathan Hines	{{yel\|55}}
TP	3	Euan Murray
HK	2	Ross Ford
LP	1	Gavin Kerr		{{suboff\|65}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson
PR	17	Craig Smith		{{subon\|65}}
LK	18	Scott MacLeod		{{subon\|72}}
FL	19	Kelly Brown		{{subon\|70}}
SH	20	Chris Cusiter		{{subon\|72}}
CE	21	Andrew Henderson		{{subon\|60}}
FB	22	Hugo Southwell		{{subon\|25}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Frank Hadden

|style="vertical-align:top"|350px

|style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|

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cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
FB	15	David Bortolussi
RW	14	Kaine Robertson
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Mirco Bergamasco
LW	11	Andrea Masi		{{suboff\|79}}
FH	10	Ramiro Pez
SH	9	Alessandro Troncon (c)
N8	8	Sergio Parisse
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco	{{yel\|8}}
BF	6	Josh Sole
RL	5	Carlo Del Fava
LL	4	Santiago Dellapè
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni			{{suboff\|75}}
HK	2	Carlo Festuccia		{{suboff\|54}}
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini		{{suboff\|49}}	{{subon\|75}}
colspan=3\|Replacements:
HK	16	Fabio Ongaro		{{subon\|54}}
PR	17	Andrea Lo Cicero		{{subon\|49}}
LK	18	Valerio Bernabò
HK	19	Leonardo Ghiraldini
SH	20	Paul Griffen
FH	21	Roland de Marigny
WG	22	Ezio Galon		{{subon\|79}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Pierre Berbizier

Man of the Match:

Dan Parks (Scotland)

Touch judges:

Hugh Watkins (Wales)

Wayne Barnes (England)

Television match official:

Dave Pearson (England)

Fourth official:

Cyril Lafon (France)

Fifth official:

Laurent Valin (France)

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070819114000/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/standings/pool=43/index.html Pool C] at [http://www.rugbyworldcup.com rugbyworldcup.com]

Pool C

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Category:2007–08 in Romanian rugby union

Category:2007–08 in Scottish rugby union

Category:2007 in New Zealand rugby union

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