2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool A
- 2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool A
Pool A of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 8 September and was completed on 30 September. The pool was comprised of 2003 World Cup winners England, as well as Samoa, South Africa, Tonga and United States.
Pool A threw up few surprises, with both South Africa and England qualifying for the quarter-finals, as expected. Third place went to Tonga, who beat the USA and South Pacific neighbours, Samoa, to secure a place in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Tonga also gave the eventual champions a close run, losing by less than a try. Both South Africa and England went on to reach the final of the tournament, which South Africa won by 15 points to 6.
Notes
* Takudzwa Ngwenya's try, which he scored from his own half after faking out Bryan Habana and running past him, was named the Try of the Year in international rugby at the 2007 IRB Awards.[cite news|url=http://www.irb.com/history/awards/newsid=2020608.html#habana+named+irb+player+year |title=Habana named IRB Player of the Year |author=Rugby News Service |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=2007-10-21 |accessdate=2007-10-21] ]
*Thretton Palamo became the youngest player ever to appear in the Rugby World Cup, at age 19 years 8 days. The previous record was held by Federico Méndez of ru|ARG, who appeared in the 1991 Rugby World Cup at 19 years 54 days. [cite web|url=http://en.rugbyworldcup.com/home/news/newsid=2003478.html#thretton+takes+milestone+stride |title=Thretton takes milestone in his stride |author=Fitzpatrick, Joel, Rugby News Service |publisher=Rugby World Cup |date=2007-09-05 |accessdate=2007-10-19] Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/standings/pool=41/index.html Pool A] at [http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/ rugbyworldcup.com]
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