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73-773: [REDACTED] Look up moli in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Moli may refer to: People [ edit ] Atu Moli (born 1995), New Zealand rugby player Fabio Moli (born 1969), Argentinian boxer Jacob Moli (born 1967), Solomon Islands football player Josias Moli (born 1954), Vanuatuan politician Liaki Moli (born 1990), New Zealand-born Japanese rugby player Malietoa Moli (c. 1790–1860), Samoan king Moli Duru Ambae (born 1968), Australian politician Moli Lesesa (born 1984), Lesotho football player Sam Moli (born 1998), New Zealand rugby player Fictional characters [ edit ] Moli (姆力),

146-586: A Cliven Loubser penalty in the 23rd minute. New Zealand recorded their second victory of the World Cup with a 63–0 victory over Canada at Ōita Stadium . For New Zealand, Brad Weber scored his first two tries in international rugby with the Barrett brothers ( Jordie Barrett , Beauden Barrett and Scott Barrett ) each scoring a try as they became the first trio of brothers to start for New Zealand. New Zealand continued their demolition of their opponents with

219-472: A 17-point half-time deficit against France at Tokyo Stadium , only for France's Camille Lopez to score a game-winning drop goal in the 70th minute to win 23–21. In Sapporo , two tries from Manu Tuilagi helped England to a bonus-point victory over Tonga . England followed that up with a 38-point victory over the United States , with Joe Cokanasiga scoring two tries in the victory; however,

292-643: A 17–3 lead at half-time. Pieter-Steph du Toit scored a converted try to bring the score back to 17–10 but two penalties from Richie Mo'unga and Beauden Barrett sealed the result. In Higashiōsaka , Italy conceded an early try against Namibia before running away with a bonus-point victory by 25 points. Italy earned a second bonus-point victory in Fukuoka, scoring seven tries in a 48–7 demolition of Canada . Over in Toyota, South Africa defeated Namibia by 54 points, scoring nine tries while Namibia could manage only

365-572: A 29–25 win. A second half performance from Fiji at a wet Hanazono Rugby Stadium saw the Fijians record their first win of their 2019 World Cup campaign as they won 45–10 over Georgia. This was partly due to Semi Radradra scoring two tries while also aiding in setting up three more tries as Fiji scored seven tries to one in the bonus-point victory. Another slow start for the Australians in their game with Uruguay did not stop them from recording

438-716: A 31–19 victory over the United States. This was due to the Tongan's using their opportunities with them converting into tries and despite the United States being within striking range with three minutes to go, Telusa Veainu converted the match-winning try and a bonus-point victory for Tonga. At the end of the pool stage, it was England winning the group with France finishing in second place. Pool D opened with Australia beating Fiji by 18 points in Sapporo after Fiji led by two points at half-time. Australia scored four tries in

511-675: A 62-point win over Namibia in Chōfu , with the floodgates opening in the second half after Namibia restricted the All Blacks to 24 points in the first half. Sevu Reece , Ben Smith and Anton Lienert-Brown scoring two tries in the match. Between the two New Zealand games, South Africa romped over Italy with Cheslin Kolbe scoring two tries as the South Africans won 49–3 in Fukuroi . This

584-510: A World Cup since 2003 . In Kumagaya on 29 September, Georgia recorded a 33–7 win over Uruguay. Dominant work by their forwards in the second half laid the foundation for the bonus-point victory. Over in Chōfu, Dan Biggar scored the fastest drop goal in World Cup history as Wales led 23–8 at the half. Two second-half tries from Australia brought the scores to within a point but the Welsh held out for

657-490: A character in the Taiwanese television series Port of Lies  [ zh ] (八尺門的辯護人). Places [ edit ] Moli, Nepal Other [ edit ] E-One Moli Energy Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Myanmar) Moli language (disambiguation) Museum of Literature Ireland See also [ edit ] Moly (disambiguation) Molly (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

730-522: A consequence, it would no longer be completed in time. The fixtures assigned to the stadium were re-located, with the opening match moved to Ajinomoto Stadium and the final moved to Nissan Stadium in Yokohama . The top three teams from the pools at the 2015 World Cup received an automatic spot, with the remaining eight teams coming from the qualifying series around the world. Six of the remaining eight spots available were filled by regional qualifiers with

803-573: A final and a third-place playoff. Following a tie in regulation time, two 10-minute periods of extra time would be used to determine a winner. If the scores are tied at the end of extra time, an additional 10-minute "sudden death" period is played, with the first team to score any points being declared the winner. If the score remains tied at the end of extra time, a kicking competition would ensue. The first two quarter-finals were played on Saturday. The first quarter-final saw England defeat Australia 40–16 at Ōita Stadium. Two tries from Jonny May , plus

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876-595: A recall in 2019 after a spell of injury and made their team for the 2019 Rugby World Cup . Moli was born in the North Island town of Gisborne, but attended Marlborough Boys' College in the South Island town of Blenheim . He is of Tongan descent. While attending college, he represented Marlborough at under 16 and Tasman at under 18 level before moving to Waikato after graduation and representing them at under 19 level. Moli debuted for Waikato during

949-494: A red card, which forced Argentina down to 14 men as he was forced off due to a high tackle on Owen Farrell's head. France later joined them in qualifying for the knockout stage with a two-point victory over Tonga at Kumamoto Stadium . After conceding the first 17 points of the match, Tonga came back into the match with tries from Sonatane Takulua and Mali Hingano to close the gap to only three points before Romain Ntamack gave

1022-430: A representative randomly draw a ball from a pot; the first drawn ball went to Pool A, the second Pool B, the third Pool C and the fourth Pool D. Each team submitted a squad of 31 players for the tournament, the same as the 2015 tournament. These squads were to be submitted to World Rugby with the deadline being 8 September with the United States being the last team to reveal their squad on 6 September. World Rugby named

1095-538: A win over the South Americans, with Tevita Kuridrani and Dane Haylett-Petty each getting two tries in the 35-point victory at Ōita Stadium. Four days later at the same stadium, Fiji got off to a 10–0 lead with the tries coming from Josua Tuisova and Kini Murimurivalu within eight minutes. Fiji held their lead until the 31st minute when Josh Adams scored his second try of three for the match. Wales increased their lead from there to win 29–17, qualifying for

1168-404: Is a single round-robin of 10 games, in which each team plays one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams are awarded four league points for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat. A team scoring four tries in a match is awarded a bonus point, as is a team that loses by seven points or fewer – both bonus points are awarded if both situations apply. The teams finishing in

1241-742: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Atu Moli Atunaisa Moli (born 12 June 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a Prop for the Force in Super Rugby . He has represented the New Zealand national rugby union team the All Blacks . Starting his career as a Tighthead Prop, Moli converted to Loosehead Prop during his professional career. Moli made his debut for New Zealand in 2017, earning

1314-668: The 2002 FIFA World Cup Final and Niigata 's Denka Big Swan Stadium , also a World Cup venue, decided not to bid. Several changes to the venues submitted in the JRFU's original 2009 bid were made. The JRFU's own Chichibunomiya Stadium in Tokyo , suitable for smaller interest games in the capital, was not included in the plan. The JRFU selected the larger and more modern 50,000-seat Nagai multi-purpose stadium as its preferred venue for games in Osaka , though East Osaka City, which had taken over

1387-529: The 2015 ITM Cup in a match against Tasman on 14 August after starring as a school boy. Hindered by a foot injury, he only played 6 games during his first season of provincial level rugby, 2 of which were from the start. 2016 again saw him make 6 appearances, this time however, they were all from the start as he began to make the number 1 jersey his own. In 2019 Moli made his debut for Tasman against Manawatu at Lansdowne Park in Blenheim . Moli missed

1460-834: The 2020 Mitre 10 Cup with injury as the Mako went on to win their second premiership title in a row. He played for the Mako during the 2021 Bunnings NPC but again suffered an injury before the end of the season. After just 6 games at provincial level, Moli made the Chiefs Super Rugby squad for the 2016 Super Rugby season , debuting in a match against the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth . A season ending injury to Nepo Laulala meant that he received more game time during his debut season than he might have otherwise expected, playing 10 times and scoring 1 try. He

1533-569: The Hanazono Rugby Stadium from long-time corporate owners Kintetsu in April 2015, submitted a joint bid with Osaka Municipality, intending to refurbish the stadium. Kamaishi , Hamamatsu , Kyoto , Ōita , Nagasaki and Kumamoto were also not part of the JRFU's bid. While the bids included venues from a broad area of Japan, two areas were not involved in hosting: Hokushin'etsu ( Hokuriku and Kōshin'etsu regions ), which includes

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1606-460: The 18 turnovers that the Australians conceded and led to two more being scored by England, sealed the result that prompted Michael Cheika to resign as Australian coach. The following match saw New Zealand book their spot in the semi-finals, with the All Blacks cruising to a 46–14 win over Ireland at Tokyo Stadium. Aaron Smith scored two of the All Blacks' seven tries, with the Irish only getting on

1679-550: The 2019 tournament of interest to nine nations. Russia initially announced plans to bid for both events, but withdrew both in February 2009 in favour of what proved to be a successful bid for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens . Australia withdrew from the bidding process on 6 May 2009. The three potential hosts – Italy, Japan and South Africa – were announced on 8 May 2009. At a special meeting held in Dublin on 28 July 2009,

1752-520: The 27th minute due to a possible rib injury, which added to the Irish back row pain after losing Jack Conan earlier in the tournament. Japan recorded their third victory over Samoa in Toyota with a 85th minute try from Kotaro Matsushima sealing the Japanese a 38–19 bonus point victory. Russia in the final match of the tournament was hammered by Scotland 61–0 with George Horne scoring a hat-trick as

1825-484: The 28-23 win. In 2019, Moli was recalled into the All Blacks squad, named to play Argentina at Jose Amalfitani Stadium (Estadio Velez Sarsfield) in Buenos Aires on Saturday 20 July as part of The Rugby Championship . He made his test debut in the 60th minute of the game, replacing Ofa Tu'ungafasi . With experienced props, Karl Tu'inukuafe and Owen Franks , axed from the team, Moli also earned an appearance off

1898-476: The All Blacks coaches had to seek more depth for the end of year tour. This meant that after starting in a 31-22 loss against the All Blacks for the Barbarians coached by Robbie Deans on 4 November, Moli joined the All Blacks squad again, making his debut for New Zealand against a French side 10 days later, replacing Tim Perry with 23 minutes left. Moli was one of six players to make their All Blacks debut in

1971-762: The All Blacks to the World Cup title in 2015 , performed a ceremonial handover of the Webb Ellis Cup . Six jet aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force 's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flew over the stadium. Kiyoe Yoshioka of Japanese pop-rock band Ikimono-gakari sang World in Union , the official song of the Rugby World Cup. The tournament was officially declared open by Fumihito, Prince Akishino of Japan; both he and World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont gave speeches at

2044-466: The French's third, giving them a 19–10 lead at the break. Nine minutes into the second half, France went down to 14 men with Sébastien Vahaamahina being red-carded for an elbow to Aaron Wainwright as Wales went on to win the match 20–19 with a 74th minute try to Ross Moriarty . In the last quarter-final match, it was South Africa who claimed a 26–3 win over Japan with Makazole Mapimpi scoring two tries in

2117-671: The IRB confirmed that England would be hosts in 2015 and Japan in 2019, with the approval of the tournament organisers Rugby World Cup Ltd (RWC Ltd), going in favour 16–10. The IRB (which was renamed World Rugby in November 2014), RWC Ltd, the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) and host organisers Japan 2019 went through a process of asking for expressions of interest and meeting with and explaining game hosting requirements to interested parties from late 2013. In May 2014, it

2190-488: The Kiwis lifted the title in 2015 with a 21-16 victory over England in the final. Moli was selected as a non playing "Apprentice" in the All Blacks squad for the 2017 Rugby Championship . Moli was only the third New Zealander to be selected for the All Blacks as an apprentice, following Ardie Savea who was an apprentice in 2013 and Jordie Barrett who held the title in 2016. After injuries to Joe Moody and Owen Franks ,

2263-511: The Namibia–Canada game, it was confirmed that the matches between Wales and Uruguay and the United States and Tonga would go ahead as scheduled. By noon on 12 October, it was confirmed that the match between Japan and Scotland was unaffected by the typhoon and would take place as scheduled, in front of spectators who had previously feared that they might have missed out with the game played behind closed doors. In line with tournament rules,

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2336-498: The Pool B meeting between New Zealand and Italy and the Pool C meeting between England and France had been cancelled. The decisions had been made on safety grounds with considerations on the expected impact the typhoon would have on Tokyo, including likely public transport shutdown or disruption. This was the first ever occasion any Rugby World Cup match had been cancelled. Decision on cancellation of pool games scheduled for 13 October

2409-678: The Scots became the first team in World Cup history to not concede a point from two consecutive World Cup matches. A red card to Bundee Aki in the 29th minute forced Ireland to go down to 14 men but that was the only blemish with Ireland winning 47–5 over Samoa in Fukuoka . Johnny Sexton scoring two tries for the Irish. The typhoon saw the Japan–Scotland match under threat with the Scottish Rugby Union demanding legal action if it

2482-577: The World Cup with a 34–0 whitewash victory over Samoa in muggy conditions in Kobe , with Samoan captain Jack Lam stating that the rugby ball was "a bar of soap." Three days later, Kobe Misaki Stadium held another match in Pool A – this time it was Ireland, who whitewashed their opponents (Russia) in a 35–0 victory with five different players getting tries for the Irish. The Irish though, did not have everything go right with Jordi Murphy being subbed off in

2555-435: The additional two spots being filled in play-off . Qualifying was split into five regional groups; Africa , Americas , Asia , Europe and Oceania . On 1 July 2017, the United States became the first team to qualify after defeating Canada in the two-leg match to qualify as America 1. The following two weeks saw Fiji and Tonga booking their spots as Oceania 1 and 2 respectively. Samoa later confirmed their spot as

2628-573: The bench against Australia during a 26-47 loss. In August 2019, Moli was named in the All Blacks squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup . Moli earned his first start for the All Blacks in the sides 63-0 win over Canada, lasting the whole 80 minutes of the test. Moli played one more test during the competition, coming off the bench against Wales in the Bronze Final, with New Zealand winning 40-17 to claim third place. 2019 Rugby World Cup The 2019 Rugby World Cup ( Japanese : ラグビーワールドカップ2019 )

2701-479: The bench in a 40-19 win for the side - however that was the only match he played during the 2021 Super Rugby season . Moli represented New Zealand Schools in 2013 and was a member of the New Zealand Under 20 teams which competed in the 2014 and 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championships . He appeared 5 times as New Zealand finished third in 2014 and made another 5 appearances, this time as captain as

2774-443: The board in the 69th minute from a Robbie Henshaw converted try. A penalty try was then added seven minutes later. The other two quarter-finals were played the following day. In the opening match, France got off to an early 12–0 lead with Sébastien Vahaamahina and Charles Ollivon both scoring tries in the first eight minutes. Aaron Wainwright opened the Welsh account with a try in the 12th minute before Virimi Vakatawa scored

2847-430: The canceled pool matches were declared as drawn, the points being shared two each with no score registered. With these cancellations, France were unable to compete for the top pool position (held by England at the time), with a victory to secure that place. For Italy, however, the cancellation effectively eliminated them from the tournament; a victory against defending champions New Zealand could have seen them qualify for

2920-525: The cancellation of the Namibia–Canada game in Kamaishi. The decision was made following a level 5 evacuation order in the city on the day of the match following the typhoon. Canada's national team stayed in Kamaishi to help out local residents with their cleanup efforts. The Namibia national team interacted with fans in the campsite Miyako City . Shortly after the announcement of the cancellation of

2993-652: The city of Niigata; and the Chūgoku region , which includes Hiroshima and the nearby island of Shikoku . No city in Chūgoku hosted games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup , but Hiroshima did host games in the 2006 FIBA World Championship . The new National Stadium in Tokyo being constructed for the 2020 Summer Olympics was expected to be the primary venue of the tournament. However, the original plans were scrapped and rebid in 2015 due to criticism over its design and increasing costs. As

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3066-558: The cushion that France needed with two penalties in eight minutes giving France the victory. Argentina became the first team to finish their matches of the 2019 World Cup, with a 47–17 victory over the United States in Kumagaya. Joaquín Tuculet and Juan Cruz Mallia each scored two tries in the meeting, their first since 2003. After the England–France game was cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis, Tonga ended their World Cup campaign with

3139-531: The eligibility rules and were deducted points which meant Russia qualified for the World Cup while Germany headed to the play-off against Samoa. In August, Namibia became the final team to qualify from the continental tournaments after defeating Kenya in the final round of the Rugby Africa Gold Cup . The final spot was decided by a repechage tournament in Marseille in November 2018, which

3212-439: The end of the ceremony, with Beaumont saying: "Over the next six weeks we will experience the very best of rugby and the very best of Japan as excitement sweeps this great nation. I know Japan will be the most welcoming of hosts, you are the best. The waiting is over and the stage is set. It’s now over to the teams and the fans to make this the best World Cup ever." The 20 teams are divided into four pools of five teams. Each pool

3285-412: The field through injuries in the 21st minute. During the first half the only points scored were from penalties, with South Africa leading 12–6 at half time after several handling errors by England. England came close to scoring a try, but did not manage to score after 26 phases. Two more successful penalties on either side made the score 18–12 at the beginning of the second half. Makazole Mapimpi scored

3358-464: The first try in the 66th minute, making South Africa's lead 25–12 after the conversion while becoming the first Springbok to score a try in a World Cup final. Cheslin Kolbe followed up with another try eight minutes later, making the final score 32–12. On 10 October, World Rugby and the Japan Rugby 2019 Organising Committee announced that, due to the predicted weather caused by Typhoon Hagibis,

3431-511: The following 12 referees, seven assistant referees and four television match officials to handle the 48 matches: The opening ceremony took place at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on 20 September 2019 at 18:30 ( JST ). The ceremony featured a showcase of traditional and modern Japanese culture , as well as the culture of rugby union, and told the story of the evolution of rugby union in Japan. New Zealand's Richie McCaw , who captained

3504-506: The footage distributed to rights holders. IGBS used production resources from traditional rugby nations such as Australia, France, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom . Japanese broadcaster NHK covered selected games in 8K resolution , using a combination of nine 8K cameras and up-converted 4K resolution footage from IGBS. The International Broadcast Centre was located outside Ajinomoto Stadium. World Rugby streamed

3577-475: The game, allowing Pollard to kick the winning points and book South Africa a spot in the final. The bronze medal was won by New Zealand in a convincing win over Wales. England started as favourites for the final, but they had an unfortunate start to the game as Kyle Sinckler was substituted in the third minute after colliding with Maro Itoje , leaving England with only one tighthead prop. South Africa tight forwards Bongi Mbonambi and Lood de Jager left

3650-499: The half, the All Blacks responded in the 57th minute to close the gap to six points with a converted try from Ardie Savea , but two later penalties in the 63rd and the 69th confirmed England's spot in the final. The second semi-final was also played in Yokohama, as the 67,750 spectators in attendance saw South Africa take on Wales for a spot against England in the final. South Africa took a 9–6 lead into half-time, but Biggar levelled

3723-472: The knock-out stage, dependent on the margin of the win. This also had implications on whether South Africa finished top of their pool or as runners-up, having already confirmed their progression to the quarter-finals. For the first time, the domestic rights holder did not serve as the host broadcaster of the tournament. Instead, International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS), a joint venture between Host Broadcast Services (HBS) and IMG , handled production of

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3796-399: The margin back to 16 with two tries of their own. After Typhoon Mitag almost cancelled the match, the French were inconsistent with errors keeping the United States in the match before three late tries in the second half secured a 33–9 win in Fukuoka. In Chōfu, England qualified for the quarter-finals with a 39–10 victory over Argentina with Argentinean player Tomás Lavanini being shown

3869-480: The match was soured by the first red card of the tournament, shown to the United States' John Quill for a shoulder charge to the head of England's Owen Farrell . Argentina bounced back from their defeat by France with a 28–12 victory over Tonga in Higashiōsaka; all of Argentina's scoring happened in the first 28 minutes, including a hat-trick from Julián Montoya as they raced to a 28-point lead before Tonga brought

3942-758: The pool. The opening match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup was played in Pool A with Japan scoring a 30–10 win over Russia . Kotaro Matsushima became the first Japanese player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup. For the Russian side, Kirill Golosnitsky scored the first try of the tournament after four minutes – the fastest try ever scored in the opening match of a World Cup. Two days later, Ireland defeated Scotland 27–3. On 24 September, Samoa played their first match against Russia in Kumagaya , and Samoa went on to win 34–9. Four days later, hosts Japan defeated Ireland 19–12, scoring four out of six penalties. While it

4015-497: The quarter-finals with Australia. The penultimate match of Pool D saw Australia outlast a tough Georgia in difficult conditions in Fukuroi, as they won 27–8. Wales finished undefeated with a 35–13 win over Uruguay at Kumamoto Stadium to record a bonus-point victory and set up a quarter-final with France while Australia came in second. The knockout stage of the Rugby World Cup consisted of three single-elimination rounds leading to

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4161-476: The scores with a penalty kick six minutes into the second half. Damian de Allende then scored the first try of the match in the 57th minute, fending off two Welsh tacklers to score from 20 metres out. Wales again equalised thanks to Josh Adams scoring down the short side from an attacking scrum on the South African five-metre line; however, they were penalised for collapsing a maul with five minutes left in

4234-502: The second half for the bonus point. Wales beat Georgia 43–14 at City of Toyota Stadium , after leading 29–0 at half-time and 22–0 after three tries in the first 19 minutes. In Kamaishi , Fiji scored the opening try against Uruguay . Two mistakes within eight minutes gave Teros the lead before a try from Juan Manuel Cat enhanced it to 12 points at half-time. Three Fijian tries in the second half were to no avail as two penalty goals from Felipe Berchesi gave Uruguay their first win in

4307-510: The third Oceanic team with a win over Germany in a two-legged tie the following year. In January 2018, Uruguay became the fourth team to qualify with a 10-point victory over Canada across the two legs to book a spot as Americas 2. In March, Romania initially qualified to take the spot as Europe 1. But after complaints from the Spanish into an investigation of ineligible players, it was deemed that Romania, Spain and Belgium all broke

4380-416: The title after losing a match in the pool stage. The defending champions, New Zealand, finished third after defeating Wales in the bronze final. The International Rugby Board (IRB) requested that any members wishing to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup and/or the 2019 event should indicate their interest by 15 August 2008, though no details had to be provided at that stage. A record 10 unions responded, with

4453-436: The top two of each pool advance to the quarter-finals. The top three teams of each pool received automatic qualification to the 2023 Rugby World Cup . If two or more teams are tied on match points, the following tiebreakers apply: If three teams were tied on points, the above criteria would be used to decide first place in the pool and then the criteria would be used again (starting from criterion 1) to decide second place in

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4526-411: The tournament on its website for unsold markets. Sport24 was the rights holder for in-flight/in-ship broadcast. In South Africa, pay television channel SuperSport had broadcasting rights. To enable the whole country to watch, the free-to-air South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) broadcast the final after they reached an agreement with MultiChoice . ^1 Typhoon Hagibis caused

4599-400: The traditional Tier 1 rugby nations. The tournament saw the first cancellation of matches at the Rugby World Cup with Typhoon Hagibis affecting three matches due to the expected impact on safety that the typhoon would have. South Africa beat England 32−12 in the final to claim their third title, equalling New Zealand 's record. In doing so, South Africa became the first team to win

4672-422: The victory. In the first semi-final, England took on New Zealand in front of 68,843 spectators in Yokohama. In response to New Zealand's haka, England's players stood in a V-shape formation, for which they were later fined having crossed the halfway line. England scored the opening points of the game in the second minute with a try from Manu Tuilagi, converted by Owen Farrell. After two penalties on either side of

4745-424: Was an upset win for Japan, World Rugby later admitted three of the four offside penalties were incorrectly awarded to Japan. Kenki Fukuoka scored a try in the 58th minute to give Japan a two-point lead after Ireland's Garry Ringrose and Rob Kearney had scored the opening two tries. Yu Tamura 's conversion and fourth successful penalty kick sealed the result for Japan. Scotland recorded their first victory of

4818-449: Was announced that 22 municipal and prefectural organisations across Japan had expressed interest. Those organisations were asked to enter formal bids by 31 October 2014. On 5 November, organisers announced that 14 bids had been received. Hong Kong and Singapore had expressed interest in hosting some of the matches and were included in Japan's bid, but were not among the 14 stadiums announced in 2014. Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, venue for

4891-524: Was cancelled. But after an inspection deemed the match to go ahead, Japan held their nerve against a fast-finishing Scotland to take home a 28–21 victory with Kenki Fukuoka scoring two tries. The win saw Japan become the first Tier 2 team to qualify since 2007 , as they topped the group while Ireland finished in second place. Pool B started with New Zealand beating South Africa 23–13. New Zealand opened their scoring with two tries in four minutes from George Bridge and Scott Barrett giving New Zealand

4964-548: Was followed by a 66–7 victory over Canada with Cobus Reinach scoring the fastest hat-trick in World Cup history, with his three tries being scored in a space of 11 minutes. The final two matches of the group were not played as Typhoon Hagibis saw the cancellation of the New Zealand–Italy and Namibia–Canada matches. At the end of the pool stage, New Zealand finished on top of the table with South Africa finishing second. Pool C's opening match saw Argentina come back from

5037-432: Was made on the day of the game, including the match between Japan and Scotland . On the evening of 12 October Japan Standard Time (JST), World Rugby and the Japan 2019 Organising Committee released a statement that they had advised Namibia and Canada of the possibility of their game being cancelled, with the typhoon predicted to impact Kamaishi. On 13 October, World Rugby and the Japan 2019 Organising Committee announced

5110-606: Was retained by the side for the 2017 Super Rugby season . Moli missed the whole 2018 Super Rugby season due to a leg injury. He forced his way back into the first choice team during the 2019 Super Rugby season , establishing himself as one of the Chiefs best performers during the season. After over a year injured Moli returned to the Chiefs side in Round 2 of the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition, coming off

5183-440: Was retained with the 12 automatic qualifiers from 2015 being allocated to their respective bands based on their World Rugby Rankings on the day of the draw: The remaining two bands were made up of the eight qualifying teams, with allocation to each band being based on the previous Rugby World Cup playing strength: This meant the 20 teams, qualified and qualifiers, were seeded thus (world ranking as of 10 May 2017): The draw saw

5256-607: Was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup , the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It was hosted in Japan from 20 September to 2 November in 12 venues all across the country. The opening match was played at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chōfu, Tokyo , with the final match being held at International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama . This was the first time that the tournament had taken place in Asia and outside

5329-453: Was won by Canada after winning all three of their games. The pool draw took place on 10 May 2017, in Kyoto. The draw was moved from its traditional place of December in the year following the previous World Cup, after the November internationals, so that nations had a longer period of time to increase their world rankings ahead of the draw. The seeding system from previous Rugby World Cups

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