2015 Rugby World Cup knockout stage

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The knockout stage of the 2015 Rugby World Cup began on 17 October with two quarter-finals and concluded on 31 October with the final at Twickenham Stadium in London with all matches played over the course of three consecutive weekends.[1][2][3]

Qualified teams

Australia went unbeaten to finish in first place in Pool A, with Wales in second place. In Pool B, South Africa finished top despite losing their opening match against Japan,[4] ahead of Scotland in second place. New Zealand also went unbeaten as winners of Pool C, with Argentina in second. Pool D was topped by Northern Hemisphere teams, with Ireland coming first and France in second.[5][6]

Pool Winners Runners-up
A  Australia  Wales
B  South Africa  Scotland
C  New Zealand  Argentina
D  Ireland  France

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
17 October – Twickenham Stadium        
  South Africa  23
24 October – Twickenham Stadium
  Wales  19  
  South Africa  18
17 October – Millennium Stadium
      New Zealand  20  
  New Zealand  62
31 October – Twickenham Stadium
  France  13  
  New Zealand  34
18 October – Millennium Stadium    
    Australia  17
  Ireland  20
25 October – Twickenham Stadium
  Argentina  43  
  Argentina  15 Third place
18 October – Twickenham Stadium
      Australia  29   30 October – Olympic Stadium
  Australia  35
  South Africa  24
  Scotland  34  
  Argentina  13
 

Quarter-finals

South Africa vs Wales

17 October 2015
16:00 BST (UTC+01)
South Africa  23–19  Wales
Try: Du Preez 75' m
Con: Pollard (0/1)
Pen: Pollard (5/7) 9', 13', 17', 21', 62'
Drop: Pollard 52'
 Report Try: G. Davies 18' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 19'
Pen: Biggar (3/4) 15', 47', 64'
Drop: Biggar 40'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 79,572
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
South Africa
Wales
FB 15Willie le Roux
RW 14JP Pietersen
OC 13Jesse Kriel  68'
IC 12Damian de Allende
LW 11Bryan Habana
FH 10Handré Pollard  77'
SH 9 Fourie du Preez (c)
N8 8 Duane Vermeulen
OF 7 Schalk Burger
BF 6 Francois Louw  68'
RL 5 Lood de Jager
LL 4 Eben Etzebeth  68'
TP 3 Frans Malherbe  61'
HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis 12' to 24'  56'
LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira  57'
Replacements:
HK 16Adriaan Strauss  12'  24'  56'
PR 17Trevor Nyakane  57'
PR 18Jannie du Plessis  61'
LK 19Pieter-Steph du Toit  68'
FL 20Willem Alberts  68'
SH 21Ruan Pienaar
FH 22Pat Lambie  77'
CE 23Jan Serfontein  68'
Coach:
South Africa Heyneke Meyer
FB 15Gareth Anscombe
RW 14Alex Cuthbert
OC 13Tyler Morgan  68'
IC 12Jamie Roberts
LW 11George North
FH 10Dan Biggar  74'
SH 9 Gareth Davies  71'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Sam Warburton (c)
BF 6 Dan Lydiate  68'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Luke Charteris  64'
TP 3 Samson Lee  56'
HK 2 Scott Baldwin  57'
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins  56'
Replacements:
HK 16Ken Owens  57'
PR 17Paul James  56'
PR 18Tomas Francis  56'
LK 19Bradley Davies  64'
FL 20Justin Tipuric  68'
SH 21Lloyd Williams  71'
FH 22Rhys Priestland  74'
CE 23James Hook  68'
Coach:
New Zealand Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Schalk Burger (South Africa)

Touch judges:
George Clancy (Ireland)
JP Doyle (England)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

New Zealand vs France

17 October 2015
20:00 BST (UTC+01)
New Zealand  62–13  France
Try: Retallick 11' c
Milner-Skudder 23' c
Savea (3) 29' c, 38' m, 59' c
Kaino 50' m
Read 64' c
Kerr-Barlow (2) 68' c, 71' c
Con: Carter (7/9) 12', 25', 31', 60', 65', 68', 72'
Pen: Carter (1/1) 7'
 Report Try: Picamoles 36' c
Con: Parra (1/1) 37'
Pen: Spedding (1/1) 9'
Parra (1/2) 15'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 71,619
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
New Zealand
France
FB 15Ben Smith
RW 14Nehe Milner-Skudder  40'
OC 13Conrad Smith  52'
IC 12Ma'a Nonu
LW 11Julian Savea
FH 10Dan Carter
SH 9 Aaron Smith  65'
N8 8 Kieran Read
OF 7 Richie McCaw (c)  69'
BF 6 Jerome Kaino  65'
RL 5 Sam Whitelock
LL 4 Brodie Retallick
TP 3 Owen Franks  51'
HK 2 Dane Coles  60'
LP 1 Wyatt Crockett  25'
Replacements:
HK 16Keven Mealamu  60'
PR 17Joe Moody  25'
PR 18Charlie Faumuina  51'
N8 19Victor Vito  65'
FL 20Sam Cane  69'
SH 21Tawera Kerr-Barlow  65'
FH 22Beauden Barrett  40'
CE 23Sonny Bill Williams  52'
Coach:
New Zealand Steve Hansen
FB 15Scott Spedding
RW 14Noa Nakaitaci
OC 13Alexandre Dumoulin  61'
IC 12Wesley Fofana
LW 11Brice Dulin
FH 10Frédéric Michalak  12'
SH 9 Morgan Parra  69'
N8 8 Louis Picamoles 47' to 57'  72'
OF 7 Bernard Le Roux
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL 5 Yoann Maestri
LL 4 Pascal Papé  48'
TP 3 Rabah Slimani  61'
HK 2 Guilhem Guirado  57'
LP 1 Eddy Ben Arous  61'
Replacements:
HK 16Dimitri Szarzewski  57'
PR 17Vincent Debaty  61'
PR 18Nicolas Mas  61'
N8 19Damien Chouly  72'
FL 20Yannick Nyanga  48'
SH 21Rory Kockott  69'
FH 22Rémi Tales  12'
CE 23Mathieu Bastareaud  61'
Coach:
France Philippe Saint-André

Man of the Match:
Julian Savea (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
John Lacey (Ireland)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Notes:

Ireland vs Argentina

18 October 2015
13:00 BST (UTC+01)
Ireland  20–43  Argentina
Try: Fitzgerald 26' c
Murphy 44' c
Con: Madigan (2/2) 27', 45'
Pen: Madigan (2/4) 20', 53'
 Report Try: Moroni 3' c
Imhoff (2) 10' c, 73' c
Tuculet 69' c
Con: Sánchez (4/4) 5', 10', 70', 74'
Pen: Sánchez (5/6) 13', 22', 51', 64', 77'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,316
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Ireland
Argentina
FB 15Rob Kearney
RW 14Tommy Bowe  13'
OC 13Keith Earls
IC 12Robbie Henshaw
LW 11Dave Kearney
FH 10Ian Madigan
SH 9 Conor Murray  70'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip (c)
OF 7 Chris Henry
BF 6 Jordi Murphy  70'
RL 5 Iain Henderson  71'
LL 4 Devin Toner
TP 3 Mike Ross  51'
HK 2 Rory Best  66'
LP 1 Cian Healy  51'
Replacements:
HK 16Richardt Strauss  66'
PR 17Jack McGrath  51'
PR 18Nathan White  51'
LK 19Donnacha Ryan  71'
FL 20Rhys Ruddock  70'
SH 21Eoin Reddan  70'
FH 22Paddy Jackson
WG 23Luke Fitzgerald  13'
Coach:
New Zealand Joe Schmidt
FB 15Joaquín Tuculet
RW 14Santiago Cordero
OC 13Matías Moroni  68'
IC 12Juan Martín Hernández
LW 11Juan Imhoff
FH 10Nicolás Sánchez
SH 9 Martín Landajo  53'
N8 8 Leonardo Senatore  23'  28'  51'
OF 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
BF 6 Pablo Matera
RL 5 Tomás Lavanini
LL 4 Guido Petti Pagadizábal  60'
TP 3 Ramiro Herrera 17' to 27'  72'
HK 2 Agustín Creevy (c)  56'
LP 1 Marcos Ayerza  68'
Replacements:
HK 16Julián Montoya  56'
PR 17Lucas Noguera Paz  68'
PR 18Juan Pablo Orlandi  23'  28'  72'
LK 19Matías Alemanno  60'
N8 20Facundo Isa  51'
SH 21Tomás Cubelli  53'
CE 22Jerónimo de la Fuente  68'
FB 23Lucas González Amorosino
Coach:
Argentina Daniel Hourcade

Man of the Match:
Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

Australia vs Scotland

18 October 2015
16:00 BST (UTC+01)
Australia  35–34  Scotland
Try: Ashley-Cooper 9' m
Mitchell (2) 30' m, 43' c
Hooper 40' m
Kuridrani 64' c
Con: Foley (2/5) 44', 65'
Pen: Foley (2/2) 54', 80'
 Report Try: Horne 18' c
Seymour 59' m
Bennett 74' c
Con: Laidlaw (2/3) 19', 75'
Pen: Laidlaw (5/5) 14', 21', 34', 47', 69'
Australia
Scotland
FB 15Kurtley Beale
RW 14Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC 13Tevita Kuridrani
IC 12Matt Giteau
LW 11Drew Mitchell
FH 10Bernard Foley
SH 9 Will Genia  71'
N8 8 Ben McCalman
OF 7 Michael Hooper
BF 6 Scott Fardy
RL 5 Rob Simmons  66'
LL 4 Kane Douglas
TP 3 Sekope Kepu  54'
HK 2 Stephen Moore (c)  62'
LP 1 Scott Sio  51'
Replacements:
HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau  62'
PR 17James Slipper  51'
PR 18Greg Holmes  54'
LK 19Dean Mumm  66'
FL 20Sean McMahon
SH 21Nick Phipps  71'
CE 22Matt Toomua
FH 23Quade Cooper
Coach:
Australia Michael Cheika
FB 15Stuart Hogg
RW 14Sean Maitland 42' to 52'
OC 13Mark Bennett
IC 12Peter Horne  71'
LW 11Tommy Seymour  63'
FH 10Finn Russell
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)
N8 8 David Denton
OF 7 John Hardie
BF 6 Blair Cowan  67'
RL 5 Jonny Gray  67'
LL 4 Richie Gray
TP 3 WP Nel  75'
HK 2 Ross Ford  54'
LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson  47'
Replacements:
HK 16Fraser Brown  54'
PR 17Gordon Reid  47'
PR 18Jon Welsh  75'
LK 19Tim Swinson  67'
N8 20Josh Strauss  67'
SH 21Henry Pyrgos
CE 22Richie Vernon  71'
WG 23Sean Lamont  63'
Coach:
New Zealand Vern Cotter

Man of the Match:
Matt Giteau (Australia)

Touch judges:
Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

Semi-finals

This was the first Rugby World Cup where no Northern Hemisphere team reached the semi-finals.[15] The semi-final line-up consisted of the four Rugby Championship teams: New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Australia. Both matches were played at Twickenham which was also used for the same stage back in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

South Africa vs New Zealand

24 October 2015
16:00 BST (UTC+01)
South Africa  18–20  New Zealand
Pen: Pollard (5/5) 3', 11', 21', 39', 58'
Lambie (1/1) 69'
 Report Try: Kaino 6' c
Barrett 52' c
Con: Carter (2/2) 9', 53'
Pen: Carter (1/2) 60'
Drop: Carter 46'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,090
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
South Africa
New Zealand
FB 15Willie le Roux
RW 14JP Pietersen
OC 13Jesse Kriel
IC 12Damian de Allende  79'
LW 11Bryan Habana 52' to 62'
FH 10Handré Pollard  65'
SH 9 Fourie du Preez (c)
N8 8 Duane Vermeulen
OF 7 Schalk Burger  64'
BF 6 Francois Louw 29' to 35'
RL 5 Lood de Jager  60'
LL 4 Eben Etzebeth
TP 3 Frans Malherbe  60'
HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis  53'
LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira  53'
Replacements:
HK 16Adriaan Strauss  53'
PR 17Trevor Nyakane  53'
PR 18Jannie du Plessis  60'
LK 19Victor Matfield  60'
FL 20Willem Alberts  29'  35'  64'
SH 21Ruan Pienaar
FH 22Pat Lambie  65'
CE 23Jan Serfontein  79'
Coach:
South Africa Heyneke Meyer
FB 15Ben Smith
RW 14Nehe Milner-Skudder  49'
OC 13Conrad Smith
IC 12Ma'a Nonu  52'
LW 11Julian Savea
FH 10Dan Carter
SH 9 Aaron Smith
N8 8 Kieran Read
OF 7 Richie McCaw (c)
BF 6 Jerome Kaino 39' to 49'  67'
RL 5 Sam Whitelock
LL 4 Brodie Retallick
TP 3 Owen Franks  52'
HK 2 Dane Coles  67'
LP 1 Joe Moody  69'
Replacements:
HK 16Keven Mealamu  67'
PR 17Ben Franks  69'
PR 18Charlie Faumuina  52'
N8 19Victor Vito
FL 20Sam Cane  67'
SH 21Tawera Kerr-Barlow
FH 22Beauden Barrett  49'
CE 23Sonny Bill Williams  52'
Coach:
New Zealand Steve Hansen

Man of the Match:
Ben Smith (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
John Lacey (Ireland)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

Argentina vs Australia

25 October 2015
16:00 GMT (UTC+00)
Argentina  15–29  Australia
Pen: Sánchez (5/5) 7', 24', 36', 45', 55'
 Report Try: Simmons 2' c
Ashley-Cooper (3) 10' c, 32' m, 72' c
Con: Foley (3/4) 3', 11', 73'
Pen: Foley (1/2) 48'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,025
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Argentina
Australia
FB 15Joaquín Tuculet
RW 14Santiago Cordero
OC 13Marcelo Bosch
IC 12Juan Martín Hernández  44'
LW 11Juan Imhoff  18'
FH 10Nicolás Sánchez
SH 9 Martín Landajo  56'
N8 8 Leonardo Senatore  49'
OF 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
BF 6 Pablo Matera
RL 5 Tomás Lavanini 26' to 36'
LL 4 Guido Petti Pagadizábal  58'
TP 3 Ramiro Herrera  61'
HK 2 Agustín Creevy (c)  31'
LP 1 Marcos Ayerza  61'
Replacements:
HK 16Julián Montoya  31'
PR 17Lucas Noguera Paz  61'
PR 18Juan Figallo  61'
LK 19Matías Alemanno  58'
N8 20Facundo Isa  49'
SH 21Tomás Cubelli  56'
CE 22Jerónimo de la Fuente  44'
FB 23Lucas González Amorosino  18'
Coach:
Argentina Daniel Hourcade
FB 15Israel Folau  65'
RW 14Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC 13Tevita Kuridrani
IC 12Matt Giteau  47'
LW 11Drew Mitchell
FH 10Bernard Foley
SH 9 Will Genia  67'
N8 8 David Pocock
OF 7 Michael Hooper
BF 6 Scott Fardy 56' to 61'  71'
RL 5 Rob Simmons  67'
LL 4 Kane Douglas
TP 3 Sekope Kepu  53'
HK 2 Stephen Moore (c)  59'
LP 1 James Slipper  53'
Replacements:
HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau  59'
PR 17Toby Smith  53'
PR 18Greg Holmes  53'
LK 19Dean Mumm  67'
N8 20Ben McCalman  56'  61'  71'
SH 21Nick Phipps  67'
CE 22Matt Toomua  65'
CE 23Kurtley Beale  47'
Coach:
Australia Michael Cheika

Man of the Match:
Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia)

Touch judges:
Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
George Clancy (Ireland)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

Bronze Final: South Africa vs Argentina

30 October 2015
20:00 GMT (UTC+00)
South Africa  24–13  Argentina
Try: Pietersen 6' c
Etzebeth 43' m
Con: Pollard (1/2) 7'
Pen: Pollard (4/5) 14', 33', 40', 48'
 Report Try: Orlandi 80' c
Con: Sánchez (1/1) 80'
Pen: Sánchez (1/1) 52'
Drop: Sánchez 42'
Olympic Stadium, London
Attendance: 55,925
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
South Africa
Argentina
FB 15Willie le Roux  64'
RW 14JP Pietersen
OC 13Jesse Kriel
IC 12Damian de Allende
LW 11Bryan Habana  67'
FH 10Handré Pollard
SH 9 Ruan Pienaar  77'
N8 8 Duane Vermeulen
OF 7 Schalk Burger  53'  61'  66'
BF 6 Francois Louw 61' to 66'
RL 5 Victor Matfield (c)  63'
LL 4 Eben Etzebeth
TP 3 Frans Malherbe  61'  70'
HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis  49'
LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira  40'
Replacements:
HK 16Adriaan Strauss  49'
PR 17Trevor Nyakane  40'
PR 18Jannie du Plessis  61'  70'
LK 19Lood de Jager  63'
FL 20Willem Alberts  53'
SH 21Rudy Paige  77'
FH 22Pat Lambie  64'
CE 23Jan Serfontein  67'
Coach:
South Africa Heyneke Meyer
FB 15Lucas González Amorosino
RW 14Santiago Cordero
OC 13Matías Moroni
IC 12Jerónimo de la Fuente  71'
LW 11Horacio Agulla  58'
FH 10Nicolás Sánchez (c)
SH 9 Tomás Cubelli 5' to 15'  53'
N8 8 Juan Manuel Leguizamón
OF 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe  53'
BF 6 Javier Ortega Desio
RL 5 Tomás Lavanini
LL 4 Matías Alemanno  47'
TP 3 Ramiro Herrera  55'
HK 2 Julián Montoya  77'
LP 1 Juan Figallo 15' to 22'  61'  64'  71'
Replacements:
PR 16Lucas Noguera Paz  15'  22'  61' 64' to 71'
PR 17Juan Pablo Orlandi  55'
PR 18Santiago García Botta  77'
LK 19Guido Petti Pagadizábal  47'
N8 20Facundo Isa  53'
SH 21Martín Landajo  53'
FH 22Santiago González Iglesias  71'
CE 23Juan Pablo Socino  58'
Coach:
Argentina Daniel Hourcade

Man of the Match:
Damian de Allende (South Africa)

Touch judges:
Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Notes:

Final: New Zealand vs Australia

31 October 2015
16:00 GMT (UTC+00)
New Zealand  34–17  Australia
Try: Milner-Skudder 39' c
Nonu 42' m
Barrett 79' c
Con: Carter (2/3) 40', 80'
Pen: Carter (4/4) 8', 27', 36', 75'
Drop: Carter 70'
 Report Try: Pocock 53' c
Kuridrani 64' c
Con: Foley (2/2) 54', 65'
Pen: Foley (1/1) 14'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,125
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
New Zealand
Australia
FB 15Ben Smith 52' to 62'
RW 14Nehe Milner-Skudder  65'
OC 13Conrad Smith  40'
IC 12Ma'a Nonu
LW 11Julian Savea
FH 10Dan Carter
SH 9 Aaron Smith  71'
N8 8 Kieran Read
OF 7 Richie McCaw (c)  80'
BF 6 Jerome Kaino  71'
RL 5 Sam Whitelock
LL 4 Brodie Retallick
TP 3 Owen Franks  54'
HK 2 Dane Coles  65'
LP 1 Joe Moody  59'
Replacements:
HK 16Keven Mealamu  65'
PR 17Ben Franks  59'
PR 18Charlie Faumuina  54'
N8 19Victor Vito  71'
FL 20Sam Cane  80'
SH 21Tawera Kerr-Barlow  71'
FH 22Beauden Barrett  65'
CE 23Sonny Bill Williams  40'
Coach:
New Zealand Steve Hansen
FB 15Israel Folau
RW 14Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC 13Tevita Kuridrani
IC 12Matt Giteau  26'
LW 11Drew Mitchell  66'  71'
FH 10Bernard Foley
SH 9 Will Genia  70'
N8 8 David Pocock
OF 7 Michael Hooper
BF 6 Scott Fardy  61'
RL 5 Rob Simmons
LL 4 Kane Douglas  15'
TP 3 Sekope Kepu  59'
HK 2 Stephen Moore (c)  55'
LP 1 Scott Sio  59'
Replacements:
HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau  55'
PR 17James Slipper  59'
PR 18Greg Holmes  59'
LK 19Dean Mumm  15'
N8 20Ben McCalman  61'
SH 21Nick Phipps  70'
CE 22Matt Toomua  66'  71'
CE 23Kurtley Beale  26'
Coach:
Australia Michael Cheika

Man of the Match:
Dan Carter (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Wayne Barnes (England)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Notes:

References

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