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The knockout stage of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 6 October with a quarter-final between Australia and England and concluded on 20 October with the final, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, between England and South Africa, their second meeting in this tournament.

South Africa were the first team to qualify for the knockout stage, when they beat Tonga 30–25 in their penultimate Pool A game.

This was the first Rugby World Cup tournament to have its semi-finalists coming from only two pools (Pools A and D), and the finalists coming from just one pool (Pool A). The top two representative nations of each of pools B and C were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Summary

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

6 October – Marseille

Australia	10
		13 October – Saint-Denis
England	12
		England	14
6 October – Cardiff
		France	9
New Zealand	18
				20 October – Saint-Denis
France	20
				England	6
7 October – Marseille
				South Africa	15
South Africa	37
		14 October – Saint-Denis
Fiji	20
		South Africa	37
7 October – Saint-Denis
		Argentina	13	Third place
Argentina	19
				19 October – Paris
Scotland	13
				France	10

				Argentina	34

Quarter-finals

Australia vs England

6 October 2007
15:00

Australia	10–12	England
Try: Tuqiri 33' c Con: Mortlock (1/1) Pen: Mortlock (1/4) 7'	Report	Pen: Wilkinson (4/7) 23', 26', 52', 60'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 59,102
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)


FB	15	Chris Latham
RW	14	Adam Ashley-Cooper	64'
OC	13	Stirling Mortlock (c)
IC	12	Matt Giteau
LW	11	Lote Tuqiri
FH	10	Berrick Barnes
SH	9	George Gregan
N8	8	Wycliff Palu	76'
OF	7	George Smith	64'
BF	6	Rocky Elsom			64'
RL	5	Daniel Vickerman	28' to 30'
LL	4	Nathan Sharpe
TP	3	Guy Shepherdson	64'
HK	2	Stephen Moore	73'
LP	1	Matt Dunning
Replacements:
HK	16	Adam Freier	73'
PR	17	Al Baxter	64'
LK	18	Hugh McMeniman	28'	30'	64'
N8	19	Stephen Hoiles	76'
FL	20	Phil Waugh	64'
FH	21	Julian Huxley
WG	22	Drew Mitchell	64'
Coach:
John Connolly


FB	15	Jason Robinson
RW	14	Paul Sackey
OC	13	Mathew Tait
IC	12	Mike Catt	64'
LW	11	Josh Lewsey
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson
SH	9	Andy Gomarsall	22' to 28'
N8	8	Nick Easter	69'
OF	7	Lewis Moody	66'
BF	6	Martin Corry
RL	5	Ben Kay
LL	4	Simon Shaw
TP	3	Phil Vickery (c)	59'
HK	2	Mark Regan	52'
LP	1	Andrew Sheridan
Replacements:
HK	16	George Chuter	52'
PR	17	Matt Stevens	59'
N8	18	Lawrence Dallaglio	69'
FL	19	Joe Worsley	66'
SH	20	Peter Richards	22'	28'
FH	21	Toby Flood	64'
CE	22	Dan Hipkiss
Coach:
Brian Ashton

Man of the Match:
Andrew Sheridan (England)

Touch judges:
Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
Fifth official:
Alan Lewis (Ireland)

Notes

This was England's third consecutive World Cup win against Australia, following victories in the 1995 quarter-final and 2003 Final, and gave them a 3-2 head-to-head winning World Cup record against the Wallabies. Furthermore, England remained the only team to record a Rugby World Cup win over the Wallabies since South Africa beat them in the opening match of the 1995 World Cup.
Jonny Wilkinson's 12 points in this game took him past Gavin Hastings' record of 227 World Cup points.

New Zealand vs France

6 October 2007
21:00

New Zealand	18–20	France
Try: McAlister 17' c So'oialo 63' m Con: Carter (1/1) Pen: Carter (2/2) 14', 31'	Report	Try: Dusautoir 54' c Jauzion 69' c Con: Beauxis (1/1) Élissalde (1/1) Pen: Beauxis (2/3) 40+', 46'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 71,669
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


FB	15	Leon MacDonald
RW	14	Joe Rokocoko
OC	13	Mils Muliaina
IC	12	Luke McAlister	46'
LW	11	Sitiveni Sivivatu
FH	10	Dan Carter		56'
SH	9	Byron Kelleher		56'
N8	8	Rodney So'oialo
OF	7	Richie McCaw (c)
BF	6	Jerry Collins		64'
RL	5	Ali Williams
LL	4	Keith Robinson		42'
TP	3	Carl Hayman
HK	2	Anton Oliver		56'
LP	1	Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK	16	Andrew Hore		56'
PR	17	Neemia Tialata
LK	18	Chris Jack		42'
FL	19	Chris Masoe		64'
SH	20	Brendon Leonard		56'
FH	21	Nick Evans		56'	71'
CE	22	Isaia Toeava			71'
Coach:
Graham Henry


FB	15	Damien Traille
RW	14	Vincent Clerc
OC	13	David Marty
IC	12	Yannick Jauzion
LW	11	Cédric Heymans	69'
FH	10	Lionel Beauxis	68'
SH	9	Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
N8	8	Julien Bonnaire
OF	7	Thierry Dusautoir
BF	6	Serge Betsen	5'
RL	5	Jérôme Thion
LL	4	Fabien Pelous	52'
TP	3	Pieter de Villiers
HK	2	Raphaël Ibañez (c)	52'
LP	1	Olivier Milloud	41'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dimitri Szarzewski	52'
PR	17	Jean-Baptiste Poux	41'
LK	18	Sébastien Chabal	52'
N8	19	Imanol Harinordoquy	5'
FH	20	Frédéric Michalak	68'
WG	21	Christophe Dominici	69'
FB	22	Clément Poitrenaud
Coach:
Bernard Laporte

Man of the Match:
Luke McAlister (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Tony Spreadbury (England)
Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Television match official:
Chris White (England)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Fifth official:
Tim Hayes (Wales)

Notes

This was New Zealand's worst World Cup finish; they had never before failed to reach the semi-finals.^{[citation needed]}

South Africa vs Fiji

7 October 2007
15:00

South Africa	37–20	Fiji
Try: Fourie 13' m Smit 35' m Pietersen 51' c Smith 70' c James 80' c Con: Montgomery (3/5) Pen: Steyn (1/1) 8' Montgomery (1/2) 63'	Report	Try: Delasau 57' c Bobo 59' c Con: Bai (2/2) Pen: Bai (2/2) 26', 44'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 55,943
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)


FB	15	Percy Montgomery
RW	14	JP Pietersen
OC	13	Jaque Fourie
IC	12	François Steyn
LW	11	Bryan Habana
FH	10	Butch James
SH	9	Fourie du Preez
N8	8	Danie Rossouw	50'
BF	7	Juan Smith
OF	6	Schalk Burger
RL	5	Victor Matfield
LL	4	Bakkies Botha	53' to 58'		75'
TP	3	Jannie du Plessis
HK	2	John Smit (c)
LP	1	Os du Randt	53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gary Botha
PR	17	Gurthro Steenkamp	53'
LK	18	Johannes Muller	53'	58'	75'
FL	19	Wikus van Heerden	50'
SH	20	Ruan Pienaar
FH	21	André Pretorius
CE	22	Wynand Olivier
Coach:
Jake White


FB	15	Norman Ligairi
RW	14	Vilimoni Delasau
OC	13	Kameli Ratuvou		64'
IC	12	Seru Rabeni	51'
LW	11	Sereli Bobo
FH	10	Seremaia Bai
SH	9	Mosese Rauluni (c)
N8	8	Sisa Koyamaibole
OF	7	Akapusi Qera		71'
BF	6	Semisi Naevo
RL	5	Ifereimi Rawaqa
LL	4	Kele Leawere		73'
TP	3	Henry Qiodravu		55'
HK	2	Sunia Koto		71'
LP	1	Graham Dewes
Replacements:
HK	16	Bill Gadolo		71'
PR	17	Jone Railomo		55'
CE	18	Aca Ratuva		71'
LK	19	Wame Lewaravu		73'
SH	20	Jone Daunivucu
FH	21	Waisea Luveniyali
CE	22	Gabiriele Lovobalavu		64'
Coach:
Ilie Tabua

Man of the Match:
Juan Smith (South Africa)

Touch judges:
Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Fourth official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Fifth official:
Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Notes

This was Fiji's first quarter-final appearance since the inaugural competition in 1987.

Argentina vs Scotland

7 October 2007
21:00

Argentina	19–13	Scotland
Try: Longo Elía 33' c Con: F. Contepomi (1/1) Pen: F. Contepomi (3/4) 23', 29', 43' Drop: Hernández (1/4) 54'	Report	Try: Cusiter 63' c Con: Paterson (1/1) Pen: Parks (1/2) 16' Paterson (1/1) 38'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 76,866
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)


FB	15	Ignacio Corleto
RW	14	Lucas Borges
OC	13	Manuel Contepomi	67'
IC	12	Felipe Contepomi
LW	11	Horacio Agulla
FH	10	Juan Martín Hernández
SH	9	Agustín Pichot (c)
N8	8	Gonzalo Longo
OF	7	Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
BF	6	Lucas Ostiglia	55'
RL	5	Patricio Albacete
LL	4	Ignacio Fernández Lobbe	51'
TP	3	Martín Scelzo	57'
HK	2	Mario Ledesma
LP	1	Rodrigo Roncero
Replacements:
HK	16	Alberto Vernet Basualdo
PR	17	Omar Hasan	57'
LK	18	Rimas Álvarez Kairelis	51'
FL	19	Juan Manuel Leguizamón	55'
SH	20	Nicolás Fernández Miranda
FH	21	Federico Todeschini
CE	22	Hernán Senillosa	67'
Coach:
Marcelo Loffreda


FB	15	Rory Lamont	68'
RW	14	Sean Lamont
OC	13	Simon Webster
IC	12	Rob Dewey	41'
LW	11	Chris Paterson
FH	10	Dan Parks
SH	9	Mike Blair	57'
N8	8	Simon Taylor
OF	7	Ally Hogg	57'
BF	6	Jason White (c)
RL	5	Jim Hamilton	57'
LL	4	Nathan Hines
TP	3	Euan Murray
HK	2	Ross Ford	68'
LP	1	Gavin Kerr	57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson	68'
PR	17	Craig Smith	57'
LK	18	Scott MacLeod	57'
FL	19	Kelly Brown	57'
SH	20	Chris Cusiter	57'
CE	21	Andrew Henderson	41'
FB	22	Hugo Southwell	68'
Coach:
Frank Hadden

Man of the Match:
Gonzalo Longo Elía (Argentina)

Touch judges:
Chris White (England)
Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Television match official:
Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Tony Spreadbury (England)
Fifth official:
Wayne Barnes (England)

Notes

Argentina's win took them into their first ever World Cup semi-final. Scotland had been seeking to reach their second semi-final, after a fourth-place finish in 1991.

Semi-finals

England vs France

13 October 2007
21:00

England	14–9	France
Try: Lewsey 2' m Pen: Wilkinson (2/3) 47', 75' Drop: Wilkinson (1/4) 78'	Report	Pen: Beauxis (3/3) 8', 18', 44'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,283
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)


FB	15	Jason Robinson
RW	14	Paul Sackey
OC	13	Mathew Tait
IC	12	Mike Catt	69'
LW	11	Josh Lewsey	40'
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson
SH	9	Andy Gomarsall	71'
N8	8	Nick Easter	69'
OF	7	Lewis Moody	54'
BF	6	Martin Corry
RL	5	Ben Kay
LL	4	Simon Shaw
TP	3	Phil Vickery (c)	56'
HK	2	Mark Regan	66'
LP	1	Andrew Sheridan
Replacements:
HK	16	George Chuter	66'
PR	17	Matt Stevens	56'
N8	18	Lawrence Dallaglio	69'
FL	19	Joe Worsley	54'
SH	20	Peter Richards	71'
FH	21	Toby Flood	69'
CE	22	Dan Hipkiss	40'
Coach:
Brian Ashton


FB	15	Damien Traille
RW	14	Vincent Clerc
OC	13	David Marty
IC	12	Yannick Jauzion
LW	11	Cédric Heymans	61'
FH	10	Lionel Beauxis	51'
SH	9	Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
N8	8	Julien Bonnaire
OF	7	Thierry Dusautoir
BF	6	Serge Betsen	67'
RL	5	Jérôme Thion
LL	4	Fabien Pelous	25'
TP	3	Pieter de Villiers	66'
HK	2	Raphaël Ibañez (c)	51'
LP	1	Olivier Milloud
Replacements:
HK	16	Dimitri Szarzewski	51'
PR	17	Jean-Baptiste Poux	66'
LK	18	Sébastien Chabal	25'
N8	19	Imanol Harinordoquy	67'
FH	20	Frédéric Michalak	51'
WG	21	Christophe Dominici	61'
FB	22	Clément Poitrenaud
Coach:
Bernard Laporte

Man of the Match:
Mike Catt (England)

Touch judges:
Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Television match official:
Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Fourth official:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Fifth official:
Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Notes

Josh Lewsey's try, scored after 79 seconds, was the fastest in any match in the knockout stage of a Rugby World Cup and is thought to be the fastest try in England's history.^{[citation needed]}
Jonny Wilkinson extended his World Cup points record to 243.

South Africa vs Argentina

14 October 2007
21:00

South Africa	37–13	Argentina
Try: Du Preez 7' c Habana (2) 32' c, 76' c Rossouw 40' c Con: Montgomery (4/4) Pen: Montgomery (3/3) 17', 71', 75'	Report	Try: M. Contepomi 45' c Con: F. Contepomi (1/1) Pen: F. Contepomi (2/4) 15', 30'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 77,055
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)


FB	15	Percy Montgomery
RW	14	JP Pietersen		76'
OC	13	Jaque Fourie
IC	12	François Steyn		76'
LW	11	Bryan Habana
FH	10	Butch James		76'
SH	9	Fourie du Preez
N8	8	Danie Rossouw		75'
BF	7	Juan Smith	78'
OF	6	Schalk Burger
RL	5	Victor Matfield
LL	4	Bakkies Botha		21' to 29'		76'
TP	3	CJ van der Linde
HK	2	John Smit (c)		76'
LP	1	Os du Randt		44' to 49'		72'
Replacements:
HK	16	Bismarck du Plessis		76'
PR	17	Jannie du Plessis		44'	49'	72'
LK	18	Johannes Muller		21'	29'	76'
N8	19	Bobby Skinstad		75'
SH	20	Ruan Pienaar		76'
FH	21	André Pretorius		76'
CE	22	Wynand Olivier		76'
Coach:
Jake White


FB	15	Ignacio Corleto
RW	14	Lucas Borges
OC	13	Manuel Contepomi		65'
IC	12	Felipe Contepomi	79'
LW	11	Horacio Agulla
FH	10	Juan Martín Hernández
SH	9	Agustín Pichot (c)
N8	8	Gonzalo Longo
OF	7	Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
BF	6	Lucas Ostiglia		65'
RL	5	Patricio Albacete
LL	4	Ignacio Fernández Lobbe		53'
TP	3	Martín Scelzo		34'
HK	2	Mario Ledesma
LP	1	Rodrigo Roncero
Replacements:
HK	16	Alberto Vernet Basualdo
PR	17	Omar Hasan		34'
LK	18	Rimas Álvarez Kairelis		53'
FL	19	Juan Manuel Leguizamón		65'
SH	20	Nicolás Fernández Miranda
FH	21	Federico Todeschini
CE	22	Gonzalo Tiesi		65'
Coach:
Marcelo Loffreda

Man of the Match:
Danie Rossouw (South Africa)

Touch judges:
Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Chris White (England)
Television match official:
Tony Spreadbury (England)
Fourth official:
Joël Jutge (France)
Fifth official:
Wayne Barnes (England)

Notes

With his second try in this match, Bryan Habana equalled Jonah Lomu's single-tournament record of eight tries.^{[citation needed]}

Bronze final: France vs Argentina

19 October 2007
21:00

France	10–34	Argentina
Try: Poitrenaud 69' c Con: Beauxis (1/1) Pen: Élissalde (1/1) 18'	Report	Try: F. Contepomi (2) 28' c, 77' c Hasan 32' c Martín Aramburú 53' m Corleto 65' m Con: F. Contepomi (3/5) Pen: F. Contepomi (1/1) 21'

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,958
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)


FB	15	Clément Poitrenaud
RW	14	Aurélien Rougerie		62'
OC	12	David Marty		70'
IC	13	David Skrela
LW	11	Christophe Dominici
FH	10	Frédéric Michalak
SH	9	Jean-Baptiste Élissalde		55'
N8	8	Imanol Harinordoquy
OF	7	Thierry Dusautoir		42'
BF	6	Yannick Nyanga
RL	5	Jérôme Thion		62'
LL	4	Lionel Nallet
TP	3	Nicolas Mas
HK	2	Raphaël Ibañez (c)	40+'	50'
LP	1	Jean-Baptiste Poux
Replacements:
HK	16	Sébastien Bruno		42'
PR	17	Pieter de Villiers
LK	18	Sébastien Chabal		62'
FL	19	Rémy Martin		50'
SH	20	Pierre Mignoni		55'
FH	21	Lionel Beauxis		70'
WG	22	Vincent Clerc		62'
Coach:
Bernard Laporte


FB	15	Ignacio Corleto		74'
RW	14	Federico Martín Aramburú
OC	13	Manuel Contepomi		62'
IC	12	Felipe Contepomi		70' to 77'
LW	11	Horacio Agulla
FH	10	Juan Martín Hernández
SH	9	Agustín Pichot (c)
N8	8	Gonzalo Longo
OF	7	Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
BF	6	Martín Durand		62'
RL	5	Patricio Albacete
LL	4	Rimas Álvarez Kairelis	40+'	71'
TP	3	Omar Hasan		71'
HK	2	Alberto Vernet Basualdo
LP	1	Rodrigo Roncero		79'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eusebio Guiñazu		79'
PR	17	Marcos Ayerza		71'
LK	18	Esteban Lozada		71'
N8	19	Juan Manuel Leguizamón	63'	62'
SH	20	Nicolás Fernández Miranda		70'	77'
FH	21	Federico Todeschini		74'
CE	22	Hernán Senillosa		62'
Coach:
Marcelo Loffreda

Man of the Match:
Agustín Pichot (Argentina)

Touch judges:
Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Fifth official:
Chris White (England)

Notes

This was referee Paul Honiss's 45th test, breaking the record he had previously shared with Derek Bevan of Wales.^[1] This record would be surpassed by Jonathan Kaplan in 2008.
French centre David Marty played outside centre despite wearing the #12, David Skrela played inside centre with the #13.
This was the first occasion in Rugby World Cup history where two teams who had played each other in the pool stage met each other later on in the same tournament.

Final: England vs South Africa

20 October 2007
21:00

England	6–15	South Africa
Pen: Wilkinson (2/2) 13', 44'	Report	Pen: Montgomery (4/4) 7', 16', 40', 51' Steyn (1/2) 62'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,430
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)


FB	15	Jason Robinson	47'
RW	14	Paul Sackey
OC	13	Mathew Tait
IC	12	Mike Catt	51'
LW	11	Mark Cueto
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson
SH	9	Andy Gomarsall
N8	8	Nick Easter	65'
OF	7	Lewis Moody	63'
BF	6	Martin Corry
RL	5	Ben Kay
LL	4	Simon Shaw
TP	3	Phil Vickery (c)	41'
HK	2	Mark Regan	63'
LP	1	Andrew Sheridan
Replacements:
HK	16	George Chuter	63'
PR	17	Matt Stevens	41'
N8	18	Lawrence Dallaglio	65'
FL	19	Joe Worsley	63'	71'
SH	20	Peter Richards		71'
FH	21	Toby Flood	51'
CE	22	Dan Hipkiss	47'
Coach:
Brian Ashton


FB	15	Percy Montgomery
RW	14	JP Pietersen
OC	13	Jaque Fourie
IC	12	François Steyn
LW	11	Bryan Habana
FH	10	Butch James
SH	9	Fourie du Preez
N8	8	Danie Rossouw	72'
BF	7	Juan Smith
OF	6	Schalk Burger
RL	5	Victor Matfield
LL	4	Bakkies Botha
TP	3	CJ van der Linde
HK	2	John Smit (c)	72' to 77'
LP	1	Os du Randt
Replacements:
HK	16	Bismarck du Plessis	72'	77'
PR	17	Jannie du Plessis
LK	18	Johannes Muller
FL	19	Wikus van Heerden	72'
SH	20	Ruan Pienaar
FH	21	André Pretorius
CE	22	Wynand Olivier
Coach:
Jake White

Man of the Match:
Victor Matfield (South Africa)

Touch judges:
Joël Jutge (France)
Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Fourth official:
Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Fifth official:
Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

Notes

Jonny Wilkinson's six points in this game made him the leading points scorer in World Cups with 249 points.
Percy Montgomery finished as the tournament's leading points scorer, with 105 points.
This was the second occasion in Rugby World Cup history where two teams who had played each other in the pool stage met each other later on in the same tournament, and the first time it had happened in the final.

References

^ "Referee Honiss set to break world record". Rugby World Cup. 19 October 2007. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2007.