I was ten years old when my dad took me to watch the final of the inaugural Rugby World Cup in Auckland in 1987 in two days time I am going to go full circle and travel to the final at Eden Park to watch New Zealand do battle with France once again.
Twenty Four years on unfortunately my Dad is no longer with us but I have been able to take my 5 year old daughter Indigo to Eden Park to experience some of the magic that is Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.
As a rugby mad New Zealander I have been proud to work on some of the technology that has supported this great tournament. At the Tech.Ed NZ keynote I talked about the video platform that sits behind the Rugby World Cup 2011 event (50 mins in). With 46 matches played and 2 to go, take a moment to look back and check out some of the 61 hours of incredible tournament rugby available to us free of charge on the Rugby World Cup official website!
The IRB have also just released the official stats for the digital solutions on their website
Rugby World Cup Head of Communications Dominic Rumbles said: “The Rugby World Cup 2011 digital offering has been one of the success stories of what has been an exceptional Rugby World Cup. In partnership with the Rugby New Zealand 2011 organising body we have provided an integrated platform that is easily accessible for fans from around the world, while generating maximum promotion of the event.”
“We are delighted with the record numbers of fans that have become involved in Rugby’s showcase event, even though they may not have been able to make it to New Zealand.”
Here is an interview I gave with Dominic Rumbles on Radio Sport before the start of the tournament.
Check out the Microsoft New Zealand Rugby World Cup 2011 sponsorship page.
Read the DeltaTre press release – “In the first two weeks of the Tournament there were nearly ten million unique visitors from more than 200 countries”
Final
Date
Home
Result
Away
Venue
Match Video
23-Oct-11
France
7-8
New Zealand
Auckland
Replay
Bronze Final
21-Oct-11
Wales
18-21
Australia
Semi Finals
16-Oct-11
6 - 20
15-Oct-11
8 - 9
Quarter Finals
8-Oct-11
Ireland
10 - 22
Wellington
England
12 - 19
9-Oct-11
South Africa
9 - 11
33 - 10
Argentina
Pool Play
9-Sep-11
41 - 10
Tonga
10-Sep-11
47 - 21
Japan
Scotland
34 - 24
Romania
Invercargill
9 - 13
Dunedin
Fiji
49 - 25
Namibia
Rotorua
11-Sep-11
32 - 6
Italy
22 - 10
USA
New Plymouth
17 - 16
14-Sep-11
20 - 25
Canada
Whangarei
15 - 6
Georgia
Samoa
49 - 12
15-Sep-11
Russia
6 - 13
16-Sep-11
83 - 7
Hamilton
17-Sep-11
43 - 8
6 - 15
49 - 3
18-Sep-11
46 - 19
Napier
17 - 10
20-Sep-11
53 - 17
Nelson
21-Sep-11
31 - 18
22-Sep-11
87 - 0
23-Sep-11
67 - 5
24-Sep-11
37 - 17
67 - 3
25-Sep-11
13 - 12
62 - 12
7 - 27
26-Sep-11
81 - 7
27-Sep-11
23 - 23
27 - 10
28-Sep-11
25 - 9
Palmerston North
30-Sep-11
13 - 5
1-Oct-11
14 - 19
16 - 12
68 - 22
2-Oct-11
79 - 15
25 - 7
36 - 6
66 - 0