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Not including the qualifiers which have already been played. there are 48 to be played in the 2011 New Zealand Event.

40 - pool matches

4 quarter finals

2 semi finals

1 runner up

1 final

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Maximum per team allowed on the pitch is 15 players per side. However, if players are red or yellow carded they must enure that key specialist positions are correctly covered i.e. the front row. If this is not the case and the officials feel that to many players are side lined they may abandon the game.

The same basic rules apply to 10's and 7s games.

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There are 20 in the final pools

Canada

France

Japan

New Zealand

Tonga

Argentina

England

Georgia

Romania

Scotland

Australia

Ireland

Italy

Russia

USA

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Namibia

Samoa

South Africa

Wales

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5 - They have to play everyother member country.

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