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.
There are 20 in the final pools
Canada
France
Japan
New Zealand
Tonga
England
Georgia
Romania
Scotland
Ireland
Italy
Russia
USA
Figi
Namibia
Samoa
Wales