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2011 Rugby World Cup

UniversalSports.com presents unrivaled coverage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Watch every match in its entirety, from the opening ceremonies in Auckland on Sept. 9 straight through the final on Oct. 23, LIVE and on-demand on UniversalSports.com.

2011 Rugby World Cup Final: France vs. New Zealand ($29.99) -- BUY NOW

Price for 2011 Rugby World Cup package: $99.99 -- BUY NOW
Price for individual pool matches: $24.99
Price for individual knockout stage matches: $29.99

* Matches marked with an asterisk will be available online only in on-demand format 24 hours following their conclusion. They can, however, be viewed LIVE on Universal Sports TV.

Watch online

Date	Time	Event	Related	Watch Online
Sept. 9, 2011	4 a.m. ET	Opening Ceremony		Buy/Watch Replay
	4:30 a.m. ET	* New Zealand vs. Tonga	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	9 p.m. ET	Scotland vs. Romania	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	11 p.m. ET	Fiji vs. Namibia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 10, 2011	2 a.m. ET	France vs. Japan	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	4:30 a.m. ET	Argentina vs. England	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	11:30 p.m. ET	Australia vs. Italy	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 11, 2011	2 a.m. ET	Ireland vs. USA	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 11, 2011	4:30 a.m. ET	South Africa vs. Wales	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 13, 2011	10:30 p.m. ET	Samoa vs. Namibia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 14, 2011	1 a.m. ET	Tonga vs. Canada	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 14, 2011	3:30 a.m. ET	Scotland vs. Georgia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 15, 2011	3:30 a.m. ET	* Russia vs. USA	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 16, 2011	4 a.m. ET	New Zealand vs. Japan	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 16, 2011	11:30 p.m. ET	Argentina vs. Romania	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 17, 2011	2 a.m. ET	South Africa vs. Fiji	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	4:30 a.m. ET	Australia vs. Ireland	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	11:30 p.m. ET	Wales vs. Samoa	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 18, 2011	2 a.m. ET	England vs. Georgia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 18, 2011	4:30 a.m. ET	France vs. Canada	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 20, 2011	3:15 a.m. ET	Italy vs. Russia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 21, 2011	3:15 a.m. ET	Tonga vs. Japan	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 22, 2011	3:45 a.m. ET	South Africa vs. Namibia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 23, 2011	4:15 a.m. ET	* Australia vs. USA	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 24, 2011	1:45 a.m. ET	England vs. Romania	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	4:15 a.m. ET	New Zealand vs. France	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	10:15 p.m. ET	Fiji vs. Samoa	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 25, 2011	12:45 a.m. ET	Ireland vs. Russia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 25, 2011	3:15 a.m. ET	Argentina vs. Scotland	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 26, 2011	2:15 a.m. ET	Wales vs. Namibia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 26, 2011	11:45 p.m. ET	Canada vs. Japan	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 27, 2011	2:15 a.m. ET	* Italy vs. USA	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 28, 2011	2:15 a.m. ET	Georgia vs. Romania	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 30, 2011	3:15 a.m. ET	South Africa vs. Samoa	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Sept. 30, 2011	10:15 p.m. ET	Australia vs. Russia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Oct. 1, 2011	12:45 a.m. ET	France vs. Tonga	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	3:15 a.m. ET	England vs. Scotland	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	7:45 p.m. ET	Argentina vs. Georgia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	10:15 p.m. ET	New Zealand vs. Canada	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Oct. 2, 2011	12:45 a.m. ET	Wales vs. Fiji	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
	3:15 a.m. ET	Ireland vs. Italy	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Oct. 8, 2011	12:45 a.m. ET	QF 1: Ireland vs. Wales	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Oct. 8, 2011	3:15 a.m. ET	QF 2: England vs. France	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Oct. 9, 2011	12:45 a.m. ET	QF 3: South Africa vs. Australia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Oct. 9, 2011	3:15 a.m. ET	QF 4: New Zealand vs. Argentina	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Oct. 15, 2011	3:45 a.m. ET	* SF 1: Wales vs. France	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Oct. 16, 2011	3:45 a.m. ET	* SF 2: Australia vs. New Zealand	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Oct. 21, 2011	3:15 a.m. ET	* Third-place match: Wales vs. Australia	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay
Oct. 23, 2011	3:45 a.m. ET	Final: France vs. New Zealand	Match page	Buy/Watch Replay

Watch on TV

Date	Time	Event	Network
Sept. 9, 2011	3:30 a.m. ET (LIVE)	Opening Ceremony	Universal Sports
	4:30 a.m. ET (LIVE)	New Zealand vs. Tonga	Universal Sports
	5 p.m. ET	New Zealand vs. Tonga	Universal Sports
Sept. 11, 2011	1 p.m. ET	Ireland vs. USA	NBC
Sept. 11, 2011	5 p.m. ET	Ireland vs. USA	Universal Sports
Sept. 15, 2011	3:30 a.m. ET (LIVE)	Russia vs. USA	Universal Sports
Sept. 15, 2011	8 p.m. ET	Russia vs. USA	Universal Sports
Sept. 23, 2011	4:30 a.m. ET (LIVE)	Australia vs. USA	Universal Sports
Sept. 23, 2011	8 p.m. ET	Australia vs. USA	Universal Sports
Sept. 27, 2011	2:30 a.m. ET (LIVE)	Italy vs. USA	Universal Sports
Sept. 27, 2011	8 p.m. ET	Italy vs. USA	Universal Sports
Oct. 2, 2011	3 p.m. ET	New Zealand vs. Canada	NBC
Oct. 2, 2011	8 p.m. ET	New Zealand vs. Canada	Universal Sports
Oct. 15, 2011	4 a.m. ET (LIVE)	SF 1: Wales vs. France	Universal Sports
Oct. 15, 2011	5 p.m. ET	SF 1: Wales vs. France	Universal Sports
Oct. 16, 2011	4 a.m. ET (LIVE)	SF 2: Australia vs. New Zealand	Universal Sports
Oct. 16, 2011	5 p.m. ET	SF 2: Australia vs. New Zealand	Universal Sports
Oct. 21, 2011	3:30 a.m. ET (LIVE)	Third-Place Match	Universal Sports
Oct. 21, 2011	7 p.m. ET	Third-Place Match	Universal Sports
Oct. 23, 2011	3 p.m. ET	Final	NBC
Oct. 23, 2011	8 p.m. ET	Final	Universal Sports

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