2015 Rugby World Cup

AN INFOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE 2015WORLD CUP The 2015 Rugby World Cup will be the 8th tournament, and will run from September 18th to October 31st. The RWC is the third largest sporting event in the world, after the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, and is estimated by Deloittes to be worth £2.1bn to the British economy HOST CITIES ST JAMES' PARK NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ETIHAD STADIUM MANCHESTER +SCOTLAND ELLAND ROAD LEEDS VILLA PARK BIRMINGHAM LEICESTER CITY STADIUM LEICESTER STADIUM MK MILTON KEYNES KINGSHOLM STADIUM 000 GLOUCESTER TWICKENHAM STADIUM LONDON WEMBLEY STADIUM MILLENNIUM STADIUM LONDON CARDIFF OLYMPIC STADIUM SANDY PARK LONDON EXETER WALES THE COMMUNITY STADIUM BRIGHTON THE POOLS POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D AUSTRALIA SOUTH AFRICA NEW ZEALAND FRANCE A ENGLAND SAMOA I ARGENTINA O IRELAND A WALES A JAPAN TONGA S ITALY FIJI A SCOTLAND GEORGIA A CANADA URUGUAY USA I NAMIBIA ROMANIA TOP SCORERS ANDREW MEHRTENS NEW ZEALAND GAVIN HASTINGS SCOTLAND GRANT FOX MICHAEL LYNAGH JONNYWILKINSON NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA ENGLAND 163 POINTS 170 POINTS 195 POINTS 227 POINTS 277 POINTS THE NUMBERS 01 281 145 22 19 THE NUMBER OF POINTS SCORED BY RECORD NUMBER AGE OF YOUNGEST MATCHES PLAYED IN NEW ZEALAND OF RWC APPEARANCES RWC TRY SCORER RWC HISTORY AGAINST JAPAN IN 1996 (JASON LEONARD) (GEORGE NORTH) 15 RECORD NUMBER OF SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TRIES SCORED IN RWC TEAMS TO WIN THE RWC TEAM TO WIN THE RWC (JONAH LOMU) (AUS, NZ & SA) (ENGLAND) 2015 STATS 400 V600 20 MATCHES PLAYERS NATIONS 100 44 SPIN BIKES DAYS LONG 207 00 BROADCASTING COUNTRIES 2,300,000 (2.3m) TICKETS SOLD GRASSFORM IGROUP -ШЕ