RWC 2007 Pools finalized: Portugal in; Uruguay out.

March 25, 2007

Portugal fills out the last spot for RWC France 2007. They lost to Uruguay in Montivideo, but won by a single point on the home-and-away test aggregate. They earn the right to face the All Blacks in pool competition.

IRB:

Portugal’s remarkable Rugby World Cup 2007 qualification campaign has ended in joy as the Lobos hung on to complete a 24-23 aggregate victory over Uruguay in Montevideo to book a place at the finals for the first time.

Despite losing the second leg 18-12 Tomaz Morais’ team did enough to advance to Rugby World Cup 2007 in France in September and a place in Pool C alongside New Zealand, Scotland, Italy and Romania.

The entrants for the pool stages are now finalized:

RWC 2007 Pools

POOL A
England
South Africa
Samoa
USA
Tonga

POOL B
Australia
Wales
Fiji
Canada
Japan

POOL C
New Zealand
Scotland
Italy
Romania
Portugal

POOL D
France
Ireland
Argentina
Georgia
Namibia