Marc Lièvremont tries to unite his divided, unconvincing France team After the defeat to Tonga, Marc Lièvremont has called for his players to show some unity before the quarter-final against England
Rugby World Cup 2011: Dan Carter’s injury has thrown it all wide open Eddie Butler: After the All Black fly-half's cruel blow, other teams in the quarter-final draw will have something of a spring in their step
Rugby World Cup 2011: Ronan O’Gara takes Ireland towards Wales test Ireland expected a difficult match against an emotional Italy in Dunedin but their in-form fly-half and brutal back row set up an easy victory
Rugby World Cup 2011: Chris Ashton helps England lumber towards final England cast a forbidding shadow over the World Cup after their win against Scotland at Eden Park and new revelations of misbehaviour off the field
England rugby trio reprimanded after woman complains of ‘lewd’ conduct England's World Cup campaign hit by more controversy as players accused of 'humiliating' New Zealand hotel worker
Rugby World Cup 2011: Wales break Fiji and the records in huge victory Wales strolled into the quarter-finals as they ran in nine tries against a woeful Fiji side
Rugby World Cup 2011: France’s Marc Lièvremont admits to divided squad The France coach, Marc Lièvremont, has admitted to divisions in his squad but insisted that he will keep fighting despite defeat by Tonga
Ireland v Italy – as it happened Ireland set-up a quarter final against Wales with a powerful second-half display against the Italians
Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand lose Dan Carter to groin injury The New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter has been ruled out for the remainder of the World Cup with a groin injury sustained in training
Rugby World Cup 2011: Martin Johnson reprimands England players England are in fresh trouble after James Haskell, Dylan Hartley and Chris Ashton were warned about their conduct towards a female hotel worker
Groin injury puts All Blacks’ Dan Carter out of World Cup Dan Carter, the All Blacks fly-half, tore a tendon in his groin while practising kicking and is out of the World Cup
Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand poop own party with boycott threat Eddie Butler: The All Blacks have a point about the need to renegotiate World Cup money, but chose to make it with the subtlety of a mugger
Rugby World Cup 2011: Jonny Wilkinson still has what it takes Jonny Wilkinson showed with the crucial drop kick that turned the Scotland game back England's way that he still has what it takes
Ultra-conservative Martin Johnson must let England off the leash Dean Ryan: England's conservative approach will be punished in the latter stages of the Rugby World Cup