RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011 BY DYNAMIC FORCE NEWS AND TELECAST CANADA VS NEWZEALAND

Canada Team Squad Rugby 2011

Canada is classified by the International  as the Tier 2 team Canada have been playing rugby for last 80 years, as they started out in 1930′s. Canada have been part of the World Cup since the very first World Cup was held . Canada’s best result in the World Cup was when they went on to reach the Quarter Final of the World Cup. They have been part of the World Cup everytime and they are the only side from north America to do that. Canada defeated the USA in a two legged game in July 2009 and the qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. They are coming into the year as the Americas.

Pool A Teams: Canada are a team which will be participating in the World Cup for the 6th time and they are placed in the group A with the likes of France, Tonga, New Zealand and Japan. And it will be really difficult to see them qualifying for the next round which happen to be Quarter Finals.

The All Blacks will embrace the pressure of playing the World Cup at home rather than see it as a burden.

The NZRU sold their pitch for hosting this year's World Cup on the concept of a stadium of four million. While not all New Zealanders will ride every pass and tackle like the most vehement fan, there's little doubt the weight of the nation is a heavy load to bear.

But captain Richie McCaw and first five-eighths Dan Carter said it wasn't something the team should fear.

"Wherever the World Cup is, it's the same sort of pressure," McCaw said. "I think it's just exciting. If you are going to choose all the places to play a World Cup, you're going to choose your home country. That's the way I look at it.

"But every other team is going to be pretty excited as well, and that's what's great about it. It's not an easy thing to win so we are going to have to do it right. But to have your friends and family and fans to get a feel of it, too, will be pretty special."

"The excitement of the support we have in New Zealand far exceeds the pressure and expectation," Carter said. "That's why we just love playing in New Zealand. To have something like the World Cup in our own back yard is great and I know the players can't wait for it."

There should be some confidence among players and fans alike. Not only are the All Blacks clearly the world's best side, but they also haven't been beaten at home since the 32-29 defeat to the Springboks in Hamilton in September 2009 and last weekend's loss to South Africa was only their second in the last two years.

They possess strength and depth across the squad but, as everyone knows, World Cups come down to one-off games and Graham Henry's side need to make sure they win seven in a row to triumph for the first time since 1987.

It will help that 10 players from the failed 2007 campaign will be back, along with the three coaches, and they will ensure the rest of the squad understand what the pain of defeat feels like. It's not an experience they want to endure again and, like the pressure of playing at home, it's not something they will avoid talking about.

"You know what you are in for and know what to expect," McCaw said. "A lot of us who were there last time, we have played a lot more rugby and been through a lot more experiences. That doesn't guarantee anything but, hopefully, we can do the right things at training so we can perform on Saturdays.

"Games you are expected to win, you prepare right so you perform well and get what you need out of it. For the games that will be the tough ones, you know what you need to do to get the result and the performance you are after. Having been through that, hopefully the coaches and players who have been there before will be able to make sure we get it right the week prior and then out of the field."

The 7th Rugby World Cup 2011 will take place in New Zealand during 9 September and 23 October of 2011. The Tournament is one of the world’s largest and most popular sporting events of the year. More than 85,000 international visitors will be welcomed. The Rugby World Cup is the premier international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport’s governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB), and is contested by the men’s national teams. The inaugural tournament was held in 1987, hosted by both Australia and New Zealand, and it is contested every four years. The tournament is one of the largest international sporting competitions in the world.

Rugby World Cup 2011

The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. At a meeting of the International Rugby Board (IRB) held in Dublin on 17 November 2005, New Zealand was selected as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa.
New Zealand co-hosted the first Rugby World Cup with Australia in 1987. Originally set to co-host the 2003 tournament with Australia, a disagreement over ground signage rights saw the New Zealand games dropped and Australia became the sole host. Prior to the 2005 Lions tour to New Zealand, critics doubted that New Zealand had the infrastructure to host an event of this size. The 2011 New Zealand bid contained plans to enlarge the size of Eden Park and other stadia to help increase the commercial viability of the bid.