After nearly two months of fantastic rugby and the most colourful and passionate crowds imaginable, it's all over for another four years. Leaving all the rugby nuts out there with four years to wait and save up for the next tournament in New Zealand. More

What a pity for the masses of French fans congregated in around the historic Parc de Princes.

Having undoubtedly delivered the best World Cup ever from the point of view of the stadia and support, the team once again fluffed their lines in the face of their nemesis, Argentina. More

Here in France, everybody fell violently back on earth after the loss against England. Les Bleus could have avoided this disappointment by loosing to the All-Blacks one week earlier. More

The 2007 Rugby World Cup marks a real evolution in rugby. The English forwards pushed their team into the final, the Springboks athletes trashed their opponents’ defense thanks to their power. The pool games could have hinted that this power, typical of Southern Hemisphere rugby, was the key for success.

The Sprinkboks have punctured the dreams of a nation today at the Stade de France, and the nature of their victory must now be really sticking in the throats of the Argentines. More

Argentina have claimed the final spot in the last-four, the first time they've reached that stage of the competition, at the expense of Scotland, after getting the better of a strangely limp encounter at the Stade de France.

Was the game really that dull?  More

I cannot understand how Fiji came so close to winning that match. Don't let the final score fool you, this was mighty close, and but for a couple of basic errors in the Springbk 22, the Pacific Islanders would have been leading going into the final 10 minutes. More

After 30 minutes at the Millennium stadium, 50% of the French public, who thought their team could pull off an upset before the match, must have felt rather foolish.

That opening period saw the All blacks at their very best. Running the ball at pace, with fantastic angles, and ripping the French to pieces at every opportunity. More

What a way to get the quarter-finals underway, with a replay of the final from four years ago. Of course this time it was the Wallabies that were the favourites to prevail, but how wrong were the bookies this time around. More

I was watching the final game of the group stages tonight, and I think a new star may have been born.

Takudzwa Ngwenya, remember that name.

The Americans were easily out-gunned in this match by the Springboks, but there was one moment of magic that will long be remembered by those in the audience. More