Venues For RUGBY World Cup 2011

•   As part of its philosophy of a "Stadium of Four Million", thirteen venues
    across New Zealand will host matches for RWC 2011.

•  Stadium Christchurch and Wellington Regional Stadium will each host two
    quarter-finals with the Final, Bronze Final and both semi-finals to be
    played at Eden Park in Auckland.

•  The Tournament will kick off at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday September
    9, 2011 when New Zealand will play Tonga.

•  Auckland (Eden Park), Wellington and Christchurch have been allocated
    five pool matches each while North Shore, Hamilton, New Plymouth,
    Rotorua and Dunedin will each host three matches. Whangarei, Nelson,
    Palmerston North, Napier and Invercargill will host two matches.

•  The selection of host venues in March 2009 came after the culmination
    of a 22 month process that has involved 18 regions around New Zealand
    applying to host either a match or a team or both.

•  New Zealand has a range of dedicated Rugby venues across the country
    and these venues were recognised by players, officials, broadcasters
    and media as excellent during the 2005 DHL NZ Lions Series.

•  Since New Zealand's Bid, RWC 2011 has been a catalyst for expansion
    and upgrade plans being advanced for  number of venues, which would
    be a further enhancement on the Bid commitments.

Arena Manawatu

Capacity: 15000

Eden Park

Capacity: 60,000

Waikato Stadium

Capacity: 30,000

  McLean Park

Capacity: 15,000

North Harbour Stadium

Capacity: 30,000

Okara Park

Capacity: 18,000

Otago Stadium

Capacity: 30,000

Rugby Park Stadium

Capacity: 17,000

Trafalgar Park

Expansion to 18,000

Wellington Regional Stadium

Capacity: 40,000

Yarrow Stadium

Capacity: 26,000

Rotorua Int'l Stadium

Capacity: 26,000