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The Rugby World Cup 2011 is held September 9^th through October 23^rd and it will be an exciting time for the teams that are competing and Rugby fans alike. This is one of the largest competitions in the world and has been going on since 1987, with the tournaments then hosted by Australia and New Zealand, and takes place once every four years. Watch the Rugby World Cup 2011 live from your computer in high quality streaming video from your computer by getting your membership at the banners on this page.

Before this tournament, only regional tournaments were held including the Six Nations Championship which has been around since 1883, first called the Home Nations Championship, which included England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Later on France and Italy joined the mix and made it the Six Nations Championship. Also, a Tri-Nations Series was held between Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. Rugby has also been played during the Summer Olympics including the 1900, 1908, 1920 and 1924 event in Paris, France. 

The Rugby World Cup is awarded to the team that wins the final at the end of the tournament, but it is known as the William Webb Ellis Cup as well after a student named William Webb Ellis purportedly invented the game while playing football. In 2011, the Rugby World Cup will take place in New Zealand, and the announcements have been made for the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup as well. In 2015, the tournament will takes place in England and then Japan will be the host nation for the Rugby World Cup live in 2019.

The tournament sees the twenty nations that are in the Rugby World Cup compete over a month period throughout the host nation, in this case, New Zealand. They compete through two stages. The first ist he group stage and then they move onto a knock-out phase. Five nations are divided into four different pools, which are given the designation of A, B, C and D. The top four are seeded teams from the previous tournaments and then the remaining spot in each pool is taken by the four nations who were the losing quarter finalists from the previous event, put randomly into a pool.

In 2011, the A pool starts with New Zealand, then includes France, Tsonga and Canada with the final nation in Pool A, Japan. In the B Pool, Argentina is at the top followed by England, Scotland, Georgia and an unannounced playoff winner. Then, in Pool C, Australia, Ireland, Italy, Russia and the United States and Pool D includes South Africa, Wales, Fiji, Samoa and Namibia. Watch rugby online with access to rugby streams from anywhere via your internet connection. Get your membership for rugby streaming access right from your computer.