KPMG RWC 2011 Official Tournament Supplier

Now lets about talk about the RWC 2011,Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) has announced the appointment of KPMG as the Official Tournament Supplier of accounting and tax advisory services for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.

One of the world's leading Accountancy Firms, KPMG will provide the full range of professional services for the tournament which kicks off on September 9, 2011 when hosts New Zealand face Tonga in Auckland.

The appointment of another globally renowned business as an Official Tournament Supplier underlines Rugby World Cup's stature as one of the world's premier sporting events.

Rugby World Cup Limited Managing Director Mike Miller said: "We are delighted to welcome KPMG as an Official Tournament Supplier for Rugby World Cup 2011. The delivery of accounting and tax advisory services is an important element of a tournament which is now firmly established as the world's third largest sporting event."

"KPMG has considerable experience and expertise across the global accountancy and tax spectrum and has excellent Rugby knowledge and we are looking forward to continuing our strong partnership with the firm over the next year and a half."

The first Rugby Union

On 4 December 1870, Edwin Ash of Richmond and Benjamin Burns of Blackheath published a letter in The Times  suggesting that "those who play the rugby-type game should meet to form a code of practice as various clubs play to rules which differ from others, which makes the game difficult to play." On 26 January 1871 a meeting attended by representatives from 21 clubs was held in London at the Pall Mall Restaurant.

The 21 clubs present at the meeting were: Blackheath represented by Burns and Frederick Stokes the latter becoming the first captain of England,  The one notable omission was the Wasps. According to one version, a Wasps' representative was sent to attend the meeting, but owing to a misunderstanding, was sent to the wrong venue at the wrong time on the wrong day; another version is that he went to a venue of the same name where, after consuming a number of drinks, he realised his mistake but was too drunk to make his way to the correct venue.

As a result of this meeting the Rugby Football Union (RFU) was founded. Algernon Rutter was elected as the first president of the RFU and Edwin Ash was elected as treasurer. Three lawyers who were Rugby School alumni drew up the first laws of the game which were approved in June 1871.

And now rugby 2010 still there is a need to implement these laws.Rugby World Cup 2010 is on its way also.

Trophy

 The Webb Ellis Cup is the final prize presented to winners of the Rugby World Cup, named after William Webb Ellis, who is credited with creating the game of rugby football. The trophy is also referred to simply as the Rugby World Cup. The trophy was chosen in 1987 as an appropriate cup for use in the competition. The words 'International Rugby Board' and 'The Webb Ellis Cup' are engraved on the face of the cup. It stands at thirty-eight centimetres and is silver gilded in gold, and supported by two cast scroll handles, one handle has a head of a satyr, and the other has a head of a nymph. The colloquial name of the trophy in Australia is "Bill"
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Tournament

The current model features twenty nations competing over a month in the host nation(s). There are two stages, a group and a knock-out. Nations are divided into four pools, A through to D, of five nations each.  The pool allocation system seeds teams ranked one to four from the previous tournament into A to D pools respectively. The other four automatic entrants—the losing quarter-finalists from the previous tournament—are drawn into pools at random.

The remaining positions in each pool are filled by the qualifiers. Nations play four pool games, playing their respective pool members once. A bonus points system is used during pool play. If two or more teams are level on points, a system of criteria is used to determine the higher rank; the sixth and final criterion decides the higher rank through the Official IRB World Rankings

Qualification

Qualifying tournaments were introduced for the second tournament, where eight of the sixteen places were contested in a twenty-four-nation tournament. The inaugural World Cup in 1987, did not involve any qualifying process; instead, the 16 places were automatically filled by seven eligible International Rugby Football Board International Rugby Board member nations, and the rest by invitation.

The current format allows for twelve of the twenty available positions to be filled by automatic qualification, as the teams who finish third or better in the group  stages of the previous tournament enter its successor  . The qualification system for the remaining eight places will be region-based with Europe and the Americas allocated two qualifying places, Africa, Asia and Oceania one place each, with the last place determined by a play-off .

The previous format, used in 2003 and 2007, allowed for eight of the twenty available positions to be filled by automatic qualification, as the eight quarter finalists of the previous tournament enter its successor. The remaining twelve positions were filled by continental qualifying tournaments. Positions were filled by three teams from the Americas, one from Asia, one from Africa, three from Europe and two from Oceania. Another two places were allocated for repechage. The first repechage place was determined by a match between the runners-up from the Africa and Europe qualifying tournaments, with that winner then playing the Americas runner-up to determine the place.The second repechage position was determined between the runners-up from the Asia and Oceania qualifiers

History

It is the premier international rugby union competition. The event is managed by the sport's governing body, the IRB, and is contested by the men's national teams.
The 1st tournament was held in 1987, and the main hosts were Australia and New Zealand, and is now contested after every four years. The tournament is one of the largest international sporting competitions in the world.