2003 Rugby World Cup Pool A

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Pool A was one of four pools at the 2003 Rugby World Cup into which the 20 participating teams were divided. The pool included hosts Australia and Argentina, who both qualified automatically having reached the quarter-finals of the 1999 tournament, along with Ireland, Romania and Namibia.[1]

Team Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Apps. Last Previous best
performance
IRB World Ranking
(6 October 2003)
 AustraliaHosts10 October 19995th1999Winners (1991, 1999)4
 ArgentinaQuarter-finalists in 199916 October 19995th1999Quarter-finals (1999)7
 IrelandEurope 128 September 2002[2]5th1999Quarter-finals (1987, 1991, 1995)3
 RomaniaEurope 35 October 2002[3]5th1999Pool stage (1987, 1991, 1995, 1999)15
 NamibiaAfrica13 October 2002[4]2nd1999Pool stage (1999)25

Standings

Matches

References

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