RWC TEAM HOST TOWNS
Many town hosted teams during the World Cup in 2011 and supported them giving them strong local support.
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The 12 venue towns were:
North Island:
• Whangarei
• North Shore
• Auckland
• Hamilton
• Rotorua
• New Plymouth
• Napier
• Palmerston North
• Wellington
South Island:
• Nelson
• Dunedin
• Invercargill
But in addition to these, 10 other New Zealand towns also hosted teams for some of their stay here. These included:
North Island:
• Bay of Islands
• Rodney
• Tauranga/Mt Maunganui
• Taupo
• Gisborne
• Wanganui
• Masterton
South Island:
• Blenheim
• Ashburton
• Queenstown
Originally it looked like teams would be based predominantly in one town. But actually the teams moved around different centres during the group phases, as they indicated they did not want to be based permanently in one place.
For example, Dunedin hosted Scotland, England, Ireland, Italy, a European qualifier and a play-off winner for three pool matches to be played September 14 and 24 and on October 2. The English, stayed for three nights (September 22 - 24), while the Irish were be in the city for seven nights (September 26 - October 2).
Queenstown host 3 teams including England and Ireland. Taupo hosted 3 teams including South Africa. Auckland, Auckland’s North Shore and Rodney (North of Auckland) hosted 12 teams in total. Wanganui hosted USA and Masterton hosted Romania. South Africa was largely based in Wellington. The All Blacks were mostly based in the North Island for the tournament.
