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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 Rugby World Cup winners

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 Flags

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 Emblems

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 Newspaper scavenger hunt

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 Secret message

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 Greetings crossword

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 Rugby jumbled words

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 Rugby World Cup crossword

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 Country word find

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 Host cities

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 Rugby Maths Bingo

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 Quizz

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CUP WINNERS Can you find the missing information and complete the table below?

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FLAGS 1/2 Colour the flags of the 20 countries competing in Rugby World Cup 2015 following the legend:

b black - db dark blue - lb light blue - g green - o orange - r red - y yellow

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Can you find out which flag belongs to each of the 20 countries competing in Rugby World Cup 2015? Pool A: Pool C: -There is a dragon in the Welsh flag -There 4 stars in NZ flag -There is a sun in the middle of the Argentinian flag -In the English flag there is a red cross -There are 5 crosses in the Georgian flag -There are 6 stars in the Australian flag -There is one cross in the Tongan flag -The Fidjian flag is light blue -The Namibian flag is blue, green, red and -There is a sun in the Uruguayan flag white with a yellow sun Pool B: -The Scottish flag is blue with a cross Pool D: -The Samoan flag is red and blue -The French flag is blue, white and red -There is a circle in the Japanese flag -There are shamrocks in the Irish flag -The South African flag is black, blue, -The Italian flag is green, white and red green, red, yellow and white -The Romanian flag is blue, yellow and red -There are 50 stars in the American flag -There is a red leaf sun in the Canadian flag

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POOL A

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ROMANIA

URUGUAY

USA

NAMIBIA

CANADA

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EMBLEMS Rugby teams are represented by emblems. Can you write the name of each country close to its emblem.

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NEWSPAPER SCAVENGER HUNT Choose and adopt one of the 20 countries competing in Rugby World Cup 2015. My adopted country: ………………………………… Using newspaper articles about RWC 2015, find and collect into your exercice-book the following things. Tick them off as you find them.

 A picture of a rugby ball → …………………………………………………………..

 A picture of a player from your adopted country →

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 The flag or national emblem of your adopted country →

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 A city in your adopted country → …………………………………………………….

 A three-syllable word in a headline →

 An action word →

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 Two words that are acronyms → ……………………………………………………..

 A picture and the name of a RWC 2015 stadium →

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 The result of a match featuring your adopted country →

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 A team that scored no points → …………………………………………………….

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SECRET MESSAGE You’ll find a special message below. Write down the letters given by these coordinates. (5, 12) (11, 8) (12, 14) (3, 6) (7, 5) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (12, 1) (1, 14) ___ ___ (14, 12) (1, 1) (6, 8) (14, 4) (7, 2) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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GREETINGS CROSSWORD Can you find the 10 different ways to say Hello! In the crossword puzzle below? 1

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DOWN 1 CIAO (Italian) 2 SAWUBONA (Zulu) 3 MALO (Tongan) 5 BULA (Fijian) 6 HALLO (Afrikaans)

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RUGBY JUMBLED WORDS Can you find these words in the grid below?

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RUGBY WORLD CUP CROSSWORD Use your knowledge of Rugby World Cup 2015 to complete this crossword 9

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1 City to host the RWC 2015 final 2 Symbol of the USA Rugby team 3 Australian Rugby Team nickname 4 Shape of a rugby ball 5 Goodbye in Italian 6 Asian team competing in RWC 2015 7 The last match of the Tournament 8 What all teams want to do

9 Rugby World Cup 2007 champions 10 Hello in Spanish 11 Host country of RWC 2015 12 Capital city of New Zealand 13 Country situated in the north of America 14 Name of the trophy of the RWC

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COUNTRY WORD FIND Find the 20 participating countries in the jumbled words below E

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HOST CITIES For Rugby World Cup 2015, 11 host cities and 13 stadiums across England & Wales will host the 48 matches. Can you name each host city and the stadium on the map below? Birmingham Leicester

Brighton Cardiff London (3 stadiums)

Exeter Manchester

Gloucester Milton Keynes

Leeds Newcastle

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RUGBY MATHS BINGO Pick nine of these twenty numbers and put them into a 3x3 grid. Teacher reads out rugby scores that match these numbers ie”Try, Try, Conversion” = 12 Try (5 points), Try (5 points), Conversion (2 points) Students cross out each of their numbers as they are called out. First one finished calls out BINGO.

NUMBERS TO CHOOSE FROM 3 14

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EXAMPLES OF POSSIBLE SCORING FOR THE CALLER TO READ ALOUD (NOT ALL HERE) 3 P DG

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*T  try 5 pts

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9 PPP PPDG DGDGDG PDGDG

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*C  conversion 2 pts

*P  penalty 3 pts

*DG  drop goal 3 pts

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QUIZZ Select the correct answer for the quiz questions below. Do the quiz before and after Rugby World Cup 2015 to see how much you have learnt!

Which of these countries does not figure a cross on its flag?  England  USA  Georgia

Which stadium will host Rugby World Cup 2015 final?  Millennium Stadium  Wembley Stadium  Twickenham Stadium

What colours are in the Romanian flag?  Blue, red, and green  Green, white and red  Blue, yellow and red

Which country hosted RWC 2011?  New Zealand  South Africa  Australia

What animal represents the Australian Rugby team?  a bear  a kangaroo  a rabbit

Which country played 2 finals and won twice?  New Zealand  France  South Africa

What’s the name of the trophy for RWC?  Bouclier de Brennus  Webb Ellis Cup  Jonny Wilkinson

Which country will host RWC 2019?  Argentina  Ireland  Japan

Which of these countries uses the Euro as main currency?  England  Italy  Uruguay

Which team features a palm tree as emblem?  Australia  South Africa  Fiji

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