Rugby World Cup - Quarter Finals

Today Miss Simeon is our teacher! We spent our morning learning about the Rugby world cup quarter finals. I thoroughly enjoyed this task because it was all about researching facts and information about the 8 different countries that made it into the Quarter Finals. I didn't actually find any of this task challenging! We used two apps for this challenge and one of them was just google docs and the other one my My google Maps. My google maps is a site that you can use to pinpoint a country and it allows you to add information, images and videos. Other people can also access your work, that is if you allow permission..... I hope you enjoy!

New Zealand - All blacks

Ireland - Wolfhounds

Australia - Wallabies

England - Lions

Wales - WRU

France - The blues

Japan - Sakuras

South Africa - Spring box

New Zealand:

Population: 4.794 million

Team Captain: Kieran Read

Capital city: Wellington

Name of the team: The All Blacks

Fact 1: 2.5 million cars for 4 million people (including the kids) makes New Zealand’s car ownership rate one of the highest in the world.

Fact 2: The Maori name for New Zealand is ‘Aotearoa’. It means “the land of the long white cloud”.

Highest Land point: Aoraki/Mt Cook

Ireland:

Population: 4.784 million

Team Captain: Rory Best

Capital city: Dublin

Name of the team: Wolf hound

Fact 1: Ireland is the only country in the world to have a musical instrument as its national symbol. 

Fact 2: Green wasn’t always associated with St. Patrick. In fact, historians say that St. Patrick’s color was light blue.

Highest land point: Carrauntoohil

Australia:

Population: 24.6 million

Team Captain: Michael Hooper

Capital city: Canberra

Name of the team: The Wallabies

Fact 1: Australia is even bigger than you think it is. It's almost the same size as mainland USA

Fact 2: The world's largest sand island can be found in Australia - Fraser Island

Highest land point: Mount Kosciuszko

England:

Population: 55.62 million

Team Captain: Sean O'Loughlin

Capital city: London

Name of team: Lions

Fact 1: England is the most populated country in the United Kingdom. The other countries that make up the United Kingdom are Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Fact 2: There is only a 34 kilometre (21 mile) gap between England and France 

Highest land point: Scafell Pike

Wales:

Population: 3.125 million

Team Captain: Sam Warburton

Capital city: Cardiff

Name of team: WRU

Fact 1: The country of Wales is said to contain more castles per square mile than any other country in the world.

Fact 2: Wales is often termed "the land of song" the country is known for its harpists, male choirs, and solo artists

Highest land point: Yr Wyddfa

France:

Population: 66.99 million

Team Captain: Guilhem Guirado

Capital city: Paris

Name of team: The blues

Fact 1: France is the largest country in the EU, and known as ‘the hexagon’

Fact 2: France was the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food

Highest land point: Mont Blanc

Japan:

Population: 126.8

Team Captain:Michael Leitch

Capital city: Tokyo

Name of team: Sakuras

Fact 1: The Japanese name for Japan is “Nihon” or “Nippon” which means “sun origin”.

Fact 2: Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and also the largest city. Other major cities include Osaka, Nagoya, and Sapporo.

Highest land point: Mount Fuji

South Africa: 

Population: 56.72 million

Team Captain: Schalk Brits

Capital city: Cape Town

Name of the team: Spring box

Fact 1: The world's first successful heart transplant was performed in Cape Town

Fact 2: The two biggest man made holes in the world were excavated in South Africa

Highest land point: Mafadi