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Nine Tigers reach RWC last eight

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Nine Tigers players have reached the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals in France.

England colleagues Martin Corry, Ben Kay, George Chuter, Lewis Moody and Dan Hipkiss will set the ball rolling on Saturday afternoon when Australia provide the opposition in the first quarter-final.

And with a 2pm kick-off, Tigers supporters can watch that encounter before heading down to Welford Road for the Guinness Premiership meeting with early-season league leaders Gloucester.

New Zealand, for whom Tigers signing Aaron Mauger was among the try-scorers in Saturday’s win over Romania, face hosts France on Saturday evening.

Seru Rabeni, one of the stars of Fiji’s enthralling Pool B victory over Wales, will be looking for another big performance as the islanders face South Africa in the last eight on Sunday afternoon.

The fourth quarter-final on Sunday evening sees Argentina up against Scotland. Prop Marcos Ayerza is among Marcelo Loffreda’s Pumas squad, while James Hamilton started Scotland’s decisive Pool C victory over Italy last Saturday.

There was disappointment for Geordan Murphy, despite scoring a try in Ireland’s defeat by Argentina on Sunday, and Martin Castrogiovanni as Italy finished third in Pool C. Alesana Tuilagi also saw his quarter-final hopes dashed as Samoa were eliminated in Pool A.