Italy's Alessandro Zanni (right) on Australia's Adam Ashley-Cooper.
Tonga's Alipate Fatafehi (right) on Isaia Toeava, of the All Blacks.
Wales' Jamie Roberts tackles South Africa's Jean de Villiers.
Russia's Vasily Artemyev gives Takudzwa Ngwenya of the US a lift.
US captain Todd Clever (right) makes a late charge on Russia's Victor Gresev.
Romania's Ionel Cazan (2nd L) spear tackles Argentina's Horacio Agulla.
Fiji winger Vereniki Goneva stops the Springboks' Danie Rossouw.
A Nude Blacks player is tackled by Spain's Las Conquistadoras (The Conquerors) in Dunedin.
England's Toby Flood (top) brings down Georgia's Givi Berishvili.
Tonga's Soane Tonga'uiha (top) collars Japan's Shaun Webb.
Wallabies Berrick Barnes (top) and Anthony Fainga'a combine to tackle Chris Wyles of the US.
England's Tom Croft brings Romania's Adrian Marian Apostol down.
Conrad Smith of the All Blacks tackles France's Aurelien Rougerie.
Fiji's Kini Murimurivalu drives Samoa's Sailosi Tagicakibau off his feet.
Players have been putting their bodies on the line for their Rugby World Cup teams, as this selection of images by Reuters photographers shows.
