Allsportspk Fact File: Rugby World Cup

Allsportspk Fact File: Rugby World Cup

Part Two: Individual Statistics

Most Appearances

Rank	Appearances	Player Name	Nation
1	22	Jason Leonard	England
1	22	Richie McCaw	New Zealand
2	21	Alun Wyn Jones	Wales
3	20	Schalk Burger	South Africa
3	20	George Gregan	Australia
3	20	Keven Mealamu	New Zealand

• Jason Leonard holds the record of most appearances in the World Cup history.
• Richie McCaw has made the most appearances for New Zealand.
• Diego Ormaechea, is the oldest player to appear in the World Cup, aged 40 years, 26 days.
• Vasil Lobzhanidze, is the youngest player to appear in the World Cup, aged 18 years, 340 days.
• Richie McCaw has won 20 matches in his total of 22 appearances.
• Only 6 players have 20 or more appearances in the Rugby World Cup.

Most Points

Points	Name	Team	App.	Tries	Con.	Pen.	Drop
277	Jonny Wilkinson	England	19	1	28	58	14
227	Gavin Hastings	Scotland	13	9	39	36	0
195	Michael Lynagh	Australia	15	4	36	33	2
191	Dan Carter	New Zealand	15	3	58	17	3
170	Grant Fox	New Zealand	10	0	37	31	1

• Jonny Wilkinson holds the record for the most points scored (277), most penalties (58) and most drop goals (14) in Rugby World Cups.
• Michael Lynagh has scored the most points for Australia.
• Jonny Wilkinson and Gavin Hastings are the only player in the World Cup history to achieve more than 200 points.

Most Points in a Single Match

Points	Name	Team	Opponent
45	Simon Culhane	New Zealand	Japan
44	Gavin Hastings	Scotland	Ivory Coast
42	Mat Rogers	Australia	Namibia
36	Tony Brown	New Zealand	Italy
36	Paul Grayson	England	Tonga

• Simon Culhane holds the record of most points scored by an individual in a single match.
• Simon Culhane, Gavin Hastings and Mat Rogers are only player to score more than 40 points in a single match.

Most Tries

Tries	Name	Team
15	Jonah Lomu	New Zealand
15	Bryan Habana	South Africa
14	Drew Mitchell	Australia
13	Doug Howlett	New Zealand
12	Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia

• Bryan Habana and Jonah Lomu share the record for the most tries (15) in Rugby World Cups, and share the record for most tries in a single World Cup tournament (8) with Julian Savea.
• Julian Savea scored a joint record eight tries in New Zealand’s progress to the 2015 final, including two hat-tricks

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Most Tries In A Single Tournament

Rank	Name	Nation
8	Jonah Lomu	New Zealand
8	Bryan Habana	South Africa
8	Julian Savea	New Zealand
7	Marc Ellis	New Zealand
7	Jonah Lomu	New Zealand
7	Doug Howlett	New Zealand
7	Mils Muliaina	New Zealand
7	Drew Mitchell	Australia
7	Josh Adams	Wales

• Jonah Lomu, Bryan Habana and Julian Savea hold the record of most tries by a player in a World Cup match.
• Only 9 players have managed in the history of World Cup to 7 or more tries in a game.

Most Conversions

Conversions	Player Name	Nation
58	Dan Carter	New Zealand
39	Gavin Hastings	Scotland
37	Grant Fox	New Zealand
36	Michael Lynagh	Australia
28	Jonny Wilkinson	England

• Dan Carter holds the record for the most conversions in Rugby World Cups.
• Gavin Hastings has most conversions as a European.
• Only 4 players have managed to have 35 plus conversions in the World Cup.

Most Conversions in a Single Match

Conversions	Name	Nation
30	Grant Fox	New Zealand
23	Dan Carter	New Zealand
22	Percy Montgomery	South Africa
20	Michael Lynagh	Australia
20	Simon Culhane	New Zealand
20	Leon MacDonald	New Zealand
20	Nick Evans	New Zealand
20	Richie Mo’unga	New Zealand

• Grant Fox is the record holder of most conversions in a World Cup match.
• Grant Fox, Dan Carter and Percy Montgomery are the only players to have more 20 conversions in a single match.

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