The Springboks led the best way within the history-making on the Rugby World Cup as we grew to become the nation with probably the most title wins, the second nation to ever win successive titles, and the primary nation to realize a uncommon feat twice – having received after dropping a match within the Pool phases for the second time.
In a historic last in Paris on 28 October Beauden Barrett (New Zealand) grew to become the primary participant to ever rating tries in two separate Rugby World Cup finals after scoring in 2023.
Springboks skipper Siya Kolisi grew to become solely the second participant ever (and the primary ever South African) to win the RWC twice as a captain. In the meantime, All Blacks lock Sam Whitelock broke the information for probably the most general profitable appearances (23) and probably the most general appearances (26).
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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS BROKEN AT Rugby World Cup 2023
- Siya Kolisi (South Africa) grew to become solely the second participant ever (and the primary ever South African) to win the RWC twice as a captain – Kolisi was the captain in 2019 when South Africa received and he was the captain once more in 2023 – the one participant to ever win twice as a captain is Richie McCaw (New Zealand) who was the profitable captain in 2011 and 2015.
- Beauden Barrett (New Zealand) grew to become the primary participant to ever rating tries in two separate Rugby World Cup finals after scoring one in 2023 (and beforehand scoring one attempt in 2015)
- Sam Whitelock (New Zealand) broke his third place tie with Sonny Invoice Williams (New Zealand) for probably the most profitable appearances (18) and he moved previous Kevin Meleamu (19 profitable appearances, New Zealand) and Richie McCaw (20 profitable appearances, New Zealand) – since New Zealand made it to the finals, Whitelock is now the participant with probably the most profitable appearances with 23, 3 profitable appearances forward of the previous document holder, Richie McCaw
- Sam Whitelock (New Zealand) additionally broke the document for probably the most match appearances, beforehand held by Jason Leonard (England) and Richie McCaw (New Zealand) with 22 appearances every – Whitelock had 19 appearances earlier than the 2023 RWC, now he has 26; Agustin Creevy (Argentina, 22 appearances) and James Slipper (21 appearances) additionally joined the highest 5 rankings of probably the most appearances after the 2023 match with a second and third place tie, respectively
Breaking new floor
- Handré Pollard (South Africa) entered the highest 5 of probably the most general factors throughout all gamers and tournaments, tying for third place with Michael Lynagh at 195 factors
- Henry Arundell (England) joined Chris Latham (Australia) and Josh Lewsey (England) because the participant with the second most tries in a single match (5), second solely to to New Zealand’s Marc Ellis with 6 tries – Arundell’s 5 tries have been achieved throughout England’s match with Chile; Darcy Graham (Scotland) additionally joined a listing of 12 different gamers who achieved 4 tries in a single match (Graham did so within the match in opposition to Romania)
- Will Jordan (New Zealand) tied Jonah Lomu (NZ), Julian Savea (NZ) & Bryan Habana (South Africa) for probably the most tries in a single match – 8
- George Ford (England) tied 3 different gamers for second place because the participant with probably the most drop targets in a match (3) which was achieved throughout England’s match in opposition to Argentina
- PJ Van Lill (Namibia) and Aranos Coetzee (Namibia) climbed up within the rankings for probably the most dropping appearances within the RWC – Van Lill is now tied for 2nd place with 2 different gamers (12 dropping appearances) and Coetzee is true behind him with 11 dropping appearances alongside 7 different gamers.
Historical past made
- Wayne Barnes grew to become the primary referee to officiate in 5 editions of the Rugby World Cup
- Richie Mo’Unga (New Zealand) climbed up increased within the rankings of the gamers with probably the most general conversions throughout World Cups – he’s presently in third place with 38 general conversions
- Sam Cane (New Zealand) grew to become the primary participant to ever obtain a crimson card within the RWC Remaining
- Mark Telea (New Zealand) broke the document for beating probably the most defenders throughout RWC finals (9), breaking Jonah Lomu’s document (8) from 1995
- Ardie Savea (New Zealand) broke the document for probably the most carries in RWC finals – 22, breaking Billy Vunipola’s document (19) from 2019
- Pieter-Steph du Toit (South Africa), broke the document for probably the most tackles in a RWC last (28) breaking Richie McCaw’s document (18 tackles) from 2011.
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NATIONS RECORDS
SOUTH AFRICA Data at Rugby World Cup 2023
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- South Africa broke its tie with New Zealand (3 titles) and have become the only real holder of the document for probably the most titles received since RWC’s inception in 1987 by profitable their 4th title in 2023 – they beforehand received in 1995, 2007 and 2019.
- South Africa (2019 winners) joined New Zealand as simply the second nation to ever win successive World Cup titles by profitable in 2023 (NZ received successive titles in 2011 and 2015).
- South Africa stays as the one nation to have received the World Cup after beforehand dropping a match within the Pool phases – South Africa additionally grew to become the one nation to take action twice since they misplaced a Pool match in opposition to Eire in 2023 and ended up profitable
- South Africa maintains their 100% win charge of their finals appearances
- South Africa prolonged its 28 year-long streak of advancing to a minimum of the quarter-finals in each Rugby World Cup since their first participation in 1995.
- South Africa’s document as the one nation to not have conceded a minimum of one attempt throughout appearances within the last got here to an finish in 2023 as a consequence of New Zealand’s Beauden Barrett
NEW ZEALAND
- New Zealand broke their tie with Australia, England and South Africa and have become the nation with probably the most finals appearances (5) for the reason that match’s inception (they’re additionally the nation with probably the most semi-finals appearances (9) and tied with France for probably the most quarter-finals appearances (10))
- New Zealand prolonged their 35 year-long streak of advancing to a minimum of the quarter-finals in each Rugby World Cup since its inception in 1987 (shared with Australia and France).
- New Zealand grew to become the primary nation to cross the 50 matches received on the World Cup- they’d received 49 matches earlier than the match began – now they’ve received 54 matches
- New Zealand prolonged their document for the longest streak of scoring a minimum of one attempt throughout a match on the RWC – they’ve scored a minimum of one every of their final 39 RWC matches.
- New Zealand’s streak of getting received all of their pool matches on the RWC for the reason that match’s inception in 1987 (31 consecutive pool matches) led to 2023 as a consequence of their loss in opposition to France within the first Pool A match.
ENGLAND
- England joined Australia & New Zealand as the one nation to have received all three medals (gold, silver, bronze) after ending up third in 2023 – England received in 2003 they usually have been second in 1991, 2007 & 2019.
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AUSTRALIA
- Australia broke their 35 year-long streak of advancing to a minimum of quarter-finals in each Rugby World Cup since its inception in 1987 (shared with New Zealand and France) after being eradicated within the Pool phases in 2023
FRANCE
- France prolonged their 35 year-long streak of advancing to a minimum of the quarter-finals in each Rugby World Cup since its inception in 1987 (shared with Australia and New Zealand).
JAPAN
- Till 2019, Canada and Japan shared the document for probably the most appearances within the World Cup for Tier 2 nations, having appeared in the entire World Cups between its inception in 1987 and 2019, however in 2023, Japan grew to become the only real holder of the document since Canada didn’t qualify.
ITALY
- Since Italy didn’t get into the quarter-finals, it maintains its document of being the one Tier 1 nation to have by no means made it into the quarter-finals.
NAMIBIA
- Namibia prolonged their document because the nation with probably the most matches performed on the RWC with out profitable a single one (26 after 2023 RWC).
GEORGIA & PORTUGAL
- The match between Georgia and Portugal in Pool C grew to become solely the 4th match ever to finish up in a draw on the RWC with a rating of 18-18 (seventh if 3 matches that have been cancelled in 2019 as a consequence of a storm and recorded as attracts can be counted as nicely).