All Blacks chokers? No!
Posted by Hamish McBrearty on October 15th, 2007
An interesting statistic was posted by Rugby News Service on the Rugby World Cup site that makes for some quite interesting reading.
Most tries at a single Rugby World Cup
|
No. |
Player |
Team |
Year |
| 8 | Bryan Habana | RSA | 2007 |
| 8 | Jonah Lomu | NZL | 1999 |
| 7 | Marc Ellis | NZL | 1995 |
| 7 | Jonah Lomu | NZL | 1995 |
| 7 | Doug Howlett | NZL | 2003 |
| 7 | Mils Muliaina | NZL | 2003 |
| 7 | Drew Mitchell | AUS | 2007 |
| 6 | Craig Green | NZL | 1987 |
| 6 | John Kirwan | NZL | 1987 |
| 6 | David Campese | AUS | 1991 |
| 6 | Jean-Baptiste Lafond | FRA | 1991 |
| 6 | Jeff Wilson | NZL | 1999 |
| 6 | Joe Rokocoko | NZL | 2003 |
| 6 | Doug Howlett | NZL | 2007 |
| 6 | Shane Williams | WAL | 2007 |
Of the 15 names on that list, ten of them are All Blacks and only two of them have winners’ medals: John Kirwan and Craig Green. So eight of the top 15 try scoring performances at a single Rugby World Cup have been by All Blacks in failed campaigns. Says quite a lot really.
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