2023-09-06 21:44:46
Before the launch of the World Cup on Friday with France-All Blacks, discover the key figures to remember.
tallest player
Romania’s second row, Stefan Iancu, is officially the tallest player at this World Cup in France, he stands at 2.10m! In contrast, Irish scrum-half Craig Casey is the shortest at 1.65m. For the little anecdote, the two players could meet on the ground since Ireland faces Romania, on September 9, at the Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux.
Record attendance
They are only three players to have played in five World Cups. The first was the Samoan Brian Lima (1991-2007), nicknamed the “Chiropractor” for the hardness of his tackles, before two Italians also succeeded: Mauro Bergamasco (1999-2015) and Sergio Parisse (2003-2019 ). The former number 8 passed by the Stade Français Paris and Toulon has long dreamed of being able to play a sixth and last World Cup, but the coach of the Nazionale, Kieran Crowley, did not give him this gift …
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Record de drops
This is the record set by the South African opener Jannie de Beer who had slammed 5 drops in the quarter-final won against England in 1999 with a score of 44-21.
Trials records
The World Cup try record – 15 – is co-held by two rugby legends: former All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu and Springboks winger Bryan Habana (2007-2015). Only the latter, passed by RC Toulon, managed to lift the Webb-Ellis Cup in 2007.
Most represented club
Stade Toulousain is the Top 14 club that will have the most representatives at the World Cup. In addition to the ten French internationals (Baille, Aldegheri, Marchand, Mauvaka, Flament, Cros, Jelonch, Dupont, Jaminet, Ramos), the most successful club in French rugby also supplies players to Argentina (Santiago Chocobares and Juan Cruz Mallia), Australia (Richie Arnold), England (Jack Willis) Italy (Ange Capuozzo), New Zealand (Nepo Laulala) and Tonga (Pita Ahki). And Toulouse could have had 18 participants in the World Cup if Romain Ntamack had not been seriously injured… The record in this area is held by the Chilean club Selknam Rugby, in Santiago, since 27 of the 30 Chilean players evolve there. This will be the first time this year that this South American country has played in the Rugby World Cup.
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match records
England prop Jason Leonard (1991-2003) and New Zealand third-line Richie McCaw (2003-2015) are the two players to have played the most matches in the World Cup (22). Both have competed in four Worlds. Leonard was crowned world champion in 2003 and McCaw won two titles in 2011 and 2015.
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Oldest team
Crowned world champions for the third time in 2019, South Africa is this year the oldest team in the competition with an average age of 30.4 years per player. The Springboks rely, for this World Cup in France, on the backbone of players who had been titled four years ago in Japan.
Oldest player
Namibian Pieter Jan van Lill is the oldest player in this 10th Rugby World Cup. A last last stand for this third row, who wore the colors of Aviron Bayonnais between 2015 and 2020, before moving to Valence Romans then to Capbreton-Hossegor Rugby (Regional 2) since 2022. This will be his fourth World Cup. A hell of a performance.
Record points in a match
The record for points scored by the same team in a World Cup match is held by New Zealand, which atomized Japan (145-17) during the group stage of the 1995 World Cup in South Africa. During this meeting, Mark Ellis broke the record for tries scored in a game (6) and Simon Culhane the number of points scored by a player in a game (45).
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heaviest player
Heavy on the scale. Tonga mainstay Ben Tameifuna is the heaviest player to take part in this World Cup. The UBB player, who went through Racing 92, weighs 148 kg! France is not to be outdone, since Uini Atonio comes in second place with 145 kg. Note that his two players play as the right pillar. It helps to stall the scrum…
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