International Union Rugby Results
WORLD RUGBY 10th Men’s Rugby World Cup 2023 – France
– Knockout Stage – Consolation Final – Bronze Medal Match
England bt Argentina 26 – 23 ( H / T 16 – 10 )
– Knockout Stage – Championship Final – Gold / Silver Medals Match
South Africa bt New Zealand 12 – 11 ( 12 – 06 )
Retained Championship Title – 04th Title for South Africa 01st Runner Up Title for New Zealand in 04th Final
Top Points Scorers : 75 – Oewn Farrell ( England )
74 – Thomas Ramos ( France )
67 – Emiliano Boffelli ( Argentina )
Top Try Scorers :
08 – Will Jordan ( New Zealand )
06 – Damian Penaud ( France )
Most Tries Scored in a Match :
05 : Henry Arundell ( England ) vs Chile
04 : Darcy Graham ( Scotland ) vs Romania
03 : Cobus Reinach ( South Africa ) vs Romania
First hatrick of tries in the tournament
07 others also achieved this feat
First Try Scorer of the tournament :
Mark Telea ( New Zealand ) vs France
Top Penalty Goal Scorers :
14 – Owen Farrell ( England )
13 – Emiliano Boffelli ( Argentina )
Top Try Conversion Scorers :
21 – Thomas Ramos ( France )
18 – Richie Mo’unga ( New Zealand )
17 – Johnny Sexton ( Ireland )
Top Drop Goal Scorers :
03 – George Ford ( England )
02 – Owen Farrell ( England )
First & Only instance of a hatrick of Drop Goals in the tournament :
03 : George Ford ( England ) vs Argentina
Penalty Tries Awarded : 04
Red Cards : 06 Citing / Bans : 10
Highest Margin of Victory ( High Scores ) :
96 – 00 : New Zealand vs Italy
96 – 17 : South Africa vs Namibia
84 – 00 : Scotland vs Romania
82 – 08 : Ireland vs Romania
Lowest Margin of Victory ( Low Scores ) :
12 – 11 : South Africa vs New Zealand ( Final )
16 – 15 : South Africa vs England ( Semi Final )
18 – 17 : England vs Samoa
24 – 23 : Portugal vs Fiji
29 – 28 : South Africa vs France ( Quarter Final )
South Africa won all knockout stage ( Quarter Final, Semi Final, Final ) matches by just 01 point – never happened before in a Men’s Rugby World Cup
First & Only Tie in the tournament :
18 – 18 : Georgia vs Portugal
Oldest Player : 39 years 297 days – P J van Lill ( Namibia )
Youngest Player : 20 years 45 days – Tornike Kakhoidze ( Georgia )