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The most successful team in the RWC, 3x Champions with the most successful pool-stage record
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New Zealand
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The second most successful team, also 3x Champions
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South Africa
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2x Champions
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Australia
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The only Northern hemisphere team to have won RWC
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England
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The only team to have never won a final they played in
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France
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Arguably the sixth most successful team in the RWC, having won one Bronze medal, and reaching two semi-finals and reaching the Quarter-Final 7 out of 9 times of trying.
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Wales
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Also a Bronze medal winning team, but reaching the quarter-finals only twice.
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Argentina
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The only team to have reached a semi-final without claiming a bronze medal, in 1991.
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Scotland
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They have reached a total of eight out of nine quarter-finals without reaching the semi-final once, even being ranked the world no.1 team at one point.
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Ireland
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They have reached the quarter-finals three times without progressing
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Samoa
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They have reached the quarter-finals twice without progressing.
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Fiji
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They have reached the quarter-final once.
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Japan
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The only country to have hosted or co-hosted the RWC three times
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England
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The only country to have both hosted and won the RWC both times
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New Zealand
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The worst defending champions. (From champions to quarter-final exit)
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South Africa
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This was the last tournament where all four semi-finalist were undefeated
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2003
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The first tournament where the champion was not undefeated
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2019
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The only two tournaments where both teams where from the Southern Hemisphere (---- "and" ----)
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1995 and 2015
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Player with the most points in one tournament (126)
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Grant Fox
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Player with the most tries in one tournament (8,1999)
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Jonah Lomu
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Player with the most tries in one tournament (8,2007)
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Bryan Habana
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Player with the most tries in one tournament (8,2015)
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Julian Savea
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