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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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Player with the most tries in one match (6)
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Marc Ellis
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Player with most drop goals in one tournament (8)
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Johnny Wilkinson
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Player with most drop goals in one match (5)
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Jannie De Beer
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Player that has played the most tournaments (1991,1995,1999,2003,2007)
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Brian Lima
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Player that has played the most tournaments (1999,2003,2007,2011,2015)
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Mauro Bergamasco
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Player that has played the most tournaments (2003,2007,2011,2015,2019)
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Sergio Parisse
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Most consecutive wins in the RWC (19)
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New Zealand
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Winning captain in 1987
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David Kirk
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Winning captain in 1991
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Nick Farr-Jones
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Winning captain in 1995
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Francois Pienaar
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Winning captain in 1999
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John Eales
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Winning captain in 2003
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Martin Johnson
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Winning captain in 2007
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John Smith
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Winning captain in 2011
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Richie McCaw
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Winning captain in 2015
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Richie McCaw
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Winning captain in 2019
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Siya Kolisi
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Worst performance in a RWC by a team (only qualified once without scoring a single try)
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Spain
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Longest absence from the RWC by a team (have not qualified in 32 years)
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Zimbabwe
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The only team to have reached a quarter-final and since failed to qualify for RWC
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Canada
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Longest trophy drought (24 years)
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Australia
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Name of the RWC official trophy
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William Web-Ellis
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