Rugby Union World Cup 1995
1995 Rugby Union World Cup ![]() |
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World Champion 2nd place 3rd place |
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Duration | May 25 - June 24, 1995 |
Nations | 51 (final tournament: 16) |
Games | 32 |
Top scorer |
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Most attempts |
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The 3rd Rugby Union World Cup took place from May 25 to June 24, 1995 in South Africa . World champions were the Springboks , the South African national team , who defeated the New Zealand All Blacks in the final. The trophy was presented by President Nelson Mandela .
Venues
The 1995 World Cup was the first in which all games were played in a single country. Originally 14 venues were planned, but then in January 1994 the cities of Brakpan , Germiston , Pietermaritzburg , Potchefstroom and Witbank were removed from the event program, so that the games were concentrated on nine stadiums in as many cities.
Only three years after South Africa was re-accepted into the IRFB , this World Cup was also the first in which the participation of the South African team was permitted, as well as the first major international sporting event in South Africa since the end of apartheid politics .
city | Stadion | capacity |
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Johannesburg | Ellis Park Stadium | 62,000 |
Pretoria | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | 50,000 |
Durban | Kings Park Stadium | 50,000 |
Cape Town | Newlands Stadium | 50,000 |
Port Elizabeth | Boet Erasmus Stadium | 38,950 |
Bloemfontein | Free State Stadium | 30,000 |
Rustenburg | Olympic Park | 30,000 |
East London | Basil Kenyon Stadium | 22,000 |
Stellenbosch | Danie Craven Stadium | 16,000 |
qualification
16 teams had qualified for the 1995 World Cup. Of these, the quarter-finalists of the 1991 World Cup and hosts South Africa were automatically qualified (each marked with *). 35 teams played qualifying games for the remaining seven starting places.
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Preliminary round
There were three points for a win, two points for a draw and one point for a loss. The two best teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.
Group A
country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68:26 | + 42 | 9 |
2. |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87:41 | + 46 | 7th |
3. |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45:50 | - 5th | 5 |
4th |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:97 | - 83 | 3 |
May 25, 1995 |
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27:18 |
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Newlands Stadium , Cape Town |
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May 26, 1995 |
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34: 3 |
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Boet Erasmus Stadium , Port Elizabeth |
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May 30, 1995 |
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21: 8 |
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Newlands Stadium, Cape Town |
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May 31, 1995 |
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27: 11 |
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Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth |
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June 3, 1995 |
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42: 3 |
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Danie Craven Stadium , Stellenbosch |
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June 3, 1995 |
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20: 0 |
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Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth |
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Group B
country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
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1. |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95:60 | + 35 | 9 |
2. |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96:88 | + 8 | 7th |
3. |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69:94 | - 25 | 5 |
4th |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69:87 | - 18th | 3 |
May 27, 1995 |
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18:42 |
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Basil Kenyon Stadium , East London |
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May 27, 1995 |
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18:24 |
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Kings Park Stadium , Durban |
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May 30, 1995 |
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32: 26 |
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Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London |
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May 31, 1995 |
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27:20 |
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Kings Park Stadium, Durban |
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June 4th 1995 |
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25:31 |
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Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London |
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June 4th 1995 |
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44:22 |
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Kings Park Stadium, Durban |
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Group C
country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
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1. |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 222: 45 | + 177 | 9 |
2. |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93:94 | - 1 | 7th |
3. |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89:68 | + 21 | 5 |
4th |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55: 252 | - 197 | 3 |
May 27, 1995 |
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10:57 |
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Free State Stadium , Bloemfontein |
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May 27, 1995 |
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19:43 |
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Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg |
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May 31, 1995 |
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50:28 |
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Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein |
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May 31, 1995 |
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34: 9 |
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Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg |
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June 4th 1995 |
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17: 145 |
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Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein |
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June 4th 1995 |
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24:23 |
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Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg |
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Group D
country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114: 47 | + 67 | 9 |
2. |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 149: 27 | + 122 | 7th |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44:90 | - 46 | 5 |
4th |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29: 172 | - 143 | 3 |
May 26, 1995 |
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0:89 |
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Olympia Park , Rustenburg |
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May 26, 1995 |
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38:10 |
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Loftus Versfeld Stadium , Pretoria |
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May 30, 1995 |
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54:18 |
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Olympia Park, Rustenburg |
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May 30, 1995 |
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41: 5 |
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Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria |
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June 3, 1995 |
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11:29 |
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Olympia Park, Rustenburg |
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June 3, 1995 |
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22:19 |
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Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria |
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Final round
Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||
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14th | |||||||||
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19th | |||||||||
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15th | |||||||||
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36 | |||||||||
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12 | |||||||||
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15th | |||||||||
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12 a.d. | |||||||||
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25th | |||||||||
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22nd | |||||||||
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29 | Game for third place | ||||||||
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45 | |||||||||
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19th | |||||||
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Quarter finals
June 10, 1995 |
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36:12 |
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Kings Park Stadium , Durban Referee: Ed Morrison (ENG) |
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Attempts: Saint-André Ntamack Elevations: Lacroix (1) Penalty kicks : Lacroix (8) |
Penalty Kicks: Elwood (4) |
June 10, 1995 |
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42:14 |
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Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg Referee: Jim Fleming (SCO) |
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Attempts: Williams (4) Rossouw Andrews Increases: Johnson (3) Penalty Kicks: Johnson (2) |
Tries : Tatupu Nu'uali'itia Elevations: Fa'amasin |
June 11, 1995 |
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25:22 |
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Newlands Stadium , Cape Town Referee: David Bishop (NZL) |
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Attempts: T. Underwood Raids: Andrew (1) Penalty Kicks: Andrew (5) Dropgoals: Andrew (1) |
Attempts: Smith Lynagh Penalty Kicks: Lynagh (5) |
June 11, 1995 |
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48:30 |
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Loftus Versfeld Stadium , Pretoria Referee: Derek Bevan (WAL) |
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Attempts: Little (2) Lomu Mehrtens Bunce Fitzpatrick Increases: Mehrtens (6) Penalty kicks: Mehrtens (2) |
Attempts: Weir (2) S. Hastings Increases: G. Hastings (3) Penalty kicks: G. Hastings (3) |
Semifinals
June 17, 1995 |
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19:15 |
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Kings Park Stadium , Durban Referee: Derek Bevan (WAL) |
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Attempts: Kruger raises: Stransky (1) Penalty kicks: Stransky (4) |
Penalty kicks: Lacroix (5) |
June 18, 1995 |
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29:45 |
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Newlands Stadium , Cape Town Referee: Derek Bevan (WAL) |
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Attempts: Carling (2) R. Underwood Increases: Andrew (3) Penalty kicks: Andrew (1) |
Attempts: Lomu (4) Kronfeld Bachop Elevations: Mehrtens (3) Penalties: Mehrtens (1) Dropgoals: Brooke (1) Mehrtens (1) |
3rd place match
June 22, 1995 |
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19: 9 |
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Loftus Versfeld Stadium , Pretoria Referee: David Bishop (NZL) |
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Attempts: Roumat Ntamack Penalty kicks : Lacroix (3) |
Penalty kicks: Andrew (3) |
final
This was the only time until 2015 that two teams from the southern hemisphere faced each other in the final.
June 24, 1995 |
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15:12 a.d. |
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Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg Referee: Ed Morrison (ENG) |
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Penalty kicks: Stransky (3) Dropgoals: Stransky (2) |
Penalty kicks: Mehrtens (3) Dropgoals: Mehrtens (1) |
South Africa
(first title)
statistics
Teams
team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Points | tries | elevated Ungen |
criminal kicks |
Drop goals |
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6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 327 | 41 | 34 | 14th | 4th |
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6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 184 | 17th | 9 | 26th | 1 |
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 179 | 20th | 14th | 17th | 0 |
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6th | 4th | 0 | 2 | 158 | 11 | 8th | 25th | 4th |
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6th | 6th | 0 | 0 | 144 | 13 | 8th | 18th | 3 |
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 15th | 7th | 7th | 0 |
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 |
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 13 | 11 | 6th | 0 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 9 | 7th | 8th | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 8th | 4th | 7th | 0 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 7th | 5 | 7th | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 8th | 6th | 1 | 0 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 4th | 2 | 6th | 1 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 6th | 4th | 2 | 0 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 0 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
total | 32 | 1730 | 188 | 131 | 160 | 16 |
Most points scored
rank | player | team | position | Games | tries | elevated Ungen |
criminal kicks |
Drop goals |
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1. | Thierry Lacroix |
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Connection half | 6th | 4th | 7th | 26th | 0 | 112 |
2. | Gavin Hastings |
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Goalkeeper | 4th | 5 | 14th | 17th | 0 | 104 |
3. | Andrew Mehrtens |
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Connection half | 5 | 1 | 14th | 14th | 3 | 84 |
4th | Rob Andrew |
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Connection half | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20th | 3 | 79 |
5. | Joel Stransky |
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Connection half | 5 | 1 | 4th | 13 | 3 | 61 |
6th | Michael Lynagh |
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Connection half | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 47 |
7th | Simon Culhane |
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Connection half | 1 | 1 | 20th | 0 | 0 | 45 |
8th. | Neil Jenkins |
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Connection half | 3 | 0 | 7th | 8th | 1 | 41 |
9. | Diego Domínguez |
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Connection half | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7th | 1 | 39 |
10. | Marc Ellis |
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Outer three-quarters | 5 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Jonah Lomu |
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Outer three-quarters | 5 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Most attempts made
rank | player | team | position | Games | tries |
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1. | Marc Ellis |
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Outer three-quarters | 5 | 7th |
Jonah Lomu |
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Outer three-quarters | 5 | 7th | |
3. | Gavin Hastings |
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Goalkeeper | 4th | 5 |
Rory Underwood |
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Outer three-quarters | 6th | 5 | |
5. | Adriaan Richter |
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Number eight | 3 | 4th |
Chester Williams |
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Outer three-quarters | 3 | 4th | |
Thierry Lacroix |
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Connection half | 6th | 4th | |
8th. | Joe Roff |
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Outer three-quarters | 2 | 3 |
Eric Rush |
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Outer three-quarters | 2 | 3 | |
George Harder |
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Outer three-quarters | 3 | 3 | |
Gareth Thomas |
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Outer three-quarters | 3 | 3 | |
Paolo Vaccari |
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Inner three quarters | 3 | 3 | |
Josh Kronfeld |
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Winger | 5 | 3 | |
Walter Little |
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Outer three-quarters | 5 | 3 | |
Émile N'Tamack |
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Outer three-quarters | 5 | 3 | |
Glen Osborne |
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Goalkeeper | 5 | 3 | |
Jeff Wilson |
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Outer three-quarters | 5 | 3 | |
Philippe Saint-André |
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Outer three-quarters | 6th | 3 |
Movie
The 1995 Rugby Union World Cup played a central role in the 2009 US film Invictus . The film, based on the book Playing the Enemy by John Carlin , describes how the then President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, used the World Cup to cross racial boundaries through his support for the white South African national team, the Springboks , which had recently been divided by apartheid away to one. The film was directed by Clint Eastwood . The main roles are Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as a team captain Francois Pienaar to see.
Web links
- Review of worldcupweb.com (archived) ( Memento from September 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- John Carlin, How apartheid died on a rugby field , Oct 7, 2008, Cape Argus, p. 13 & iol.co.za