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With 31 tries from 30, Jordan is now back in the "above 100%" club, with a strike rate of 103.3%

Next week's Rugby World Cup final will be:

The third all-Southern Hemisphere final
Previous all-Southern finals were in 1995, and 2015.
No all-Southern Hemisphere final has been without the All Blacks.

The second time this match-up has happened.
It's a rematch of the famous 1995 final, where the Springboks prevailed.
Other multi-time final match-ups have been:
New Zealand vs France (1987 and 2011) - two wins to New Zealand
Australia vs England (1991 and 2003) - one win each
South Africa vs England (2007 and 2019) - two wins to South Africa

Since its inception, France have made the final every twelve years (1987, 1999, 2011). This tournament breaks that sequence.
South Africa, since re-admission, have made the final every twelve years (1995, 2007. 2019). This will be the first time they appear in a final as defending champions.

The only member of the New Zealand RWC2023 squad that has dropped a goal in a test match is B Barrett, twice in 2018 and once last year.

Will Jordan now has 38 tries in 41 tests. His scoring rate has dipped a bit. He’ll be 27 before he plays another test so he might be about to drop off the cliff in the time-honoured All Black manner.

Beauden Barrett also scored his 46th try, moving ahead of Jeff Wilson into 5th on the All Blacks all time scoring list behind only Howlett (49), and Cullen/Rokocoko/Savea (46). Barrett has played more tests than any two of those players ahead of him combined.

I know it’s just me being an old git, but Jordan moving past Lomu doesn’t feel quite right. He just doesn’t seem to have the, is gravitas the right word?

canta_brian wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2024 10:49 pm I know it’s just me being an old git, but Jordan moving past Lomu doesn’t feel quite right. He just doesn’t seem to have the, is gravitas the right word?

Jonah changed rugby forever.

Jordan is just a good finisher. Like, a really good finisher. But he’s not going to change the sport.