9
89,267
13
On three occasions, a team has led by ten or
more points at half-time but not won. France
staged two of those revivals, beating Scotland
(1995) and New Zealand (2007). The biggest
second-half comeback, however, was by the
Pumas (pictured), who in 1999 trailed Samoa by
13 points at Stradey Park but triumphed 32-16.Scotland lock Doddie Weir played nine
World Cup matches at Murrayfield, split
across the 1991 and 1999 tournaments.
It’s the most World Cup matches
played by any player on one ground.The record attendance
for a World Cup match is
89,267, the figure for the
Ireland-Romania pool
encounter at Wembley
four years ago (pictured).
The fixture pipped the
previous week’s New
Zealand-Argentina
attendance (89,019)
at the same ground.