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Fifteen players have
scored four or more
tries in a RWC match,
headed by All Black
Marc Ellis’s six against
Japan in 1995. The list
includes two forwards- both Irish. No 8 Brian
Robinson (v Zimbabwe,
- and hooker Keith
Wood (v USA, 1999,
right) both achieved the
feat at Lansdowne Road.
Ill omens for Wales ahead of this year’s pool
game with Australia. The Wallabies have
won five successive RWC games v Wales, in
1991, 1999, 2007, 2011 and 2015 – the joint
longest winning run against an opponent.
Teams matching that five-game grip are
NZ (v Italy and Scotland) and SA (v Samoa).