As South Africa celebrate a record fourth Rugby World Cup win, we look at some of the key statistics of their success.
South Africa's perfect record in Rugby World Cup finals was extended in Paris on Saturday as they became the first nation to win the tournament four times.South Africa's World Cup record is even more remarkable when you consider they did not take part in either of the first two tournaments.
They have won those finals despite only scoring two tries in total - both of those coming in the 32-12 win over England in 2019. Fourteen of the 23 South Africa players that featured in the 2023 final were also involved in the 2019 success against England."Relief is what springs to mind first, the last three games were one-pointers and they weren't planned like that," head coach Jacques Nienaber told BBC Radio 5 Live after defeating the All Blacks.
South Africa's aggregate margin of victory through the knockout stage - three points - is by far the smallest of any victorious nation at a Rugby World Cup. Player of the match Pieter-Steph du Toit led the way for the Boks with a match-high total of 28 tackles. The back row played more minutes at the World Cup than any other South African forward - 386 out of a possible 560.
The Leicester fly-half was not named in South Africa's initial 33-man squad because of his ongoing recovery from a calf injury, butHe appeared in South Africa's final four matches and had a 100% record from the tee, registering points with all 13 of his attempts at goal.
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