Top 10 best Rugby World Cup tries ever
Check out some of the most outrageous tries ever scored in rugby union with this list of the Top 10 best Rugby World Cup tries ever.
10) Canada vs Italy 2015, DTH Van Der Merwe
Straight from the kick-off, DTH Van Der Merwe received the ball from his teammate and looked to run down the left-wing, once he shrugged off the first challenge, he found himself in acres of space.
Taking the ball to the halfway line he passed the ball back inside to centre, Ciaran Hearn. Hearn powered through the middle, before popping the ball back to Van Der Merwe to finish off the superb try he had just started.
9) Fiji vs Wales, 2007 – Vilimoni Delasau
One of the greatest ever upsets had one of the greatest ever tries. From a scrum in their own half, the Flying Fijians came up with a real bit of magic in their own special style.
Fiji flung the ball wide to create space, followed by a cheeky behind-the-back pass, caused chaos in the Welsh defence. Vilimoni Delasau took advantage of this and raced down the right-hand side, before a kick and chase routine bounced beautifully for the Fijian wing.
8) England v Wales, 2003 – Will Greenwood
Jason Robinson was unstoppable this tournament, so when he received the ball in bucket loads of space in his own half, it could only scream trouble for the Welsh.
Taking on at least 5 players, Billy Whizz as he was affectionately known, was able to squeeze through the broken defence before making a sublime pass to his right to put Will Greenwood over in the corner.
7) New Zealand vs Italy, 1987 – John Kirwan
One of the most amazing individual tries the world has ever seen, John Kirwan stepped past half of the Italian squad to touch down 60 odd metres ahead of where he collected the ball.
The All Blacks had received the ball from the kickoff, and with a couple of passes to the oncoming Kirwan, there was no stopping the man. He weaved in and out with incredible poise, balance, and speed to score a try that has stood the test of time.
6) New Zealand vs England, 1995 – Jonah Lomu
In 1995 Jonah Lomu was at the very height of his powers, and poor Mike Catt did not stand a chance.
Lomu received the bouncing ball roughly 30 metres out from the England try line. From there he went on to beat 2 of England’s finest before bulldozing over the top of Catt, in one of the most famous tries of all time.
5) Japan vs Wales, 2007 – Kosuke Endo
Despite being on the wrong end of a thrashing, the Japanese fans did have something to cheer about.
Taking advantage of the ball coming out of the Welsh ruck on their own 5m line, Japan stole the ball and started a rapid breakaway.
The Japanese evaded every single opposition player with only 4 passes, to touch down just 16 seconds later at the other end of the field.
4) Wales vs England, 2003 – Stephen Jones
Shane Williams was just coming into his own in this world cup, having been in exile from the Welsh squad for years prior. After a barnstorming performance against the All Blacks previously in the tournament, the stadium noise ramped up when the Welsh wing received the ball deep in his own half, with space to play with.
After skinning the first England player he popped a tidy pass to Gareth Cooper. The nippy scrum-half stormed through the middle of the English defence, spotting Gareth Thomas on his left with a beautifully timed pass.
The flying full-back then evaded Jonny Wilkinson’s tap tackle with a lovely falling offload back to Shane Williams. With a quick juggle of the ball, Williams was able to send it back inside for Stephen Jones to finish off a wonderful team try.
3) New Zealand vs France, 2015 – Julian Savea
Julian Savea was known as ‘The Bus’ to many fans. In his prime, he had the pure power to take on any defensive tackler in the world and steam role right through them.
This try was about more than just The Bus himself, however. Dan Carter put up a typically controlled up-and-under for full-back Ben Smith to challenge. Once wonderfully taken, Aaron Smith picked the ball up quickly from the base of the ruck and started to run at the back-peddling French defence.
He flew the ball out wide to the left. One pass later and the big man Savea had his hands on it. 3 huge thumps from the All Blacks wing and he was over the line, with the French defence seeing stars.
2) USA vs South Africa, 2007 – Takudzwa Ngwenya
An interception on their own 5m line saw the USA Eagles dodge player after player as they made their way up to halfway.
It was at that point that speed merchant Takudzwa Ngwenya collected the ball on the far right side to make history by gassing Bryan Habana on the outside, thus finishing an unbelievable try completely against the run of play.
1) New Zealand vs Namibia, 2019 – TJ Perenara
One of the greatest team tries of all time, voted as the International Rugby Players Try of the Year for 2019. The All Blacks‘ TJ Perenara started the break from his own half, before stepping another player and throwing a wonderful falling pass onto his wing George Bridge.
Rieko Ioane picked the ball off the base of the next ruck, quickly then offloading to Brad Weber who was confident enough to flick an outrageous behind-the-back pass to Perenara. Finally, it was up to the talented scrum-half to speed down the touchline, beat 2 players, and dive over in the corner.
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Bar the injuries, it’s pretty much their top team …
2 Go to commentsDon’t disagree with much of this but it appears you forgot Rodda and Beale, who started at the Force on the weekend.
9 Go to commentsExcept for the injured Zach Gallagher this would be Saders best forward pack for the season. Blackadder needs to stay at 7, for all of Christies tackling he is not dominant and offers very little else. McNicholfullback is maybe a good option, Fihaki not really upto it, there was a reason Burke played there last year. Maybe Havilli to 2nd five McLeod to wing. Need a strong winger on 1 side to compliment Reece
1 Go to commentsTo me TJ is clearly the best 9 in the competition right now but he's also a proven player off the bench, there's few playmaking players who can come off the bench as calm and settled as he is, Beauden can, TJ can and I doubt any of the scrumhalves in contention can, if they want to experiment with new 9s I want him on the bench ready to step in if they crumble under the pressure. The Boks put their best front row on the bench, I'd like to see us take a similar approach, the Hurricanes have been doing similar things with players like Kirifi.
35 Go to commentsROG has better chance to win a WC if he starts training and make himself eligible as a player. He won’t make the Ireland squad but I reckon he may get close with Namibia (needs to improve his Afrikaans) or Portugal. Both sides had 1000:1 odds to win the RWC in 2023 which is an improvement on ROG’s odds of winning a RWC as a coach. Unlike Top 14 teams, national teams can’t go shopping and buy the best players - you work with the available talent pool and turn them into world beaters.
2 Go to commentsthat backline nope that backline is terrible why would you have sevu Reece when he’s not even top 5 wingers in the comp why have Blackadder when there’s better players no Scott barret isn’t an automatic the guy is more of a liability than anything why have him there when you have samipeni who’s far far better
35 Go to commentsAh, good to find you Nick. Agree with everything about Cale. So much to like about his game
49 Go to commentsNot too bad. Questions at 6, lock and HB for me. The ABs will be a lot stronger once Jordan and Roigard return. Also, work needs to be made to secure Frizzell back for next season and maybe also Mo’unga; they’re just wasting time playing in japan
35 Go to commentsOn the title, i wonder for many of those people it is a case something like a belief in working smarter, not harder?
1 Go to commentsForget Sotutu. One of those whose top level is Super Rugby. Id take a punt on Wallace Sititi Finau ahead of Glass body Blackadder.
35 Go to commentsI’m a pensioner so I've been around a bit. My opinion of SBW is he is an elite athlete and a great New Zealander and roll model. He has been to the top and knows what he's talking about. To all the negative comments regarding SBW the typical New Zealand way, cut that tall poppy down.
17 Go to commentsI'm not listening to a guy moralise over others when this is the guy who walked out mid season on Canterbury RLFC when he had a contract with them, what a hypocrite. All the Kiwis sticking up for this unprincipled individual because they can't accept justified criticism, he has zero credibility or integrity. Those praising him are a joke.
17 Go to commentsI’d put Finau at 6 instead of Blackadder but that’s the only change I’d make. Can’t wait to see who Razor picks.
35 Go to commentsTamati Williams, Codie Taylor, and Same Cane? Not sure about Hoskins Sotutu at test level. Wasn’t that impressive last season. Need a balance between experience and talent/youth.
35 Go to commentsInteresting insight. Fantastic athlete, and a genuine human being.
17 Go to commentsThey played at night in Suva last weekend and it’s an afternoon game forecast for 19 degrees in Canberra this weekend. Heat change is a non issue.
2 Go to commentsWishing Rosie a speedy recovery
1 Go to commentsObscene that SA haven’t been knocking
1 Go to commentsChances of Blackadder being injured seem too high to give him serious consideration. ABs loosie combination finally looked good with 2 committed to tackling and clearing rucks in the centre and Ardie roaming. Hoskins/Ardie together would force one of them into where they don’t excel and don’t get to use their talent, or require a change in tactics. If we continue to evolve last years systems I would take Papali’i and Finau at 6 and 7 (conceding that Blackadder will be injured) and Ardie at 8.
35 Go to commentsArdie’s preferred position 7? Where do they get these writers from? I've no idea where he's playing in Japan, but the previous two seasons he wore the 7 jersey exactly twice.
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