2015 Rugby World Cup knockout stage

none August 2023 2015 Rugby World Cup#Knockout stage 2 2015 Rugby World Cup The knockout stage of the 2015 Rugby World Cup began on 17 October with two quarter-finals and concluded on 31 October with the final at Twickenham Stadium in London with all matches played over the course of three consecutive weekends.World Cup 2015 schedule https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/22381109 BBC Sport 2 May 2013 2 May 2013 Rugby World Cup 2015: Our experts predict their winners and reflect on tournament so far https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/11926418/Rugby-World-Cup-2015-Our-experts-predict-their-winners-and-reflect-on-tournament-so-far.html Daily Telegraph 12 October 2015 13 October 2015 As the pool stages end, our writers rate the Rugby World Cup so far https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/10/as-the-pool-stages-end-our-writers-rate-the-rugby-world-cup-so-far The Guardian 12 October 2015 13 October 2015 Qualified teams Australia went unbeaten to finish in first place in Pool A, with Wales in second place. In Pool B, South Africa finished top despite losing their opening match against Japan, Japan beat South Africa in greatest Rugby World Cup shock ever https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/19/south-africa-japan-rugby-world-cup-2015-match-report The Observer 24 October 2015 Robert Kitson 19 September 2015 ahead of Scotland in second place. New Zealand also went unbeaten as winners of Pool C, with Argentina in second. Pool D was topped by Northern Hemisphere teams, with Ireland coming first and France in second. Rugby World Cup 2015: Quarter-finals - The stats you need to know http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11530250 New Zealand Herald 16 October 2015 24 October 2015 1170-0777https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/32430465 Rugby World Cup 2015: fixtures, results and standings 23 April 2015 BBC Sport 4 November 2015 PoolWinnersRunners-upAAUSWALBRSASCOCNZLARGDIREFRA Bracket yes 17 October – Twickenham Stadium RSA 23 WAL 19 17 October – Millennium Stadium NZL 62 FRA 13 18 October – Millennium Stadium IRE 20 ARG 43 18 October – Twickenham Stadium AUS 35 SCO 34 24 October – Twickenham Stadium RSA 18 NZL 20 25 October – Twickenham Stadium ARG 15 AUS 29 31 October – Twickenham Stadium NZL 34 AUS 17 30 October – Olympic Stadium RSA 24 ARG 13 Quarter-finals South Africa vs Wales 17 October 2015 16:00 BST (UTC+01) RSA 23–19 Report WAL Du Preez 75' m Pollard (5/7) 9', 13', 17', 21', 62' Pollard 52' G. Davies 18' c Biggar (1/1) 19' Biggar (3/4) 15', 47', 64' Biggar 40' Twickenham Stadium, London 79,572 Wayne Barnes (England) _Springboksleft15 _Springbokskit15 _Springboksright15 _2 gold stripes 006400 006400 006400 FFFFFF 0C3D0C South Africa _Walesleftrwc _Waleskitrwc _Walesrightrwc _WalesshortsRWC _WalessocksRWC FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 d21034 FF0000 Wales FB 15Willie le RouxRW 14JP PietersenOC 13Jesse Kriel 68IC 12Damian de AllendeLW 11Bryan HabanaFH 10Handré Pollard 77SH 9 Fourie du Preez (c)N8 8 Duane VermeulenOF 7 Schalk BurgerBF 6 Francois Louw 68RL 5 Lood de JagerLL 4 Eben Etzebeth 68TP 3 Frans Malherbe 61HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis 12 24 56LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira 57Replacements:HK 16Adriaan Strauss 12 24 56PR 17Trevor Nyakane 57PR 18Jannie du Plessis 61LK 19Pieter-Steph du Toit 68FL 20Willem Alberts 68SH 21Ruan PienaarFH 22Pat Lambie 77CE 23Jan Serfontein 68Coach:RSA Heyneke Meyer350px FB 15Gareth AnscombeRW 14Alex CuthbertOC 13Tyler Morgan 68IC 12Jamie RobertsLW 11George NorthFH 10Dan Biggar 74SH 9 Gareth Davies 71N8 8 Taulupe FaletauOF 7 Sam Warburton (c)BF 6 Dan Lydiate 68RL 5 Alun Wyn JonesLL 4 Luke Charteris 64TP 3 Samson Lee 56HK 2 Scott Baldwin 57LP 1 Gethin Jenkins 56Replacements:HK 16Ken Owens 57PR 17Paul James 56PR 18Tomas Francis 56LK 19Bradley Davies 64FL 20Justin Tipuric 68SH 21Lloyd Williams 71FH 22Rhys Priestland 74CE 23James Hook 68Coach:NZL Warren Gatland Man of the Match: Schalk Burger (South Africa) Touch judges: George Clancy (Ireland) JP Doyle (England) Television match official: Graham Hughes (England) New Zealand vs France 17 October 2015 20:00 BST (UTC+01) NZL 62–13 Report FRA 1974 Retallick 11' cMilner-Skudder 23' cSavea (3) 29' c, 38' m, 59' cKaino 50' mRead 64' cKerr-Barlow (2) 68' c, 71' c Carter (7/9) 12', 25', 31', 60', 65', 68', 72' Carter (1/1) 7' Picamoles 36' c Parra (1/1) 37' Spedding (1/1) 9'Parra (1/2) 15' Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 71,619 Nigel Owens (Wales) _ allblacksbodyrwc15 _allblackssocks15 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 New Zealand _Francekit15b _Francesocks15b DE0023 DE0023 DE0023 FFFFFF FFFFFF France FB 15Ben SmithRW 14Nehe Milner-Skudder 40OC 13Conrad Smith 52IC 12Ma'a NonuLW 11Julian SaveaFH 10Dan CarterSH 9 Aaron Smith 65N8 8 Kieran ReadOF 7 Richie McCaw (c) 69BF 6 Jerome Kaino 65RL 5 Sam WhitelockLL 4 Brodie RetallickTP 3 Owen Franks 51HK 2 Dane Coles 60LP 1 Wyatt Crockett 25Replacements:HK 16Keven Mealamu 60PR 17Joe Moody 25PR 18Charlie Faumuina 51N8 19Victor Vito 65FL 20Sam Cane 69SH 21Tawera Kerr-Barlow 65FH 22Beauden Barrett 40CE 23Sonny Bill Williams 52Coach:NZL Steve Hansen350px FB 15Scott SpeddingRW 14Noa NakaitaciOC 13Alexandre Dumoulin 61IC 12Wesley FofanaLW 11Brice DulinFH 10Frédéric Michalak 12SH 9 Morgan Parra 69N8 8 Louis Picamoles 47 72OF 7 Bernard Le RouxBF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)RL 5 Yoann MaestriLL 4 Pascal Papé 48TP 3 Rabah Slimani 61HK 2 Guilhem Guirado 57LP 1 Eddy Ben Arous 61Replacements:HK 16Dimitri Szarzewski 57PR 17Vincent Debaty 61PR 18Nicolas Mas 61N8 19Damien Chouly 72FL 20Yannick Nyanga 48SH 21Rory Kockott 69FH 22Rémi Talès 12CE 23Mathieu Bastareaud 61Coach:FRA Philippe Saint-André Man of the Match: Julian Savea (New Zealand) Touch judges: Jaco Peyper (South Africa) John Lacey (Ireland) Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa) Notes: This was the largest winning margin in a Rugby World Cup knockout stage match, surpassing the 43-point winning margin New Zealand set against Wales in 1987.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34541264 Rugby World Cup: New Zealand beat France 62-13 to reach semis 17 October 2015 BBC Sport 20 October 2015 The nine tries scored by New Zealand is the most scored by one team in a Rugby World Cup knockout stage match.September 2020 With his hat-trick of tries in this match, Julian Savea equalled Jonah Lomu and Bryan Habana's single-tournament record of eight tries.Savea plays down Lomu comparison http://www.sportinglife.com/rugby-union/reaction/article/504/10033395/new-zealand-62-13-reaction-from-julian-savea https://archive.today/20151029211952/http://www.sportinglife.com/rugby-union/reaction/article/504/10033395/new-zealand-62-13-reaction-from-julian-savea dead October 29, 2015 Sporting Life 18 October 2015 18 October 2015 Ireland vs Argentina 18 October 2015 13:00 BST (UTC+01) IRE 20–43 Report ARG Fitzgerald 26' cMurphy 44' c Madigan (2/2) 27', 45' Madigan (2/4) 20', 53' Moroni 3' cImhoff (2) 10' c, 73' cTuculet 69' c Sánchez (4/4) 5', 10', 70', 74' Sánchez (5/6) 13', 22', 51', 64', 77' Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,316 Jérôme Garcès (France) _IrelandkitRWC _greentop 006238 006238 006238 FFFFFF 006238 Ireland _ArgentinaleftRWC _ArgentinakitRWC _ArgentinarightRWC _ArgentinasocksRWC 7EC2E7 7EC2E7 7EC2E7 FFFFFF 7EC2E7 Argentina FB 15Rob KearneyRW 14Tommy Bowe 13OC 13Keith EarlsIC 12Robbie HenshawLW 11Dave KearneyFH 10Ian MadiganSH 9 Conor Murray 70N8 8 Jamie Heaslip (c)OF 7 Chris HenryBF 6 Jordi Murphy 70RL 5 Iain Henderson 71LL 4 Devin TonerTP 3 Mike Ross 51HK 2 Rory Best 66LP 1 Cian Healy 51Replacements:HK 16Richardt Strauss 66PR 17Jack McGrath 51PR 18Nathan White 51LK 19Donnacha Ryan 71FL 20Rhys Ruddock 70SH 21Eoin Reddan 70FH 22Paddy JacksonWG 23Luke Fitzgerald 13Coach:NZL Joe Schmidt350px FB 15Joaquín TuculetRW 14Santiago CorderoOC 13Matías Moroni 68IC 12Juan Martín HernándezLW 11Juan ImhoffFH 10Nicolás SánchezSH 9 Martín Landajo 53N8 8 Leonardo Senatore 23 28 51OF 7 Juan Martín Fernández LobbeBF 6 Pablo MateraRL 5 Tomás LavaniniLL 4 Guido Petti 60TP 3 Ramiro Herrera 17 72HK 2 Agustín Creevy (c) 56LP 1 Marcos Ayerza 68Replacements:HK 16Julián Montoya 56PR 17Lucas Noguera Paz 68PR 18Juan Pablo Orlandi 23 28 72LK 19Matías Alemanno 60N8 20Facundo Isa 51SH 21Tomás Cubelli 53CE 22Jerónimo de la Fuente 68FB 23Lucas González AmorosinoCoach:ARG Daniel Hourcade Man of the Match: Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina) Touch judges: Romain Poite (France) Chris Pollock (New Zealand) Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia) Notes: This was Argentina's first victory over Ireland since their 30–15 victory in the 2007 Rugby World Cup.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34561309 Rugby World Cup 2015: Ireland 20-43 Argentina 18 October 2015 BBC Sport 20 October 2015 This was Argentina's largest winning margin over Ireland, surpassing the 16-point margin recorded in June 2007.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/oct/18/ireland-argentina-rugby-world-cup-quarter-final-joe-schmidt Ireland 20-43 Argentina: how World Cup quarter-final was won and lost 18 October 2015 Guardian 20 October 2015 Australia vs Scotland 18 October 2015 16:00 BST (UTC+01) AUS 35–34 Report SCO Ashley-Cooper 9' mMitchell (2) 30' m, 43' cHooper 40' mKuridrani 64' c Foley (2/5) 44', 65' Foley (2/2) 54', 80' Horne 18' cSeymour 59' mBennett 74' c Laidlaw (2/3) 19', 75' Laidlaw (5/5) 14', 21', 34', 47', 69' Twickenham Stadium, London 77,110 Craig Joubert (South Africa) _Wallabiesleft _Wallabies _Wallabiesright _wallabiessocks FFBB00 FFBB00 F0AF00 004044 004044 Australia _scotlandkita _scotlandshorts _Scotlandsocks 000080 000080 000080 000080 FFFFFF Scotland FB 15Kurtley BealeRW 14Adam Ashley-CooperOC 13Tevita KuridraniIC 12Matt GiteauLW 11Drew MitchellFH 10Bernard FoleySH 9 Will Genia 71N8 8 Ben McCalmanOF 7 Michael HooperBF 6 Scott FardyRL 5 Rob Simmons 66LL 4 Kane DouglasTP 3 Sekope Kepu 54HK 2 Stephen Moore (c) 62LP 1 Scott Sio 51Replacements:HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau 62PR 17James Slipper 51PR 18Greg Holmes 54LK 19Dean Mumm 66FL 20Sean McMahonSH 21Nick Phipps 71CE 22Matt To'omuaFH 23Quade CooperCoach:AUS Michael Cheika350px FB 15Stuart HoggRW 14Sean Maitland 42OC 13Mark BennettIC 12Peter Horne 71LW 11Tommy Seymour 63FH 10Finn RussellSH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)N8 8 David DentonOF 7 John HardieBF 6 Blair Cowan 67RL 5 Jonny Gray 67LL 4 Richie GrayTP 3 WP Nel 75HK 2 Ross Ford 54LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson 47Replacements:HK 16Fraser Brown 54PR 17Gordon Reid 47PR 18Jon Welsh 75LK 19Tim Swinson 67N8 20Josh Strauss 67SH 21Henry PyrgosCE 22Richie Vernon 71WG 23Sean Lamont 63Coach:NZL Vern Cotter Man of the Match: Matt Giteau (Australia) Touch judges: Glen Jackson (New Zealand) Pascal Gaüzère (France) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Notes: Fraser Brown and Tim Swinson were named to start, but after Ross Ford and Jonny Gray's three-match bans were overturned, they were named in the team minutes before kick off.http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/114956 Ross Ford and Jonny Gray back in Scotland starting team rugbybworldcup.com rugbyworldcup.com 14 September 2017 Matt Giteau and Stephen Moore became the seventh and eighth Australian players to earn 100 test caps. The 34 points scored by Scotland were the most they had ever scored against Australia.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/oct/18/australia-v-scotland-rugby-world-cup-2015-live Australia 35 Scotland 34 18 October 2015 Guardian 20 October 2015 After the match, World Rugby issued a statement over referee Craig Joubert's controversial decision to award a late penalty to Australia. The report concluded that while Joubert could not have consulted TMO at the time, his decision was in fact wrong, as the replay showed that Australia's Nick Phipps had played the ball before Scotland's Jon Welsh received it. The correct call should have been a scrum awarded to Australia for the original knock-on.http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/115761 World Rugby Statement: Match officials' performance review (Australia v Scotland) rugbybworldcup.com rugbyworldcup.com 14 September 2017 Semi-finals This was the first Rugby World Cup where no Northern Hemisphere team reached the semi-finals.Rugby World Cup 2015: Rugby Championship downs Six Nations 18 October 2015 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11531305 New Zealand Herald 18 October 2015 The semi-final line-up consisted of the four Rugby Championship teams: New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Australia. Both matches were played at Twickenham which was also used for the same stage back in the 1999 Rugby World Cup. South Africa vs New Zealand 24 October 2015 16:00 BST (UTC+01) RSA 18–20 Report NZL Pollard (5/5) 3', 11', 21', 39', 58'Lambie (1/1) 69' Kaino 6' cBarrett 52' c Carter (2/2) 9', 53' Carter (1/2) 60' Carter 46' Twickenham Stadium, London 80,090 Jérôme Garcès (France) _Springboksleft15 _Springbokskit15 _Springboksright15 _2 gold stripes 006400 006400 006400 FFFFFF 0C3D0C South Africa _ allblacksbodyrwc15 _allblackssocks15 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 New Zealand FB 15Willie le RouxRW 14JP PietersenOC 13Jesse KrielIC 12Damian de Allende 79LW 11Bryan Habana 52FH 10Handré Pollard 65SH 9 Fourie du Preez (c)N8 8 Duane VermeulenOF 7 Schalk Burger 64BF 6 Francois Louw 29 35RL 5 Lood de Jager 60LL 4 Eben EtzebethTP 3 Frans Malherbe 60HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis 53LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira 53Replacements:HK 16Adriaan Strauss 53PR 17Trevor Nyakane 53PR 18Jannie du Plessis 60LK 19Victor Matfield 60FL 20Willem Alberts 29 35 64SH 21Ruan PienaarFH 22Pat Lambie 65CE 23Jan Serfontein 79Coach:RSA Heyneke Meyer350px FB 15Ben SmithRW 14Nehe Milner-Skudder 49OC 13Conrad SmithIC 12Ma'a Nonu 52LW 11Julian SaveaFH 10Dan CarterSH 9 Aaron SmithN8 8 Kieran ReadOF 7 Richie McCaw (c)BF 6 Jerome Kaino 39 67RL 5 Sam WhitelockLL 4 Brodie RetallickTP 3 Owen Franks 52HK 2 Dane Coles 67LP 1 Joe Moody 69Replacements:HK 16Keven Mealamu 67PR 17Ben Franks 69PR 18Charlie Faumuina 52N8 19Victor VitoFL 20Sam Cane 67SH 21Tawera Kerr-BarlowFH 22Beauden Barrett 49CE 23Sonny Bill Williams 52Coach:NZL Steve Hansen Man of the Match: Ben Smith (New Zealand) Touch judges: Romain Poite (France) John Lacey (Ireland) Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia) Notes: New Zealand became the first team to reach four Rugby World Cup finals, having previously played in the 1987, 1995, and 2011 finals.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34594462 Rugby World Cup 2015: South Africa 18-20 New Zealand 24 October 2015 BBC Sport 28 October 2015 New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams, Jerome Kaino and Sam Whitelock played in a record 13 consecutive World Cup wins.Rugby: All Blacks unchanged for final http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/361346/rugby-all-blacks-unchanged-final 30 October 2015 Otago Daily Times 30 Oct 2015 Argentina vs Australia 25 October 2015 16:00 GMT (UTC+00) ARG 15–29 Report AUS Sánchez (5/5) 7', 24', 36', 45', 55' Simmons 2' cAshley-Cooper (3) 10' c, 32' m, 72' c Foley (3/4) 3', 11', 73' Foley (1/2) 48' Twickenham Stadium, London 80,025 Wayne Barnes (England) _ArgentinaleftRWC _ArgentinakitRWC _ArgentinarightRWC _ArgentinasocksRWC 7EC2E7 7EC2E7 7EC2E7 FFFFFF 7EC2E7 Argentina _Wallabiesleft _Wallabies _Wallabiesright _wallabiessocks FFBB00 FFBB00 F0AF00 004044 004044 Australia FB 15Joaquín TuculetRW 14Santiago CorderoOC 13Marcelo BoschIC 12Juan Martín Hernández 44LW 11Juan Imhoff 18FH 10Nicolás SánchezSH 9 Martín Landajo 56N8 8 Leonardo Senatore 49OF 7 Juan Martín Fernández LobbeBF 6 Pablo MateraRL 5 Tomás Lavanini 26LL 4 Guido Petti 58TP 3 Ramiro Herrera 61HK 2 Agustín Creevy (c) 31LP 1 Marcos Ayerza 61Replacements:HK 16Julián Montoya 31PR 17Lucas Noguera Paz 61PR 18Juan Figallo 61LK 19Matías Alemanno 58N8 20Facundo Isa 49SH 21Tomás Cubelli 56CE 22Jerónimo de la Fuente 44FB 23Lucas González Amorosino 18Coach:ARG Daniel Hourcade350px FB 15Israel Folau 65RW 14Adam Ashley-CooperOC 13Tevita KuridraniIC 12Matt Giteau 47LW 11Drew MitchellFH 10Bernard FoleySH 9 Will Genia 67N8 8 David PocockOF 7 Michael HooperBF 6 Scott Fardy 56 61 71RL 5 Rob Simmons 67LL 4 Kane DouglasTP 3 Sekope Kepu 53HK 2 Stephen Moore (c) 59LP 1 James Slipper 53Replacements:HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau 59PR 17Toby Smith 53PR 18Greg Holmes 53LK 19Dean Mumm 67N8 20Ben McCalman 56 61 71SH 21Nick Phipps 67CE 22Matt To'omua 65CE 23Kurtley Beale 47Coach:AUS Michael Cheika Man of the Match: Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia) Touch judges: Jaco Peyper (South Africa) George Clancy (Ireland) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Notes: Michael Hooper, just 3 years and 140 days since his debut, became the fastest player ever to earn his 50th test cap, surpassing Australia's Al Baxter's record of 4 years and 44 days, and became the youngest Australian to achieve the 50-test landmark.Wallabies flanker Michael Hooper brings up his 50th Test against Argentina http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/rugby-world-cup-wallabies-flanker-michael-hooper-brings-up-his-50th-test-against-argentina/story-e6frf4pu-1227580267543 Fox Sports Australia 23 October 2015 26 October 2015 James Slipper became Australia's most capped prop, surpassing both Ben Alexander's and Benn Robinson's record of 72 caps. Australia became the second team, after New Zealand, to reach four Rugby World Cup finals, having previously played in the 1991, 1999, and 2003 finals.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34616563 Rugby World Cup: Australia beat Argentina to reach final 25 October 2015 BBC Sport 28 October 2015 Bronze final: South Africa vs Argentina 30 October 2015 20:00 GMT (UTC+00) RSA 24–13 Report ARG Pietersen 6' cEtzebeth 43' m Pollard (1/2) 7' Pollard (4/5) 14', 33', 40', 48' Orlandi 80' c Sánchez (1/1) 80' Sánchez (1/1) 52' Sánchez 42' Olympic Stadium, London 55,925 John Lacey (Ireland) _Springboksleft15 _Springbokskit15 _Springboksright15 _2 gold stripes 006400 006400 006400 FFFFFF 0C3D0C South Africa _ArgentinaleftRWC _ArgentinakitRWC _ArgentinarightRWC _ArgentinasocksRWC 7EC2E7 7EC2E7 7EC2E7 FFFFFF 7EC2E7 Argentina FB 15Willie le Roux 64RW 14JP PietersenOC 13Jesse KrielIC 12Damian de AllendeLW 11Bryan Habana 67FH 10Handré PollardSH 9 Ruan Pienaar 77N8 8 Duane VermeulenOF 7 Schalk Burger 53 61 66BF 6 Francois Louw 61 66RL 5 Victor Matfield (c) 63LL 4 Eben EtzebethTP 3 Frans Malherbe 61 70HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis 49LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira 40Replacements:HK 16Adriaan Strauss 49PR 17Trevor Nyakane 40PR 18Jannie du Plessis 61 70LK 19Lood de Jager 63FL 20Willem Alberts 53SH 21Rudy Paige 77FH 22Pat Lambie 64CE 23Jan Serfontein 67Coach:RSA Heyneke Meyer350px FB 15Lucas González AmorosinoRW 14Santiago CorderoOC 13Matías MoroniIC 12Jerónimo de la Fuente 71LW 11Horacio Agulla 58FH 10Nicolás Sánchez (c)SH 9 Tomás Cubelli 5 53N8 8 Juan Manuel LeguizamónOF 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe 53BF 6 Javier Ortega DesioRL 5 Tomás LavaniniLL 4 Matías Alemanno 47TP 3 Ramiro Herrera 55HK 2 Julián Montoya 77LP 1 Juan Figallo 15 22 61 64 71Replacements:PR 16Lucas Noguera Paz 15 22 61 64 71PR 17Juan Pablo Orlandi 55PR 18Santiago García Botta 77LK 19Guido Petti 47N8 20Facundo Isa 53SH 21Martín Landajo 53FH 22Santiago González Iglesias 71CE 23Juan Pablo Socino 58Coach:ARG Daniel Hourcade Man of the Match: Damian de Allende (South Africa) Touch judges: Glen Jackson (New Zealand) Chris Pollock (New Zealand) Television match official: Graham Hughes (England) Notes: Pat Lambie earned his 50th test cap for South Africa.Garrin Lambley Habana praises 50-Test cap Lambie http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/WorldCup/Habana-praises-50-Test-cap-Lambie-20151031 sport24 31 October 2015 11 July 2017 Final: New Zealand vs Australia 2015 Rugby World Cup final 31 October 2015 16:00 GMT (UTC+00) NZL 34–17 Report AUS Milner-Skudder 39' cNonu 42' mBarrett 79' c Carter (2/3) 40', 80' Carter (4/4) 8', 27', 36', 75' Carter 70' Pocock 53' cKuridrani 64' c Foley (2/2) 54', 65' Foley (1/1) 14' Twickenham Stadium, London 80,125 Nigel Owens (Wales) _allblacksbodyrwc15 _allblackssocks15 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 New Zealand _Wallabiesleft _Wallabies _Wallabiesright _wallabiessocks FFBB00 FFBB00 F0AF00 004044 004044 Australia FB 15Ben Smith 52RW 14Nehe Milner-Skudder 65OC 13Conrad Smith 40IC 12Ma'a NonuLW 11Julian SaveaFH 10Dan CarterSH 9 Aaron Smith 71N8 8 Kieran ReadOF 7 Richie McCaw (c) 80BF 6 Jerome Kaino 71RL 5 Sam WhitelockLL 4 Brodie RetallickTP 3 Owen Franks 54HK 2 Dane Coles 65LP 1 Joe Moody 59Replacements:HK 16Keven Mealamu 65PR 17Ben Franks 59PR 18Charlie Faumuina 54N8 19Victor Vito 71FL 20Sam Cane 80SH 21Tawera Kerr-Barlow 71FH 22Beauden Barrett 65CE 23Sonny Bill Williams 40Coach:NZL Steve Hansen350px FB 15Israel FolauRW 14Adam Ashley-CooperOC 13Tevita KuridraniIC 12Matt Giteau 26LW 11Drew Mitchell 66 71FH 10Bernard FoleySH 9 Will Genia 70N8 8 David PocockOF 7 Michael HooperBF 6 Scott Fardy 61RL 5 Rob SimmonsLL 4 Kane Douglas 15TP 3 Sekope Kepu 59HK 2 Stephen Moore (c) 55LP 1 Scott Sio 59Replacements:HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau 55PR 17James Slipper 59PR 18Greg Holmes 59LK 19Dean Mumm 15N8 20Ben McCalman 61SH 21Nick Phipps 70CE 22Matt To'omua 66 71CE 23Kurtley Beale 26Coach:AUS Michael Cheika Man of the Match: Dan Carter (New Zealand) Touch judges: Jérôme Garcès (France) Wayne Barnes (England) Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa) Notes: New Zealand became the first team to retain the Rugby World Cup title, and win a third World Cup title.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/11967573/Its-official-this-New-Zealand-side-are-the-greatest-rugby-union-team-ever.html It's official - this New Zealand side are the greatest rugby union team ever 31 October 2015 Daily Telegraph 2 November 2015 This was the first time New Zealand won the World Cup on foreign soil.2015-10-31 New Zealand retain Rugby World Cup with ruthless display against Australia http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/31/new-zealand-australia-rugby-world-cup-final-match-report 2021-07-29 The Guardian en The aggregate 51 points scored was the most ever in a Rugby World Cup final. Ben Smith became the first player to receive a yellow card in a Rugby World Cup final. New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams, Jerome Kaino and Sam Whitelock played in a record 14th consecutive World Cup wins. Fourteen New Zealand players joined five Australians and one South African as winners of multiple Rugby World Cups. McCaw became the first player to captain two World Cup winners. References Knockout 2015 World Cup World Cup World Cup World Cup Knockout Knockout World Cup World Cup