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1. Who is the current leading try-scorer at the 2007 Rugby World Cup?

2. Who is the only player to have received two yellow cards during the tournament in Rugby World Cup history?

3. Who was the first man to represent two different countries at two different World Cups?

4. Who was the first player to appear in four Rugby World Cups?

5. Which referee blew the whistle in two Rugby World Cup finals?

6. The ball on the lid of the Webb Ellis Trophy is the ball of which sport?

7. Which team set a record for the largest-ever winning margin in a World Cup tournament.

8. Which player ended top try-scorer at two Rugby World Cups?

9. Who became the first player to play in five Rugby World Cups in France this year?

10. When New Zealanders talk of the 'first five-eighth', what position to do they mean?

11. What makes Namibia's Rudi van Vuuren unique in Rugby World Cup history?

12. Three players were sent off in the 'Battle of Boet Erasmus' between South Africa and Canada in Port Elizabeth in 1995, can you name them?

13. Which player scored the opening tries of both the 1987 and 1991 World Cups?

14. What other World Cup final was held at the Stade de France?

15. Who was the only South African player to have played in three World Cups?

16. Who is the all-time leading point-scorer in World Cups?

17. Who refereed the first Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and France in 1987?

18. New Zealand scored the most points in a single Rugby World Cup game in 1995, but how many did they score?

19. Which is the only country to have won the Rugby World Cup twice?

20. Who scored five drop-goals against England at the 1999 Rugby World Cup?

21. Where was the Wallabies' only foreign-prop born who took part in the 2003 Rugby World Cup?

22. Which team came third in the 1987 Rugby World Cup?

23. Why did Australia only practice in the afternoons during the 1987 Rugby World Cup?

24. Why was Andrew Slack, the Wallabies' captain at the 1987 Rugby World Cup, suspended prior to the tournament kicking off?

25. Who is the top points-scorer in one single Rugby World Cup with 113 points scored?

26. What is the most number of drop-goals kicked at a Rugby World Cup? And who holds that record?

27. Who is 'the voice of rugby'?

28. Who drop a goal from 42m against England in the 1995 World Cup semi-final?

29. What was the score in the 1999 World Cup between New Zealand and Italy?

30. Which player sank Australia in the 1995 World Cup quarter-final with a last minute drop goal?

31. Which former South African rugby captain won a Rugby World Cup medal with Australia in 1999?

32. The 2003 Rugby World Cup captains George Gregan (Australia) and Corne Krige (South Africa), share a strange connection courtesy of their births. What was it?

33. What is Australia's 1999 Rugby World Cup winner and captain John Eales's nick-name?

34. What is England's 2003 Rugby World Cup winner Will Greenwood's nick-name?

35. Which country have brothers Manu, Elisi, Kapa, Viliame and Fe'ao all played Test rugby for?

36. Who are the current Olympic Champions of rugby?

37. Where was 1995 Rugby World Cup finalist Andrew Mehrtens, the New Zealand fly-half, born?

38. What was the unusual feature in the centre of the park on the first Test match between Manu Samoa and Fiji?

39. Which All Black was hit on the head with a flour bomb during the third test match between South Africa and New Zealand in 1981?

40. Which All Blacks father and grandfather both played rugby for New Zealand?

41. In which country was former France full-back Serge Blanco born?

42. Who set the record, when he retired in December 1995, for most Test matches in their career, with 111 matches spanning from 1982-1995?

43. Which player is believed to have invented the dive pass?

Answers:

1 Drew Mitchell, 2 Fabio Ongaro (Italy), 3 Frank Bunce (Represented Western Samoa in 1991 and New Zealand in 1995), 4 Gareth Reece represented Canada in the 1987, '91, '95, and '99 World Cups, 5 Andre Watson refereed the '99 and '03 finals, 6 Soccer, 7 Australia (Won 142-0 against Namibia at the 2003 World Cup), 8 Jonah Lomu (scored 7 tries in 1995 and 8 tries in 1999), 9 Brian Lima, 10 Fly-half, 11 He is only the person to have played in both the rugby and cricket World Cups, 12 James Dalton (SA), Gareth Rees and Rod Snow (Canada), 13 Michael Jones of New Zealand, 14 Soccer (1998 the FIFA world cup final in which France defeated Brazil also took place at this venue), 15 Joost van der Westhuizen, 16 Gavin Hastings (227 points), 17 Kerry Fitzgerald of Australia, 18 145, 19 Australia, 20 Jannie de Beer, 21 Argentina, 22 Wales, 23 So their coach could host a radio show!, 24 For organising a rebel-tour to South Africa, 25 Jonny Wilkinson, 26 Eight (Jonny Wilkinson), 27 Bill McLaren, 28 Zinzan Brooke, 29 101-3, 30 Rob Andrew, 31 Tiaan Strauss, 32 They were both born in the same hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, 33 Nobody - as in 'nobody is perfect', 34 Shaggy, 35 Tonga, 36 USA (They won it when it was last contested - 1924!), 37 Durban, South Africa, 38 A tree, 39 Gary Knight (Luckily he was a former Commonwealth Games wrestler and was able to play on), 40 Liam Barry, 41 Venezuela, 42 Phillippe Sella (Monsieur Sella was a French representative. Jason Leonard [England] broke that record in 2003), 43 Danie Craven, Picture Question Sébastien Chabal.