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Victory for underdog highlights first-round in England
The greatest upset in the history of the competition highlighted the opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup with two-time champions Springboks going down to minnows Japan.
South Africa’s shock defeat and below-par performance is also reflected in the statistics taken from the Vodacom Rugby App.
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Japanese fullback Ayumu Goromaru was almost singlehandedly responsible for the demise of one of world rugby’s superpowers and deservingly topped some of the statistics on the App.
Goromaru contributed 24 of his side’s 34 points with a try, five penalties and two conversion kicks to top the Points and Penalty Goal categories.
Springbok stalwart Schalk Burger was one of the few shining lights for South Africa topping the first-round of the Rugby World Cup’s Carries statistics.
Burger made 22 Carries with one of the weekend’s standouts, England’s Mike Brown making the second most with his 20.
Brown was one of England’s most dangerous weapons in the opening match against Fiji where he scored a brace of tries while continuously asking questions of the defence with his piercing runs.
He was worth his weight in gold on attack making double the amount of Clean Breaks than his nearest rival in this category while he also topped the Defenders Beaten and Metres Run categories.
Brown made six clean breaks while he beat 11 defenders for a total of a whopping 191 metres.
Fiji’s Nemani Nadolo and Tim Nanai-Williams of Samoa are tied second in the Defenders Beaten bracket with seven each.
Lock Lood de Jager was the best South African in this category where he ranked 20th with the four defenders he beat.
While Springbok hooker Bismarck du Plessis are among the top-ranked players in the Turnovers Won bracket with two, he also conceded the most penalties along with Tonga’s Lua Lokotui with four calls going against them respectively.
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Rugby World Cup – First-round Statistics:
Points:
1. Ayumu Goromaru (Japan) – 24
2. Frederic Michalak (France) – 19
3. Dan Carter (New Zealand) – 16
4. Cory Allen (Wales) – 15
5. Jonny Sexton (Ireland) – 14
6. Pat Lambie (South Africa) – 7
Penalties Conceded:
1. Bismarck du Plessis (South Africa) – 4
Lua Lokotui (Tonga) – 4
2. Alejo Corral (Uruguay) – 3
Allesandro Zanni (italy) – 3
Brad Barritt (England) – 3
Campese Ma’afu (Fiji) – 3
Richie McCaw (New Zealand) – 3
Penalty goals:
1. Ayumu Goromaru (Japan) – 5
Frederic Michalak (France) – 5
2. Dan Carter (New Zealand) – 4
3. Michael Stanley (Samoa) – 3
Felipe Berchesi (Uruguay) – 3
Nicolas Sanchez (Argentina) – 3
Metres Run:
1. Mike Brown (England) – 191m
2. Rob Kearney (Ireland) – 148
3. DTH van der Merwe (Canada) – 141
4. Hallam Amos (Wales) – 108
5. Scott Spedding (France) – 106
6. Zane Kirchner (South Africa) – 81m
Clean Breaks:
1. Mike Brown (England) – 6
2. Cory Allen (Wales) – 3
DTH van der Merwe (Canada) – 3
Hallam Amos (Wales) – 3
Jared Payne (Ireland) – 3
Scott Williams (Wales) – 3
Tim Nanai-Williams (Samoa) – 3
Carries:
1. Schalk Burger (South Africa) – 22
2. Mike Brown (England) – 20
3. Vili Ma’afu (Tonga) – 19
4. Sione Kalamafoni (Tonga) – 18
5. Alesana Tuilagi (Samoa) – 16
Rob Kearney (Ireland) – 16
Defenders Beaten:
1. Mike Brown (England) – 11
2. Nemani Nadolo (Fiji) – 7
Tim Nanai-Williams (Samoa) – 7
3. Jonny May (England) – 6
4. Louis Picamoles (France) – 5
5. Lood de Jager (South Africa) – 4
Offloads:
1. Sonny-Bill Williams (New Zealand) – 11
2. Leone Nakarawa (Fiji) – 8
Mamuka Gorgodze (Georgia) – 8
Schalk Burger (South Africa) – 8
3. Gareth Davies (Wales) – 6
Hallam Amos (Wales) – 6
Jonny May (England) – 6
Kieran Read (New Zealand) – 6
Mathieu Bastareaud (France) – 6
Tackles:
1. Mamuke Gorgodze (Georgia) – 24
2. Giorgi Nemsadze (Georgia) – 23
3. Viktor Kolelishvili (Georgia) – 21
4. Iain Henderson (Ireland) – 19
5. Michael Leitch (Japan) – 17
6. Schalk Burger (South Africa) – 10
Turnovers Won:
1. Leone Nakarawa (Fiji) – 4
Thierry Dusautoir (France) – 4
2. Kieran Read (New Zealand) – 3
Mathieu Bastareaud (France) – 3
3. Amanaki Lelei Mafi (Japan) – 2
Bismarck du Plessis (South Africa) – 2
DTH van der Merwe (Canada) – 2
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