Rugby World Cup 2003 try scorers
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This article lists each country's try scorers in the 2003 Rugby World Cup
2003 Rugby World Cup
The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...

. The top scorers were Doug Howlett
Doug Howlett
Douglas Charles Howlett is a professional New Zealand rugby union player of Tongan descent. He is primarily a wing but he has also covered fullback at national and international levels. He currently plays in Ireland with Munster. He is the brother of former Tongan rugby league international Phil...

 and Mils Muliaina
Mils Muliaina
Junior Malili Muliaina , better known as Mils Muliaina, is a rugby union player. He plays for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and New Zealand at international level. He was born in Salesi, Samoa, then moved with his family to Invercargill, New Zealand, at the age of two...

 of New Zealand with 7 tries each.

  Argentina
Argentina national rugby union team
The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international rugby union matches. The team, which plays in sky blue and white jerseys, is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union .Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British...

4 tries
  • Pablo Bouza
    Pablo Bouza
    Pablo Bouza is a rugby union player and former rugby league player who has so far won 38 caps playing at No 8, flanker or lock for the Argentine rugby union side...

  • Martín Gaitán
    Martín Gaitán
    Martín Gaitán is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He has played club rugby in Argentina and France, as well as playing for the Argentina national rugby union team....


2 tries
  • Nicolás Fernández Miranda
    Nicolás Fernández Miranda
    Nicolás Fernández Miranda is a rugby player. He so far has won over 40 caps, with 6 as captain playing at scrum half for the Argentina rugby union side . He made his international test debut at the age of 21 on 28 May 1994 against the United States. He has so far scored 5 tries for Argentina...

  • Juan Martín Hernández
    Juan Martín Hernández
    Juan Martín Hernández is an Argentine rugby union player. A mainstay of the Argentina national team, he currently plays for the Paris club Racing Métro in the French Top 14 competition. His 2010 move to Racing brought him back to the city where he had begun his professional career in 2003 with...


1 try
  • Manuel Contepomi
    Manuel Contepomi
    Manuel Contepomi is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Newman in the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires competition. He has also made numerous appearances for the Argentina national team...

  • Ignacio Corleto
    Ignacio Corleto
    Ignacio Corleto is an Argentine Rugby Union footballer who plays Fullback position. He began his rugby career in the local Club Universitario de Buenos Aires . After the 1999 Rugby World Cup he migrated into professional rugby and signed with French club Narbonne...

  • Juan Fernández Miranda
  • Federico Méndez
    Federico Mendez
    Federico Mendez , also known as Freddie Mendez is an Argentine rugby union footballer.Méndez played professional rugby in South Africa, England and France...


  Australia
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

5 tries
  • Chris Latham
    Chris Latham (rugby player)
    Chris Latham is an Australian rugby union player, who played fullback for the Worcester Warriors, following a long career with the Queensland Reds and Australia....

  • Mat Rogers
    Mat Rogers
    Matthew S. "Mat" Rogers is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He also played rugby union at the highest levels, becoming a dual-code international. The son of the late Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks legend and CEO Steve Rogers, Mat played for the Sharks...

  • Lote Tuqiri

4 tries
  • Matt Giteau
    Matt Giteau
    Matthew Giteau is an Australian rugby union footballer, a former international who now plays for the French Top 14 side Toulon. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky...

  • Stirling Mortlock
    Stirling Mortlock
    Stirling Austin Mortlock is an Australian professional rugby union player. He has scored over 1,000 points in Super Rugby, and nearly 500 test points for the Wallabies. Mortlock is a former Wallaby and Brumbies captain, and the current captain of the Melbourne Rebels.-Early life:Mortlock began...


3 tries
  • Matthew Burke

2 tries
  • Stephen Larkham
    Stephen Larkham
    Stephen Larkham is an Australian rugby union footballer currently playing for the Ricoh Black Rams in Japan. He is best known for his career with the Brumbies in Super Rugby, for whom he played from the inception of the professional Super 12 in 1996 through 2007, and his long tenure with the...

  • David Lyons
    David Lyons
    David Lyons plays Number Eight for the Wallabies.-Playing career:From his debut in 2000 Lyons played 83 consecutive games for Waratahs, a record for Australian players. His run ended when a knee injury forced him to miss the start of the 2007 season...

  • Joe Roff
    Joe Roff
    Joe Roff is a retired Australian rugby union footballer and a product of the Tuggeranong Vikings Rugby Union Club in Canberra, who played on the wing or at fullback for Brumbies and Australia and played 5 tests as a centre in the early part of his test career...

  • George Smith
    George Smith (rugby player)
    George Smith is an Australian rugby union player. He is a flanker for Toulon. He won 110 caps for Australia before retiring from international rugby on 5 February 2010. He made his Test debut in 2000 against France in Paris and he is the most capped Wallaby forward, and the most capped flanker in...

  • Morgan Turinui
    Morgan Turinui
    Morgan Turinui is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays for French rugby side Stade Francais.-Early life:...


1 try
  • Elton Flatley
    Elton Flatley
    Elton Flatley is a former Australian international rugby union footballer. At his best position of fly-half, Flatley was often able to dictate the game by kicking tactically or throwing simple passes in order to retain possession.Flatley tended to play internationally at centre...

  • George Gregan
    George Gregan
    George Musarurwa Gregan AM is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history....

  • Nathan Grey
    Nathan Grey (rugby player)
    Nathan Patrick Grey is an Australian rugby union footballer who used to play at centre for the New South Wales Waratahs and Australia. Since 2005 he has been playing for Kyushu Electric Power Company in Fukuoka, Japan and helped them gain promotion to the Top League for the 2007-8 season...

  • Jeremy Paul
    Jeremy Paul
    Jeremy Paul is a New Zealand-born Australia rugby union player. He played hooker and prop for the wallabies and the ACT Brumbies.At the end of 2005, Paul was awarded the John Eales Medal, receiving 194 votes from his teammates...

  • John Roe
  • Wendell Sailor
    Wendell Sailor
    Wendell Jermaine Sailor is an Australian former professional rugby football player who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union – a dual code international. He is an Australian Torres Strait Islander.Sailor's large frame and bullocking style changed the way wingers played rugby...


  Canada
Canada national rugby union team
The Canada national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union. They are governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and black. Canada is classified by the International Rugby Board as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and seven tier two nations, the...

1 try
  • Aaron Abrams
    Aaron Abrams
    Aaron Abrams is a Canadian actor and writer born in Toronto, Ontario, who has worked in both film and television.Abrams has appeared in over 50 films and TV series, having been a regular on several shows including the Emmy nominated series 'The State Within' ,'Slings and Arrows' , and 'Runaway'...

  • Sean Fauth
  • Quentin Fyffe
  • Kevin Tkachuk
    Kevin Tkachuk
    Kevin Tkachuk is a prop for the Canada national rugby union team and the Glasgow Warriors in Scotland....


  England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...

5 tries
  • Will Greenwood
    Will Greenwood
    William John Heaton "Will" Greenwood, MBE is an English former rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s.-Career:...

  • Josh Lewsey
    Josh Lewsey
    Owen Joshua Lewsey MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played fullback, wing or centre for Wasps.-Career:...


4 tries
  • Jason Robinson
    Jason Robinson
    Jason Thorpe Robinson OBE is an English former international rugby union and rugby league player of the 1990s and 2000s. Playing at wing or fullback, he won fifty-one rugby union international test caps in total for England, and in rugby league he won twelve caps for Great Britain and seven for...


3 tries
  • Iain Balshaw
    Iain Balshaw
    Iain Robert Balshaw, MBE is a rugby footballer who plays on the wing or at full back for Biarritz.-Early life:...


2 tries
  • Neil Back
    Neil Back
    Neil Antony Back is a former international rugby union footballer for England, who also played for Leicester Tigers, and captained both England and Leicester during his career....

  • Mike Catt
    Mike Catt
    Michael John "Mike" Catt OBE is a South African-born former English rugby union footballer who played for London Irish and Bath. He earned 75 international caps for England and played in three World Cup Finals, in 1995, 2003 and 2007...

  • Ben Cohen
    Ben Cohen (rugby player)
    Benjamin Christopher "Ben" Cohen, MBE is a former England rugby union international. He began his professional career with Northampton Saints in 1996; in 2007 he moved to France to represent Brive before returning to England two years later to join Sale Sharks...

  • Andy Gomarsall
    Andy Gomarsall
    Andrew Charles Thomas Gomarsall MBE is a rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for Leeds Carnegie and England.He previously played for Gloucester Rugby, Bedford and Wasps...

  • Dan Luger
    Dan Luger
    Daniel Darko Luger MBE is a former English rugby union international who was a member of the squad that won the Webb Ellis Cup in 2003.- Club career:...


1 try
  • Stuart Abbott
    Stuart Abbott
    Stuart Abbott MBE is a South African born rugby union footballer who played centre for London Wasps and England. On 24 October 2007 Abbott announced his immediate retirement due to a shoulder injury....

  • Lawrence Dallaglio
    Lawrence Dallaglio
    Lorenzo Bruno Nero "Lawrence" Dallaglio, OBE is a retired English rugby union player and former captain of the English national team. He played as a flanker or number eight for London Wasps and never played for another club, having arrived at Sudbury as a teenager...

  • Matt Dawson
    Matt Dawson
    Matthew James Sutherland "Daws" Dawson, MBE is a retired English rugby union player who played scrum half for Wasps and Northampton Saints. During his international career he toured with the British and Irish Lions three times and was part of England's 2003 Rugby World Cup winning side...

  • Lewis Moody
    Lewis Moody
    Lewis Walton Moody MBE is an English rugby union rugby player who currently plays for Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. He is renowned for his commitment to the physical aspects of the game....

  • Mark Regan
    Mark Regan
    Mark 'Ronnie' Regan MBE is an English rugby union player. He has played as a hooker for Bristol, Bath, Leeds Tykes as well as England and the British Lions.-Career:...

  • Steve Thompson
  • Mike Tindall
    Mike Tindall
    Michael James Tindall, MBE is an English rugby player who plays outside centre for Gloucester Rugby and has captained the England team...

  • Phil Vickery
    Phil Vickery (rugby player)
    Philip John Vickery MBE is a former English rugby union tighthead prop and member of the England squad. He was a member of England's World Cup winning squad in 2003, playing in all seven matches in the tournament, and is a former England captain. Vickery ended his club rugby career at Wasps,...


  Fiji
Fiji national rugby union team
The Fiji national rugby union team is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance formerly along with Samoa and Tonga. In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga. Fiji are ranked sixteenth in the world by the IRB as of 26...

3 tries
  • Rupeni Caucaunibuca
    Rupeni Caucaunibuca
    -Early years:Caucaunibuca or "Rups", as called by those who knew him, grew up most of his life in the village. Caucaunibuca's father was a church minister based around the Bua province on the northern parts of Fiji so his family frequently moved....


2 tries
  • Norman Ligairi
    Norman Ligairi
    Norman Armstrong Senibici Ligairi is a Fijian rugby union player who usually plays as a fullback. He represents Fiji at international level in both the 15-a-side and 7-a-side game...

  • Api Naevo
  • Aisea Tuilevu
    Aisea Tuilevu
    Aisea Tuilevu Kurimudu is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He has represented the national team on numerous occasions, including at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia...


1 try
  • Marika Vunibaka
    Marika Vunibaka
    Marika "Dawainavesi" Vunibaka is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He has represented the national team on numerous occasions, including at the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales and the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia....


  France
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...

4 tries
  • Christophe Dominici
    Christophe Dominici
    Christophe Dominici is a former French rugby union footballer of Italian origin. He played wing for Stade Français and France. He has been a coach with Stade Français since the start of the 2008/9 season and a board member since 2009/10 season.-Club career:Christophe Dominici was born in Toulon...


3 tries
  • Imanol Harinordoquy
    Imanol Harinordoquy
    Imanol Harinordoquy is a French rugby union player who typically plays as a number 8 for Biarritz at club level in the Top 14 and for France internationally...

  • Yannick Jauzion
    Yannick Jauzion
    Yannick Jauzion is a French rugby union footballer. He plays at centre for Stade Toulousain and the French national team....

  • Brian Liebenberg
    Brian Liebenberg
    Brian Liebenberg is a South Africa-born French rugby union footballer. His usual position is at centre, where he plays for the Top 14 club, Stade Français, as well as the national team. He was a part of Stade Français' championship victory of 2004, as well as the runner-up of the French...


2 tries
  • Serge Betsen
    Serge Betsen
    Serge Betsen Tchoua is a French rugby union player who plays as a flanker for London Wasps at club level and formerly for internationally...

  • Jean-Jacques Crenca
    Jean-Jacques Crenca
    Jean-Jacques Crenca is a French rugby player.Crenca was born in Marmande, Aquitaine. He played for SU Agen before moving to RC Toulon for the 2006/07 season. He was a member of France's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad playing at prop....

  • Frédéric Michalak
    Frédéric Michalak
    Frédéric Michalak is a French rugby union footballer, who currently plays in South Africa for the Sharks in Super Rugby and the Natal Sharks in the Currie Cup. His early career was spent playing for his hometown team, Toulouse, in the Top 14 and in the Heineken Cup...

  • Aurélien Rougerie
    Aurélien Rougerie
    Aurélien Rougerie plays on the wing and Centre for France and captains ASM Clermont Auvergne in the French Top 14.-Career:Rougerie was born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme...


1 try
  • Yannick Bru
    Yannick Bru
    Yannick Bru is a French rugby union coach and former footballer, currently serving as forwards coach at Stade Toulousain in the elite level of French rugby, the Top 14. Bru was capped 18 times for the French national side....

  • Nicolas Brusque
    Nicolas Brusque
    Nicolas Brusque is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has also represented France, and has played for the national team, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad...

  • Pépito Elhorga
    Pepito Elhorga
    Pépito Elhorga is a French rugby player.He currently plays for Aviron Bayonnais in the Top 14 club competition, and previously played for Biarritz Olympique and SU Agen. He was a member of France's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad. He has 18 caps and has scored 3 tries for France.-External links:* *...

  • Fabien Galthié
    Fabien Galthié
    Fabien Galthié is a French rugby union coach and former player. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played much of his club rugby for Colomiers, and later on in his career, Stade Français. Galthié won 64 caps for France, including four Rugby World Cup appearances, as well as captaining the...

  • Raphaël Ibañez
    Raphaël Ibanez
    Raphaël Ibañez is a retired French rugby union footballer. A hooker, he was also a former captain of the France national team.-Club career:...

  • Olivier Magne
    Olivier Magne
    Olivier Claude C. Magne is a French former rugby union footballer and a current coach.Magne was a rugby god and back row forward, known especially for his speed and handling in open field play. He represented 89 times, scoring 14 tries.He joined his hometown team, Stade Aurillacois, as a boy in...

  • Fabien Pelous
    Fabien Pelous
    Fabien Pelous is a retired French rugby union footballer. A lock who also occasionally played as a number eight and flanker, he played almost all of his professional career for Stade Toulousain, and is the all-time leader in appearances for the French national team...

  • Jean-Baptiste Poux
    Jean-Baptiste Poux
    Jean-Baptiste Poux is a French rugby union footballer who plays as a prop, and is capable of playing on either side of the scrum. He currently plays for Toulouse in the Top 14 rugby competition...


(Ireland
Irish Rugby Football Union
The Irish Rugby Football Union is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where Irish rugby union international matches are played...

) Ireland
Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...

3 tries
  • Denis Hickie
    Denis Hickie
    Denis Anthony Hickie born 13 February 1976 in Dublin, Ireland is a retired professional rugby union footballer employed by the Irish Rugby Football Union. He played his club rugby for Leinster. His primary position was on the wing. He is also known as Disco Denis as a result of his quick feet...

  • Brian O'Driscoll
    Brian O'Driscoll
    Brian O'Driscoll is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is the current captain of the Ireland Rugby team and captained Leinster Rugby until the start of 2008 season. He also captained the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand...

  • Alan Quinlan
    Alan Quinlan
    Alan Quinlan is an Irish rugby union player. He played for Munster and is registered to the AIB League side Shannon. He retired from rugby in May 2011.-Career:...


2 tries
  • Shane Horgan
    Shane Horgan
    Shane Patrick Horgan born 18 July 1978 in Bellewstown, County Meath is a rugby union player who plays wing or centre for Leinster and Ireland. He is tall. While he was young he played for Boyne RFC. He also played Gaelic football at Minor level with Meath.Horgan joined Lansdowne on leaving...

  • Eric Miller
    Eric Miller (rugby player)
    Eric Roger Patrick Miller is a former Irish rugby union and Gaelic football player. As a rugby player Miller played for, among others Old Wesley, Leicester Tigers,[Ulster],Leinster, the Barbarians, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions...


1 try
  • Victor Costello
    Victor Costello
    Victor Costello is a retired Irish rugby player and Olympic shot-putter. Playing senior rugby throughout the 1990s until his retirement in 2005, his rugby career with Leinster and Ireland straddled the amateur and professional eras...

  • Girvan Dempsey
    Girvan Dempsey
    Girvan Dempsey is a retired rugby union footballer who played at full back for Leinster and Ireland.- Rugby career :...

  • Guy Easterby
    Guy Easterby
    Guy Easterby is a former rugby union player for Ireland. He is currently team manager of Leinster alongside head coach Josef Schmidt.His father is English and his mother Irish...

  • Marcus Horan
    Marcus Horan
    Marcus Horan is an Irish rugby union player who plays loose-head-prop for Munster and Ireland.Horan was educated at St. Munchin's College and Limerick Institute of Technology...

  • John Kelly
  • Kevin Maggs
    Kevin Maggs
    Kevin Michael Maggs is a former Irish rugby union Centre, he is currently player/coach with Moseley, he previously played for Bristol, Bath, Ulster and Rotherham Titans....

  • Keith Wood
    Keith Wood
    Keith Gerard Mallinson Wood and educated at St Munchin's College, Limerick is a former international rugby union footballer who played hooker for Ireland, the Lions, Garryowen, Harlequins and Munster....


  Italy
Italy national rugby union team
The Italy national rugby union team represent the nation of Italy in the sport of rugby union. The team is also known as the Azzurri . Italy have been playing international rugby since the late 1920s, and since 2000 compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland,...

2 tries
  • Dennis Dallan

1 try
  • Manuel Dallan
    Manuel Dallan
    Manuel Dallan is an Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centres. Since June 2008 he plays for Italian club Venezia Mestre Rugby FC...

  • Sergio Parisse
    Sergio Parisse
    Sergio Parisse is an Italian Argentine rugby union rugby player. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International player of the year...

  • Matthew Phillips
    Matthew Phillips
    Matthew Phillips is an New Zealand-born Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position is at Number 8.Phillips had played for New Zealand national rugby union U-21 team when he moved to play for Rugby Viadana, in Italy, where he would stay from 1999/2000 to 2005/2006. He won the Italian...


  Japan
Japan national rugby union team
The Japan national rugby union team represent Japan in international rugby union competitions. Japan is traditionally the strongest rugby union power in Asia but has both enjoyed and endured mixed results against non-Asian teams over the years...

2 tries
  • Daisuke Ohata
    Daisuke Ohata
    Daisuke Ohata is a former Japanese rugby union player. He usually played rugby at wing, and sometimes centre, for Japan national rugby union team. He made his name internationally as a speedy ace in the IRB World Sevens Series, and went on to become a regular member of the national team...


1 try
  • George Konia
  • Tory Kurihara
  • Andrew Miller
    Andrew Miller (rugby player)
    Andrew Miller is a New Zealander who first made his name playing rugby union at fly half for Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers, and then in the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup playing for the Japan national rugby union team....

  • Hirotoki Onozawa
    Hirotoki Onozawa
    Hirotoki Onozawa plays rugby union at wing for Suntory Sungoliath in the Top League...


  Namibia
Namibia national rugby union team
The Namibian rugby union team, nicknamed the Welwitschias or Biltongboere, represents Namibia at rugby union. Although they are a tier-three nation in the International Rugby Board tier system, the team have participated in all three Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999...

1 try
  • du Preez Grobler
    Du Preez Grobler
    Du Preez Grobler is a Namibian rugby union centre. He played with the Namibia national rugby union team at the 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2007 Rugby World Cup.-References:...

  • Hakkies Husselman
    Hakkies Husselman
    Dawid Husselman, better known as Hakkies Husselman , is a Namibian rugby union former international player and a current coach. He played as a scrum-half....

  • Eben Isaacs
  • Corne Powell

  New Zealand

7 tries
  • Doug Howlett
    Doug Howlett
    Douglas Charles Howlett is a professional New Zealand rugby union player of Tongan descent. He is primarily a wing but he has also covered fullback at national and international levels. He currently plays in Ireland with Munster. He is the brother of former Tongan rugby league international Phil...

  • Mils Muliaina
    Mils Muliaina
    Junior Malili Muliaina , better known as Mils Muliaina, is a rugby union player. He plays for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and New Zealand at international level. He was born in Salesi, Samoa, then moved with his family to Invercargill, New Zealand, at the age of two...


6 tries
  • Joe Rokocoko
    Joe Rokocoko
    Josevata Taliga "Joe" Rokocoko is a professional New Zealand rugby union player. Rokocoko is known for his speed and strength which has accounted for his prolific try strike rate...


4 tries
  • Leon MacDonald
    Leon MacDonald
    Leon Raymond MacDonald is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer, and now assistant coach for the Tasman Makos rugby team, who played 56 tests for the national team, All Blacks. He plays first five-eighths and fullback.-Biography:MacDonald was born in Blenheim, New Zealand, and attended...

  • Caleb Ralph
    Caleb Ralph
    Caleb Stan Ralph is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Ralph began his first-class career with Bay of Plenty, then moved to Auckland before heading to Canterbury. He started his Super Rugby career with the Chiefs in 1997, Blues , Crusaders and a cameo role with the Queensland Reds...

  • Carlos Spencer
    Carlos Spencer
    Carlos James Spencer is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who currently plays at fly-half for the Lions in the Super 14 and formerly for the New Zealand All Blacks. He is well known for his flamboyant, attacking play and ball handling skills. He has signed to play for the Lions for 2010 and 2011...


2 tries
  • Dan Carter
  • Kees Meeuws
    Kees Meeuws
    Kees Junior Meeuws is a former New Zealand rugby union prop and current assistant coach of the Highlanders in the Super Rugby tournament. Meeuws played 42 tests for the All Blacks between 1998 and 2004, scoring 10 test tries...

  • Rodney So'oialo
    Rodney So'oialo
    Rodney So'oialo is a New Zealand rugby union player currently playing in Japan for the Honda Heat. Previously, he had been a stalwart for the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby competition, making 101 appearances for the franchise. He also made 62 test appearances for the All Blacks between 2002 and 2009...

  • Brad Thorn
    Brad Thorn
    Bradley Carnegie Thorn is a professional rugby union player. He has in the past represented Australia at rugby league, and currently represents New Zealand in union...

  • Reuben Thorne
    Reuben Thorne
    Reuben David Thorne is a New Zealand rugby union player, and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks.-Super 12:...


1 try
  • Daniel Braid
    Daniel Braid
    Daniel Joshua Braid is a rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Super Rugby team the Blues...

  • Corey Flynn
    Corey Flynn
    Corey Flynn is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays in the position of hooker. He was educated at Southland Boys' High School.-Provincial:He played provincial for Southland until he moved to Canterbury in 2003....

  • Marty Holah
    Marty Holah
    Martin Rowan "Marty" Holah is a New Zealand rugby union player, who has played for Welsh regional side Ospreys, the Waikato provincial team and the Chiefs Super 14 rugby franchise. Holah was capped in 36 international test matches for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks...

  • Chris Jack
    Chris Jack
    Christopher Raymond Jack is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a lock. He has played for Canterbury and the Tasman Makos in the National Provincial Championship and its successor, the Air New Zealand Cup; the Crusaders in Super Rugby; Saracens in the Guinness Premiership; and...

  • Justin Marshall
    Justin Marshall
    Justin Warren Marshall, MNZM is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He was born in Mataura and educated in Gore before settling in Christchurch. Marshall played 81 games for the New Zealand All Blacks between 1995 and 2005...

  • Aaron Mauger
    Aaron Mauger
    Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger is a former rugby union player who played at centre for Leicester Tigers. He previously played first five-eighths and second five-eighths for Canterbury , the Crusaders and the New Zealand All Blacks...

  • Keven Mealamu
    Keven Mealamu
    Keven Mealamu is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays at hooker for the Blues in the Super 14, Auckland in the National Provincial Championship, and the New Zealand national team, All Blacks....

  • Ma'a Nonu
    Ma'a Nonu
    Ma'a Allan Nonu is a professional Samoan rugby union player from New Zealand. Nonu plays for the Wellington Lions in the ITM Cup and the New Zealand All Blacks...

  • Ali Williams
    Ali Williams
    Alexander James "Ali" Williams is a New Zealand rugby union player at the position of lock. He represented Auckland and plays for the Blues in the Super 14, when he signed for the Tasman provincial side. In 2008, he played for the Crusaders in the Super 14 and in 2010 signed on loan for Nottingham...


  Romania
Romania national rugby union team
The Romania national rugby union team , nicknamed The Oaks , is the representative side of Romania in rugby union. Long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations, they have participated in all six Rugby World Cups, and currently compete in the first division of the...

1 try
  • George Chiriac
  • Valentin Maftei
  • Augustin Petrichei
  • Cristian Sauan
  • Lucian Sirbu
    Lucian Sîrbu
    Lucian Sîrbu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a scrum-half.Sîrbu played at Steaua Bucureşti, in Romania, until moving to Racing Métro 92, in France. He moved to AS Béziers, in 2007....

  • Ioan Teodorescu
  • Petrisor Toderasc
    Petrişor Toderasc
    Petrişor Toderasc is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop.Toderasc plays currently for CA Brive, in France....


  Samoa
Samoa national rugby union team
The Manu Samoa is the men's representative side of the Samoa Rugby Union in both the 15's and the 7's for international competitions. The Samoa Rugby Union is owned by the affiliated rugby unions of Samoa. In Samoa, Manu Samoa is in honour of a famous Samoan warrior. From 1924 to 1997 Samoa was...

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  • Brian Lima
    Brian Lima
    Brian Lima is a former Samoan rugby union footballer who was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in 2011. Originally a wing, Lima moved into centre for Manu Samoa as his pace lessened, but he remained a formidable player throughout his career.He earned the memorable nickname of "The Chiropractor"...


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  • Maurie Fa'asavalu
    Maurie Fa'asavalu
    Maurie Fa'asavalu is a Samoan rugby union player who formerly played rugby league for St Helens. He was recently picked in the Great Britain rugby league squad after living in England for 4 years...

  • Dominic Feaunati
  • Opeta Palepoi
    Opeta Palepoi
    Opeta Palepoi is a Samoan rugby union footballer, with 48 caps. He currently plays for Scottish side Gala RFC. He has previously played for Glasgow Warriors, Border Reivers and English club Harlequins. He is 1.95m tall and weighs 106kg. He was also a part of the Samoa squad at the 2003 Rugby World...

  • Semo Sititi
    Semo Sititi
    Semo Sititi is a rugby union footballer in Samoa. He was born in Moto'otua.-Career:He is a flanker and currently plays for Ricoh in Japan, having previously played for Celtic League side Border Reivers and Manu Samoa internationally. He made his test debut in 1999 against Japan in Apia, Samoa...

  • Sailosi Tagicakibau
    Sailosi Tagicakibau
    Sailosi Tagicakibau is a rugby union footballer who plays at Wing for London Irish.-Early years:Prior to competing in professional rugby, he attended Papakura High and Wesley College....


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  • Lome Fa'atau
    Lome Fa'atau
    Lome Fa'atau is a rugby union player. He currently plays for the Rugby Nice Côte d'Azur in the French Fédérale 1. The speedy winger is recognisable by his traditional Samoan tattoo ....

  • Simon Lemalu
  • Steven So'oialo
    Steven So'oialo
    Steven So'oialo is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He plays scrum-half for English club Harlequins and formerly Orrell. He played for Manu Samoa in the 1999 and 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also played for the Pacific Islanders team in 2004...

  • Earl Va'a
    Earl Va'a
    Earl Va'a is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half.-Rugby league:Va'a started his career playing rugby league for the Wainuiomata Lions in New Zealand and in 1994 and 1995 he represented the Wellington City Dukes in the Lion Red Cup...

  • Tanner Vili
    Tanner Vili
    Tanner Vili is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half and full backHe played for Samoa at the 1999 Rugby World Cup and 2003 Rugby World Cup....


  Scotland
Scotland national rugby union team
The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...

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  • Simon Danielli
    Simon Danielli
    Simon Charles Jonathan Danielli is a professional rugby union player who plays on the wing for Ulster and Scotland.-Early life:...

  • Chris Paterson
    Chris Paterson
    Chris Paterson is a Scotland internationalist who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Edinburgh Rugby. He is Scotland’s record cap and points holder with 109 caps and 809 points. Paterson is capable in a range of positions, including fullback, wing and fly-half. In recent years Paterson has played...


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  • Stuart Grimes
    Stuart Grimes
    Stuart Brian Grimes is a former Scottish rugby player and captain. Grimes' previous clubs include Padova, Border Reivers, Newcastle Falcons, Caledonia Reds, Watsonians, Edinburgh University, Robert Gordon's College. He was previously Newcastle Falcons forwards coach...

  • Gavin Kerr
    Gavin Kerr
    Gavin Kerr is a retired rugby union footballer who played prop, he played international rugby for Scotland. He played club rugby for Leeds Tykes , the defunct Border Reivers, Edinburgh and Sale Sharks...

  • Robbie Russell
    Robbie Russell (rugby player)
    Robbie Russell is an Australian-born professional rugby union player who played hooker for London Irish and formerly with Saracens....

  • Tom Smith
    Tom Smith (rugby player)
    Tom Smith is a rugby union coach and former player born in London, England who represented Scotland and the Lions.-Education and background:He was educated at Emanuel School in London and Rannoch School in Scotland...

  • Simon Taylor
    Simon Taylor (rugby player)
    Simon Marcus Taylor is a Scottish professional rugby union footballer for Bath Rugby. He is a back-row forward, usually a number eight. He played for Edinburgh for six seasons between 2000 and 2006 and in 2007 agreed a three year deal with Stade Français joining them immediately after the 2007...

  • Gregor Townsend
    Gregor Townsend
    Gregor Peter John Townsend MBE is a former Scottish rugby union player who played at fly-half, full back and latterly centre....


  South Africa
South Africa national rugby union team
The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...

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  • Bakkies Botha
    Bakkies Botha
    John Philip "Bakkies" Botha, is a South African rugby union player who plays lock for the Springboks. He was a member of the national team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2007 in addition to winning two Tri-Nations titles in 2004 and 2009...

  • Jacque Fourie
  • Danie Rossouw
    Danie Rossouw
    Danie Rossouw is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a second row forward. He plays for the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition. Rossouw made his provincinal debut during 1999 for the Blue Bulls in a match against the North Western Province in the Currie Cup competition...

  • Joost van der Westhuizen
    Joost van der Westhuizen
    Joost van der Westhuizen is a former South African rugby union footballer who was the Springboks' first choice scrum-half in the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2000s. He was capped 89 times for the Springboks and scored 38 tries...


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  • Derick Hougaard
    Derick Hougaard
    Derick Hougaard is a South African rugby union player who plays for Saracens in England. He normally plays at flyhalf...


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  • Richard Bands
    Richard Bands
    Richard Edward "Richie" Bands is a former South African rugby union test player. He was part of the Springboks squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup and is fondly remembered in the South African rugby community for his for South Africa against the All Blacks in the 2003 Tri Nations Series.Although...

  • Schalk Burger
    Schalk Burger
    Schalk Burger Jr. is a South African rugby union player. He plays the position of flanker in the Springbok rugby union team.-Father:...

  • Neil de Kock
    Neil de Kock
    Neil de Kock is a rugby union footballer who plays at scrum half for Saracens. He has claimed ten caps for South Africa...

  • Thinus Delport
    Thinus Delport
    Thinus Delport is a South African rugby union player who played at wing or fullback for Worcester Warriors and South Africa.He started his career playing for the Lions from U21 level and he made his senior debut in 1997...

  • Werner Greeff
    Werner Greeff
    Werner Greeff is a former South African rugby union player. He played for Western Province in the Currie Cup and for the Stormers in the Super 14 until a neck injury forced him into retirement in January 2007...

  • Jorrie Müller
  • Hendro Scholtz
  • Jaun Smith
  • Jaco van der Westhuyzen
    Jaco van der Westhuyzen
    Jaco van der Westhuyzen is a South African rugby union footballer who plays fly-half or fullback.-Early life:...

  • Ashwin Willemse
    Ashwin Willemse
    Ashwin Willemse is a South African rugby union player. He plays at wing for the national team, the Springboks...


  Tonga
Tonga national rugby union team
The Tonga national rugby union team is nicknamed Ikale Tahi . Like their Polynesian neighbours, the Tongans start their matches with a war dance – the Kailao . They are members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance along with Fiji and Samoa...

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  • Pierre Hola
    Pierre Hola
    Pierre Hola is a Tongan rugby union footballer. He has represented Tonga and currently plays his club rugby in the Australian Shute Shield for Eastwood.-Career:Hola made his debut for Tonga in September 1998 in a match against Samoa...

  • Benhur Kivalu

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  • Heamani Lavaka
  • John Payne
  • Tevita Tu'ifua
    Tevita Tu'ifua
    Tevita Tu'ifua is a Tongan rugby union Wing and Centre. He is a member of the Tonga national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.-External links:*...


  Uruguay
Uruguay national rugby union team
The Uruguay national rugby union team is the representative side of Uruguay, governed by the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay. They have been playing international rugby since 1948. Their jersey is blue and black and they are known as Los Teros. They qualified twice for the Rugby World Cup, in 1999 and...

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  • Pablo Lemoine
    Pablo Lemoine
    Pablo Adrian Lemoine is a Uruguayan rugby union player. He plays as a prop.-Career:Lemoine was first noticed in is own country, but then moved to Bristol Shoguns, for the season of 1998/99, where he became a professional. He moved again to Stade français, which side he represented for the seasons...


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  • Nicolas Brignoni
    Nicolas Brignoni
    Nicolas Brignoni is a Uruguayan rugby union player, of Swiss origin.-Career:Brignoni played in Europe for L'Aquila Rugby, from Italy, from 2002/2003 to 2005/2006, and US Montauban, from France, in 2006/2007...

  • Rdrigo Capo
  • Alfonso Cardoso
    Alfonso Cardoso
    Alfonso Cardoso was a Uruguayan rugby union player.-Career:Cardoso field position was a fullback. He played at Old Boys in 2003. He played twice at the Rugby World Cup finals, in 1999 and 2003...

  • Diego Lamelas
    Diego Lamelas
    Diego Lamelas is a Uruguayan rugby union player. He plays as a hooker.Lamelas was a member of Argentinian team of Alumni Athletic Club. He is a senior Uruguayan rugby union player and a regular member of Uruguay national rugby union team. He played twice at the Rugby World Cup finals, in 1999 and...


  United States
United States national rugby union team
USA Rugby's men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, represents the United States in the sport of rugby union. The Eagles are currently ranked 17th by the IRB World Rankings. Their highest ranking was from November 2, 2006 – September 10, 2007 at the 14th position...

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  • Riaan van Zyl

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  • Mike Hercus
    Mike Hercus
    Mike Hercus is a retired American rugby union footballer who played at fly-half for the USA Eagles and several top level professional clubs around the globe....

  • Kort Schubert
    Kort Schubert
    Kort Schubert is an American rugby union footballer. He plays blindside flank or number eight.He made his debut for the US Eagles in May 2000 playing against Japan in a 36–21 win. Schubert was an ever present figure in the American side during the 2001, 2002 and 2003 seasons...


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  • Phillip Eloff
  • Kirk Khasigian

  Wales
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...

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  • Colin Charvis
    Colin Charvis
    Colin Charvis is a former captain of the Welsh national rugby union team and also played for the British and Irish lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no...

  • Sonny Parker

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  • Gareth Cooper
    Gareth Cooper
    Gareth Cooper is a former Wales international rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for the Cardiff Blues. He is renowned for his darting breaks from rucks.-Career:...

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  • Martyn Williams
    Martyn Williams
    Martyn Elwyn Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player. A flanker, he plays for Cardiff Blues and the Wales national rugby union team as an open-side flanker...


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  • Dafydd Jones
    Dafydd Jones
    Dafydd Jones is a retired Welsh rugby union footballer, who played in the back row for the Llanelli Scarlets in the Magners League. He has also played for Wales...

  • Stephen Jones
    Stephen Jones (rugby player)
    Stephen Michael Jones is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays primarily at fly-half for Wales, the British and Irish Lions and Scarlets....

  • Mark Taylor
    Mark Taylor (rugby player)
    Mark Taylor is a former Wales international rugby union player who played at centre. He is a former captain of Wales and was the first person to score a try at the newly built Millennium Stadium against South Africa in 1999. He signed for Sale Sharks from Llanelli Scarlets in April 2005 and in...

  • Gareth Thomas
    Gareth Thomas (rugby player)
    Gareth Thomas , known as Alfie, is a retired Welsh professional rugby footballer who played rugby league for the Crusaders RL in the Super League. He also previously played rugby union for the Cardiff Blues and as a fullback, wing or centre.On 26 May 2007, Thomas surpassed Gareth Llewellyn as the...

  • Shane Williams
    Shane Williams
    Shane Mark Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Ospreys and who can also play scrum-half. Williams is the record try scorer for the Wales national team and he is third on the international list of leading Rugby union Test try scorers behind Daisuke Ohata...

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