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He holds the record for the longest successful kick in an international test match (although not the longest in Rugby Union as a whole). He gained the record during the 1986 Five Nations Championship at Cardiff Arms Park with a penalty kick measuring exactly 70 yards 8 and a half inches (64.2m) against Scotland.
Match Season Career Points 35 Jonny Wilkinson — England v Italy (2001) [4] 89 Jonny Wilkinson — 2001 [5] 566 Johnny Sexton — 2009–2023 [6] Tries 5 George Lindsay — Scotland v Wales (1887) [7]
A record crowd of 36,000 watched Brand kick 14 points (4 conversions and 2 penalties) in the Springboks' 26–12 defeat of the Lions. The kicking contest between Brand and the Lions full-back, Vivian Jenkins, produced "two of the most remarkable goals ever kicked in rugby football". Jenkins succeeded with a 63-yard penalty kick, taken 8 yards ...
List of international rugby union tries by David Campese; List of international rugby union tries by Christian Cullen; List of international rugby union tries by Israel Folau; List of international rugby union tries by Bryan Habana; List of international rugby union tries by Jonah Lomu; List of international rugby union tries by Brian O'Driscoll
2013 Rugby Championship: 148 24 August 2013 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 27–16 New Zealand: 149 19 October 2013 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 41–33 New Zealand: 2013 Autumn International: 150 16 August 2014 Stadium Australia, Sydney 12–12 draw: 2014 Rugby Championship: 151 23 August 2014 Eden Park, Auckland 51–20 New Zealand: 152
These are men's International Team records in international rugby, [1] updated at the conclusion of the November Internationals window each year. To view men's individual records, see International rugby union player records. To view records of the men's Rugby World Cup, see Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup.
The longest field goal in NCAA history is a 69-yard kick by Ove Johansson of Abilene Christian in 1976, but kickers were able to kick off a holding tee until 1989.
South Africa became the second team to defend its title in 2023 and the first to win the Rugby World Cup on four occasions, as well as the first to win successive titles away from home. Wales have had the most upsets in the Rugby World Cup, having lost to Samoa both in 1991 and 1999, then losing to Fiji in 2007.