Rugby World Cup 2023 ended in style in Saint-Denis as South Africa won the final against New Zealand to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for the fourth time in their history.
In front of 80,000 fans at Stade de France and hundreds of millions more via broadcast and social media, the world of rugby united to crown the champions, concluding a remarkable Rugby World Cup.
Bettingexpert.com have tracked all the records broken in France during the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Siya Kolisi (South Africa) became only the second player ever (and the first ever South African) to win the RWC twice as a captain – Kolisi was the captain in 2019 when South Africa won and he was the captain again in 2023 – the only player to ever win twice as a captain is Richie McCaw (New Zealand) who was the winning captain in 2011 and 2015.
Beauden Barrett (New Zealand) became the first player to ever score tries in two separate Rugby World Cup finals after scoring one in 2023 (and previously scoring one try in 2015)
Sam Whitelock (New Zealand) broke his third place tie with Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand) for the most winning appearances (18) and he moved past Kevin Meleamu (19 winning appearances, New Zealand) and Richie McCaw (20 winning appearances, New Zealand) – since New Zealand made it to the finals, Whitelock is now the player with the most winning appearances with 23, 3 winning appearances ahead of the past record holder, Richie McCaw
Sam Whitelock (New Zealand) also broke the record for the most match appearances, previously held by Jason Leonard (England) and Richie McCaw (New Zealand) with 22 appearances each – Whitelock had 19 appearances before the 2023 RWC, now he has 26; Agustin Creevy (Argentina, 22 appearances) and James Slipper (21 appearances) also joined the top 5 rankings of the most appearances after the 2023 tournament with a second and third place tie, respectively