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Squads[edit]
Coaches[edit]
- Oldest coach: Jacques Brunel of France - (65 years and 279 days) in the quarter-final game against Wales.
- Youngest coach: Toutai Kefu of Tonga - (45 years and 167 days) in the first game against England.
- Country with most coaches: New Zealand (7)
- John Mckee of Fiji
- Milton Haig of Georgia
- Joe Schmidt of Ireland
- Jamie Joseph of Japan
- Steve Hansen of New Zealand
- Steve Jackson of Samoa
- Warren Gatland of Wales
- Teams with foreign coaches: 14
- Coaches who were former players: 7.[1]
- Phil Davies of Namibia (1987 and 1991 with Wales)
- Rassie Erasmus of South Africa (1999 with South Africa)
- Jamie Joseph of Japan (1995 with New Zealand and 1999 with Japan)
- Toutai Kefu of Tonga (1999 with Australia)
- Mario Ledesma of Argentina (1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 with Argentina)
- Conor O'Shea of Italy (1995 and 1999 with Ireland)
- Gregor Townsend of Scotland (1999 and 2003 with Scotland)
- Longest serving coach: Warren Gatland of Wales since November 2007.[2]
- Shortest serving coach: Steve Jackson of Samoa since September 2018.[3]
- Coaches with previous Head Coaching World Cup experience: 10
- Jacques Brunel of France (Head Coach of Italy in 2015)
- Michael Cheika of Australia (Head Coach of Australia in 2015)
- Phil Davies of Namibia (Head Coach of Namibia in 2015)
- Warren Gatland of Wales (Head Coach of Ireland in 1999 & Head Coach of Wales in 2011 & 2015)
- Milton Haig of Georgia (Head Coach of Georgia in 2015)
- Steve Hansen of New Zealand (Head Coach of Wales in 2003 & Head Coach of New Zealand in 2015)
- Eddie Jones of England (Head Coach of Australia in 2003 & Head Coach of Japan in 2015)
- Kingsley Jones of Canada (Head Coach of Russia in 2011)
- John McKee of Fiji (Head Coach of Fiji in 2015)
- Joe Schmidt of Ireland (Head Coach of Ireland in 2015)
Players[edit]
- Five squads had no players based outside their respective home countries:
- Squads having the fewest players playing domestically are: Tonga (0)
- The most players (96) are active in clubs based in France, the majority of them in the Top 14, with some in the lower leagues.
- Appearance record: Sergio Parisse of Italy participated in the Rugby World Cup for the fifth time, equalling the record of compatriot Mauro Bergamasco and Samoa player Brian Lima.[4]
- Oldest player: Luke Thompson of Japan (38 years and 187 days - vs South Africa)
- Youngest player: Vano Karkadze of Georgia (19 years and 96 days - vs Uruguay)
- Beauden Barrett, Jordie Barrett and Scott Barrett became the first trio of brothers to start in a World Cup match (vs Canada) for New Zealand, and the second set to all start in a Rugby World Cup match since Tonga's Elisi Vunipola, Manu Vunipola, and Fe'ao Vunipola in 1995 (vs Scotland).[5] The Barrett brothers are the first trio of brothers to score a try in the same match.[6][7]
- ^ "World Cup Coaches". Rugby365. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Gatland unveiled as Wales coach". BBC. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Steve Jackson appointed as Manu Samoa's Head Coach". Samoa Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ "Italy's Sergio Parisse set for record-equalling fifth Rugby World Cup". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Barrett brothers to make history with all three to start for All Blacks". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Barrett, Barrett and Barrett score tries for All Blacks". Washington Post. 2 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Barrett Boys Make Try-scoring History As All Blacks Sink Canada". rugbyworldcup.com. Rugby World Cup. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.