ARGENTINA 6 44 NEW ZEALAND
Friday 20 October Stade de France, Paris. Attendance: 77,653
In this match New Zealand became the first side to reach five RWC finals and the first since 2007 to tally over 30 points in a semi. This seven-try rout was just shy of the record 49-6 semi-final win of 1987 (NZ v Wales) and featured only the third semi-final hat-trick, Will Jordan emulating Jonah Lomu and Adam Ashley-Cooper.
Jordan’s treble took him to eight tries in France – a joint tournament record – and it would have
