France's preferred first XV average 191, while New Zealand come in with 167 minutes. The Springboks have spread game time in their group and average 164 minutes in their preferred starting team. Damian Willemse and Jesse Kriel are the only Boks who played more than 200 minutes in the pool stages. Fellow quarterfinalists Fiji have 14 players with more than three hours 20 minutes game time, but their head coach Simon Raiwalui, unlike tier one coaches, did not have the benefit of extended game time build-up or alignment camps leading up to the tournament. Statistics from the pool stages also reveal Farrell’s side have won the second-fewest scrums on average (5.3) for a success rate of (90%), while their line-out success rate is 81%.

Source: The Herald October 12, 2023 05:20 UTC