A quick look at Pool A in the upcoming Rugby World Cup 2015.
- Australia is the most experienced side with an average of 41 test matches per player and a combined team total of 1,263 international matches.
- Fiji is the most inexperienced side with an average of 20 international test matches per player and a combined total of 621 international matches.
- Wales’ Gethen Jenkins has played in the most test matches (121) spanning a 13 year international career
- Uruguay has a combined team total of 29 yellow cards. Juan Manuel Gaminara of Uruguay has the dubious distinction of holding the most yellow cards in Pool A with four in only 23 international matches.
- England has the least number of yellow cards in Pool A with 14.
- Australia has the most red cards (2) coming into Rugby World Cup 2015
- Australia’s Adam Ashley-Cooper has scored the most tries in the pool (33) in 108
Australia’s Adam Ashley-Cooper international matches.
- Australia’s Matt Giteau has scored the most points among Pool A opponents with a whopping 693 points spanning a 13 year international career for the Wallabies.
- England, Uruguay and Wales are in a three-way tie for the youngest side in the pool with an average player age of 26 years.
- Fiji has the oldest side with an average player age of 28 years.
- Hallam Amos of Wales is the youngest player in Pool A at age 20 years.
- Fiji’s Sunia Koto and Uruguay’s Oscar Duran are the senior statesmen of the pool at 35 years of age.
- Alejo Duran of Uruguay is the shortest guy in the pool measuring in at 5’6″.
- Luke Charteris of Wales is the tallest player in the pool at 6’8″.
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Fiji’s Sunia Koto Australia’s 6’7″ giant Will Skelton tips the scales at 309 lbs making him the heaviest in the pool while Fiji’s Henry Seniloli is the lightest weighing in at a slight 154 lbs.
- Australia and Wales are the tallest teams with an average height of 6’3″ in the forward pack and 6’1″ in the backs.
- Uruguay is the shortest in the pool with an average height of 6’0″ in the forwards and 5’9″ in the backs.
- Wales has the heaviest team with an average weight of 253 lbs in the forwards and 211 lbs in the backs.
- Uruguay wins the award for the lightest team in the pool with an average weight of 227 lbs in the forwards and a 190 lbs average in the backs.
