What is the biggest scoreline ever for a Rugby Union International match?

Question

What is the biggest scoreline ever for a Rugby Union International match?

Answer 1

new zealand has highest rugby union scoreline  in world cup cant remeber who playing think it was japan .i know marc ellis scored 9 tries in it .score was 154 to 17

australia got 2nd highest score versus namibia 140 to 0

hope this helps

Answer 2

The highest score in an international match is France's 120-0 defeat of Serbia on Oct 23, 2003 in the Mediterranean Cup.

Answer 3

Although most answers are good, they either are only referring to a specific case, like in the world cup, the New Zealand Japan game is the highest, whereas others have said the Argentina Paraguay was the highest.  While I do not dispute the Argentina Paraguay as the highest, I found this site that list matches that have the winner has scored more than 100 points.

The top 5 of that list are:

152    07/07/2002 Japan 155 - 3 Chinese Taipei

152    01/05/2002 Argentina 152 - 0 Paraguay

151    27/10/1994 Hong Kong 164 - 13 Singapore

144    27/04/2003 Argentina 144 - 0 Paraguay

142    25/10/2003 Australia 142 - 0 Namibia

Therefore, there is a tie for the game with the highest margin.

I still maintain, if you wanted to be specific, and just say a Rugby World Cup match, then it was the New Zealand Japan game in 1995.  Marc Ellis scored 6 tries, 3 in each half.  It was wonderful to watch.

Answer 4

Argentina 152 Paraguay 0 in May 2002 remains the biggest winning margin ... beating the previous record by a single point.

That was in 1994 when Hong Kong beat Singapore in a test 164 - 13 ... winger Ashley Billington scored ten tries in that game. That remains the biggest scoring game.

Third biggest is England 143 Romania 0, November 17 2002, Twickenham when Charlie Hodgson scored 44 points.

Best of the rest ...

4) Japan 134 Chinese Taipei 6, 27 October 1998, Singapore

5) New Zealand 145 Japan 17, June 4 1995, Bloemfontein

6) Zimbabwe 130 Botswana 10, September 7 1996 Bulawayo

7) Luxembourg 3 Sweden 116, May 5 2001, Cessange

8) Brazil 3 Argentina 114, October 2 1993, San Pablo

9) England 110 Holland 0, 14 November 1998, Huddersfield

10) Hong Kong 108 Sri Lanka 0, 1980, Taipei

Answer 5

New Zealand beat Japan 145-17 in Bloemfontein,South Africa, on 4 June, 1995

Answer 6

Argentina 152 Paraguay 0

Another interesting fact, most rugby tackles in 1 hour = 1,979!

Answer 7

145 - 17 NZ v Japan! 4th June 1995

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