All the information and reflection from around the game
In Charts – Want to know what really happened – here’s the whole World Cup as data
5 reasons why New Zealand won it - The All Blacks timed their run into form to perfection, had one of the world’s shrewdest coaches and every player, regardless of how many caps he had, played as if his life depended on it. More here.
Team of the Tourno - Following 44 days of competition and 48 games, Steve James picks the top XV players, replacements and coach that impressed him
The Best Tries of the World Cup? – ESPN reckons that would be USA against Samoa and one from Canada…shameless
10 Best moments, in video – pick of the pops from PlanetRugby including Craig Joubert’s sprint finish after awarding Australia a last-minute penalty.
Why England Lose – Why are we so far behind the southern hemisphere teams? Be it coaching or playing, Antipodeans are light years ahead of the rest. Chris Hewett assesses the reasons for the huge class divide.
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