New Zealand ace willing to make ultimate sacrifice to stop South Africa in final
New Zealand star Will Jordan is willing to pass up the opportunity to set a new Rugby World Cup record in order to beat South Africa in Saturday’s final. The 25-year-old has taken the tournament by storm and his eyes are firmly on the prize this weekend.
Jordan scored a hat-trick in last Friday’s semi-final win over Argentina. The All Blacks eased through to the final with a 44-6 win in Paris.
Jordan has now scored eight tries in the tournament, equalling the record for most tries by an individual at a World Cup. South Africa legend Jonah Lomu was the first player to reach that tally in 1999, with Bryan Habana and Julian Savea also matching the achievement since.
No player has scored nine tries and Jordan is on the brink. But he would take not scoring at the Stade de France if it meant his country beat the reigning world champions.
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Jordan said: “The World Cup win is what we all came over here to do, so I’ll be perfectly happy to take a zero on the scoresheet if that means that we get the job done. It’s a cliche, but it’s obviously a team game and the group are really focused at the moment around what we want to do, so hopefully I can play my part in that.”
Jordan is loving his first experience of a World Cup. But he insists the statistics surrounding his game are not something he pays attention to.
He added: “It’s pretty humbling to be honest. Those guys are all huge legends of the game. Particularly in the position I play, they have really trailblazed the way to play the game as a winger, so that’s pretty cool.
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“I’m not one to keep track of the numbers. I’ve always liked the support play and trying to be in the frame and read the game scenarios.
“Being able to do that is what I kind of hold my hat to. So it’s not so much about scoring tries, because you get a few like last night, where I just sort of catch it and dive over.
“It’s more about involvement in the game for me and trying to pop up and give us an extra number on attack. It’s always cool to be able to score tries and dive over, but it’s not the main marker for me around how I’m doing.”
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