Top five single players’ points haul in match game history
AJ MacGinty contributed 32 points to Sale’s 57-14 Champions Cup win over scarlet’s in Llanelli at the weekend. It was a stunning performance consisting of two tries, six conversions, and five penalties. MacGinty’s Sunday show overshadowed his best Test came against Chile in February 2019, when he scored a hat-trick and added five conversions in a 71-8 win for the USA, but who has a Test record for the most points in a single match? Rugby World Cup fans can buy Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets from our website at discounted prices. In light of American heroism, we count down the top five individual points in Test match history. SIMON CULHANE (45 POINTS) JAPAN V NEW ZEALAND, 4 JUNE, 1995 Simon Culhane was sitting on the bench for the opening two Matches of the 1995 Rugby World Cup New Zealand when Andrew Mehrten organized victories over Ireland and Wales. But confident of qualifying for the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, All Blacks Laurie Mains decided to shake his pack ...