Rugby World Cup
ESPN selects its Rugby World Cup team of the tournament
ESPN Staff
October 31, 2015
After 48 matches, over 2,400 points, 271 tries, and attendances in excess of 2.4 million, the Rugby World Cup is now over. Our team of reporters has been at every game -- so here is their combined Team of the Tournament. Full back: Ben Smith (New Zealand) © Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Ayumu Goramaru (Japan) Wing: Santiago Cordero (Argentina) © Stu Forster/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand) Outside centre: Jesse Kriel (South Africa) © Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Mark Bennett (Scotland) Inside centre: Matt Giteau (Australia) Matt Giteau© Dan Mullan/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Juan Martin Hernandez (Argentina) Wing: Julian Savea (New Zealand) New Zealand's Julian Savea© Phil Walter/Getty Images Also receiving votes: DTH Van der Merwe (Canada), Juan Imhoff (Argentina), Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia) Fly half: Dan Carter (New Zealand) Dan Carter© Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Nicolas Sanchez (Argentina), Bernard Foley (Australia) Scrum half: Fourie du Preez (South Africa) © Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Fumiaki Tanaka (Japan), Vasil Lobzhanidze (Georgia), Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)
Front row: Marcos Ayerza (Argentina) Argentina prop Marcos Ayerza© LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Soane Tonga'uiha Front row: Dane Coles (New Zealand) © Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Scott Baldwin (Wales), Agustin Creevy (Argentina) Front row: Sekope Kepu (Australia) © Jan Hendrik Kruger/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Ramiro Herrera (Argentina), Owen Franks (New Zealand) Second row: Brodie Retallick (New Zealand) © Jan Hendrik Kruger/Getty Images Second row: Lood de Jager (South Africa) © Julian Finney/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Leone Nakarawa (Fiji), Paul O'Connell (Ireland), Kane Douglas (Australia) Flanker: Scott Fardy (Australia) Scott Fardy© Dan Mullan/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Schalk Burger (South Africa), Jacques Burger (Namibia), Michael Leitch (Japan) Flanker: Michael Hooper (Australia) © Stu Forster/Getty Images Also receiving votes: Richie McCaw (New Zealand), Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (Argentina) No. 8: David Pocock (Australia) © Stu Forster/Getty Images Also receiving votes: None - decision was unanimous. © ESPN Sports Media Ltd.
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