Truth be told, the match between New Zealand and France didn’t live up to the hype, with the All Blacks winning by a wide margin of 29-9, outscoring their opponents by three tries to one in the process. New Zealand scored an almighty 298 points in six matches, 126 of them by fly half Grant Fox, which is a tournament record that still stands. More than anything, this rugby World Cup showed that the game had become global, its amateur days would surely be consigned to history and, finally, 57 years after the first World Cup in soccer, rugby could stand side by side and, as David Kirk lifted the trophy, had a tournament to call its own.