Top Players of the
1991 Rugby World Cup used the biggest stage of world rugby to catch the attention and become the new stars and superstars of world rugby.
The World Cup brought forward a number of new talents who were to rule world rugby for the next few years to come. In the greatest tournament of rugby on the planet, the teams who traveled to England and the other associated host countries to participate depended on the genius of one or more of their players to perform well in the cup.
The participating teams who found their places in the knockout stages of the World Cup were lucky to see a few of their players achieve the status of a hero. England and New Zealand were the teams to qualify for the Quarter Finals from Pool A. England got the help of Jonathan Webb's scoring ability and the player scored 56 points for his team while Grant Fox remained top scorer for New Zealand scoring 44 points. Gavin Hastings of Scotland and Ireland's Ralph Keyes were among the top scorers in Pool B. Gavin Hastings assisted Scotland to book a place in the last eight stage scoring 61 points. But Ralph Keyes of Ireland was the star of the tournament topping the point-scorers' list with 68 points. He was closely contested by Michael Lynagh of Australia who finished with 66 points. Lynagh had the maximum number of conversions to his name in the tournament followed by Gavin Hastings of Scotland. The only player of Western Samoa to be in the top ten point scorers' list in the World Cup was Matthew Vaea with 25 points. France and Canada were the two teams to advance to the knockout stage from Pool D. Didier Camberabero was the French player to watch out for scoring 32 points but his scoring ability failed to take France beyond the Quarter Finals. Gareth Rees scored the maximum number of points for Canada.
Of the top scorers, though Ralph Keyes failed to take Ireland beyond the Quarter Finals, Michael Lynagh carried on with his brilliant form throughout the tournament to give Australia the trophy every rugby playing nation longs for, defeating host England in the final at the Twickenham, London.
