COBUS Reinach’s elevenminute hat-trick for the Springboks against Canada is among the fastest of the professional era but is not the stand alone of the World Cup. Northampton’s South African has to be content with a share of the tournament record, equalling the eleven-minute performance set by Matt Giteau in 2003.
The Wallaby utility back’s threesome came during the 42nd and 53rd minutes of the landslide win over Namibia in Adelaide where the holders rattled up 142 points without reply, a feat which counted for nothing a few weeks later when England knocked Australia off t...