Australian halfback Johnathan Thurston dominates the key tournament statistics after the VB Kangaroos 52-0 win over Fiji in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup Rugby Semi-final in Sydney last night.
But Fiji halfback Jarryd Hayne has also made his presence felt in the tournament which has seen 17 games played at 12 venues over the past 24 days, with Hayne and Thurston leading the way in seven of the 11 stats areas.
Thurston is the tournament’s leading point scorer (46 points) and top goal kicker (17 from 23 at 73.9%) and has made the most try assists (5) and line break assists (6).
Two of his Kangaroos team-mates also feature among the tournament’s stats leaders - Billy Slater, most tries (7); and Paul Gallen, most offloads (9).
Hayne has made the most runs (60), most run metres (747) and the most tackle busts (43); while Fijian team-mate Akuila Uate has made the highest number of line breaks (10).
England captain Jamie Peacock leads the tackle count (132).
Australia and New Zealand will contest the 2008 Rugby League World Cup Final at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium this Saturday night (Nov 22) at 7pm and it will be broadcast live on Channel 9.
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