Try of the Tournament?

In terms of pure drama, Argentina replacement Lucas González Amorosino's match-clinching try against Scotland is up there with the best of them at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. However, is it the best of the tournament so far?

It got us thinking.

What makes a good try?

Is it the impact it has on the match (think Amorosino, Ben Youngs - versus Argentina - and Francois Hougaard against Wales)?

Is it about individual brilliance (as per Amorosino), or is it about team work, and the build-up, to a try (think of Simon Danielli's tries against Romania - when Richie Vernon did so well in the build-up on both occasions)?

Some potential top tries from the Rugby World Cup (so far):
- Ben Youngs's (England) match-winner against Argentina.
- Digby Ioane's (Australia) individual stunner against Italy.
- Alesana Tuilagi's (Samoa) hat-trick against Namibia, which saw him dubbed the new Lomu.
- Phil Mackenzie's (Canada) match-winner against Tonga.
- Frans Steyn's try (South Africa) against Fiji after Heinrich Brüssow's cheeky chip kick against Fiji.
- Shane Williams's (Wales) loose-pass pick-up and crucia score against Samoa.
- Francois Hougaard's (South Africa) second try against Namibia - when he 'handed off' the ref.
- Chris Ashton's (England) hat-trick against Romania.
- Israel Dagg's (New Zealand) second try against France.
- Lock Heinz Koll's (Namibia) effort against Wales. (What a dummy... and what a run!)

Have we missed any other brilliant tries - in terms of drama and/or individual brilliance?

And what, in your opinion(s), makes a brilliant try? An act of brilliance, or the match situation?

Let us know by leaving your comment below!

And for those who missed Amorosino's try against Scotland...

Here goes:

The curse of the Pumas:

Poor old Andy Robinson... Wherever he goes, Argentina seem to follow.

And not in a good way.

During his tenure as England coach, Robinson's charges lost - at Twickenham - to the Pumas in November 2006. He was fired just over two weeks later.

A few years later, as coach of Scotland, he suffered another home Test defeat to Argentina - going down 6-9 at Murrayfield in November 2009; seven days after beating the Wallabies at the selfsame venue.

Of course, his latest loss to the Pumas could see Scotland miss out on the RWC quarterfinals for the first time ever - dating back to 1987.

They do, however, have one final chance against their auld enemy, England, on October 1.

A game by numbers... Part Two:

As always, there are some interesting number-related tidbits on the official Rugby World Cup website, rugbyworldcup.com.

Did you know, more than three quarters of a million fans have already attended matches at the 2011 Rugby World Cup (following the completion of 28 out of 48 matches)?

3: Tries Sonny Bill Williams has scored coming off the bench for New Zealand, which is already a record for most tries as a replacement at one RWC.

9: Against France, Israel Dagg became the ninth player to score at least two tries in each of his first two RWC matches. He is the fifth All Black to do so - joining Craig Green, Joe Rokocoko, Caleb Ralph and Richard Kahui. No player has scored a double or more in each of his first three RWC matches. Can Dagg become the first? Watch this space!

Springbok funnies:

Some Springbok funnies landed on our desks at the weekend - courtesy of a website, www.komedie.co.za, and under the copyright of Kobus Galloway. (Komedie is the Afrikaans word for comedy.)

Have you seen these yet?

Easier than the 'rest'?

With all the talk of unfair schedules for the so-called 'minnows' or Second Tier rugby nations (the likes of Samoa and Namibia, in particular) at the World Cup, Canada have had quite a relaxed time of things in New Zealand.

Having played just two matches so far - on September 14 and September 18 - the Canucks will finally play their third Pool A match against Japan tomorrow (September 29). Then, just five days later they will end their 2011 RWC campaign against the Mighty All Blacks!

Given their 'easy' schedule, it was thus interesting to see the latest Canadian XV - for the Japanese meeting - showing just one change (with a further change on the bench) from their last match.

That one change, amazingly, was Canada's first adjustment to their starting XV at the RWC - pretty minor compared with near neighbours, the USA's 14 changes from the Wallabies game (on Friday) ahead of tomorrow's finale against Italy.

Old mates reunited:

Former All Blacks Kieran Crowley and John Kirwan - both members of the RWC-winning New Zealand team in 1987, and still firm friends - will go head-to-head in Tuesday's Canada-Japan Pool A match in Napier.

Crowley now coaches the Canadian side, whilst Kirwan - a former head coach of Italy - is in charge of the Cherry Blossoms from Japan.

Said Kirwan - on rugbyworldcup.com - of Tuesday's match-up against his old mate: "We used to room together at the last World Cup [1987]. He was a farmer and he used to get up at 6am, wake me up and get me a cup of tea. I'm from the city - I wasn't used to that sort of thing, I got up a lot later."

Who will be making the tea on Tuesday? We think Crowley's charges could just hold the aces... (See our preview and prediction here!)