Who is listed as the youngest try scorer in a men's Rugby World Cup game?
Answer
George North
Who is listed as the youngest try scorer in a men's Rugby World Cup game? George North is the answer.
The Wales winger was 19 years and 166 days old when he scored twice against Namibia on 26 September 2011. The match was a Pool D fixture in New Plymouth, New Zealand, and Wales won 81–7. North’s tries made him the youngest player recorded as scoring in a men’s Rugby World Cup match.
North had already attracted attention before the tournament. Born in King’s Lynn, England, and raised in Wales, he scored two tries on his Wales debut against South Africa in November 2010, aged 18. His rapid rise helped secure his place in Wales’s 2011 World Cup squad.
A common mix-up is to confuse this record with the youngest player to appear at a World Cup, or with the youngest international try scorer. Those are separate records. Jonah Lomu is associated with iconic World Cup scoring feats, but he was not the youngest try scorer.