/ 6 October 1999

WOOD’S FOUR TRIES A RECORD

IRELAND’s Keith Wood set an international record for a hooker with his four tries in the 53-8 World Cup defeat of the US, organisers said on Monday. Wood scored three of his tries in less than eight minutes in the second half of the group E game on Saturday to bring his international total to nine in 27 games. The overall try-scoring record for a hooker is 12 by former New Zealand captain Sean Fitzpatrick.

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