1) Of the six tournaments, NZ and Australia have each won three trophies. NZ the first three, the Jillaroos the last three.
2) The Kiwi Ferns won the first eighteen games they played at World Cups. Australia has now won its last eleven.
3) Six nations have been to only one World Cup. Three have been to all six.
4) New Zealand is the only country to appear in all six finals.
5) In the last four tournaments, the winning sides have been scoring between 88 and 90% of the points.
6) Most games were played at the rather convoluted 2003 event (25).
7) There have been two teams that didn't represent an individual country. A New Zealand Maori side in 2003 and a combined Pacific in 2008.
8) Tonga has not won any of its ten WC games.
9) France has won only one of its twelve matches. Its only win was against Tonga.
10) The biggest grand final winning margin was NZ defeating NZ Maori 58-0 in 2003.
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