6 goals were scored by a single player in a world cup game.
6 goals were scored by a single player in a world cup game.
most goals by a single player in a world cup game?
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following the nrl grand final, foran was named in the new zealand kiwis world cup squad. coach stephen kearney had originally planned to rest foran, along with the sydney roosters' players, for the team's world cup warm-up game against the cook islands as they had all played in the nrl grand final. however foran was called into action at five-eighth for the game following a hamstring injury to thomas leuluai. foran was selected for the kiwis' first world cup game, against samoa, playing at five-eighth in the kiwis' 42-24 win at halliwell jones stadium. the following week, he played in the kiwis' 48-0 win over france at parc des sports (avignon). on 7 november 2013, new zealand coach stephen kearney rested regular captain simon mannering and selected foran to captain new zealand for the group b world cup game clash against papua new guinea. the game saw foran captaining new zealand for the second time in his career. the kiwis beat png in that game 56-10, giving foran his first win as kiwis captain. in the world cup knockout finals, foran featured in the kiwis' quarter-final 40-4 win over scotland, and the semi-final 20-18 win over england, which took the kiwis to the world cup final for a re-match of the 2008 world cup final against australia. unlike the 2008 final, where new zealand won their first ever world cup by defeating australia 34-20 at suncorp stadium in brisbane, australia won the 2014 final 34-2, in front of a world record international rugby league crowd of 74,468 at the old trafford stadium in manchester. following the world cup, foran won the steve watene memorial medal on 9 december 2013, becoming only the second recipient after jeremy smith to win this award. foran was also named as the new zealand kiwis 2013 player of the year.
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after the game, watt was quoted as saying that "[frank] mcgee doesn't look like too much", as mcgee had only scored once in the first game. in the second game of the series on january 16, mcgee scored 4 goals in the first half and 10 in the second half, leading ottawa to a 23–2 series-clinching win. this game was, and remains, the most lopsided in stanley cup playoff history. mcgee's 14-goal game, which included eight consecutive goals scored in less than nine minutes, is still the record for the most goals scored by a single player in a stanley cup game or any other major senior hockey game.
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