 All Black Jonah Lomu is the youngest player to appear in a final – aged 20 years and 43 days at the 1995 Final , . Lomu shares 2 records with South African Bryan Habana . Most tries in a tournament ( 8 ) : Lomu in 1999 and Habana in 2007 and total world cup tournament tries , both scored 15 . The record for most penalties in a match is 8 , held by Matt Burke , Gonzalo Quesada , Gavin Hastings and Thierry Lacroix , and the record for most penalties in a tournament , 31 , is held by Gonzalo Quesada . South Africa 's Jannie de Beer kicked five drop @-@ goals against England in 1999 – an individual record for a single World Cup match . 
