Led by Richie McCaw, the All Blacks have ample experience in their World Cup squad. Photo / File
There may have been some hand-wringing over some of the All Blacks' selections for the Rugby World Cup squad, but the selectors have produced a squad with ample experience to compete on the biggest stage.
Analysis of all 20 of the Rugby World Cup squads has revealed that the All
Blacks have by far the most experience, with the squad combining for 1,484 test caps - 187 more than the next best test side.
Led by Richie McCaw (142 caps), Keven Mealamu (126), Tony Woodcock (115) and Dan Carter (106), the defending champions have an added 345 test caps from their triumph in 2011, where they came into the tournament with the second most caps behind South Africa.
Over eight sides have more than 1000 combined test caps, with South Africa in second and Australia in fourth, surprisingly seperated by Georgia, who mass 1,253 test caps amongst their 31-strong squad.
The squad surprisingly light on experience is England, who are 14th on the list with just 761 test caps, opting for a largely youthful squad for their World Cup on home soil.
