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Will Jordan would happily sacrifice his place in the history books if it means New Zealand lift the World Cup for an unprecedented fourth time.<\/p>\n
Jordan claimed a hat-trick of tries in Friday\u2019s 44-6 semi-final rampage against Argentina in Paris, making him the deadliest finisher at France 2023 on eight touch downs.<\/p>\n
It also placed him in the company of all time-greats Jonah Lomu, Bryan Habana and Julian Savea, who jointly hold the record for highest number of tries scored at a single World Cup.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old has Saturday\u2019s final against either England or South Africa to rise above that exalted trio, but he insists chasing individual glory is a peripheral concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe World Cup win is what we all came over here to do. I will be perfectly happy to take a zero on the scoresheet if it means we get the job done,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a team game and the group is really focused at the moment around what we want to do. Hopefully I can play my part in that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is pretty humbling to be included alongside those guys. They were all huge legends of the game and, particularly in the position I play, really trail-blazed the way to play the game as\u00a0a winger. So that\u2019s pretty cool.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt definitely wasn\u2019t anything I set out to do or anything like that, but it\u2019s nice to be able to do that in amongst the team going so well.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was almost the perfect night for New Zealand at the Stade de France as they swatted aside Argentina as if it was an exhibition match, rested legs by emptying the entire bench and finished without any cards or suspensions.<\/p>\n
The Pumas, meanwhile, will play in the bronze final on Friday with assistant coach Juan Fernandez Lobbe adamant that it is a game with meaning.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe disappointment is very, very big. We came to want to play in the final and we couldn\u2019t,\u201d former Argentina forward Lobbe said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team is very clear \u2013 and they made it clear after the semi-final \u2013 that finishing with a medal is important.<\/p>\n
\u201cI finished in third place in 2007 and fourth in 2015 and they are not the same. So it\u2019s a very important game.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means going on Friday with total determination, with our way, our weapons. It would be a very good closing of the World Cup for us.\u201d<\/p>\n