New Zealand made history on Saturday by retaining the Rugby World Cup at Twickenham with a 34-17 triumph over Australia.

We take a look at a selection of Opta statistics relating to Saturday's final.

- New Zealand are the first side to win back-to-back World Cups.

- This All Blacks have secured their first World Cup title outside of New Zealand, with their 1987 and 2011 victories both coming on home soil.

- New Zealand are the first side to win three Rugby World Cup titles.

- This was the first Rugby World Cup final in which both sides scored two or more tries.

- Ma’a Nonu became the oldest player to score a try in a Rugby World Cup final.

- The side winning at half-time has now won all eight Rugby World Cup finals.

- Richie McCaw has equalled English prop Jason Leonard as the most-capped player in Rugby World Cup history (22).

- This was the highest-scoring final in Rugby World Cup history, 51 points being scored. The tally of five tries is also a record.

- Dan Carter now has 126 points at Twickenham, the most of any non-England player.

- Ben Smith became the first player to receive a yellow card in a Rugby World Cup final.

- Dan Carter’s drop goal was the sixth in RWC final history and the first since Jonny Wilkinson's in 2003.

- David Pocock became the first number eight to score a try in a World Cup final.

- Only Matt Burke in 1999 (25 v France) has scored more points in a RWC final than Dan Carter managed in this game (19).