Marc Ellis' six tries against Japan in 1995 is still the Rugby World Cup record for most tries in a game.

Records could tumble when the All Blacks face Namibia in the biggest mismatch of the 2015 Rugby World Cup on Friday.

Not only does the game pitch world No 1 against No 20, it also pitches the biggest whipping boys in World Cup history against the biggest bullies.

Namibia have the worst average losing margin of any minnow team against a tier-one team in World Cup history.

The All Blacks, on the other hand, have by far the highest average winning margin against minnow teams at World Cups (64 points) - 17 points more than the next biggest bullies, Australia.

These are the targets in the record books.

WORLD CUP RECORDS

MOST TEAM POINTS: The All Blacks will have to beat their own record for this one - their 145-17 thrashing of Japan still stands as the highest points tally for any side at a World Cup. If they bag three tries in the first ten minutes, it's on. And if they crack the hundie inside an hour, hold on tight because this record could tumble.

LARGEST WINNING MARGIN: This one is ominous for Namibia. The Wallabies served up a 142-nil shellacking at the 2003 World Cup to clinch this record. It will be tough to beat because a near-constant stream of tries can leave an attacking team vulnerable to conceding a few sloppy ones at their own end.

MOST TEAM TRIES: Australia's 2003 demolition of Namibia was achieved with a whopping 22 tries - one more than the 21 the All Blacks managed against Japan in 1995. To go past Australia, the All Blacks will need to dot down - on average - once every three-and-a-half-minutes.

MOST INDIVIDUAL TRIES: Yes, Marc Ellis's six against Japan in '95 is still the record, ahead of five each scored by Australia's Chris Latham and England's Josh Lewsey in the 2003 tournament. Ellis was something of a wildcard for this record - he scored only one more try in the tournament and five more in his entire test career. Possible candidate to equal or better his mark include Julian Savea (30 tries in 36 tests), Nehe Milner Skudder (two tries in three tests) and Sonny Bill Williams (eight tries in 27 tests).

MOST CONVERSIONS: Fantasy rugby players everywhere were in despair at news Beauden Barrett and Colin Slade plan to share the goal-kicking duties against Namibia. Either of them could have notched up some big numbers for fantasy player and - more importantly - finally threaten former All Black Simon Culhane's world record 20 conversions. Like a metronome, Culhane was banging them over from all over the park in that 1995 demolition of Japan.





Australian winger Chris Latham strolls through the Namibian defence - again - in their 2003 World Cup clash (Photo: Sandra Teddy/Photosport)

ALL TEST RECORDS

LARGEST WINNING MARGIN: You thought 142 was tough to beat? Try the astonishing 152-point margin record in all tests, held jointly by Argentina and Japan, who defeated Paraguay 152-0 and Chinese Taipei 155-3, respectively, in 2002.

MOST TEAM TRIES: This is one to remember for sports quizzes because it's stood for more than 20 years and we don't see it being overtaken anytime soon. Hong Kong managed a whopping 26 tries against Singapore on the way to 164-13 win in Kuala Lumpur in 1994. We reckon the record for missed tackles was probably well and truly broken in that match too.