1995 Rugby World Cup statistics

This article documents statistics from the 1995 Rugby World Cup, hosted in South Africa from 25 May to 24 June.

Team statistics

The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.[1]

Team statistics
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points
difference
Tries Conv­ersions Penalties Drop goals
 South Africa 660077138183
 France 650197179261
 New Zealand 65012084134144
 England 640212118254
 Australia 420243121190
 Ireland 4202−25131160
 Western Samoa 4202−2014880
 Scotland 42021042014170
 Canada 3102−54261
 Italy 3102−257571
 Tonga 3102−466420
 Wales 3102219782
 Argentina 3003−188470
 Ivory Coast 3003−1433140
 Japan 3003−1978610
 Romania 3003−831021

Source: ESPNscrum.com

Top point scorers

Top 10 point scorers[2][3]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv­ersions Penal­ties Drop goals Total points
Thierry Lacroix  France Fly-half 647260112
Gavin Hastings  Scotland Full-back 4514170104
Andrew Mehrtens  New Zealand First five-eighth 511414384
Rob Andrew  England Fly-half 50520379
Joel Stransky  South Africa Fly-half 51413361
Michael Lynagh  Australia Fly-half 3259047
Simon Culhane  New Zealand First five-eighth 11200045
Neil Jenkins  Wales Fly-half 3078141
Diego Domínguez  Italy Fly-half 3157139
Marc Ellis  New Zealand Wing 5700035
Jonah Lomu  New Zealand Wing 5700035

Top try scorers

Top 10 try scorers[4][5]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv Penalties Drop goals Total points
Jonah Lomu  New Zealand Wing 5700035
Marc Ellis  New Zealand Wing 5700035
Gavin Hastings  Scotland Fullback 4514170104
Rory Underwood  England Wing 6500025
Adriaan Richter  South Africa Number 8 3400020
Chester Williams  South Africa Wing 3400020
Thierry Lacroix  France Fly-half 647260112
Émile Ntamack  France Wing 5300015
Eric Rush  New Zealand Wing 2300015
Gareth Thomas  Wales Centre 3300015

Hat-tricks

Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.

No. Player For Against Stage Result Venue Date
1 Gavin HastingsT4  Scotland  Ivory Coast Pool 89–0 Olympia Park, Rustenburg 26 May 1995
2 Gareth Thomas  Wales  Japan Pool 57–10 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 27 May 1995
3 Marc EllisT6  New Zealand  Japan Pool 145–17 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 4 June 1995
4 Eric Rush  New Zealand  Japan Pool 145–17 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 4 June 1995
5 Jeff Wilson  New Zealand  Japan Pool 145–17 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 4 June 1995
6 Chester WilliamsT4  South Africa  Samoa Quarter-final 42–14 Ellis Park, Johannesburg 10 June 1995
7 Jonah LomuT4  New Zealand  England Semi-final 45–29 Newlands, Cape Town 18 June 1995
Key
T4 Scored four tries
T6 Scored six tries

Stadiums

Stadium City Capacity Matches played Overall
attendance
Average
attendance
per match
Average
attendance
as % of capacity
Tries scored Avg. tries
scored / match
Overall
points scored
Avg. points
scored / match
Ellis ParkJohannesburg60,0005237,03947,40879.01%244.8023547.00
Loftus VersfeldPretoria50,0005154,00030,80061.60%224.4024148.20
NewlandsCape Town50,0004168,64042,16084.32%194.7519548.75
Kings Park StadiumDurban50,0005184,86636,97373.95%163.2023747.40
Free State StadiumBloemfontein40,000355,00018,33345.83%4314.33307102.33
Boet Erasmus StadiumPort Elizabeth38,950355,00018,33347.07%93.009531.67
Olympia ParkRustenburg30,000345,00015,00050.00%289.3320167.00
Basil Kenyon StadiumEast London22,000323,3997,80035.45%206.6717458.00
Danie Craven StadiumStellenbosch16,000115,54215,54297.14%66.004545.00
Total 1,408,85032938,48629,32866.61%1875.841,73054.06

See also

References

  1. "Team Records". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. "Stats Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. "Most individual points". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. "Stats_Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. "Most individual tries". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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