2015 Rugby World Cup statistics
This article documents the statistics of the 2015 Rugby World Cup which took place in England from 18 September to 31 October.
Team statistics
The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.[1]
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for |
Points against |
Points difference |
Tries | Conversions | Penalties | Drop goals |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 290 | 97 | 193 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 222 | 118 | 104 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 241 | 108 | 133 | 26 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 250 | 143 | 107 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 78 | 76 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 125 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 100 | −2 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 170 | 128 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 85 | 45 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 75 | 58 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 123 | −70 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 88 | −14 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 101 | −17 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 129 | −69 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 124 | −55 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 130 | −60 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 131 | −73 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 174 | −104 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 156 | −106 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 226 | −196 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Source: ESPNscrum.com
Try scorers
- 8 tries
- 6 tries
- 5 tries
- 4 tries
- 3 tries
- 2 tries
- 1 try
Conversion scorers
- 23 conversions
- 13 conversions
- 12 conversions
- 10 conversions
- 9 conversions
- 8 conversions
- 7 conversions
- 6 conversions
- 5 conversions
- 4 conversions
- 3 conversions
- 2 conversions
- 1 conversion
Penalty goal scorers
- 23 penalties
- 20 penalties
- 16 penalties
- 15 penalties
- 13 penalties
- 9 penalties
- 8 penalties
- 7 penalties
- 6 penalties
- 5 penalties
- 4 penalties
- 3 penalties
- 2 penalties
- 1 penalty
Drop goal scorers
- 2 drop goals
- 1 drop goal
Point scorers
Kicking accuracy
Scoring
Overall
- Total number of points scored: 2439
- Average points per match: 50.81
- Total number of tries scored: 271 (including 6 penalty tries)
- Average tries per match: 5.65
- Total number of braces: 26
- Total number of hat-tricks: 8
- Total number of conversions missed: 77
- Total number of conversions scored: 194
- Conversion success rate: 71.59%
- Total number of penalty goals missed: 64
- Total number of penalty goals scored: 227
- Penalty goal success rate: 78.01%
- Total number of drop goals scored: 8
- Total number of penalty tries awarded: 6
Timing
- First try of the tournament: Penalty try for England against Fiji
- First brace of the tournament: Mike Brown for England against Fiji
- First hat-trick of the tournament: Cory Allen for Wales against Uruguay
- Last try of the tournament: Beauden Barrett for New Zealand against Australia
- Last brace of the tournament: Drew Mitchell for Australia against Scotland
- Last hat-trick of the tournament: Adam Ashley-Cooper for Australia against Argentina
- Fastest try in a match from kickoff: 2nd minute (1:08), Rob Simmons for Australia against Argentina
- Latest try in a match: 80+4th minute (83:55), Karne Hesketh for Japan against South Africa
Teams
- Most points scored by a team in the pool stage: 179 by Argentina
- Fewest points scored by a team in the pool stage: 30 by Uruguay
- Most points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 226 by Uruguay
- Fewest points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 35 by Australia and Ireland
- Most points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 116 by New Zealand
- Fewest points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 13 by France
- Most points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 84 by Australia
- Fewest points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 23 by Wales
- Most points scored by a team: 290 by New Zealand
- Best point difference: +176 by New Zealand
- Worst point difference: −196 by Uruguay
- Most points scored in a match by both teams: 83 points, Argentina 64–19 Namibia
- Most points scored in a match by one team: 65 by Australia
- Most points scored in a match by the losing team: 34 by Scotland
- Biggest margin of victory: 64 by South Africa
- Most tries scored by a team in the pool stage: 25 by New Zealand
- Most tries scored by a team in the knockout stage: 14 by New Zealand
- Fewest tries scored by a team: 2 by Uruguay
- Most tries scored in a match: 12 tries, Argentina (9) vs Namibia (3)
- Most tries scored in a match by one team: 11 by Australia
- Most wins achieved by a team: 7 by New Zealand
- Fewest wins achieved by a team: 0 by
- Most losses achieved by a team: 4 by
- Fewest losses achieved by a team: 0 by New Zealand
- Most consecutive wins achieved by a team: 7 by New Zealand
- Most consecutive losses achieved by a team: 4 by
- Most pool points: 19 by New Zealand
- Fewest pool points: 0 by United States and Uruguay
- Most bonus points: 4 by South Africa
- Fewest bonus points: 0 by Georgia, Japan, Romania, United States and Uruguay
- Largest ranking difference win by a lower ranked team: 10 places – Japan (13th) vs South Africa (3rd)
- Largest ranking difference win by a higher ranked team: 19 places – New Zealand (1st) vs Namibia (20th)
Individual
- Most points scored by an individual: 97 - Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina)
- Most tries scored by an individual: 8 – Julian Savea (New Zealand)
- Most conversions scored by an individual: 23 – Dan Carter (New Zealand)
- Most penalty goals scored by an individual: 23 – Handré Pollard (South Africa)
- Most drop goals scored by an individual: 2 –
- Most tackles made by an individual: 77 –
- Most lineouts won by an individual: 57 – Dane Coles (New Zealand)
- Most lineouts stolen by an individual: 6 –
- Most clean breaks made by an individual: 15 – Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)
- Most offloads made by an individual: 13 – Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)
- Most metres made by an individual: 561 – Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)
- Most carries made by an individual: 96 – Schalk Burger (South Africa)
- Most carries over gain line made by an individual: 38 – Schalk Burger (South Africa)
- Most turnovers won by an individual: 17 – David Pocock (Australia)
- Most points scored by one player in a match: 28 – Bernard Foley for Australia vs England
- Most tries scored by one player in a match: 3
- Cory Allen for Wales vs Uruguay
- Adam Ashley-Cooper for Australia vs Argentina
- Nick Easter for England vs Uruguay
- Bryan Habana for South Africa vs United States
- Jack Nowell for England vs Uruguay
- JP Pietersen for South Africa vs Samoa
- Julian Savea for New Zealand vs Georgia and vs France
- Most conversions scored by one player in a match: 7
- Dan Carter for New Zealand vs France
- Rhys Priestland for Wales vs Uruguay
- Most penalty goals scored by one player in a match: 7 – Dan Biggar for Wales vs England
- Most drop goals scored by one player in a match: 1
- Dan Biggar for Wales vs South Africa
- Dan Carter for New Zealand vs South Africa and vs Australia
- Owen Farrell for England vs Wales
- Handré Pollard for South Africa vs Scotland and vs Wales
- Nicolás Sánchez for Argentina vs Georgia and vs South Africa
- Highest kicking accuracy by an individual: 100%
- Highest kicking accuracy by an individual (minimum 10 attempts): 92% - Theuns Kotzé for Namibia
- Lowest kicking accuracy by an individual: 0%
- Lowest kicking accuracy by an individual (minimum 10 attempts): 45% - Quade Cooper for Australia
- Oldest scorer: Nick Easter for England vs Uruguay (37 years, 56 days)
- Youngest scorer: Titi Lamositele for United States vs Scotland (20 years, 228 days)
Hat-tricks
Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Stage | Result | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cory Allen | |
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Pool | 54–9 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 20 September 2015 |
| 2 | JP Pietersen | |
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Pool | 46–6 | Villa Park, Birmingham | 26 September 2015 |
| 3 | Julian Savea | |
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Pool | 43–10 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 2 October 2015 |
| 4 | Bryan Habana | |
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Pool | 64–0 | Olympic Stadium, London | 7 October 2015 |
| 5 | Nick Easter | |
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Pool | 60–3 | City of Manchester Stadium | 10 October 2015 |
| 6 | Jack Nowell | |
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Pool | 60–3 | City of Manchester Stadium | 10 October 2015 |
| 7 | Julian Savea | |
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Quarter-final | 62–13 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 17 October 2015 |
| 8 | Adam Ashley-Cooper | |
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Semi-final | 29–15 | Twickenham, London | 25 October 2015 |
Man of the match awards
Discipline
Yellow cards
- 2 yellow cards
- 1 yellow card
Penalty tries
- 2 penalty tries
- 1 penalty try
- Awarded against
- Awarded against
- Awarded against
- Awarded against
Citing/bans
For the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Citing Commissioner Warnings carry the same weight as a yellow card.[2]
| Player | Opposition | Cite date | Law breached | Result | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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21 September | 10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackle | 1-week ban | – | [3] |
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21 September | 10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackle | Citing Commissioner Warning | – | [4] |
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23 September | 10.4(M) – Making contact with or around the eye area | 9-week ban | Appeal failed | [5][6] |
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25 September | 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle | 1-week ban | – | [7] |
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28 September | 10.4(A) – Striking an opponent | Citing Commissioner Warning | – | [8] |
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28 September | 10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackle | 1-week ban | – | [9] |
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2 October | 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle | 2-week ban | – | [10] |
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4 October | 10.4(B) – Stamping | 10-week ban | – | [11] |
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6 October | 10.4(A) – Striking an opponent | 5-week ban Reduced to 2 weeks |
Appeal approved | [12] |
|
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6 October | 10.4(H) – Dangerous clean out at ruck | 1-week ban | – | [13] |
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6 October | 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle | Citing Commissioner Warning | – | [14] |
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6 October | 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle | Citing Commissioner Warning | – | [14] |
|
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7 October | 10.4(F) – Playing an opponent without the ball | No further action | – | [15] |
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8 October | Accumulation of yellow cards | No further action | – | [16] |
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8 October | 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle 10.4(F) – Playing an opponent without the ball Red card |
No further action | – | [17] |
|
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8 October | 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle | 2-week ban | Appeal failed | [18][19] |
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9 October | 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle | 2-week ban | – | [20] |
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9 October | 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle | 5-week ban | – | [21] |
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12 October | 10.4(A) – Striking an opponent | Citing Commissioner Warning | – | [22] |
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12 October | 10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackle | 3-week ban | – | [23] |
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13 October | 10.4(A) – Striking an opponent | 1-week ban | – | [24] |
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13 October | 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle | 3-week ban Ban rescinded |
Appeal approved | [25][26] |
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13 October | 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle | 3-week ban Ban rescinded |
Appeal approved | [25][26] |
|
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13 October | 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle | 1-week ban | – | [27] |
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1 November | 10.4(H) – Dangerous clean out at ruck | 1-week ban Post World Cup |
– | [28] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twickenham Stadium | London | 81,605[29] | 10 | 796,171 | 79,617 | 97.56% | 35 | 3.50 | 452 | 45.20 |
| Wembley Stadium | London | 90,000[30] | 2 | 178,286 | 89,143 | 99.05% | 10 | 5.00 | 96 | 48.00 |
| Millennium Stadium | Cardiff (Wales) | 74,154[31] | 8 | 564,524 | 70,566 | 95.16% | 49 | 6.13 | 421 | 52.63 |
| Olympic Stadium | London | 56,000[32] | 5 | 266,216 | 53,243 | 95.08% | 30 | 6.00 | 247 | 49.40 |
| City of Manchester Stadium | Manchester | 55,097[33][34] | 1 | 50,778 | 50,778 | 92.16% | 10 | 10.00 | 63 | 63.00 |
| St. James' Park | Newcastle | 52,409[35] | 3 | 153,867 | 51,289 | 97.86% | 18 | 6.00 | 175 | 58.33 |
| Villa Park | Birmingham | 42,785[36] | 2 | 79,131 | 39,565 | 92.47% | 17 | 8.50 | 120 | 60.00 |
| Elland Road | Leeds | 37,914[37] | 2 | 66,641 | 33,320 | 87.88% | 10 | 5.00 | 96 | 48.00 |
| Leicester City Stadium | Leicester | 32,312[38] | 3 | 86,475 | 28,825 | 89.21% | 23 | 7.67 | 176 | 58.67 |
| Kingsholm Stadium | Gloucester | 16,500[39] | 4 | 57,327 | 14,332 | 86.86% | 21 | 5.25 | 191 | 47.75 |
| Sandy Park | Exeter | 12,300[40] | 3 | 32,709 | 10,903 | 88.64% | 18 | 6.00 | 143 | 47.67 |
| Stadium mk | Milton Keynes | 30,717[41] | 3 | 87,212 | 29,071 | 94.64% | 19 | 6.33 | 152 | 50.67 |
| Brighton Community Stadium | Brighton | 30,750[42] | 2 | 58,468 | 29,234 | 95.07% | 11 | 5.50 | 107 | 53.50 |
| Total | 2,600,741 | 48 | 2,477,805 | 51,621 | 95.27% | 271 | 5.65 | 2,439 | 50.81 | |
Attendances
- 89,267 – Ireland vs Romania, Wembley Stadium
- 89,019 – New Zealand vs Argentina, Wembley Stadium
- 81,129 – England vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium
- 81,010 – England vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium
- 80,863 – Australia vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium
- 80,090 – New Zealand vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium
- 80,090 – New Zealand vs South Africa, Twickenham Stadium
- 80,025 – Argentina vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium
- 80,015 – England vs Fiji, Twickenham Stadium
- 79,572 – South Africa vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium
- 77,110 – Australia vs Scotland, Twickenham Stadium
- 76,232 – France vs Italy, Twickenham Stadium
- 72,163 – Ireland vs Argentina, Millennium Stadium
- 72,163 – France vs Ireland, Millennium Stadium
- 71,887 – Wales vs Uruguay, Millennium Stadium
- 71,887 – New Zealand vs France, Millennium Stadium
- 71,576 – Wales vs Fiji, Millennium Stadium
- 69,187 – New Zealand vs Georgia, Millennium Stadium
- 68,523 – Ireland vs Canada, Millennium Stadium
- 67,253 – Australia vs Fiji, Millennium Stadium
- Lowest attendance: 10,103 – Tonga vs Namibia, Sandy Park
See also
External links
References
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- "Elland Road". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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