2003 Rugby World Cup statistics

This article documents statistics from the 2003 Rugby World Cup, held in Australia from 10 October to 22 November.

Team statistics

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The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.[1] No teams were shown a red card during the tournament.[2]

Team statistics
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points
difference
Tries Conv­ersions Penalties Drop goals  
  England 7 7 0 0 239 36 27 23 8 1
  Australia 7 6 0 1 267 43 32 21 1 1
  New Zealand 7 6 0 1 260 52 40 6 1 1
  France 7 5 0 2 112 29 22 22 4 5
  South Africa 5 3 0 2 104 27 17 7 1 1
  Ireland 5 3 0 2 63 20 16 9 1 1
  Wales 5 3 0 2 23 17 14 11 1 2
  Scotland 5 3 0 2 −12 12 8 13 1 1
  Argentina 4 2 0 2 83 18 13 6 2 1
  Fiji 4 2 0 2 −16 10 6 12 0 3
  Samoa 4 2 0 2 21 18 12 8 0 1
  Italy 4 2 0 2 −46 5 5 14 0 2
  United States 4 1 0 3 −39 9 7 9 0 1
  Canada 4 1 0 3 −81 4 2 9 1 1
  Romania 4 1 0 3 −127 8 5 5 0 1
  Uruguay 4 1 0 3 −199 6 4 6 0 0
  Japan 4 0 0 4 −84 6 5 12 1 0
  Tonga 4 0 0 4 −132 7 4 1 0 4
  Georgia 4 0 0 4 −154 1 1 12 1 2
  Namibia 4 0 0 4 −282 4 4 0 0 1

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

Top point scorers

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Top 10 point scorers[3][4]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv­ersions Penal­ties Drop goals Total points Yellow cards
Jonny Wilkinson   England Fly-half 6 0 10 23 8 113 0
Frédéric Michalak   France Fly-half 6 2 17 18 1 101 0
Elton Flatley   Australia Centre 6 1 16 21 0 100 0
Leon MacDonald   New Zealand Centre 7 4 20 5 0 75 0
Chris Paterson   Scotland Fly-half 5 3 7 13 1 71 0
Mat Rogers   Australia Full-back 7 5 16 0 0 57 1
Mike Hercus   United States Fly-half 4 2 7 9 0 51 0
Rima Wakarua   Italy Fly-half 3 0 4 14 0 50 0
Earl Va'a   Samoa Fly-half 4 1 10 8 0 49 0
Dan Carter   New Zealand Fly-half 5 2 19 0 0 48 0

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

Top try scorers

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Top 10 try scorers[5][6]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv Penalties Drop goals Total points Yellow cards Red cards
Doug Howlett   New Zealand Wing 7 7 0 0 0 35 0 0
Mils Muliaina   New Zealand Full-back 7 7 0 0 0 35 0 0
Joe Rokocoko   New Zealand Wing 5 6 0 0 0 30 0 0
Will Greenwood   England Centre 6 5 0 0 0 25 0 0
Chris Latham   Australia Full-back 1 5 0 0 0 25 0 0
Josh Lewsey   England Full-back 5 5 0 0 0 25 0 0
Mat Rogers   Australia Full-back 7 5 16 0 0 57 1 0
Lote Tuqiri   Australia Wing 7 5 0 0 0 25 0 0
Pablo Bouza   Argentina Number 8 2 4 0 0 0 20 0 0
Christophe Dominici   France Wing 5 4 0 0 0 20 1 0
Caleb Ralph   New Zealand Wing 4 4 0 0 0 20 0 0

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

Hat-tricks

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

No. Player For Against Stage Result Venue Date
1 Yannick Jauzion   France   Fiji Pool 61–18 Lang Park, Brisbane 11 October 2003
2 Joost van der Westhuizen   South Africa   Uruguay Pool 72–6 Subiaco Oval, Perth 11 October 2003
3 Martín Gaitán   Argentina   Namibia Pool 67–14 Central Coast Stadium, Gosford 14 October 2003
4 Mils MuliainaT4   New Zealand   Canada Pool 68–6 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 17 October 2003
5 Mat Rogers   Australia   Romania Pool 90–8 Lang Park, Brisbane 18 October 2003
6 Matt Giteau   Australia   Namibia Pool 142–0 Adelaide Oval 25 October 2003
7 Chris LathamT5   Australia   Namibia Pool 142–0 Adelaide Oval 25 October 2003
8 Lote Tuqiri   Australia   Namibia Pool 142–0 Adelaide Oval 25 October 2003
9 Brian Liebenberg   France   United States Pool 41–14 Wollongong Showground 31 October 2003
10 Josh LewseyT5   England   Uruguay Pool 111–13 Lang Park, Brisbane 2 November 2003
11 Jonny WilkinsonD3   England   France Semi-final 24–7 Telstra Stadium, Sydney 16 November 2003
Key
D3 Scored hat-trick of drop goals
T4 Scored four tries
T5 Scored five tries

Stadiums

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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
Stadium Australia Sydney 83,500 7 550,895 78,699 94.25% 32 4.57 335 47.86
Docklands Stadium Melbourne 56,347 7 284,209 40,601 72.06% 45 6.43 394 56.29
Lang Park Brisbane 52,500 9 406,340 45,149 86.00% 80 8.89 654 72.67
Subiaco Oval Perth 42,922 5 124,768 24,954 58.14% 43 8.60 327 65.40
Sydney Football Stadium Sydney 42,500 5 169,076 33,815 79.56% 32 6.40 267 53.40
Adelaide Oval Adelaide 33,597 2 56,999 28,500 84.83% 23 11.50 173 86.50
Willows Sports Complex Townsville 26,500 3 57,748 19,249 72.64% 20 6.67 177 59.00
Canberra Stadium Canberra 25,011 4 81,929 20,482 77.29% 15 3.75 170 42.50
Central Coast Stadium Gosford 20,059 3 56,663 18,888 94.16% 26 8.67 208 69.33
York Park Launceston 19,891 1 15,457 15,457 77.71% 6 6.00 44 44.00
Wollongong Showground Wollongong 18,484 2 33,463 16,732 90.52% 10 5.00 86 43.00
Total 2,242,313 48 1,837,547 38,282 81.95% 332 6.92 2,835 59.06

Attendances

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Top 10 highest attendances.

Rank Attendance Match Venue City Date
1 82,957   Australia vs   England Stadium Australia Sydney 22 November 2003
2 82,444   New Zealand vs   Australia Stadium Australia Sydney 15 November 2003
3 82,346   England vs   France Stadium Australia Sydney 16 November 2003
4 81,350   Australia vs   Argentina Stadium Australia Sydney 10 October 2003
5 80,112   New Zealand vs   Wales Stadium Australia Sydney 2 November 2003
6 78,974   France vs   Scotland Stadium Australia Sydney 25 October 2003
7 62,712   France vs   New Zealand Stadium Australia Sydney 20 November 2003
8 54,206   Australia vs   Ireland Docklands Stadium Melbourne 1 November 2003
9 50,647   England vs   Samoa Docklands Stadium Melbourne 26 October 2003
10 48,778   Australia vs   Romania Lang Park Brisbane 18 October 2003
Last updated: 22 November 2003[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Team Records". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. ^ "RWC 2003 Statistical Review and Match Analysis" (PDF). RWC2003. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Stats Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Most individual points". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Stats_Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Most individual tries". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Rugby World Cup, 2003 Highest attendance". ESPN. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 29 September 2019.