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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

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

Team statistics
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points
for 		Points
against 		Points
difference 		Tries Conv­ersions Penalties Drop goals    
  New Zealand 7 7 0 0 290 97 193 39 28 11 2 5 0
  Australia 7 6 0 1 222 118 104 28 17 16 0 4 0
  South Africa 7 5 0 2 241 108 133 26 15 25 2 3 0
  Argentina 7 4 0 3 250 143 107 27 23 21 2 5 0
  Ireland 5 4 0 1 154 78 76 18 14 12 0 2 0
  France 5 3 0 2 133 125 8 13 13 14 0 1 0
  Japan 4 3 0 1 98 100 −2 9 7 13 0 1 0
  Scotland 5 3 0 2 170 128 42 17 14 19 0 3 0
  Wales 5 3 0 2 130 85 45 12 11 15 1 1 0
  England 4 2 0 2 133 75 58 16 10 10 1 1 0
  Georgia 4 2 0 2 53 123 −70 5 5 6 0 3 0
  Italy 4 2 0 2 74 88 −14 7 6 9 0 0 0
  Fiji 4 1 0 3 84 101 −17 10 8 6 0 3 0
  Romania 4 1 0 3 60 129 −69 7 5 5 0 4 0
  Samoa 4 1 0 3 69 124 −55 7 2 10 0 3 0
  Tonga 4 1 0 3 70 130 −60 8 3 8 0 1 0
  Canada 4 0 0 4 58 131 −73 7 4 5 0 3 0
  Namibia 4 0 0 4 70 174 −104 8 6 6 0 6 0
  United States 4 0 0 4 50 156 −106 5 2 7 0 1 0
  Uruguay 4 0 0 4 30 226 −196 2 1 6 0 2 1

Source: ESPNscrum.com

Try scorers

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8 tries
6 tries
5 tries
4 tries
3 tries
2 tries
1 try

Conversion scorers

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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

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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

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2 drop goals
1 drop goal

Point scorers

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Kicking accuracy

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Scoring

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Overall

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  • 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

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Teams

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Individual

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Hat-tricks

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

Rank Player Team Opponent Stage Result Venue Date
1 Cory Allen   Wales   Uruguay Pool 54–9 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 20 September 2015
2 JP Pietersen   South Africa   Samoa Pool 46–6 Villa Park, Birmingham 26 September 2015
3 Julian Savea   New Zealand   Georgia Pool 43–10 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2 October 2015
4 Bryan Habana   South Africa   United States Pool 64–0 Olympic Stadium, London 7 October 2015
5 Nick Easter   England   Uruguay Pool 60–3 City of Manchester Stadium 10 October 2015
6 Jack Nowell   England   Uruguay Pool 60–3 City of Manchester Stadium 10 October 2015
7 Julian Savea   New Zealand   France Quarter-final 62–13 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 17 October 2015
8 Adam Ashley-Cooper   Australia   Argentina Semi-final 29–15 Twickenham, London 25 October 2015

Man of the match awards

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Rank Player Team Opponent Awards
1 Nicolás Sánchez   Argentina Tonga (PM), Ireland (QF) 2
Mamuka Gorgodze   Georgia Tonga (PM), New Zealand (PM)
Ayumu Goromaru   Japan Samoa (PM), United States (PM)
Nehe Milner-Skudder   New Zealand Namibia (PM), Tonga (PM)
Damian de Allende   South Africa United States (PM), Argentina (BF)
Gareth Davies   Wales Australia (PM),Fiji (PM)
2 Horacio Agulla   Argentina Namibia (PM) 1
Santiago Cordero   Argentina Georgia (PM)
Adam Ashley-Cooper   Australia Argentina (SF)
Matt Giteau   Australia Scotland (QF)
Sean McMahon   Australia Uruguay (PM)
David Pocock   Australia Fiji (PM)
Jeff Hassler   Canada Romania (PM)
D. T. H. van der Merwe   Canada Italy (PM)
Mike Brown   England Fiji (PM)
Nick Easter   England Uruguay (PM)
Joe Launchbury   England Australia (PM)
Leone Nakarawa   Fiji Uruguay (PM)
Wesley Fofana   France Romania (PM)
Frédéric Michalak   France Canada (PM)
Louis Picamoles   France Italy (PM)
Keith Earls   Ireland Romania (PM)
Iain Henderson   Ireland Italy (PM)
Seán O'Brien   Ireland France (PM)
Johnny Sexton   Ireland Canada (PM)
Edoardo Gori   Italy Romania (PM)
Fumiaki Tanaka   Japan South Africa (PM)
Tinus du Plessis   Namibia Georgia (PM)
Dan Carter   New Zealand Australia (F)
Brodie Retallick   New Zealand Argentina (PM)
Julian Savea   New Zealand France (QF)
Ben Smith   New Zealand South Africa (SF)
Tim Nanai-Williams   Samoa United States (PM)
John Hardie   Scotland Samoa (PM)
Greig Laidlaw   Scotland Japan (PM)
Finn Russell   Scotland United States (PM)
Schalk Burger   South Africa Wales (QF)
Lood de Jager   South Africa Scotland (PM)
Handré Pollard   South Africa Samoa (PM)
Jack Ram   Tonga Namibia (PM)
Cory Allen   Wales Uruguay (PM)
Dan Biggar   Wales England (PM)

Discipline

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Yellow cards

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2 yellow cards
1 yellow card

Red cards

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1 red card

Penalty tries

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2 penalty tries
1 penalty try

Citing/bans

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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
  Dominiko Waqaniburotu   England 21 September 10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackle 1-week ban – [3]
  Campese Ma'afu   England 21 September 10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackle Citing Commissioner Warning – [4]
  Mariano Galarza   New Zealand 23 September 10.4(M) – Making contact with or around the eye area 9-week ban Appeal failed [5][6]
  Valentin Ursache   France 25 September 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle 1-week ban – [7]
  Tom Wood   Wales 28 September 10.4(A) – Striking an opponent Citing Commissioner Warning – [8]
  Nemani Nadolo   Australia 28 September 10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackle 1-week ban – [9]
  Tevita Mailau   Namibia 2 October 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle 2-week ban – [10]
  Manasa Saulo   Wales 4 October 10.4(B) – Stamping 10-week ban – [11]
  Alesana Tuilagi   Japan 6 October 10.4(A) – Striking an opponent 5-week ban
Reduced to 2 weeks 		Appeal approved [12]
  Michael Hooper   England 6 October 10.4(H) – Dangerous clean out at ruck 1-week ban – [13]
  Sam Burgess   Australia 6 October 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle Citing Commissioner Warning – [14]
  Ofisa Treviranus   Japan 6 October 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle Citing Commissioner Warning – [14]
  Faifili Levave   Japan 7 October 10.4(F) – Playing an opponent without the ball No further action – [15]
  Campese Ma'afu   Uruguay 8 October Accumulation of yellow cards No further action – [16]
  Agustín Ormaechea   Fiji 8 October 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle
10.4(F) – Playing an opponent without the ball
Red card 		No further action – [17]
  Mihai Macovei   Canada 8 October 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle 2-week ban Appeal failed [18][19]
  Renaldo Bothma   Georgia 9 October 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle 2-week ban – [20]
  Nick Blevins   Romania 9 October 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle 5-week ban – [21]
  David Pocock   Wales 12 October 10.4(A) – Striking an opponent Citing Commissioner Warning – [22]
  Paul Ngauamo   New Zealand 12 October 10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackle 3-week ban – [23]
  Seán O'Brien   France 13 October 10.4(A) – Striking an opponent 1-week ban – [24]
  Ross Ford   Samoa 13 October 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle 3-week ban
Ban rescinded 		Appeal approved [25][26]
  Jonny Gray   Samoa 13 October 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle 3-week ban
Ban rescinded 		Appeal approved [25][26]
  Marcelo Bosch   Namibia 13 October 10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle 1-week ban – [27]
  Tomás Lavanini   South Africa 1 November 10.4(H) – Dangerous clean out at ruck 1-week ban
Post World Cup 		– [28]

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
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
London 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

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  1. 89,267 – Ireland vs Romania, Wembley Stadium
  2. 89,019 – New Zealand vs Argentina, Wembley Stadium
  3. 81,129 – England vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium
  4. 81,010 – England vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium
  5. 80,863 – Australia vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium
  6. 80,125 – New Zealand vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium
  7. 80,090 – New Zealand vs South Africa, Twickenham Stadium
  8. 80,025 – Argentina vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium
  9. 80,015 – England vs Fiji, Twickenham Stadium
  10. 79,572 – South Africa vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium
  11. 77,110 – Australia vs Scotland, Twickenham Stadium
  12. 76,232 – France vs Italy, Twickenham Stadium
  13. 72,163 – Ireland vs Argentina, Millennium Stadium
  14. 72,163 – France vs Ireland, Millennium Stadium
  15. 71,887 – Wales vs Uruguay, Millennium Stadium
  16. 71,887 – New Zealand vs France, Millennium Stadium
  17. 71,576 – Wales vs Fiji, Millennium Stadium
  18. 69,187 – New Zealand vs Georgia, Millennium Stadium
  19. 68,523 – Ireland vs Canada, Millennium Stadium
  20. 67,253 – Australia vs Fiji, Millennium Stadium
  • Lowest attendance: 10,103 – Tonga vs Namibia, Sandy Park

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Team Records". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Tournament Disciplinary Process" (PDF). RWC2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Fiji's Dominiko Waqaniburotu suspended for one week after admitting foul play". Rugby World Cup. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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  30. ^ "Wembley Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  31. ^ "Millennium Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  32. ^ "The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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  36. ^ "Villa Park". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  37. ^ "Elland Road". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  38. ^ "Leicester City Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  39. ^ "Kingsholm Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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  41. ^ "Stadium MK". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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