2015 Rugby World Cup statistics
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This article documents the statistics of the 2015 Rugby World Cup which took place in England from 18 September to 31 October.
Team statistics[edit]
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 |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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[edit]
- 8 tries
- 6 tries
- 5 tries
- 4 tries
- 3 tries
- 2 tries
Tomás Cubelli- Julián Montoya
- Matías Moroni
- Joaquín Tuculet
Bernard Foley- Ben McCalman
- Sean McMahon
Mike Brown
Nemani Nadolo
Wesley Fofana- Sofiane Guitoune
- Rabah Slimani
Mamuka Gorgodze
Tommy Bowe
Amanaki Mafi
Jacques Burger- Johann Tromp
Sam Cane- Malakai Fekitoa
- Jerome Kaino
- Tawera Kerr-Barlow
- Ma'a Nonu
- Kieran Read
- Ben Smith
Adrian Apostol- Mihai Macovei
John Hardie
Bismarck du Plessis- Schalk Burger
Jack Ram- Telusa Veainu
Chris Wyles
- 1 try
- Horacio Agulla
- Matías Alemanno
- Juan Martín Hernández
- Facundo Isa
- Martín Landajo
- Tomás Lavanini
- Lucas Noguera Paz
- Juan Pablo Orlandi
- Guido Petti
- Nicolás Sánchez
- Leonardo Senatore
- Matt Giteau
- Michael Hooper
- Sekope Kepu
- Dean Mumm
- Rob Simmons
- Henry Speight
- Joe Tomane
- Matt To'omua
Aaron Carpenter- Matt Evans
- Jeff Hassler
- Jonny May
- Henry Slade
- Billy Vunipola
- Tevita Cavubati
- Vereniki Goneva
- Nemia Kenatale
- Kini Murimurivalu
- Leone Nakarawa
- Ben Volavola
- Gaël Fickou
- Rémy Grosso
- Guilhem Guirado
- Nicolas Mas
- Yannick Nyanga
- Pascal Papé
- Louis Picamoles
- Lasha Malaghuradze
- Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
- Beka Tsiklauri
- Seán Cronin
- Luke Fitzgerald
- Iain Henderson
- Chris Henry
- David Kearney
- Jordi Murphy
- Conor Murray
- Seán O'Brien
- Jared Payne
- Johnny Sexton
Tommaso Allan- Gonzalo Garcia
- Edoardo Gori
- Michele Rizzo
- Leonardo Sarto
- Giovanbattista Venditti
- Alessandro Zanni
- Yoshikazu Fujita
- Ayumu Goromaru
- Karne Hesketh
- Michael Leitch
- Kotaro Matsushima
- Akihito Yamada
- Johan Deysel
- JC Greyling
- Eugene Jantjies
- Theuns Kotzé
- Dane Coles
- Waisake Naholo
- Brodie Retallick
- Aaron Smith
- Codie Taylor
- Victor Vito
- Sonny Bill Williams
- Tony Woodcock
- Valentin Popârlan
- Ovidiu Tonița
- Valentin Ursache
Rey Lee-Lo- Manu Leiataua
- Motu Matu'u
- Tim Nanai-Williams
- Tusi Pisi
- Paul Perez
- Ofisa Treviranus
- Peter Horne
- Greig Laidlaw
- Sean Maitland
- WP Nel
- Finn Russell
- Matt Scott
- Tim Visser
- Duncan Weir
- Schalk Brits
- Damian de Allende
- Lood de Jager
- Fourie du Preez
- Eben Etzebeth
- Jesse Kriel
- Lwazi Mvovo
- Adriaan Strauss
- Latiume Fosita
- Kurt Morath
- Soane Tongaʻuiha
- Fetuʻu Vainikolo
- Chris Baumann
- Titi Lamositele
- Takudzwa Ngwenya
Carlos Arboleya- Agustín Ormaechea
Hallam Amos- Scott Baldwin
- Samson Lee
- Justin Tipuric
Conversion scorers[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 2 drop goals
- 1 drop goal
Point scorers[edit]
Kicking accuracy[edit]
Scoring[edit]
Overall[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
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[edit]
Discipline[edit]
Yellow cards[edit]
- 2 yellow cards
- Campese Ma'afu (vs Australia & vs Uruguay)
- Agustín Ormaechea (both vs Fiji)
- 1 yellow card
- Marcelo Bosch (vs Namibia)
- Tomás Cubelli (vs South Africa)
- Ramiro Herrera (vs Ireland)
- Pablo Matera (vs New Zealand)
- Tomás Lavanini (vs Australia)
- Quade Cooper (vs Uruguay)
- Will Genia (vs Wales)
- Tevita Kuridrani (vs Fiji)
- Dean Mumm (vs Wales)
- Owen Farrell (vs Australia)
- Jamie Cudmore (vs Ireland)
- Nanyak Dala (vs France)
- Jebb Sinclair (vs Romania)
- Nikola Matawalu (vs England)
- Louis Picamoles (vs New Zealand)
- Mamuka Gorgodze (vs Argentina)
- Jaba Bregvadze (vs Namibia)
- Merab Kvirikashvili (vs Tonga)
- Paul O'Connell (vs Canada)
- Peter O'Mahony (vs Italy)
- Kotaro Matsushima (vs Scotland)
- Renaldo Bothma (vs Georgia)
- Aranos Coetzee (vs Georgia)
- Tinus du Plessis (vs Argentina)
- Jaco Engels (vs New Zealand)
- JC Greyling (vs Argentina)
- Raoul Larson (vs Georgia)
- Jerome Kaino (vs South Africa)
- Richie McCaw (vs Argentina)
- Kieran Read (vs Tonga)
- Ben Smith (vs Australia)
- Conrad Smith (vs Argentina)
- Cătălin Fercu (vs Canada)
- Csaba Gál (vs Ireland)
- Paulică Ion (vs France)
- Johan van Heerden (vs Italy)
- Faifili Levave (vs Japan)
- Filo Paulo (vs Japan)
- Sakaria Taulafo (vs Japan)
- Greig Laidlaw (vs South Africa)
- Sean Maitland (vs Australia)
- Ryan Wilson (vs Samoa)
- Jannie du Plessis (vs Scotland)
- Bryan Habana (vs New Zealand)
- Coenie Oosthuizen (vs Japan)
- Paul Ngauamo (vs New Zealand)
- Alex Cuthbert (vs Australia)
- Eric Fry (vs Japan)
- Santiago Vilaseca (vs England)
Red cards[edit]
- 1 red card
- Agustín Ormaechea (vs Fiji)
Penalty tries[edit]
- 2 penalty tries
- 1 penalty try
- Awarded against Fiji, vs England
- Awarded against Samoa, vs Japan
- Awarded against United States, vs South Africa
- Awarded against Uruguay, vs England
Citing/bans[edit]
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] |