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.

Try scorers

8 tries
6 tries
5 tries
4 tries
3 tries
2 tries

2 tries (cont.)
1 try

1 try (cont.)

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

Timing

Teams

Individual

Man of the Match awards

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)
Jonathan 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

Yellow cards

2 yellow cards
1 yellow card

Red cards

1 red card

Penalty tries

2 penalty tries
1 penalty try

Citing/bans

For the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Citing Commissioner Warnings carry the same weight as a yellow card.[1]

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

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[28] 10 796,171 79,617 97.56% 35 3.50 452 45.20
Wembley Stadium London 90,000[29] 2 178,286 89,143 99.05% 10 5.00 96 48.00
Millennium Stadium Cardiff (Wales) 74,154[30] 8 564,524 70,566 95.16% 49 6.13 421 52.63
Olympic Stadium London 56,000[31] 5 266,216 53,243 95.08% 30 6.00 247 49.40
City of Manchester Stadium Manchester 55,097[32][33] 1 50,778 50,778 92.16% 10 10.00 63 63.00
St. James' Park Newcastle 52,409[34] 3 153,867 51,289 97.86% 18 6.00 175 58.33
Villa Park Birmingham 42,785[35] 2 79,131 39,565 92.47% 17 8.50 120 60.00
Elland Road Leeds 37,914[36] 2 66,641 33,320 87.88% 10 5.00 96 48.00
Leicester City Stadium Leicester 32,312[37] 3 86,475 28,825 89.21% 23 7.67 176 58.67
Kingsholm Stadium Gloucester 16,500[38] 4 57,327 14,332 86.86% 21 5.25 191 47.75
Sandy Park Exeter 12,300[39] 3 32,709 10,903 88.64% 18 6.00 143 47.67
Stadium mk Milton Keynes 30,717[40] 3 87,212 29,071 94.64% 19 6.33 152 50.67
Brighton Community Stadium Brighton 30,750[41] 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

  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. 80,090 – 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

See also

References

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  2. "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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  6. "Disciplinary update: Romania's Valentin Ursache suspended for one week". Rugby World Cup. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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  8. "Disciplinary update - Nemani Nadolo (Fiji)". Rugby World Cup. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  9. "Disciplinary update: Tevita Mailau (Tonga)". Rugby World Cup. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  10. "Disciplinary update - Manasa Saulo (Fiji)". Rugby World Cup. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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  12. "Disciplinary update: Michael Hooper (Australia)". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Disciplinary update: Citings and Citing Commissioner Warnings". Rugby World Cup. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  14. "Disciplinary update - Faifili Levave (Samoa)". Rugby World Cup. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  15. "Disciplinary update: Campese Ma'afu (Fiji)". Rugby World Cup. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  16. "Disciplinary update: Agustín Ormaechea (Uruguay)". Rugby World Cup. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  17. "Disciplinary update: Mihai Macovei (Romania)". Rugby World Cup. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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  20. "Disciplinary update: Nick Blevins (Canada)". Rugby World Cup. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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  22. "Disciplinary update - Paula Ngauamo (Tonga)". Rugby World Cup. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  23. "Disciplinary update - Seán O'Brien (Ireland)". Rugby World Cup. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  24. 1 2 "Disciplinary update - Ross Ford and Jonny Gray (Scotland)". Rugby World Cup. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  25. 1 2 "Disciplinary update - Ross Ford and Jonny Gray (Scotland) appeal". Rugby World Cup. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  26. "Disciplinary update - Marcelo Bosch (Argentina)". Rugby World Cup. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  27. "Disciplinary update: Tomás Lavanini (Argentina)". Rugby World Cup. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  28. "Twickenham Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  29. "Wembley Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  30. "Millennium Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  31. "The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  32. "Manchester City Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  33. "Manchester City stadium to become Premier League's third largest". ESPN. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  34. "St James' Park". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  35. "Villa Park". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  36. "Elland Road". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  37. "Leicester City Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  38. "Kingsholm Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  39. "Sandy Park". Rugby World Cu. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  40. "Stadium MK". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  41. "Brighton Community Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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