2015_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics Knowpia

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

Source: ESPNscrum.com

Try scorers edit

8 tries

Julian Savea

6 tries

Nehe Milner-Skudder

5 tries

4 tries

3 tries

2 tries

1 try

Conversion scorers edit

23 conversions

Dan Carter

13 conversions

12 conversions

Bernard Foley

10 conversions

Ian Madigan

9 conversions

Handré Pollard

8 conversions

Owen Farrell

7 conversions

6 conversions

5 conversions

4 conversions

3 conversions

2 conversions

1 conversion

Penalty goal scorers edit

23 penalties

Handré Pollard

20 penalties

Nicolás Sánchez

16 penalties

15 penalties

Dan Biggar

13 penalties

9 penalties

Tommaso Allan

8 penalties

Owen Farrell

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

Overall points scorers
Player	Team	Total	Details
Player	Team	Total	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop goals
Nicolás Sánchez	Argentina	97	1	13	20	2
Handré Pollard	South Africa	93	0	9	23	2
Bernard Foley	Australia	82	2	12	16	0
Dan Carter	New Zealand	82	0	23	10	2
Greig Laidlaw	Scotland	79	1	13	16	0
Ayumu Goromaru	Japan	58	1	7	13	0
Dan Biggar	Wales	56	0	4	15	1
Tommaso Allan	Italy	44	1	6	9	0
Julian Savea	New Zealand	40	8	0	0	0
Ian Madigan	Ireland	38	0	10	6	0
Owen Farrell	England	35	0	4	8	1
Theuns Kotzé	Namibia	35	1	6	6	0
Nemani Nadolo	Fiji	33	2	7	3	0
Frédéric Michalak	France	33	0	6	7	0
Johnny Sexton	Ireland	31	1	4	6	0
Nehe Milner-Skudder	New Zealand	30	6	0	0	0
Tusi Pisi	Samoa	28	1	1	7	0
Kurt Morath	Tonga	28	1	1	7	0
Beauden Barrett	New Zealand	26	3	4	1	0
Juan Imhoff	Argentina	25	5	0	0	0
Bryan Habana	South Africa	25	5	0	0	0
JP Pietersen	South Africa	25	5	0	0	0
AJ MacGinty	United States	25	0	2	7	0
Gareth Davies	Wales	25	5	0	0	0
Merab Kvirikashvili	Georgia	23	0	4	5	0
Florin Vlaicu	Romania	22	0	5	4	0
Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia	20	4	0	0	0
Drew Mitchell	Australia	20	4	0	0	0
Nathan Hirayama	Canada	20	0	4	4	0
D. T. H. van der Merwe	Canada	20	4	0	0	0
Tommy Seymour	Scotland	20	4	0	0	0
Morgan Parra	France	19	0	5	3	0
Ben Volavola	Fiji	16	1	1	3	0
Santiago Cordero	Argentina	15	3	0	0	0
Tevita Kuridrani	Australia	15	3	0	0	0
David Pocock	Australia	15	3	0	0	0
Nick Easter	England	15	3	0	0	0
Jack Nowell	England	15	3	0	0	0
Anthony Watson	England	15	3	0	0	0
Keith Earls	Ireland	15	3	0	0	0
Rob Kearney	Ireland	15	3	0	0	0
Mark Bennett	Scotland	15	3	0	0	0
Francois Louw	South Africa	15	3	0	0	0
Felipe Berchesi	Uruguay	15	0	0	5	0
Cory Allen	Wales	15	3	0	0	0
Rhys Priestland	Wales	14	0	7	0	0
Scott Spedding	France	12	0	0	4	0
Pat Lambie	South Africa	12	0	4	1	0
Santiago González Iglesias	Argentina	11	0	4	1	0
Tomás Cubelli	Argentina	10	2	0	0	0
Julián Montoya	Argentina	10	2	0	0	0
Matías Moroni	Argentina	10	2	0	0	0
Joaquín Tuculet	Argentina	10	2	0	0	0
Quade Cooper	Australia	10	0	5	0	0
Ben McCalman	Australia	10	2	0	0	0
Sean McMahon	Australia	10	2	0	0	0
Mike Brown	England	10	2	0	0	0
George Ford	England	10	0	2	2	0
Wesley Fofana	France	10	2	0	0	0
Sofiane Guitoune	France	10	2	0	0	0
Rabah Slimani	France	10	2	0	0	0
Mamuka Gorgodze	Georgia	10	2	0	0	0
Lasha Malaghuradze	Georgia	10	1	1	1	0
Tommy Bowe	Ireland	10	2	0	0	0
Amanaki Mafi	Japan	10	2	0	0	0
Jacques Burger	Namibia	10	2	0	0	0
Johann Tromp	Namibia	10	2	0	0	0
Sam Cane	New Zealand	10	2	0	0	0
Malakai Fekitoa	New Zealand	10	2	0	0	0
Jerome Kaino	New Zealand	10	2	0	0	0
Tawera Kerr-Barlow	New Zealand	10	2	0	0	0
Ma'a Nonu	New Zealand	10	2	0	0	0
Kieran Read	New Zealand	10	2	0	0	0
Ben Smith	New Zealand	10	2	0	0	0
Adrian Apostol	Romania	10	2	0	0	0
Mihai Macovei	Romania	10	2	0	0	0
John Hardie	Scotland	10	2	0	0	0
Finn Russell	Scotland	10	1	1	1	0
Schalk Burger	South Africa	10	2	0	0	0
Jack Ram	Tonga	10	2	0	0	0
Telusa Veainu	Tonga	10	2	0	0	0
Chris Wyles	United States	10	2	0	0	0
Michael Stanley	Samoa	9	0	0	3	0
Juan Pablo Socino	Argentina	8	0	4	0	0
Duncan Weir	Scotland	8	1	0	1	0
Vunga Lilo	Tonga	7	0	2	1	0
Agustín Ormaechea	Uruguay	7	1	1	0	0
Morné Steyn	South Africa	6	0	3	0	0
Horacio Agulla	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Matías Alemanno	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Juan Martín Hernández	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Facundo Isa	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Martín Landajo	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Tomás Lavanini	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Lucas Noguera Paz	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Juan Pablo Orlandi	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Guido Petti	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Leonardo Senatore	Argentina	5	1	0	0	0
Matt Giteau	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Michael Hooper	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Sekope Kepu	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Dean Mumm	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Rob Simmons	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Henry Speight	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Joe Tomane	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Matt To'omua	Australia	5	1	0	0	0
Aaron Carpenter	Canada	5	1	0	0	0
Matt Evans	Canada	5	1	0	0	0
Jeff Hassler	Canada	5	1	0	0	0
Jonny May	England	5	1	0	0	0
Henry Slade	England	5	1	0	0	0
Billy Vunipola	England	5	1	0	0	0
Vereniki Goneva	Fiji	5	1	0	0	0
Tevita Cavubati	Fiji	5	1	0	0	0
Nemia Kenatale	Fiji	5	1	0	0	0
Kini Murimurivalu	Fiji	5	1	0	0	0
Leone Nakarawa	Fiji	5	1	0	0	0
Gaël Fickou	France	5	1	0	0	0
Rémy Grosso	France	5	1	0	0	0
Guilhem Guirado	France	5	1	0	0	0
Nicolas Mas	France	5	1	0	0	0
Yannick Nyanga	France	5	1	0	0	0
Pascal Papé	France	5	1	0	0	0
Louis Picamoles	France	5	1	0	0	0
Giorgi Tkhilaishvili	Georgia	5	1	0	0	0
Beka Tsiklauri	Georgia	5	1	0	0	0
Seán Cronin	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Luke Fitzgerald	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Iain Henderson	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Chris Henry	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
David Kearney	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Jordi Murphy	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Conor Murray	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Seán O'Brien	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Jared Payne	Ireland	5	1	0	0	0
Gonzalo Garcia	Italy	5	1	0	0	0
Edoardo Gori	Italy	5	1	0	0	0
Michele Rizzo	Italy	5	1	0	0	0
Leonardo Sarto	Italy	5	1	0	0	0
Giovanbattista Venditti	Italy	5	1	0	0	0
Alessandro Zanni	Italy	5	1	0	0	0
Yoshikazu Fujita	Japan	5	1	0	0	0
Karne Hesketh	Japan	5	1	0	0	0
Michael Leitch	Japan	5	1	0	0	0
Kotaro Matsushima	Japan	5	1	0	0	0
Akihito Yamada	Japan	5	1	0	0	0
Johan Deysel	Namibia	5	1	0	0	0
JC Greyling	Namibia	5	1	0	0	0
Eugene Jantjies	Namibia	5	1	0	0	0
Dane Coles	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Waisake Naholo	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Brodie Retallick	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Aaron Smith	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Codie Taylor	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Victor Vito	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Sonny Bill Williams	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Tony Woodcock	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	0
Valentin Popârlan	Romania	5	1	0	0	0
Ovidiu Tonița	Romania	5	1	0	0	0
Valentin Ursache	Romania	5	1	0	0	0
Rey Lee-Lo	Samoa	5	1	0	0	0
Manu Leiataua	Samoa	5	1	0	0	0
Motu Matu'u	Samoa	5	1	0	0	0
Tim Nanai-Williams	Samoa	5	1	0	0	0
Paul Perez	Samoa	5	1	0	0	0
Ofisa Treviranus	Samoa	5	1	0	0	0
Peter Horne	Scotland	5	1	0	0	0
Sean Maitland	Scotland	5	1	0	0	0
WP Nel	Scotland	5	1	0	0	0
Matt Scott	Scotland	5	1	0	0	0
Tim Visser	Scotland	5	1	0	0	0
Schalk Brits	South Africa	5	1	0	0	0
Damian de Allende	South Africa	5	1	0	0	0
Lood de Jager	South Africa	5	1	0	0	0
Fourie du Preez	South Africa	5	1	0	0	0
Bismarck du Plessis	South Africa	5	1	0	0	0
Eben Etzebeth	South Africa	5	1	0	0	0
Jesse Kriel	South Africa	5	1	0	0	0
Lwazi Mvovo	South Africa	5	1	0	0	0
Adriaan Strauss	South Africa	5	1	0	0	0
Latiume Fosita	Tonga	5	1	0	0	0
Soane Tongaʻuiha	Tonga	5	1	0	0	0
Fetuʻu Vainikolo	Tonga	5	1	0	0	0
Chris Baumann	United States	5	1	0	0	0
Titi Lamositele	United States	5	1	0	0	0
Takudzwa Ngwenya	United States	5	1	0	0	0
Carlos Arboleya	Uruguay	5	1	0	0	0
Hallam Amos	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Scott Baldwin	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Samson Lee	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Justin Tipuric	Wales	5	1	0	0	0
Marcelo Bosch	Argentina	4	0	2	0	0
Rory Kockott	France	4	0	2	0	0
Gordon McRorie	Canada	3	0	0	1	0
Stuart Hogg	Scotland	3	0	0	1	0
Valentin Calafeteanu	Romania	3	0	0	1	0
Alejo Durán	Uruguay	3	0	0	1	0
Patrick Fa'apale	Samoa	2	0	1	0	0
Colin Slade	New Zealand	2	0	1	0	0

Kicking accuracy edit

Kicking accuracy
Player	Team	Percentage
Juan Pablo Socino	Argentina	100% (4/4)
Rory Kockott	France	100% (2/2)
Colin Slade	New Zealand	100% (1/1)
Valentin Calafeteanu	Romania	100% (1/1)
Patrick Fa'apale	Samoa	100% (1/1)
Duncan Weir	Scotland	100% (1/1)
Alejo Durán	Uruguay	100% (1/1)
Theuns Kotzé	Namibia	92% (12/13)
Dan Biggar	Wales	90% (19/21)
Nicolás Sánchez	Argentina	89% (33/37)
Owen Farrell	England	89% (16/18)
Morgan Parra	France	89% (8/9)
Tommaso Allan	Italy	88% (15/17)
Rhys Priestland	Wales	88% (7/8)
Greig Laidlaw	Scotland	83% (29/35)
Felipe Berchesi	Uruguay	83% (5/6)
Merab Kvirikashvili	Georgia	82% (9/11)
Frédéric Michalak	France	81% (13/16)
Bernard Foley	Australia	80% (28/35)
Scott Spedding	France	80% (4/5)
Dan Carter	New Zealand	80% (32/40)
Nemani Nadolo	Fiji	77% (10/13)
Johnny Sexton	Ireland	77% (10/13)
Ian Madigan	Ireland	76% (16/21)
Handré Pollard	South Africa	76% (32/42)
AJ MacGinty	United States	75% (9/12)
Ayumu Goromaru	Japan	74% (20/27)
Santiago González Iglesias	Argentina	71% (5/7)
Pat Lambie	South Africa	71% (5/7)
Florin Vlaicu	Romania	69% (9/13)
Marcelo Bosch	Argentina	67% (2/3)
Nathan Hirayama	Canada	67% (8/12)
Lasha Malaghuradze	Georgia	67% (2/3)
Kurt Morath	Tonga	67% (8/12)
Beauden Barrett	New Zealand	60% (6/10)
Morné Steyn	South Africa	60% (3/5)
Tusi Pisi	Samoa	57% (8/14)
Ben Volavola	Fiji	50% (4/8)
Michael Stanley	Samoa	50% (3/6)
Stuart Hogg	Scotland	50% (1/2)
Finn Russell	Scotland	50% (2/4)
Quade Cooper	Australia	45% (5/11)
George Ford	England	44% (4/9)
Vunga Lilo	Tonga	43% (3/7)
Agustín Ormaechea	Uruguay	33% (1/3)
Gordon McRorie	Canada	17% (1/6)
Matt Giteau	Australia	0% (0/1)
Carlo Canna	Italy	0% (0/2)
Johnny Redelinghuys	Namibia	0% (0/1)
Niku Kruger	United States	0% (0/1)
Folau Niua	United States	0% (0/1)

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
- Canada
- Namibia
- United States
- Uruguay
Most losses achieved by a team: 4 by
- Canada
- Namibia
- United States
- Uruguay
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
- Canada
- Namibia
- United States
- Uruguay
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 –
- Daniel Carter (New Zealand)
- Handré Pollard (South Africa)
- Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina)
Most tackles made by an individual: 77 –
- Lood de Jager (South Africa)
- Francois Louw (South Africa)
Most lineouts won by an individual: 57 – Dane Coles (New Zealand)
Most lineouts stolen by an individual: 6 –
- Brodie Retallick (New Zealand)
- Kieran Read (New Zealand)
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%
- Valentin Calafeteanu (Romania)
- Alejo Durán (Uruguay)
- Patrick Fa'apale (Samoa)
- Rory Kockott (France)
- Colin Slade (New Zealand)
- Juan Pablo Socino (Argentina)
- Duncan Weir (Scotland)
Highest kicking accuracy by an individual (minimum 10 attempts): 92% - Theuns Kotzé for Namibia
Lowest kicking accuracy by an individual: 0%
- Carlo Canna (Italy)
- Matt Giteau (Australia)
- Niku Kruger (United States)
- Folau Niua (United States)
- Johnny Redelinghuys (Namibia)
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

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 edit

Yellow cards edit

2 yellow cards

Campese Ma'afu (vs Australia & vs Uruguay)
Agustín Ormaechea (both vs Fiji)

1 yellow card

Red cards edit

1 red card

Agustín Ormaechea (vs Fiji)

Penalty tries edit

2 penalty tries

Awarded against Uruguay, vs Fiji

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]
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 edit

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 edit

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
80,125 – 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

External links edit

Rugby World Cup Stats Archived 2019-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
Disciplinary Decisions
Rugby World Cup 2015 Tournament statistics

References edit

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[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.

[4] "Disciplinary update: Campese Ma'afu (Fiji)". Rugby World Cup. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

[5] "Argentina's Mariano Galarza suspended for nine weeks". Rugby World Cup. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[6] "Disciplinary update – Galarza appeal". Rugby World Cup. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[7] "Disciplinary update: Romania's Valentin Ursache suspended for one week". Rugby World Cup. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[8] "Disciplinary update - Tom Wood (England)". Rugby World Cup. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[9] "Disciplinary update - Nemani Nadolo (Fiji)". Rugby World Cup. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[10] "Disciplinary update: Tevita Mailau (Tonga)". Rugby World Cup. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[11] "Disciplinary update - Manasa Saulo (Fiji)". Rugby World Cup. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[12] "Disciplinary update - Alesana Tuilagi (Samoa)". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[13] "Disciplinary update: Michael Hooper (Australia)". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[5_October_Disciplinary-14] "Disciplinary update: Citings and Citing Commissioner Warnings". Rugby World Cup. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[15] "Disciplinary update - Faifili Levave (Samoa)". Rugby World Cup. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[16] "Disciplinary update: Campese Ma'afu (Fiji)". Rugby World Cup. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

[17] "Disciplinary update: Agustín Ormaechea (Uruguay)". Rugby World Cup. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

[18] "Disciplinary update: Mihai Macovei (Romania)". Rugby World Cup. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[19] "Disciplinary - Mihai Macovei (Romania) appeal decision". Rugby World Cup. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

[20] "Disciplinary update - Renaldo Bothma (Namibia)". Rugby World Cup. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[21] "Disciplinary update: Nick Blevins (Canada)". Rugby World Cup. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[12_October_Disciplinary-22] "Disciplinary update - Citings and Citing Commissioner Warnings". Rugby World Cup. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[23] "Disciplinary update - Paula Ngauamo (Tonga)". Rugby World Cup. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[24] "Disciplinary update - Seán O'Brien (Ireland)". Rugby World Cup. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

[Ross_Ford_and_Jonny_Gray_Disciplinary-25] "Disciplinary update - Ross Ford and Jonny Gray (Scotland)". Rugby World Cup. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

[Ross_Ford_and_Jonny_Gray_Appeal-26] "Disciplinary update - Ross Ford and Jonny Gray (Scotland) appeal". Rugby World Cup. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[27] "Disciplinary update - Marcelo Bosch (Argentina)". Rugby World Cup. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

[28] "Disciplinary update: Tomás Lavanini (Argentina)". Rugby World Cup. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

[29] "Twickenham Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[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.

[33] "Manchester City Stadium". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

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[35] "St James' Park". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[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.

[40] "Sandy Park". Rugby World Cu. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[41] "Stadium MK". Rugby World Cup. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

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