2015 Rugby World Cup statistics

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

2 yellow cards

1 yellow card

1 red card

2 penalty tries

1 penalty try

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]