2007 Rugby World Cup statistics
This article documents statistics from the 2007 Rugby World Cup, held in France from 7 September to 20 October.
Team statistics
[edit]The following table shows the team's results in some categories. Two red cards were issued during the tournament.[1]
| Points | Team | Matches | Tries | Con | Pen | Drop | 
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327 |  New Zealand |
5 | 48 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 278 |  South Africa |
7 | 33 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 227 |  France |
7 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 225 |  Australia |
5 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 209 |  Argentina |
7 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 168 |  Wales |
4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 140 |  England |
7 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 134 |  Fiji |
5 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 129 |  Scotland |
5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 |  Tonga |
4 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 85 |  Italy |
4 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 69 |  Samoa |
4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 |  Ireland |
4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
 Japan |
4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 61 |  United States |
4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 51 |  Canada |
4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 |  Georgia |
4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 |  Romania |
4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 |  Portugal |
4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 |  Namibia |
4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Source: RugbyWorldCup.com
Player records
[edit]Most points
[edit]- Note: ranked according to points then number of appearances
| Points | Name | Team | Pos | Apps | Tries | Con | Pen | Drop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | Percy Montgomery | South Africa |
FB | 7 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 0 |
| 91 | Felipe Contepomi | Argentina |
CE | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 0 |
| 67 | Jonny Wilkinson | England |
FH | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
| 50 | Nick Evans | New Zealand |
FH/FB | 4 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Jean-Baptiste Élissalde | France |
SH | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 46 | Chris Paterson | Scotland |
WG/FH | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 44 | Pierre Hola | Tonga |
FH | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 43 | Lionel Beauxis | France |
FH | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 42 | Nicky Little | Fiji |
FH | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 40 | Dan Carter | New Zealand |
FH | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | Matt Giteau | Australia |
CE | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Bryan Habana | South Africa |
WG | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Key: Pos = position; Apps = appearances; Con = conversions; Pen = penalties; Drop = drop goals
Source: RugbyWorldCup.com
Most tries
[edit]| Rank | Name | Team | Pos | Apps | Tries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryan Habana | South Africa |
WG | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Drew Mitchell | Australia |
WG | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Doug Howlett | New Zealand |
WG | 3 | 6 |
| Shane Williams | Wales |
WG | 4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Joe Rokocoko | New Zealand |
WG | 3 | 5 |
| Vincent Clerc | France |
WG | 5 | 5 | |
| Chris Latham | Australia |
FB | 5 | 5 | |
| 8 | Rory Lamont | Scotland |
FB | 4 | 4 |
| Sitiveni Sivivatu | New Zealand |
WG | 4 | 4 | |
| Jaque Fourie | South Africa |
CE | 6 | 4 | |
| Paul Sackey | England |
WG | 6 | 4 | |
| JP Pietersen | South Africa |
WG | 7 | 4 | |
| Juan Smith | South Africa |
FL | 7 | 4 |
Key: Pos = position; Apps = appearances
Discipline
[edit]Citing/bans
[edit]There was some controversy over post-match citings by IRB Citing Commissioners because of apparent inconsistencies between disciplinary sanctions.[6][7][8]
| Ban (weeks) |
Player | Nation | Opponent | Offence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Otar Eloshvili | Georgia |
France | spear tackle[9] |
| 5 | Paul Emerick | United States |
England | spear tackle[10] |
| 4 | Juan Severino Somoza | Portugal |
Scotland | head-butting[11] |
| 3 | Brian Lima | Samoa |
England | high tackle[12] |
| 2 | Schalk Burger | South Africa |
Samoa | dangerous play[13][14] |
| 2 | Phil Vickery | England |
United States | tripping[15] |
| 2 | Mirco Bergamasco | Italy |
Scotland | tripping[16] |
| 1 | Hale T-Pole | Tonga |
Samoa | striking[17] |
| 1 | Jacques Nieuwenhuis | Namibia |
France | high tackle[18] |
| 1 | Alfie Vaeluaga | Samoa |
South Africa | high tackle[19] |
| 1 | Seremaia Bai | Fiji |
South Africa | dangerous tackle[20] |
| cleared | François Steyn | South Africa |
Tonga | foul play[21] |
| cleared | Sione Lauaki | New Zealand |
Romania | dangerous tackle[22][23] |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.
| No. | Player | For | Against | Stage | Result | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doug Howlett | New Zealand
|
Italy
|
Pool | 76–14 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille | 8 September 2007 |
| 2 | Rocky Elsom | Australia
|
Japan
|
Pool | 91–3 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | 8 September 2007 |
| 3 | Bryan HabanaT4 | South Africa
|
Samoa
|
Pool | 59–7 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 9 September 2007 |
| 4 | Vincent Clerc | France
|
Namibia
|
Pool | 87–10 | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse | 16 September 2007 |
| 5 | Ally Hogg | Scotland
|
Romania
|
Pool | 42–0 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 18 September 2007 |
| 6 | Drew Mitchell | Australia
|
Fiji
|
Pool | 55–12 | Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier | 23 September 2007 |
| 7 | Joe Rokocoko | New Zealand
|
Romania
|
Pool | 85–8 | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse | 29 September 2007 |
| 8 | Juan Martín HernándezD3 | Argentina
|
Ireland
|
Pool | 30–15 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 30 September 2007 |
| Key | |
|---|---|
| D3 | Scored hat-trick of drop goals |
| T4 | Scored four tries |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade de France | Saint-Denis | 80,000 | 7 | 551,736 | 78,819 | 98.52% | 14 | 2.00 | 219 | 31.29 |
| Millennium Stadium | Cardiff | 74,500 | 4 | 222,936 | 55,734 | 74.81% | 28 | 7.00 | 225 | 56.25 |
| Murrayfield | Edinburgh | 67,144 | 2 | 95,780 | 47,890 | 71.32% | 12 | 6.00 | 82 | 41.00 |
| Stade Vélodrome | Marseille | 59,500 | 6 | 331,660 | 55,277 | 92.90% | 44 | 7.33 | 348 | 58.00 |
| Parc des Princes | Paris | 47,870 | 5 | 228,544 | 45,709 | 95.49% | 29 | 5.80 | 247 | 49.40 |
| Stade Félix-Bollaert | Lens | 41,400 | 3 | 109,373 | 36,458 | 88.06% | 14 | 4.67 | 123 | 41.00 |
| Stade de Gerland | Lyon | 41,100 | 3 | 121,012 | 40,337 | 98.14% | 34 | 11.33 | 251 | 83.67 |
| Stade de la Beaujoire | Nantes | 38,100 | 3 | 111,602 | 37,201 | 97.64% | 22 | 7.33 | 197 | 65.67 |
| Stadium de Toulouse | Toulouse | 35,700 | 4 | 140,973 | 35,243 | 98.72% | 38 | 9.50 | 280 | 70.00 |
| Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | Saint-Étienne | 35,650 | 3 | 102,987 | 34,329 | 96.29% | 15 | 5.00 | 146 | 48.67 |
| Stade Chaban-Delmas | Bordeaux | 34,440 | 4 | 136,511 | 34,128 | 99.09% | 20 | 5.00 | 140 | 35.00 |
| Stade de la Mosson | Montpellier | 33,900 | 4 | 110,109 | 27,527 | 81.20% | 26 | 6.50 | 220 | 55.00 |
| Total | 2,473,548 | 48 | 2,263,223 | 47,150 | 91.50% | 296 | 6.17 | 2,478 | 51.63 | |
See also
[edit]- 2011 Rugby World Cup statistics
- Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup
- List of Rugby World Cup hat-tricks
External links
[edit]- Rugby World Cup 2007 Tournament statistics
- Rugby World Cup Stats Archived 2019-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Disciplinary Decisions
References
[edit]- ^ "RWC 2007 Statistical Review and Match Analysis" (PDF). RWC2007. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Stats Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Most individual points". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Stats_Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Most individual tries". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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- ^ Pope, Bruce (17 September 2007). "Citing spoiling the exciting?". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
- ^ Rees, Paul (26 September 2007). "Conspiracy theories abound as crunch fixtures approach". London: Planet Rugby. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
- ^ "Eloshvili suspended for seven weeks". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ "USA's Paul Emerick suspended for five weeks". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ "Severino Somoza suspended for four weeks". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ "Lima suspended". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ "Burger suspended for four matches". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
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- ^ "Vickery suspended for two matches". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ "Bergamasco suspended for two weeks". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ "Pole suspended for one match". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ "Nieuwenhuis suspended for one match". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ "Samoa's Vaeluaga suspended for one match". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
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