2019 Rugby World Cup statistics
This article documents the statistics of the 2019 Rugby World Cup Japan from 20 September to 2 November .
Russia's Kirill Golosnitsky scored the first try of the tournament and Kotaro Matsushima of Japan scored the first hat-trick of the tournament.[ 1] [ 2] Camille Lopez of France scored the first drop goal of the tournament.[ 3] Dan Biggar of Wales scored the fastest drop goal in Rugby World Cup history, after only 35 seconds in a pool match,[ 4] Cobus Reinach of South Africa scored the fastest hat-trick ever, scoring his 3rd try after only 20 minutes in the pool stage.[ 5]
Team statistics
The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.[ 6]
Team statistics
Team
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Points
Points
Tries
Conversions
Penalties
Drop goals
South Africa
7
6
0
1
262
67
195
33
23
16
1
1
0
England
6
5
0
1
190
75
115
22
16
16
0
0
0
New Zealand
6
5
0
1
250
72
178
36
28
4
0
3
0
Wales
7
5
0
2
189
147
42
22
19
11
2
3
0
Japan
5
4
0
1
118
88
30
13
10
11
0
0
0
Australia
5
3
0
2
152
108
44
21
13
7
0
3
0
France
4
3
0
1
98
71
27
12
10
5
1
0
1
Ireland
5
3
0
2
135
73
62
20
15
1
0
1
1
Argentina
4
2
0
2
106
91
15
14
12
4
0
0
1
Italy
3
2
0
1
98
78
20
14
9
2
0
0
1
Scotland
4
2
0
2
119
55
64
16
13
2
1
0
0
Fiji
4
1
0
3
110
108
2
17
7
3
0
3
0
Georgia
4
1
0
3
65
122
−57
9
7
2
0
1
0
Samoa
4
1
0
3
58
128
−70
8
3
4
0
6
1
Tonga
4
1
0
3
67
105
−38
9
8
2
0
0
0
Uruguay
4
1
0
3
60
140
−80
6
6
6
0
1
1
Canada
3
0
0
3
14
177
−163
2
2
0
0
1
1
Namibia
3
0
0
3
34
175
−141
3
2
5
0
2
0
Russia
4
0
0
4
19
160
−141
1
1
3
1
3
0
United States
4
0
0
4
52
156
−104
7
4
3
0
0
1
Source: ESPNscrum.com Archived 13 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
Try scorers
7 tries 6 tries 5 tries 4 tries 3 tries 2 tries 1 try
Conversion scorers
20 conversions 14 conversions 11 conversions 10 conversions 9 conversions 8 conversions 7 conversions 6 conversions 5 conversions 4 conversions 3 conversions 2 conversions 1 conversion
Penalty goal scorers
16 penalties 12 penalties 11 penalties 6 penalties 5 penalties 4 penalties 3 penalties 2 penalties 1 penalty
Drop goal scorers
1 drop goal
Point scorers
Kicking accuracy
Scoring
Overall
Total number of points scored: 2,195
Average points per match: 48.8
Total number of tries scored: 285 (including 8 penalty tries)
Average tries per match: 6.3
Total number of braces: 28
Total number of hat-tricks: 5
Total number of conversions missed: 277
Total number of conversions scored: 69
Conversion success rate: ??%
Total number of penalty goals missed: ??
Total number of penalty goals scored: 107
Penalty goal success rate: ??%
Total number of drop goals scored: 6
Timing
Teams
Most points scored by a team in the pool stage: 185 by South Africa
Fewest points scored by a team in the pool stage: 14 by Canada
Most points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 177 by Canada
Fewest points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 27 by Ireland
Best point difference by a team in the pool stage: +149 by South Africa
Worst point difference by a team in the pool stage: −163 by Canada
Most points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 93 by New Zealand
Fewest points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 3 by Japan
Most points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 78 by wales
Fewest points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 20 by France
Most points scored by a team overall: 262 by South Africa
Fewest points conceded by a team overall: 55 by Scotland
Most points scored in a match by both teams: 80 points, New Zealand 71–9 Namibia
Most points scored in a match by one team: 71 by New Zealand
Most points scored in a match by the losing team: 27 by Fiji
Biggest margin of victory: 63 by New Zealand
Most tries scored by a team in the pool stage: 27 by South Africa
Most tries scored by a team in the knockout stage: 14 by New Zealand
Fewest tries scored by a team: 1 by Russia
Most tries scored in a match: 11 tries, New Zealand (11) vs Namibia (0) andSouth Africa (10) vs Canada (1)
Most tries scored in a match by one team: 11 by New Zealand
Most wins achieved by a team: 6 by South Africa
Fewest wins achieved by a team: 0 by
Most losses achieved by a team: 4 by
Fewest losses achieved by a team: 1 by
Most consecutive wins achieved by a team: 6 by South Africa
Most consecutive losses achieved by a team: 4 by
Most pool points: 19 by Japan and Wales
Fewest pool points: 0 by Russia and United States
Most bonus points: 4 by South Africa
Fewest bonus points: 0 by
Largest ranking difference win by a lower ranked team: 9 places – Uruguay (19th) vs Fiji (10th)
Largest ranking difference win by a higher ranked team: 21 places – New Zealand (1st) vs Canada (22nd)
Individual
Hat-tricks
Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.
Man of the match awards
Squads
Coaches
Oldest coach: Jacques Brunel France - (65 years and 279 days) in the quarter-final game against Wales.
Youngest coach: Toutai Kefu Tonga - (45 years and 167 days) in the first game against England.
Country with most coaches: New Zealand (7)
Teams with foreign coaches: 14
Coaches who were former players: 7 .[ 7]
Longest serving coach: Warren Gatland Wales since November 2007.[ 8]
Shortest serving coach: Steve Jackson of Samoa since September 2018.[ 9]
Coaches with previous Head Coaching World Cup experience: 10
Jacques Brunel of France (Head Coach of Italy in 2015)Michael Cheika of Australia (Head Coach of Australia in 2015)Phil Davies of Namibia (Head Coach of Namibia in 2015)Warren Gatland of Wales (Head Coach of Ireland in 1999 & Head Coach of Wales in 2011 & 2015)Milton Haig of Georgia (Head Coach of Georgia in 2015)Steve Hansen of New Zealand (Head Coach of Wales in 2003 & Head Coach of New Zealand in 2015)Eddie Jones of England (Head Coach of Australia in 2003 & Head Coach of Japan in 2015)Kingsley Jones of Canada (Head Coach of Russia in 2011)John McKee of Fiji (Head Coach of Fiji in 2015)Joe Schmidt of Ireland (Head Coach of Ireland in 2015)
Players
Discipline
Fewest penalties conceded by a team: 19 by Uruguay
Most penalties conceded by a team: 61 by Wales
Fewest penalties conceded on average matches played: 4.75 by Uruguay (4 Games played)
Most penalties conceded on average matches played: 12.75 by Samoa (4 Games played)
Most penalties conceded by an individual: 10 by Tyler Ardron (Canada )
Most penalty tries conceded by one team: 2 by
Most penalty tries conceded by one team in a match: 2 by Samoa vs Scotland
Most yellow cards issued to one team: 6 by Samoa
Most red cards issued to one team: 1 by
Most cards issued in one match: 4 , Wales (2, Fiji (2,
Most citing's issued to one team: 4 by Samoa
Yellow cards
2 yellow cards 1 yellow card
Red cards
A record fifth red card for a Rugby World Cup was issued, surpassing the four given out in 1995 and 1999 .[ 14]
1 red card
Penalty tries
2 penalty tries 1 penalty try
For the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Citing Commissioner Warnings carry the same weight as a yellow card.[ 15]
Stadiums
Stadium
City
Capacity
Matches played
Overall
Average
Average
Tries scored
Avg. tries
Overall
Avg. points
International Stadium Yokohama Yokohama 72,327 [ 34] 6
401,742
66,957
92.58%
20
3.33
220
36.67
Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa Fukuroi 50,889 [ 35] 4
175,886
43,972
86.41%
24
6.00
179
44.75
Tokyo Stadium Chōfu 49,970 [ 36] 8
374,532
46,817
93.69%
52
6.50
413
51.63
City of Toyota Stadium Toyota 45,000 [ 37] 3
111,690
37,230
82.73%
22
7.33
174
58.00
Sapporo Dome Sapporo 41,410 [ 38] 2
72,405
36,203
87.43%
12
6.00
98
49.00
Oita Stadium Ōita 40,000 [ 39] 5
172,951
34,590
86.48%
34
6.80
259
51.80
Kumamoto Stadium Kumamoto 32,000 [ 40] 2
55,794
27,897
87.18%
11
5.50
92
46.00
Kobe Misaki Stadium Kobe 30,132 [ 41] 4
109,650
27,413
90.98%
28
7.00
194
48.50
Hanazono Rugby Stadium Higashiosaka 24,100 [ 42] 4
85,406
21,352
88.60%
31
7.75
214
53.50
Kumagaya Rugby Stadium Kumagaya 24,000 [ 43] 3
71,836
23,945
99.77%
22
7.33
147
49.00
Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium Fukuoka 20,049 [ 44] 3
52,611
17,537
87.47%
21
7.00
149
49.67
Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium Kamaishi 16,020 [ 45] 1
14,025
14,025
87.55%
8
8.00
57
57.00
Total
1,884,193 45 1,698,528 37,745 86.43% 285 6.33 2,196 48.80
Attendances
Top 10 highest attendances.
Rank
Attendance
Match
Venue
City
Date
1
70,103
England vs South Africa
International Stadium Yokohama
Yokohama
2 November 2019
2
68,843
England vs New Zealand
International Stadium Yokohama
Yokohama
26 October 2019
3
67,750
Wales vs South Africa
International Stadium Yokohama
Yokohama
27 October 2019
4
67,666
Japan vs Scotland
International Stadium Yokohama
Yokohama
13 October 2019
5
63,731
Ireland vs Scotland
International Stadium Yokohama
Yokohama
22 September 2019
6
63,649
New Zealand vs South Africa
International Stadium Yokohama
Yokohama
21 September 2019
7
48,842
New Zealand vs Wales
Tokyo Stadium
Chōfu
1 November 2019
8
48,831
Japan vs South Africa
Tokyo Stadium
Chōfu
20 October 2019
9
48,354
New Zealand vs Namibia
Tokyo Stadium
Chōfu
6 October 2019
10
48,185
England vs Argentina
Tokyo Stadium
Chōfu
5 October 2019
Last updated: 2 November 2019[ 46]
See also
External links
References
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Samoa ,
Russia ,
Italy ,
Canada ,
Namibia ,
Argentina ,
Tonga ,
United States ,
Fiji ,
Georgia ,
Uruguay
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