2023 Rugby World Cup statistics
Stats for 2023 Rugby World Cup
This article documents the statistics of the 2023 Rugby World Cup that was held in France from 8 September to 28 October.[1][2]
Team statistics
The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.
Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Tries | Conversions | Penalties | Drop goals | ![]() | ![]() |
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![]() | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 185 | 156 | +29 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 91 | −1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 215 | −188 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
![]() | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 221 | 102 | +119 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 113 | −1 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 238 | 61 | +177 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 113 | −49 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 74 | +140 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 181 | −67 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 107 | +2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 255 | −218 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
![]() | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 336 | 89 | +247 | 49 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 103 | −39 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 287 | −255 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 75 | +17 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 71 | +75 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 208 | 88 | +120 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 177 | −81 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 164 | −99 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 160 | 88 | +72 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 October 2023
Try scorers
- 8 tries
Will Jordan
- 6 tries
- 5 tries
- 4 tries
Louis Bielle-Biarrey
Aaron Smith
Cobus Reinach
- 3 tries
- 2 tries
Emiliano Boffelli
Santiago Carreras
Juan Martín González
Nicolás Sánchez
Ben Donaldson
Mark Nawaqanitawase
Joe Marchant
Marcus Smith
Mesake Doge
Waisea Nayacalevu
Josua Tuisova
Cyril Baille
Jonathan Danty
Melvyn Jaminet
Yoram Moefana
Charles Ollivon
Jamison Gibson-Park
Mack Hansen
Rob Herring
James Lowe
Peter O'Mahony
Lorenzo Cannone
Ange Capuozzo
Monty Ioane
Manuel Zuliani
Michael Leitch
Jone Naikabula
Gerswin Mouton
Dane Coles
Shannon Frizell
Anton Lienert-Brown
Dalton Papalii
Raffaele Storti
Nigel Ah Wong
Duncan Paia'aua
Rory Darge
Ali Price
Kurt-Lee Arendse
Deon Fourie
Cheslin Kolbe
Willie le Roux
Grant Williams
Ben Tameifuna
Nicolás Freitas
Jac Morgan
George North
- 1 try
Martín Bogado
Rodrigo Bruni
Santiago Chocobares
Agustín Creevy
Tomás Cubelli
Rodrigo Isgro
Ignacio Ruiz
Joel Sclavi
Richie Arnold
Angus Bell
Marika Koroibete
Fraser McReight
Jordan Petaia
Dave Porecki
Suliasi Vunivalu
Matías Dittus [fr]
Tomás Dussaillant
Alfonso Escobar
Rodrigo Fernández
Danny Care
Ollie Chessum
Ben Earl
Courtney Lawes
Lewis Ludlam
Bevan Rodd
Freddie Steward
Manu Tuilagi
Jack Willis
Vilimoni Botitu
Vinaya Habosi
Viliame Mata
Peni Ravai
Lekima Tagitagivalu
Baptiste Couilloud
Antoine Dupont
Thibaud Flament
Antoine Hastoy
Matthieu Jalibert
Thomas Ramos
Beka Gigashvili
Luka Ivanishvili
Vano Karkadze
Davit Niniashvili
Merab Sharikadze
Akaki Tabutsadze
Tengiz Zamtaradze
Caelan Doris
Iain Henderson
Joe McCarthy
Garry Ringrose
Dan Sheehan
Juan Ignacio Brex
Hame Faiva
Paolo Garbisi
Michele Lamaro
Dino Lamb
Paolo Odogwu
Lorenzo Pani
Warner Dearns
Kazuki Himeno
Lappies Labuschagné
Ryōto Nakamura
Naoto Saitō
J. C. Greyling
Beauden Barrett
Jordie Barrett
Caleb Clarke
Ethan de Groot
David Havili
Rieko Ioane
Richie Mo'unga
Fletcher Newell
Brodie Retallick
Tamaiti Williams
Pedro Bettencourt
Nicolas Martins
Rafael Simões
Cristi Boboc
Gabriel Rupanu
Marius Simionescu
Florin Surugiu
Seilala Lam
Christian Leali'ifano
Fritz Lee
Jonathan Taumateine
Ewan Ashman
Matt Fagerson
Chris Harris
Ben Healy
George Horne
Blair Kinghorn
Johnny Matthews
Ollie Smith
Kyle Steyn
George Turner
Duhan van der Merwe
Hamish Watson
Damian de Allende
Pieter-Steph du Toit
Eben Etzebeth
Jesse Kriel
Canan Moodie
Kwagga Smith
RG Snyman
Marco van Staden
Damian Willemse
Pita Ahki
Vaea Fifita
Fine Inisi
George Moala
Patrick Pellegrini
Kyren Taumoefolau
Afusipa Taumoepeau
Sione Vailanu
Santiago Arata
Bautista Basso
Germán Kessler
Josh Adams
Dan Biggar
Gareth Davies
Elliot Dee
Taulupe Faletau
Tomas Francis
Dewi Lake
Nick Tompkins
Liam Williams
Tomos Williams
Conversion scorers
- 21 conversions
Thomas Ramos
- 18 conversions
- 17 conversions
- 14 conversions
- 12 conversions
- 11 conversions
Rikiya Matsuda
Ben Healy
- 9 conversions
- 8 conversions
- 7 conversions
Nicolás Sánchez
Ben Donaldson
Finn Russell
- 6 conversions
- 5 conversions
- 4 conversions
- 3 conversions
Simione Kuruvoli
Samuel Marques
Alin Conache
Lima Sopoaga
Faf de Klerk
Leigh Halfpenny
- 2 conversions
- 1 conversion
Penalty goal scorers
- 15 penalties
- 13 penalties
- 9 penalties
Thomas Ramos
- 8 penalties
George Ford
Rikiya Matsuda
- 7 penalties
Ben Donaldson
Handré Pollard
- 6 penalties
- 5 penalties
- 4 penalties
Nicolás Sánchez
Simione Kuruvoli
Manie Libbok
- 3 penalties
- 2 penalties
- 1 penalty
Drop goal scorers
- 3 drop goals
George Ford
- 2 drop goals
- 1 drop goal
Top point scorers
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Player | Team | Total | Details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tries | Conversions | Penalties | Drop goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owen Farrell | ![]() | 75 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Ramos | ![]() | 74 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Emiliano Boffelli | ![]() | 67 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Johnny Sexton | ![]() | 58 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richie Mo'unga | ![]() | 56 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Damian McKenzie | ![]() | 53 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rikiya Matsuda | ![]() | 46 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ben Donaldson | ![]() | 45 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Ford | ![]() | 41 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Will Jordan | ![]() | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scoring
Timing
- First try of the tournament: Mark Tele'a for New Zealand against France
- First brace of the tournament: Tadhg Beirne for Ireland against Romania
- First hat-trick of the tournament (drop goals): George Ford for England against Argentina
- First hat-trick of the tournament (tries): Cobus Reinach for South Africa against Romania
Hat-tricks
Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.
Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Stage | Result | Venue | Date |
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1 | George FordD3 | ![]() | ![]() | Pool | 27–10 | Stade Vélodrome | 9 September 2023 |
2 | Cobus Reinach | ![]() | ![]() | Pool | 76–0 | Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux | 17 September 2023 |
3 | Makazole Mapimpi | ![]() | ![]() | Pool | 76–0 | Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux | 17 September 2023 |
4 | Damian Penaud | ![]() | ![]() | Pool | 96–0 | Stade Vélodrome | 21 September 2023 |
5 | Henry ArundellT5 | ![]() | ![]() | Pool | 71–0 | Stade Pierre-Mauroy | 23 September 2023 |
6 | Aaron Smith | ![]() | ![]() | Pool | 96–17 | Parc Olympique Lyonnais | 29 September 2023 |
7 | Darcy GrahamT4 | ![]() | ![]() | Pool | 84–0 | Stade Pierre-Mauroy | 30 September 2023 |
8 | Leicester Fainga'anuku | ![]() | ![]() | Pool | 73–0 | Parc Olympique Lyonnais | 5 October 2023 |
9 | Louis Rees-Zammit | ![]() | ![]() | Pool | 43–19 | Stade de la Beaujoire | 7 October 2023 |
10 | Mateo Carreras | ![]() | ![]() | Pool | 39–27 | Stade de la Beaujoire | 8 October 2023 |
11 | Will Jordan | ![]() | ![]() | Semi Final | 44–6 | Stade de France | 20 October 2023 |
Key | |
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D3 | Scored hat-trick of drop goals |
T4 | Scored 4 tries |
T5 | Scored 5 tries |
Player of the match awards
Key | |
---|---|
PM | Pool match |
QF | Quarter-final |
SF | Semi-final |
BF | Bronze final |
F | Final |
Squads
Each team named a squad made up of 33 players, two more than the previous World Cup.[51][52]
Coaches
- Oldest coach: Eddie Jones of Australia - (63 years, 244 days vs Portugal)
- Youngest coach: Steve Borthwick of England - (43 years, 332 days vs Argentina)
- Country with most coaches: New Zealand (4)
- Kieran Crowley of Italy
- Jamie Joseph of Japan
- Ian Foster of New Zealand
- Warren Gatland of Wales
- Teams with foreign coaches: 10
- Coaches who were former players: 11
- Steve Borthwick of England (2007 with England)[53]
- Kieran Crowley of Italy (1987 & 1991 with New Zealand)[54]
- Andy Farrell of Ireland (2007 with England)[55]
- Fabien Galthié of France (1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003 with France)[56][57]
- Jamie Joseph of Japan (1995 with New Zealand and 1999 with Japan)[58]
- Toutai Kefu of Tonga (1999 with Australia)[59]
- Patrice Lagisquet of Portugal (1987 and 1991 with France)[60]
- Pablo Lemoine of Chile (1999 and 2003 with Uruguay)[61]
- Seilala Mapusua of Samoa (2007 and 2011 with Samoa)[62][63]
- Simon Raiwalui of Fiji (1999 with Fiji)[64]
- Gregor Townsend of Scotland (1999 and 2003 with Scotland)[65]
- Coaches with previous World Cup head-coaching experience: 9
- Michael Cheika of Argentina (head coach of Australia in 2015 & 2019)[66]
- Kieran Crowley of Italy (head coach of Canada in 2011 & 2015)[54]
- Warren Gatland of Wales (head coach of Ireland in 1999 & Wales in 2011, 2015 & 2019)[67][68]
- Eddie Jones of Australia (head coach of Australia in 2003, Japan in 2015 & England in 2019)[69]
- Jamie Joseph of Japan (head coach of Japan in 2019)[58]
- Toutai Kefu of Tonga (head coach of Tonga in 2019)[59]
- Pablo Lemoine of Chile (head coach of Uruguay in 2015)[61][70]
- Esteban Meneses of Uruguay (head coach of Uruguay in 2019)[71]
- Gregor Townsend of Scotland (head coach of Scotland in 2019)[65][72]
- Appearance record: Warren Gatland of Wales participated in the Rugby World Cup for the fifth time as head coach.[67]
Players
- Four squads had no players based outside their respective home countries:
- Squad having the fewest players playing domestically: Tonga (0)
- The most players (152) are active in clubs based in France, 106 of them in the Top 14, 32 in Pro D2, and 14 in Championnat Fédéral Nationale, Fédérale 1, 2, 3.
- Oldest player: P. J. van Lill of Namibia - (39 years, 297 days - vs Uruguay)[73][74]
- Youngest player: Tornike Kakhoidze of Georgia - (20 years, 45 days - vs Fiji)
Discipline
Yellow cards
- 2 yellow cards
Matías Dittus [fr] (vs Japan & England)
Marius Simionescu (vs Ireland & Scotland)
- 1 yellow card
Santiago Carreras (vs England)
Rodrigo Isgro (vs Chile)
Matt Faessler (vs Portugal)
Samu Kerevi (vs Portugal)
Alfonso Escobar (vs Samoa)
Esteban Inostroza (vs Samoa)
Martín Sigren (vs Japan)
Levani Botia (vs Portugal)
Vinaya Habosi (vs England)
Semi Radradra (vs Georgia)
Lekima Tagitagivalu (vs Wales)
Josua Tuisova (vs Georgia)
Romain Taofifénua (vs Uruguay)
Mirian Modebadze (vs Australia)
Davit Niniashvili (vs Wales)
Peter O'Mahony (vs Tonga)
Lorenzo Cannone (vs Uruguay)
Danilo Fischetti (vs Uruguay)
Shota Horie (vs Samoa)
Lappies Labuschagné (vs Argentina)
Dylan Riley (vs Chile)
Jason Benade (vs France)
Aranos Coetzee (vs Uruguay)
Tjiuee Uanivi (vs Uruguay)
Torsten van Jaarsveld (vs Italy)
Scott Barrett (vs Argentina)
Shannon Frizell (vs South Africa)
Will Jordan (vs France)
Aaron Smith (vs Ireland)
Codie Taylor (vs Ireland)
Pedro Bettencourt (vs Australia)
Francisco Fernandes (vs Georgia)
Alin Conache (vs Tonga)
Robert Irimescu (vs Scotland)
Florian Roșu (vs Scotland)
Ere Enari (vs Chile)
Tumua Manu (vs England)
Duncan Paia'aua (vs Argentina)
UJ Seuteni (vs Chile)
Jonathan Taumateine (vs Japan)
Ollie Smith (vs Ireland)
Eben Etzebeth (vs France)
Cheslin Kolbe (vs New Zealand)
Siya Kolisi (vs New Zealand)
Leva Fifita (vs Romania)
Afusipa Taumoepeau (vs Scotland)
Eric Dosantos (vs Namibia)
Andres Vilaseca (vs Italy)
Taine Basham (vs Georgia)
Corey Domachowski (vs Fiji)
Johnny Williams (vs Portugal)
Red cards
A record equaling eight red cards for a Rugby World Cup was issued, same as in 2019.
- 1 red card
Tom Curry (vs Argentina)
Johan Deysel (vs France)
Desiderius Sethie (vs Uruguay)
Sam Cane (vs South Africa)
Ethan de Groot (vs Namibia)
Vincent Pinto [fr] (vs Wales)
Ben Lam (vs Japan)
Vaea Fifita (vs Scotland)
Penalty tries
- 1 penalty try
- Awarded against
Italy, vs
Uruguay
- Awarded against
Namibia, vs
France
- Awarded against
New Zealand, vs
Ireland
- Awarded against
Romania, vs
South Africa
Citing/bans
Player | Opposition | Cite date | Law breached | Result | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | 9 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle Red card | 3-match ban | – | [75] |
![]() | ![]() | 15 September 2023 | 9.16 – Charging without attempting to grasp the opponent Red card | 3-match ban | – | [76] |
![]() | ![]() | 16 September 2023 | 9.11 – Players must not do anything reckless to others Red card | 3-match ban | – | [77] |
![]() | ![]() | 16 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle | Citing not upheld | – | [78] |
![]() | ![]() | 21 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle Red card | 6-match ban | – | [79] |
![]() | ![]() | 24 September 2023 | 9.20 – Dangerous charging into ruck or maul Red card | 4-match ban | – | [80] |
![]() | ![]() | 27 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle Red card | 3-match ban | – | [81] |
![]() | ![]() | 27 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle | 3-match ban | – | [82] |
![]() | ![]() | 28 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle Red card | 3-match ban | – | [83] |
![]() | ![]() | 28 October 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle Red card | 3-match ban | – | [84] |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stade de France | Saint-Denis | 80,698 | 6 | 469,782 | 78,297 | 97.02% | 33 | 5.5 | 220 | 36.67 |
Stade de Marseille | Marseille | 67,394 | 6 | 374,629 | 62,438 | 92.64% | 33 | 5.5 | 312 | 52 |
OL Stadium | Lyon | 59,186 | 5 | 277,495 | 55,499 | 93.77% | 46 | 9.2 | 361 | 72.2 |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy | Lille | 50,186 | 5 | 232,585 | 46,517 | 92.69% | 42 | 8.4 | 295 | 59 |
Stade de Bordeaux | Bordeaux | 42,115 | 5 | 200,386 | 40,077 | 95.16% | 41 | 8.2 | 306 | 61.2 |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | Saint-Étienne | 41,965 | 4 | 157,132 | 39,283 | 93.61% | 20 | 5 | 174 | 43.5 |
Allianz Riviera | Nice | 35,624 | 4 | 121,016 | 30,254 | 84.92% | 25 | 6.25 | 199 | 49.75 |
Stade de la Beaujoire | Nantes | 35,322 | 4 | 132,840 | 33,210 | 94.02% | 35 | 8.75 | 167 | 41.75 |
Stadium de Toulouse | Toulouse | 33,150 | 5 | 158,089 | 31,618 | 95.38% | 30 | 6 | 261 | 61.25 |
Total | 2,263,381 | 44 | 2,123,954 | 48,271 | 93.84% | 305 | 6.93 | 2,295 | 52.19 |
Attendances
Top 10 highest attendances. All Top 10 games were played in Stade de France, Saint-Denis.
Rank | Attendance | Match | Stage |
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1 | 80,065 | ![]() ![]() | F |
2 | 79,486 | ![]() ![]() | QF |
3 | 78,845 | ![]() ![]() | QF |
4 | 78,680 | ![]() ![]() | PM |
5 | 78,542 | ![]() ![]() | PM |
6 | 78,459 | ![]() ![]() | PM |
7 | 78,098 | ![]() ![]() | SF |
8 | 77,653 | ![]() ![]() | SF |
9 | 77,604 | ![]() ![]() | BF |
10 | 75,770 | ![]() ![]() | PM |
Key | |
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PM | Pool match |
QF | Quarter-final |
SF | Semi-final |
BF | Bronze final |
F | Final |
See also
- 2019 Rugby World Cup statistics
- Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup
- List of Rugby World Cup hat-tricks
- List of Rugby World Cup red cards
External links
- Statistics Rugby World Cup 2023 France
- Disciplinary Decisions
- Rugby World Cup 2023 Tournament statistics
- Rugby World Cup Stats
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