1991 Rugby World Cup statistics

This article documents statistics from the 1991 Rugby World Cup, jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France from 3 October to 2 November.

Team statistics

The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.[1]

Team statistics
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points
difference
Tries Conv­ersions Penalties Drop goals
 Australia 6600711711120
 New Zealand 6501691911150
 England 640258119172
 Scotland 6402982014162
 France 430148135100
 Canada 4202−46282
 Ireland 420250137162
 Western Samoa 4202−28551
 Italy 3102−197750
 Japan 3102−1013821
 Romania 3102−335130
 Wales 3102−293160
 Argentina 3003−454242
 Fiji 3003−361134
 United States 3003−892240
 Zimbabwe 3003−1276210

Source: ESPNscrum.com

Top point scorers

Top 10 point scorers[2][3]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv­ersions Penal­ties Drop goals Total points
Ralph Keyes  Ireland Fly-half 40716268
Michael Lynagh  Australia Fly-half 621112066
Gavin Hastings  Scotland Fullback 51913061
Jonathan Webb  England Fullback 51514056
Grant Fox  New Zealand First five-eighth 40710044
Didier Camberabero  France Fly-half 3156032
Diego Dominguez  Italy Fly-half 3075029
Takahiro Hosokawa  Japan Fullback 3182129
Mathew Vaea  Western Samoa Scrum-half 4055025
David Campese  Australia Wing 6600024

Top try scorers

Top 10 try scorers[4][5]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv Penalties Drop goals Total points
David Campese  Australia Wing 6600024
Jean-Baptiste Lafond  France Wing 4600024
Brian Robinson  Ireland Flanker 4400016
Iwan Tukalo  Scotland Wing 6400016
Rory Underwood  England Wing 6400016
Tim Horan  Australia Centre 6400016
John Timu  New Zealand Fullback 4300012
Martín Terán  Argentina Wing 3300012
Terry Wright  New Zealand Wing 4300012
Tony Stanger  Scotland Wing 6300012

Hat-tricks

Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.

No. Player For Against Stage Result Venue Date
1 Brian RobinsonT4  Ireland  Zimbabwe Pool 55–11 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 6 October 1991
2 Terry Wright  New Zealand  United States Pool 46–6 Kingsholm, Gloucester 8 October 1991
3 Jean-Baptiste Lafond  France  Fiji Pool 33–9 Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble 8 October 1991
4 Iwan Tukalo  Scotland  Zimbabwe Pool 51–12 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 9 October 1991
Key
T4 Scored four tries

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
Twickenham StadiumLondon75,0004188,20847,05262.74%133.2513634.00
Murrayfield StadiumEdinburgh67,8005237,00047,40069.91%234.6020741.40
Cardiff Arms ParkCardiff53,0004181,00045,25085.38%133.2511228.00
Lansdowne RoadDublin49,2504178,50044,62590.61%235.7517343.25
Parc des PrincesParis48,712148,50048,50099.56%33.002929.00
Stade Ernest-WallonToulouse19,000110,00010,00052.63%44.003030.00
Stade LesdiguièresGrenoble18,548118,54818,548100.00%77.004242.00
Stadium Lille-MetropoleVilleneuve d'Ascq18,185130,36030,360166.95%77.004242.00
Stade de la MéditerranéeBéziers18,000122,00022,000122.22%44.003333.00
Welford RoadLeicester16,815115,71115,71193.43%66.005252.00
Parc Municipal des SportsBrive16,00018,5008,50053.13%33.003232.00
Stade ArmandieAgen14,000115,00015,000107.14%33.003232.00
Pontypool ParkPontypool14,000115,00015,000107.14%00.001212.00
Stade Jean DaugerBayonne13,50015,0005,00037.04%11.001616.00
KingsholmGloucester12,500112,00012,00096.00%88.005252.00
RavenhillBelfast12,50019,5009,50076.00%1111.006060.00
Stradey ParkLlanelli10,800111,00011,000101.85%77.005151.00
Sardis RoadPontypridd6,00018,5008,500141.67%77.004747.00
Cross GreenOtley5,00017,5007,500150.00%55.003939.00
Total 1,291,560321,021,82731,93279.12%1484.631,19737.41
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See also

References

  1. "Team Records". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. "Stats Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. "Most individual points". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. "Stats_Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. "Most individual tries". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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