2003 Rugby World Cup statistics

This article documents statistics from the 2003 Rugby World Cup, held in Australia from 10 October to 22 November.

Team statistics

The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.[1] No teams were shown a red card during the tournament.[2]

Team statistics
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points
difference		 Tries Conv­ersions Penalties Drop goals
 England 770023936272381
 Australia 760126743322111
 New Zealand 76012605240611
 France 750211229222245
 South Africa 53021042717711
 Ireland 5302632016911
 Wales 53022317141112
 Scotland 5302−121281311
 Argentina 4202831813621
 Fiji 4202−161061203
 Samoa 4202211812801
 Italy 4202−46551402
 United States 4103−3997901
 Canada 4103−8142911
 Romania 4103−12785501
 Uruguay 4103−19964600
 Japan 4004−84651210
 Tonga 4004−13274104
 Georgia 4004−154111212
 Namibia 4004−28244001

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

Top point scorers
Top 10 point scorers[3][4]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv­ersions Penal­ties Drop goals Total points Yellow cards
Jonny Wilkinson  England Fly-half 60102381130
Frédéric Michalak  France Fly-half 62171811010
Elton Flatley  Australia Centre 61162101000
Leon MacDonald  New Zealand Centre 742050750
Chris Paterson  Scotland Fly-half 537131710
Mat Rogers  Australia Full-back 751600571
Mike Hercus  United States Fly-half 42790510
Rima Wakarua  Italy Fly-half 304140500
Earl Va'a  Samoa Fly-half 411080490
Dan Carter  New Zealand Fly-half 521900480

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

Top try scorers
Top 10 try scorers[5][6]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv Penalties Drop goals Total points Yellow cards Red cards
Doug Howlett  New Zealand Wing 770003500
Mils Muliaina  New Zealand Full-back 770003500
Joe Rokocoko  New Zealand Wing 560003000
Will Greenwood  England Centre 650002500
Chris Latham  Australia Full-back 150002500
Josh Lewsey  England Full-back 550002500
Mat Rogers  Australia Full-back 7516005710
Lote Tuqiri  Australia Wing 750002500
Pablo Bouza  Argentina Number 8 240002000
Christophe Dominici  France Wing 540002010
Caleb Ralph  New Zealand Wing 440002000

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

Hat-tricks

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

No. Player For Against Stage Result Venue Date
1 Yannick Jauzion  France  Fiji Pool 61–18 Lang Park, Brisbane 11 October 2003
2 Joost van der Westhuizen  South Africa  Uruguay Pool 72–6 Subiaco Oval, Perth 11 October 2003
3 Martín Gaitán  Argentina  Namibia Pool 67–14 Central Coast Stadium, Gosford 14 October 2003
4 Mils MuliainaT4  New Zealand  Canada Pool 68–6 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 17 October 2003
5 Mat Rogers  Australia  Romania Pool 90–8 Lang Park, Brisbane 18 October 2003
6 Matt Giteau  Australia  Namibia Pool 142–0 Adelaide Oval 25 October 2003
7 Chris LathamT5  Australia  Namibia Pool 142–0 Adelaide Oval 25 October 2003
8 Lote Tuqiri  Australia  Namibia Pool 142–0 Adelaide Oval 25 October 2003
9 Brian Liebenberg  France  United States Pool 41–14 Wollongong Showground 31 October 2003
10 Josh LewseyT5  England  Uruguay Pool 111–13 Lang Park, Brisbane 2 November 2003
11 Jonny WilkinsonD3  England  France Semi-final 24–7 Telstra Stadium, Sydney 16 November 2003
Key
D3 Scored hat-trick of drop goals
T4 Scored four tries
T5 Scored five 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
Stadium AustraliaSydney83,5007550,89578,69994.25%324.5733547.86
Docklands StadiumMelbourne56,3477284,20940,60172.06%456.4339456.29
Lang ParkBrisbane52,5009406,34045,14986.00%808.8965472.67
Subiaco OvalPerth42,9225124,76824,95458.14%438.6032765.40
Sydney Football StadiumSydney42,5005169,07633,81579.56%326.4026753.40
Adelaide OvalAdelaide33,597256,99928,50084.83%2311.5017386.50
Willows Sports ComplexTownsville26,500357,74819,24972.64%206.6717759.00
Canberra StadiumCanberra25,011481,92920,48277.29%153.7517042.50
Central Coast StadiumGosford20,059356,66318,88894.16%268.6720869.33
York ParkLaunceston19,891115,45715,45777.71%66.004444.00
Wollongong ShowgroundWollongong18,484233,46316,73290.52%105.008643.00
Total 2,242,313481,837,54738,28281.95%3326.922,83559.06

Attendances

Top 10 highest attendances.

RankAttendanceMatchVenueCityDate
1 82,957  Australia vs  England Stadium Australia Sydney 22 November 2003
2 82,444  New Zealand vs  Australia Stadium Australia Sydney 15 November 2003
3 82,346  England vs  France Stadium Australia Sydney 16 November 2003
4 81,350  Australia vs  Argentina Stadium Australia Sydney 10 October 2003
5 80,112  New Zealand vs  Wales Stadium Australia Sydney 2 November 2003
6 78,974  France vs  Scotland Stadium Australia Sydney 25 October 2003
7 62,712  France vs  New Zealand Stadium Australia Sydney 20 November 2003
8 54,206  Australia vs  Ireland Docklands Stadium Melbourne 1 November 2003
9 50,647  England vs  Samoa Docklands Stadium Melbourne 26 October 2003
10 48,778  Australia vs  Romania Lang Park Brisbane 18 October 2003
Last updated: 22 November 2003[7]
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See also

References
  1. "Team Records". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. "RWC 2003 Statistical Review and Match Analysis" (PDF). RWC2003. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. "Stats Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. "Most individual points". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. "Stats_Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  6. "Most individual tries". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. "Rugby World Cup, 2003 Highest attendance". ESPN. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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