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

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 Zealand548365020
278  South Africa7332521030
227  France7271918020
225  Australia531208220
209  Argentina7231418430
168  Wales423167000
140  England712717510
134  Fiji5161210030
129  Scotland515158010
89  Tonga49710031
85  Italy48611030
69  Samoa45412010
64  Ireland4952120
 Japan4747000
61  United States4746040
51  Canada4635010
50  Georgia4555020
40  Romania4533010
38  Portugal4433110
30  Namibia4332101

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

Player records

Most points
Note: ranked according to points then number of appearances
Top 10 point scorers[2][3]
PointsNameTeamPosAppsTriesConPenDrop
105 Percy Montgomery  South AfricaFB7222170
91 Felipe Contepomi  ArgentinaCE7311180
67 Jonny Wilkinson  EnglandFH505145
50 Nick Evans  New ZealandFH/FB422000
47 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde  FranceSH711260
46 Chris Paterson  ScotlandWG/FH511070
44 Pierre Hola  TongaFH407100
43 Lionel Beauxis  FranceFH61780
42 Nicky Little  FijiFH30980
40 Dan Carter  New ZealandFH311050
40 Matt Giteau  AustraliaCE43830
40 Bryan Habana  South AfricaWG78000

Key: Pos = position; Apps = appearances; Con = conversions; Pen = penalties; Drop = drop goals

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

Most tries
Top 10 try scorers[4][5]
Rank Name Team Pos Apps Tries
1Bryan Habana  South AfricaWG78
2Drew Mitchell  AustraliaWG57
3Doug Howlett  New ZealandWG36
Shane Williams  WalesWG46
5Joe Rokocoko  New ZealandWG35
Vincent Clerc  FranceWG55
Chris Latham  AustraliaFB55
8Rory Lamont  ScotlandFB44
Sitiveni Sivivatu  New ZealandWG44
Jaque Fourie  South AfricaCE64
Paul Sackey  EnglandWG64
JP Pietersen  South AfricaWG74
Juan Smith  South AfricaFL74

Key: Pos = position; Apps = appearances

Discipline

Citing/bans

There was some controversy over post-match citings by IRB Citing Commissioners because of apparent inconsistencies between disciplinary sanctions.[6][7][8]

List of citings
Ban
(weeks)		 Player Nation Opponent Offence
7Otar Eloshvili GeorgiaFrancespear tackle[9]
5Paul Emerick United StatesEnglandspear tackle[10]
4Juan Severino Somoza PortugalScotlandhead-butting[11]
3Brian Lima SamoaEnglandhigh tackle[12]
2Schalk Burger South AfricaSamoadangerous play[13][14]
2Phil Vickery EnglandUnited Statestripping[15]
2Mirco Bergamasco ItalyScotlandtripping[16]
1Hale T-Pole TongaSamoastriking[17]
1Jacques Nieuwenhuis NamibiaFrancehigh tackle[18]
1Alfie Vaeluaga SamoaSouth Africahigh tackle[19]
1Seremaia Bai FijiSouth Africadangerous tackle[20]
clearedFrançois Steyn South AfricaTongafoul play[21]
clearedSione Lauaki New ZealandRomaniadangerous tackle[22][23]

Hat-tricks

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 Allister 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
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 FranceSaint-Denis80,0007551,73678,81998.52%142.0021931.29
Millennium StadiumCardiff74,5004222,93655,73474.81%287.0022556.25
MurrayfieldEdinburgh67,144295,78047,89071.32%126.008241.00
Stade VélodromeMarseille59,5006331,66055,27792.90%447.3334858.00
Parc des PrincesParis47,8705228,54445,70995.49%295.8024749.40
Stade Félix-BollaertLens41,4003109,37336,45888.06%144.6712341.00
Stade de GerlandLyon41,1003121,01240,33798.14%3411.3325183.67
Stade de la BeaujoireNantes38,1003111,60237,20197.64%227.3319765.67
Stadium de ToulouseToulouse35,7004140,97335,24398.72%389.5028070.00
Stade Geoffroy-GuichardSaint-Étienne35,6503102,98734,32996.29%155.0014648.67
Stade Chaban-DelmasBordeaux34,4404136,51134,12899.09%205.0014035.00
Stade de la MossonMontpellier33,9004110,10927,52781.20%266.5022055.00
Total 2,473,548482,263,22347,15091.50%2966.172,47851.63
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See also

References
  1. "RWC 2007 Statistical Review and Match Analysis" (PDF). RWC2007. Retrieved 10 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.
  6. Leach, Marcus. "Citings, fighting and biting". Planet Rugby. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
  7. Pope, Bruce (17 September 2007). "Citing spoiling the exciting?". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
  8. Rees, Paul (26 September 2007). "Conspiracy theories abound as crunch fixtures approach". London: Planet Rugby. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
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  10. "USA's Paul Emerick suspended for five weeks". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  11. "Severino Somoza suspended for four weeks". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
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  15. "Vickery suspended for two matches". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  16. "Bergamasco suspended for two weeks". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  17. "Pole suspended for one match". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  18. "Nieuwenhuis suspended for one match". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  19. "Samoa's Vaeluaga suspended for one match". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  20. "Bai suspended for one week". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  21. "Did Francois Steyn bite?". iol.co.za. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  22. "Lauaki suspended for two matches". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  23. "Lauaki free to play". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2008.


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