This article documents statistics from the 1995 Rugby World Cup, hosted in South Africa from 25 May to 24 June.
Team statistics
editThe following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.[1]
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points difference |
Tries | Conversions | Penalties | Drop goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Africa
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 3 |
 France
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 1 |
 New Zealand
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 208 | 41 | 34 | 14 | 4 |
 England
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 4 |
 Australia
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 |
 Ireland
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −25 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
 Western Samoa
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −20 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
 Scotland
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 0 |
 Canada
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
 Italy
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −25 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
 Tonga
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −46 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
 Wales
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
 Argentina
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −18 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
 Ivory Coast
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −143 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
 Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −197 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
 Romania
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −83 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Source: ESPNscrum.com
Top point scorers
edit| Player | Team | Position | Played | Tries | Conversions | Penalties | Drop goals | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thierry Lacroix | France
|
Fly-half | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 112 |
| Gavin Hastings | Scotland
|
Full-back | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 104 |
| Andrew Mehrtens | New Zealand
|
First five-eighth | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 84 |
| Rob Andrew | England
|
Fly-half | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 79 |
| Joel Stransky | South Africa
|
Fly-half | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 61 |
| Michael Lynagh | Australia
|
Fly-half | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 47 |
| Simon Culhane | New Zealand
|
First five-eighth | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Neil Jenkins | Wales
|
Fly-half | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 41 |
| Diego Domínguez | Italy
|
Fly-half | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 39 |
| Marc Ellis | New Zealand
|
Wing | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Jonah Lomu | New Zealand
|
Wing | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Top try scorers
edit| Player | Team | Position | Played | Tries | Conv | Penalties | Drop goals | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonah Lomu | New Zealand
|
Wing | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Marc Ellis | New Zealand
|
Wing | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Gavin Hastings | Scotland
|
Fullback | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 104 |
| Rory Underwood | England
|
Wing | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Adriaan Richter | South Africa
|
Number 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Chester Williams | South Africa
|
Wing | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Thierry Lacroix | France
|
Fly-half | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 112 |
| Émile Ntamack | France
|
Wing | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Eric Rush | New Zealand
|
Wing | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Gareth Thomas | Wales
|
Centre | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Hat-tricks
editUnless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.
| No. | Player | For | Against | Stage | Result | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gavin HastingsT4 | Scotland
|
Ivory Coast
|
Pool | 89–0 | Olympia Park, Rustenburg | 26 May 1995 |
| 2 | Gareth Thomas | Wales
|
Japan
|
Pool | 57–10 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | 27 May 1995 |
| 3 | Marc EllisT6 | New Zealand
|
Japan
|
Pool | 145–17 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | 4 June 1995 |
| 4 | Eric Rush | New Zealand
|
Japan
|
Pool | 145–17 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | 4 June 1995 |
| 5 | Jeff Wilson | New Zealand
|
Japan
|
Pool | 145–17 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | 4 June 1995 |
| 6 | Chester WilliamsT4 | South Africa
|
Samoa
|
Quarter-final | 42–14 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 10 June 1995 |
| 7 | Jonah LomuT4 | New Zealand
|
England
|
Semi-final | 45–29 | Newlands, Cape Town | 18 June 1995 |
| Key | |
|---|---|
| T4 | Scored four tries |
| T6 | Scored six tries |
Stadiums
edit| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Park | Johannesburg | 60,000 | 5 | 237,039 | 47,408 | 79.01% | 24 | 4.80 | 235 | 47.00 |
| Loftus Versfeld | Pretoria | 50,000 | 5 | 154,000 | 30,800 | 61.60% | 22 | 4.40 | 241 | 48.20 |
| Newlands | Cape Town | 50,000 | 4 | 168,640 | 42,160 | 84.32% | 19 | 4.75 | 195 | 48.75 |
| Kings Park Stadium | Durban | 50,000 | 5 | 184,866 | 36,973 | 73.95% | 16 | 3.20 | 237 | 47.40 |
| Free State Stadium | Bloemfontein | 40,000 | 3 | 55,000 | 18,333 | 45.83% | 43 | 14.33 | 307 | 102.33 |
| Boet Erasmus Stadium | Port Elizabeth | 38,950 | 3 | 55,000 | 18,333 | 47.07% | 9 | 3.00 | 95 | 31.67 |
| Olympia Park | Rustenburg | 30,000 | 3 | 45,000 | 15,000 | 50.00% | 28 | 9.33 | 201 | 67.00 |
| Basil Kenyon Stadium | East London | 22,000 | 3 | 23,399 | 7,800 | 35.45% | 20 | 6.67 | 174 | 58.00 |
| Danie Craven Stadium | Stellenbosch | 16,000 | 1 | 15,542 | 15,542 | 97.14% | 6 | 6.00 | 45 | 45.00 |
| Total | 1,408,850 | 32 | 938,486 | 29,328 | 66.61% | 187 | 5.84 | 1,730 | 54.06 | |
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Team Records". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Stats Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Most individual points". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Stats_Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Most individual tries". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.