2023 Rugby World Cup statistics
Stats for 2023 Rugby World Cup
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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 |  |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 185 | 156 | +29 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Australia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 91 | −1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Chile |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 215 | −188 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
 England |
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 221 | 102 | +119 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
 Fiji |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 113 | −1 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
 France |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 238 | 61 | +177 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Georgia |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 113 | −49 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Ireland |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 74 | +140 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Italy |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 181 | −67 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Japan |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 107 | +2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
 Namibia |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 255 | −218 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
 New Zealand |
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 336 | 89 | +247 | 49 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
 Portugal |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 103 | −39 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
 Romania |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 287 | −255 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
 Samoa |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 75 | +17 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
 Scotland |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 71 | +75 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 South Africa |
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 208 | 88 | +120 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Tonga |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 177 | −81 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
 Uruguay |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 164 | −99 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
 Wales |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 160 | 88 | +72 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 October 2023
Try scorers
- 8 tries
- 6 tries
- 5 tries
- 4 tries
- 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- 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
- 18 conversions
- 17 conversions
- 14 conversions
- 12 conversions
- 11 conversions
- 9 conversions
- 8 conversions
- 7 conversions
- 6 conversions
- 5 conversions
- 4 conversions
- 3 conversions
- 2 conversions
- 1 conversion
Penalty goal scorers
- 15 penalties
- 13 penalties
- 9 penalties
- 8 penalties
- 7 penalties
- 6 penalties
- 5 penalties
- 4 penalties
- 3 penalties
- 2 penalties
- 1 penalty
Drop goal scorers
- 3 drop goals
- 2 drop goals
- 1 drop goal
Top point scorers
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| Player | Team | Total | Details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tries | Conversions | Penalties | Drop goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owen Farrell | England |
75 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Ramos | France |
74 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emiliano Boffelli | Argentina |
67 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Sexton | Ireland |
58 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richie Mo'unga | New Zealand |
56 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Damian McKenzie | New Zealand |
53 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rikiya Matsuda | Japan |
46 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Donaldson | Australia |
45 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Ford | England |
41 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Will Jordan | New Zealand |
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: Johnny Sexton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George FordD3 | England |
Argentina |
Pool | 27–10 | Stade Vélodrome | 9 September 2023 |
| 2 | Cobus Reinach | South Africa |
Romania |
Pool | 76–0 | Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux | 17 September 2023 |
| 3 | Makazole Mapimpi | South Africa |
Romania |
Pool | 76–0 | Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux | 17 September 2023 |
| 4 | Damian Penaud | France |
Namibia |
Pool | 96–0 | Stade Vélodrome | 21 September 2023 |
| 5 | Henry ArundellT5 | England |
Chile |
Pool | 71–0 | Stade Pierre-Mauroy | 23 September 2023 |
| 6 | Aaron Smith | New Zealand |
Italy |
Pool | 96–17 | Parc Olympique Lyonnais | 29 September 2023 |
| 7 | Darcy GrahamT4 | Scotland |
Romania |
Pool | 84–0 | Stade Pierre-Mauroy | 30 September 2023 |
| 8 | Leicester Fainga'anuku | New Zealand |
Uruguay |
Pool | 73–0 | Parc Olympique Lyonnais | 5 October 2023 |
| 9 | Louis Rees-Zammit | Wales |
Georgia |
Pool | 43–19 | Stade de la Beaujoire | 7 October 2023 |
| 10 | Mateo Carreras | Argentina |
Japan |
Pool | 39–27 | Stade de la Beaujoire | 8 October 2023 |
| 11 | Will Jordan | New Zealand |
Argentina |
Semi Final | 44–6 | Stade de France | 20 October 2023 |
| Key | |
|---|---|
| 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 (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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Curry |
Argentina |
9 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle Red card |
3-match ban | – | [75] |
| Ethan de Groot |
Namibia |
15 September 2023 | 9.16 – Charging without attempting to grasp the opponent Red card |
3-match ban | – | [76] |
| Vincent Pinto |
Wales |
16 September 2023 | 9.11 – Players must not do anything reckless to others Red card |
3-match ban | – | [77] |
| Rafael Simões |
Wales |
16 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle | Citing not upheld | – | [78] |
| Johan Deysel |
France |
21 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle Red card |
6-match ban | – | [79] |
| Vaea Fifita |
Scotland |
24 September 2023 | 9.20 – Dangerous charging into ruck or maul Red card |
4-match ban | – | [80] |
| Desiderius Sethie |
Uruguay |
27 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle Red card |
3-match ban | – | [81] |
| Eric Dosantos |
Namibia |
27 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle | 3-match ban | – | [82] |
| Ben Lam |
Japan |
28 September 2023 | 9.13 – Dangerous tackle Red card |
3-match ban | – | [83] |
| Sam Cane |
South Africa |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 80,065 | New Zealand vs South Africa |
F |
| 2 | 79,486 | France vs South Africa |
QF |
| 3 | 78,845 | Ireland vs New Zealand |
QF |
| 4 | 78,680 | France vs New Zealand |
PM |
| 5 | 78,542 | South Africa vs Ireland |
PM |
| 6 | 78,459 | Ireland vs Scotland |
PM |
| 7 | 78,098 | England vs South Africa |
SF |
| 8 | 77,653 | New Zealand vs Argentina |
SF |
| 9 | 77,604 | England vs Argentina |
BF |
| 10 | 75,770 | Australia vs Georgia |
PM |
| Key | |
|---|---|
| PM | Pool match |
| QF | Quarter-final |
| SF | Semi-final |
| BF | Bronze final |
| F | Final |