2015 Rugby World Cup statistics

none This article documents the statistics of the 2015 Rugby World Cup which took place in England from 18 September to 31 October. Team statistics The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.http://stats.espnscrum.com/2015-rugby-world-cup/rugby/records/team/results_summary.html?id=2678;type=tournament Team Records ESPN 9 October 2019 +Team statisticsTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPointsforPointsagainstPointsdifferenceTriesConversionsPenaltiesDrop goals15px15pxNZL770029097193392811250AUS7601222118104281716040RSA7502241108133261525230ARG7403250143107272321250IRE54011547876181412020FRA53021331258131314010JPN430198100−29713010SCO530217012842171419030WAL53021308545121115110ENG42021337558161010110GEO420253123−70556030ITA42027488−14769000FJI410384101−171086030ROM410360129−69755040SAM410369124−557210030TON410370130−60838010CAN400458131−73745030NAM400470174−104866060USA400450156−106527010URU400430226−196216021 Source: ESPNscrum.com Try scorers 8 tries 22em NZL Julian Savea 6 tries 22em NZL Nehe Milner-Skudder 5 tries 22em ARG Juan Imhoff RSA Bryan Habana RSA JP Pietersen WAL Gareth Davies 4 tries 22em AUS Adam Ashley-Cooper AUS Drew Mitchell CAN D. T. H. van der Merwe SCO Tommy Seymour 3 tries 22em ARG Santiago Cordero AUS Tevita Kuridrani AUS David Pocock ENG Nick Easter ENG Jack Nowell ENG Anthony Watson IRE rugby union Keith Earls IRE rugby union Rob Kearney NZL Beauden Barrett SCO Mark Bennett RSA Francois Louw WAL Cory Allen 2 tries 22em ARG Tomás Cubelli ARG Julián Montoya ARG Matías Moroni ARG Joaquín Tuculet AUS Bernard Foley AUS Ben McCalman AUS Sean McMahon ENG Mike Brown FIJ Nemani Nadolo FRA Wesley Fofana FRA Sofiane Guitoune FRA Rabah Slimani GEO Mamuka Gorgodze IRE rugby union Tommy Bowe JPN Amanaki Mafi NAM Jacques Burger NAM Johann Tromp NZL Sam Cane NZL Malakai Fekitoa NZL Jerome Kaino NZL Tawera Kerr-Barlow NZL Ma'a Nonu NZL Kieran Read NZL Ben Smith ROM Adrian Apostol ROM Mihai Macovei SCO John Hardie RSA Bismarck du Plessis RSA Schalk Burger TON Jack Ram TON Telusa Veainu USA Chris Wyles 1 try 22em ARG Horacio Agulla ARG Matías Alemanno ARG Juan Martín Hernández ARG Facundo Isa ARG Martín Landajo ARG Tomás Lavanini ARG Lucas Noguera Paz ARG Juan Pablo Orlandi ARG Guido Petti ARG Nicolás Sánchez ARG Leonardo Senatore AUS Matt Giteau AUS Michael Hooper AUS Sekope Kepu AUS Dean Mumm AUS Rob Simmons AUS Henry Speight AUS Joe Tomane AUS Matt To'omua CAN Aaron Carpenter CAN Matt Evans CAN Jeff Hassler ENG Jonny May ENG Henry Slade ENG Billy Vunipola FIJ Tevita Cavubati FIJ Vereniki Goneva FIJ Nemia Kenatale FIJ Kini Murimurivalu FIJ Leone Nakarawa FIJ Ben Volavola FRA Gaël Fickou FRA Rémy Grosso FRA Guilhem Guirado FRA Nicolas Mas FRA Yannick Nyanga FRA Pascal Papé FRA Louis Picamoles GEO Lasha Malaghuradze GEO Giorgi Tkhilaishvili GEO Beka Tsiklauri IRE rugby union Seán Cronin IRE rugby union Luke Fitzgerald IRE rugby union Iain Henderson IRE rugby union Chris Henry IRE rugby union David Kearney IRE rugby union Jordi Murphy IRE rugby union Conor Murray IRE rugby union Seán O'Brien IRE rugby union Jared Payne IRE rugby union Johnny Sexton ITA Tommaso Allan ITA Gonzalo Garcia ITA Edoardo Gori ITA Michele Rizzo ITA Leonardo Sarto ITA Giovanbattista Venditti ITA Alessandro Zanni JPN Yoshikazu Fujita JPN Ayumu Goromaru JPN Karne Hesketh JPN Michael Leitch JPN Kotaro Matsushima JPN Akihito Yamada NAM Johan Deysel NAM JC Greyling NAM Eugene Jantjies NAM Theuns Kotzé NZL Dane Coles NZL Waisake Naholo NZL Brodie Retallick NZL Aaron Smith NZL Codie Taylor NZL Victor Vito NZL Sonny Bill Williams NZL Tony Woodcock ROM Valentin Popârlan ROM Ovidiu Tonița ROM Valentin Ursache SAM Rey Lee-Lo SAM Manu Leiataua SAM Motu Matu'u SAM Tim Nanai-Williams SAM Tusi Pisi SAM Paul Perez SAM Ofisa Treviranus SCO Peter Horne SCO Greig Laidlaw SCO Sean Maitland SCO WP Nel SCO Finn Russell SCO Matt Scott SCO Tim Visser SCO Duncan Weir RSA Schalk Brits RSA Damian de Allende RSA Lood de Jager RSA Fourie du Preez RSA Eben Etzebeth RSA Jesse Kriel RSA Lwazi Mvovo RSA Adriaan Strauss TON Latiume Fosita TON Kurt Morath TON Soane Tongaʻuiha TON Fetuʻu Vainikolo USA Chris Baumann USA Titi Lamositele USA Takudzwa Ngwenya URU Carlos Arboleya URU Agustín Ormaechea WAL Hallam Amos WAL Scott Baldwin WAL Samson Lee WAL Justin Tipuric Conversion scorers 23 conversions 22em NZL Dan Carter 13 conversions 22em ARG Nicolás Sánchez SCO Greig Laidlaw 12 conversions 22em AUS Bernard Foley 10 conversions 22em IRE rugby union Ian Madigan 9 conversions 22em RSA Handré Pollard 8 conversions 22em ENG Owen Farrell 7 conversions 22em FIJ Nemani Nadolo JPN Ayumu Goromaru WAL Rhys Priestland 6 conversions 22em FRA Frédéric Michalak ITA Tommaso Allan NAM Theuns Kotzé 5 conversions 22em AUS Quade Cooper FRA Morgan Parra ROM Florin Vlaicu 4 conversions 22em ARG Santiago González Iglesias ARG Juan Pablo Socino CAN Nathan Hirayama GEO Merab Kvirikashvili IRE rugby union Johnny Sexton NZL Beauden Barrett WAL Dan Biggar 3 conversions 22em RSA Pat Lambie RSA Morné Steyn 2 conversions 22em ARG Marcelo Bosch ENG George Ford FRA Rory Kockott TON Vunga Lilo USA AJ MacGinty 1 conversion 22em FIJ Ben Volavola GEO Lasha Malaghuradze NZL Colin Slade SAM Patrick Fa'apale SAM Tusi Pisi SCO Finn Russell TON Kurt Morath URU Agustín Ormaechea Penalty goal scorers 23 penalties 22em RSA Handré Pollard 20 penalties 22em ARG Nicolás Sánchez 16 penalties 22em AUS Bernard Foley SCO Greig Laidlaw 15 penalties 22em WAL Dan Biggar 13 penalties 22em JPN Ayumu Goromaru NZL Dan Carter 9 penalties 22em ITA Tommaso Allan 8 penalties 22em ENG Owen Farrell 7 penalties 22em FRA Frédéric Michalak SAM Tusi Pisi TON Kurt Morath USA AJ MacGinty 6 penalties 22em IRE rugby union Ian Madigan IRE rugby union Johnny Sexton NAM Theuns Kotzé 5 penalties 22em GEO Merab Kvirikashvili URU Felipe Berchesi 4 penalties 22em CAN Nathan Hirayama FRA Scott Spedding ROM Florin Vlaicu 3 penalties 22em FIJ Nemani Nadolo FIJ Ben Volavola FRA Morgan Parra SAM Michael Stanley 2 penalties 22em ENG George Ford RSA Pat Lambie 1 penalty 22em ARG Santiago González Iglesias CAN Gordon McRorie GEO Lasha Malaghuradze NZL Beauden Barrett ROM Valentin Calafeteanu SCO Stuart Hogg SCO Finn Russell SCO Duncan Weir TON Vunga Lilo URU Alejo Durán Drop goal scorers 2 drop goals 22em NZL Dan Carter ARG Nicolás Sánchez RSA Handré Pollard 1 drop goal 22em ENG Owen Farrell WAL Dan Biggar Point scorers Overall points scorersPlayerTeamTotalDetailsTriesConversionsPenaltiesDrop goalsNicolás SánchezARG97113202Handré PollardRSA9309232Bernard FoleyAUS82212160Dan CarterNZL82023102Greig LaidlawSCO79113160Ayumu GoromaruJPN5817130Dan BiggarWAL5604151Tommaso AllanITA441690Julian SaveaNZL408000Ian MadiganIRE3801060Owen FarrellENG350481Theuns KotzéNAM351660Nemani NadoloFJI332730Frédéric MichalakFRA330670Johnny SextonIRE311460Nehe Milner-SkudderNZL306000Tusi PisiSAM281170Kurt MorathTON281170Beauden BarrettNZL263410Juan ImhoffARG255000Bryan HabanaRSA255000JP PietersenRSA255000AJ MacGintyUSA250270Gareth DaviesWAL255000Merab KvirikashviliGEO230450Florin VlaicuROM220540Adam Ashley-CooperAUS204000Drew MitchellAUS204000Nathan HirayamaCAN200440D. T. H. van der MerweCAN204000Tommy SeymourSCO204000Morgan ParraFRA190530Ben VolavolaFJI161130Santiago CorderoARG153000Tevita KuridraniAUS153000David PocockAUS153000Nick EasterENG153000Jack NowellENG153000Anthony WatsonENG153000Keith EarlsIRE153000Rob KearneyIRE153000Mark BennettSCO153000Francois LouwRSA153000Felipe BerchesiURU150050Cory AllenWAL153000Rhys PriestlandWAL140700Scott SpeddingFRA120040Pat LambieRSA120410Santiago González IglesiasARG110410Tomás CubelliARG102000Julián MontoyaARG102000Matías MoroniARG102000Joaquín TuculetARG102000Quade CooperAUS100500Ben McCalmanAUS102000Sean McMahonAUS102000Mike BrownENG102000George FordENG100220Wesley FofanaFRA102000Sofiane GuitouneFRA102000Rabah SlimaniFRA102000Mamuka GorgodzeGEO102000Lasha MalaghuradzeGEO101110Tommy BoweIRE102000Amanaki MafiJPN102000Jacques BurgerNAM102000Johann TrompNAM102000Sam CaneNZL102000Malakai FekitoaNZL102000Jerome KainoNZL102000Tawera Kerr-BarlowNZL102000Ma'a NonuNZL102000Kieran ReadNZL102000Ben SmithNZL102000Adrian ApostolROM102000Mihai MacoveiROM102000John HardieSCO102000Finn RussellSCO101110Schalk BurgerRSA102000Jack RamTON102000Telusa VeainuTON102000Chris WylesUSA102000Michael StanleySAM90030Juan Pablo SocinoARG80400Duncan WeirSCO81010Vunga LiloTON70210Agustín OrmaecheaURU71100Morné SteynRSA60300Horacio AgullaARG51000Matías AlemannoARG51000Juan Martín HernándezARG51000Facundo IsaARG51000Martín LandajoARG51000Tomás LavaniniARG51000Lucas Noguera PazARG51000Juan Pablo OrlandiARG51000Guido PettiARG51000Leonardo SenatoreARG51000Matt GiteauAUS51000Michael HooperAUS51000Sekope KepuAUS51000Dean MummAUS51000Rob SimmonsAUS51000Henry SpeightAUS51000Joe TomaneAUS51000Matt To'omuaAUS51000Aaron CarpenterCAN51000Matt EvansCAN51000Jeff HasslerCAN51000Jonny MayENG51000Henry SladeENG51000Billy VunipolaENG51000Vereniki GonevaFIJ51000Tevita CavubatiFIJ51000Nemia KenataleFIJ51000Kini MurimurivaluFIJ51000Leone NakarawaFIJ51000Gaël FickouFRA51000Rémy GrossoFRA51000Guilhem GuiradoFRA51000Nicolas MasFRA51000Yannick NyangaFRA51000Pascal PapéFRA51000Louis PicamolesFRA51000Giorgi TkhilaishviliGEO51000Beka TsiklauriGEO51000Seán CroninIRE51000Luke FitzgeraldIRE51000Iain HendersonIRE51000Chris HenryIRE51000David KearneyIRE51000Jordi MurphyIRE51000Conor MurrayIRE51000Seán O'BrienIRE51000Jared PayneIRE51000Gonzalo GarciaITA51000Edoardo GoriITA51000Michele RizzoITA51000Leonardo SartoITA51000Giovanbattista VendittiITA51000Alessandro ZanniITA51000Yoshikazu FujitaJPN51000Karne HeskethJPN51000Michael LeitchJPN51000Kotaro MatsushimaJPN51000Akihito YamadaJPN51000Johan DeyselNAM51000JC GreylingNAM51000Eugene JantjiesNAM51000Dane ColesNZL51000Waisake NaholoNZL51000Brodie RetallickNZL51000Aaron SmithNZL51000Codie TaylorNZL51000Victor VitoNZL51000Sonny Bill WilliamsNZL51000Tony WoodcockNZL51000Valentin PopârlanROM51000Ovidiu TonițaROM51000Valentin UrsacheROM51000Rey Lee-LoSAM51000Manu LeiatauaSAM51000Motu Matu'uSAM51000Tim Nanai-WilliamsSAM51000Paul PerezSAM51000Ofisa TreviranusSAM51000Peter HorneSCO51000Sean MaitlandSCO51000WP NelSCO51000Matt ScottSCO51000Tim VisserSCO51000Schalk BritsRSA51000Damian de AllendeRSA51000Lood de JagerRSA51000Fourie du PreezRSA51000Bismarck du PlessisRSA51000Eben EtzebethRSA51000Jesse KrielRSA51000Lwazi MvovoRSA51000Adriaan StraussRSA51000Latiume FositaTON51000Soane TongaʻuihaTON51000Fetuʻu VainikoloTON51000Chris BaumannUSA51000Titi LamositeleUSA51000Takudzwa NgwenyaUSA51000Carlos ArboleyaURU51000Hallam AmosWAL51000Scott BaldwinWAL51000Samson LeeWAL51000Justin TipuricWAL51000Marcelo BoschARG40200Rory KockottFRA40200Gordon McRorieCAN30010Stuart HoggSCO30010Valentin CalafeteanuROM30010Alejo DuránURU30010Patrick Fa'apaleSAM20100Colin SladeNZL20100 Kicking accuracy Kicking accuracyPlayerTeamPercentageJuan Pablo SocinoARG100% (4/4)Rory KockottFRA100% (2/2)Colin SladeNZL100% (1/1)Valentin CalafeteanuROM 100% (1/1)Patrick Fa'apaleSAM 100% (1/1)Duncan WeirSCO 100% (1/1)Alejo DuránURU 100% (1/1)Theuns KotzéNAM92% (12/13)Dan BiggarWAL90% (19/21)Nicolás SánchezARG89% (33/37)Owen FarrellENG 89% (16/18)Morgan ParraFRA89% (8/9)Tommaso AllanITA 88% (15/17)Rhys PriestlandWAL 88% (7/8)Greig LaidlawSCO 83% (29/35)Felipe BerchesiURU83% (5/6)Merab KvirikashviliGEO 82% (9/11)Frédéric MichalakFRA81% (13/16)Bernard FoleyAUS 80% (28/35)Scott SpeddingFRA80% (4/5)Dan CarterNZL 80% (32/40)Nemani NadoloFJI 77% (10/13)Johnny SextonIRE 77% (10/13)Ian MadiganIRE 76% (16/21)Handré PollardRSA76% (32/42)AJ MacGintyUSA 75% (9/12)Ayumu GoromaruJPN74% (20/27)Santiago González IglesiasARG71% (5/7)Pat LambieRSA71% (5/7)Florin VlaicuROM 69% (9/13)Marcelo BoschARG 67% (2/3)Nathan HirayamaCAN 67% (8/12)Lasha MalaghuradzeGEO 67% (2/3)Kurt MorathTON 67% (8/12)Beauden BarrettNZL 60% (6/10)Morné SteynRSA 60% (3/5)Tusi PisiSAM 57% (8/14)Ben VolavolaFJI 50% (4/8)Michael StanleySAM 50% (3/6)Stuart HoggSCO 50% (1/2)Finn RussellSCO 50% (2/4)Quade CooperAUS 45% (5/11)George FordENG 44% (4/9)Vunga LiloTON 43% (3/7)Agustín OrmaecheaURU 33% (1/3)Gordon McRorieCAN 17% (1/6)Matt GiteauAUS 0% (0/1)Carlo CannaITA 0% (0/2)Johnny RedelinghuysNAM 0% (0/1)Niku KrugerUSA 0% (0/1)Folau NiuaUSA 0% (0/1) Scoring Overall Total number of points scored: 2439 Average points per match: 50.81 Total number of tries scored: 271 (including 6 penalty tries) Average tries per match: 5.65 Total number of braces: 26 Total number of hat-tricks: 8 Total number of conversions missed: 77 Total number of conversions scored: 194 Conversion success rate: 71.59% Total number of penalty goals missed: 64 Total number of penalty goals scored: 227 Penalty goal success rate: 78.01% Total number of drop goals scored: 8 Total number of penalty tries awarded: 6 Timing First try of the tournament: Penalty try for England against Fiji First brace of the tournament: Mike Brown for England against Fiji First hat-trick of the tournament: Cory Allen for Wales against Uruguay Last try of the tournament: Beauden Barrett for New Zealand against Australia Last brace of the tournament: Drew Mitchell for Australia against Scotland Last hat-trick of the tournament: Adam Ashley-Cooper for Australia against Argentina Fastest try in a match from kickoff: 2nd minute (1:08), Rob Simmons for Australia against Argentina Latest try in a match: 80+4th minute (83:55), Karne Hesketh for Japan against South Africa Teams Most points scored by a team in the pool stage: 179 by Argentina Fewest points scored by a team in the pool stage: 30 by Uruguay Most points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 226 by Uruguay Fewest points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 35 by Australia and Ireland Most points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 116 by New Zealand Fewest points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 13 by France Most points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 84 by Australia Fewest points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 23 by Wales Most points scored by a team: 290 by New Zealand Best point difference: +176 by New Zealand Worst point difference: −196 by Uruguay Most points scored in a match by both teams: 83 points, Argentina 64–19 Namibia Most points scored in a match by one team: 65 by Australia Most points scored in a match by the losing team: 34 by Scotland Biggest margin of victory: 64 by South Africa Most tries scored by a team in the pool stage: 25 by New Zealand Most tries scored by a team in the knockout stage: 14 by New Zealand Fewest tries scored by a team: 2 by Uruguay Most tries scored in a match: 12 tries, Argentina (9) vs Namibia (3) Most tries scored in a match by one team: 11 by Australia Most wins achieved by a team: 7 by New Zealand Fewest wins achieved by a team: 0 by Canada Namibia United States Uruguay Most losses achieved by a team: 4 by Canada Namibia United States Uruguay Fewest losses achieved by a team: 0 by New Zealand Most consecutive wins achieved by a team: 7 by New Zealand Most consecutive losses achieved by a team: 4 by Canada Namibia United States Uruguay Most pool points: 19 by New Zealand Fewest pool points: 0 by United States and Uruguay Most bonus points: 4 by South Africa Fewest bonus points: 0 by Georgia, Japan, Romania, United States and Uruguay Largest ranking difference win by a lower ranked team: 10 places – Japan (13th) vs South Africa (3rd) Largest ranking difference win by a higher ranked team: 19 places – New Zealand (1st) vs Namibia (20th) Individual Most points scored by an individual: 97 - Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina) Most tries scored by an individual: 8 – Julian Savea (New Zealand) Most conversions scored by an individual: 23 – Dan Carter (New Zealand) Most penalty goals scored by an individual: 23 – Handré Pollard (South Africa) Most drop goals scored by an individual: 2 – Daniel Carter (New Zealand) Handré Pollard (South Africa) Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina) Most tackles made by an individual: 77 – Lood de Jager (South Africa) Francois Louw (South Africa) Most lineouts won by an individual: 57 – Dane Coles (New Zealand) Most lineouts stolen by an individual: 6 – Brodie Retallick (New Zealand) Kieran Read (New Zealand) Most clean breaks made by an individual: 15 – Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand) Most offloads made by an individual: 13 – Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand) Most metres made by an individual: 561 – Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand) Most carries made by an individual: 96 – Schalk Burger (South Africa) Most carries over gain line made by an individual: 38 – Schalk Burger (South Africa) Most turnovers won by an individual: 17 – David Pocock (Australia) Most points scored by one player in a match: 28 – Bernard Foley for Australia vs England Most tries scored by one player in a match: 3 Cory Allen for Wales vs Uruguay Adam Ashley-Cooper for Australia vs Argentina Nick Easter for England vs Uruguay Bryan Habana for South Africa vs United States Jack Nowell for England vs Uruguay JP Pietersen for South Africa vs Samoa Julian Savea for New Zealand vs Georgia and vs France Most conversions scored by one player in a match: 7 Dan Carter for New Zealand vs France Rhys Priestland for Wales vs Uruguay Most penalty goals scored by one player in a match: 7 – Dan Biggar for Wales vs England Most drop goals scored by one player in a match: 1 Dan Biggar for Wales vs South Africa Dan Carter for New Zealand vs South Africa and vs Australia Owen Farrell for England vs Wales Handré Pollard for South Africa vs Scotland and vs Wales Nicolás Sánchez for Argentina vs Georgia and vs South Africa Highest kicking accuracy by an individual: 100% Valentin Calafeteanu (Romania) Alejo Durán (Uruguay) Patrick Fa'apale (Samoa) Rory Kockott (France) Colin Slade (New Zealand) Juan Pablo Socino (Argentina) Duncan Weir (Scotland) Highest kicking accuracy by an individual (minimum 10 attempts): 92% - Theuns Kotzé for Namibia Lowest kicking accuracy by an individual: 0% Carlo Canna (Italy) Matt Giteau (Australia) Niku Kruger (United States) Folau Niua (United States) Johnny Redelinghuys (Namibia) Lowest kicking accuracy by an individual (minimum 10 attempts): 45% - Quade Cooper for Australia Oldest scorer: Nick Easter for England vs Uruguay (37 years, 56 days) Youngest scorer: Titi Lamositele for United States vs Scotland (20 years, 228 days) Hat-tricks Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries. Rank Player Team Opponent Stage Result Venue Date 1 Cory Allen Cory Allen (rugby union) WAL URU Pool 54–9 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff dmy 2015 9 20 2 JP Pietersen RSA SAM Pool 46–6 Villa Park, Birmingham dmy 2015 9 26 3 Julian Savea NZL GEO Pool 43–10 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff dmy 2015 10 2 4 Bryan Habana RSA USA Pool 64–0 Olympic Stadium, London dmy 2015 10 7 5 Nick Easter ENG URU Pool 60–3 City of Manchester Stadium dmy 2015 10 10 6 Jack Nowell ENG URU Pool 60–3 City of Manchester Stadium dmy 2015 10 10 7 Julian Savea NZL FRA Quarter-final62–13 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff dmy 2015 10 17 8 Adam Ashley-Cooper AUS ARG Semi-final 29–15 Twickenham, London dmy 2015 10 25 Man of the match awards RankPlayerTeamOpponentAwards Number of Man of the Match awards1Nicolás Sánchez ARGTonga (PM), Ireland (QF)2Mamuka Gorgodze GEOTonga (PM), New Zealand (PM)Ayumu Goromaru JPNSamoa (PM), United States (PM)Nehe Milner-Skudder NZLNamibia (PM), Tonga (PM)Damian de AllendeRSAUnited States (PM), Argentina (BF)Gareth Davies WALAustralia (PM), Fiji (PM)2Horacio Agulla ARGNamibia (PM)1Santiago Cordero ARGGeorgia (PM)Adam Ashley-Cooper AUSArgentina (SF)Matt Giteau AUSScotland (QF)Sean McMahon AUSUruguay (PM)David Pocock AUSFiji (PM)Jeff Hassler CANRomania (PM)D. T. H. van der Merwe CANItaly (PM)Mike Brown ENGFiji (PM)Nick Easter ENGUruguay (PM)Joe Launchbury ENGAustralia (PM)Leone Nakarawa FIJUruguay (PM)Wesley Fofana FRARomania (PM)Frédéric Michalak FRACanada (PM)Louis Picamoles FRAItaly (PM)Keith Earls IRERomania (PM)Iain Henderson IREItaly (PM)Seán O'Brien IREFrance (PM)Johnny Sexton IRECanada (PM)Edoardo Gori ITARomania (PM)Fumiaki Tanaka JPNSouth Africa (PM)Tinus du Plessis NAMGeorgia (PM)Dan Carter NZLAustralia (F)Brodie Retallick NZLArgentina (PM)Julian Savea NZLFrance (QF)Ben Smith NZLSouth Africa (SF)Tim Nanai-Williams SAMUnited States (PM)John HardieSCOSamoa (PM)Greig LaidlawSCOJapan (PM)Finn RussellSCOUnited States (PM)Schalk BurgerRSAWales (QF)Lood de JagerRSAScotland (PM)Handré PollardRSASamoa (PM)Jack RamTONNamibia (PM)Cory Allen WALUruguay (PM)Dan Biggar WALEngland (PM) Discipline Yellow cards 2 yellow cards 22em FJI Campese Ma'afu (vs Australia & vs Uruguay) URU Agustín Ormaechea (both vs Fiji) 1 yellow card 22em ARG Marcelo Bosch (vs Namibia) ARG Tomás Cubelli (vs South Africa) ARG Ramiro Herrera (vs Ireland) ARG Pablo Matera (vs New Zealand) ARG Tomás Lavanini (vs Australia) AUS Quade Cooper (vs Uruguay) AUS Will Genia (vs Wales) AUS Tevita Kuridrani (vs Fiji) AUS Dean Mumm (vs Wales) ENG Owen Farrell (vs Australia) CAN Jamie Cudmore (vs Ireland) CAN Nanyak Dala (vs France) CAN Jebb Sinclair (vs Romania) FJI Nikola Matawalu (vs England) FRA Louis Picamoles (vs New Zealand) GEO Mamuka Gorgodze (vs Argentina) GEO Jaba Bregvadze (vs Namibia) GEO Merab Kvirikashvili (vs Tonga) IRE rugby union Paul O'Connell (vs Canada) IRE rugby union Peter O'Mahony (vs Italy) JPN Kotaro Matsushima (vs Scotland) NAM Renaldo Bothma (vs Georgia) NAM Aranos Coetzee (vs Georgia) NAM Tinus du Plessis (vs Argentina) NAM Jaco Engels (vs New Zealand) NAM JC Greyling (vs Argentina) NAM Raoul Larson (vs Georgia) NZL Jerome Kaino (vs South Africa) NZL Richie McCaw (vs Argentina) NZL Kieran Read (vs Tonga) NZL Ben Smith (vs Australia) NZL Conrad Smith (vs Argentina) ROM Cătălin Fercu (vs Canada) ROM Csaba Gál (vs Ireland) ROM Paulică Ion (vs France) ROM Johan van Heerden (vs Italy) SAM Faifili Levave (vs Japan) SAM Filo Paulo (vs Japan) SAM Sakaria Taulafo (vs Japan) SCO Greig Laidlaw (vs South Africa) SCO Sean Maitland (vs Australia) SCO Ryan Wilson (vs Samoa) RSA Jannie du Plessis (vs Scotland) RSA Bryan Habana (vs New Zealand) RSA Coenie Oosthuizen (vs Japan) TON Paul Ngauamo (vs New Zealand) WAL Alex Cuthbert (vs Australia) USA Eric Fry (vs Japan) URU Santiago Vilaseca (vs England) Red cards 1 red card 22em URU Agustín Ormaechea (vs Fiji) Penalty tries 2 penalty tries 22em Awarded against URU, vs FIJ 1 penalty try 22em Awarded against FJI, vs ENG Awarded against SAM, vs JPN Awarded against USA, vs RSA Awarded against URU, vs ENG Citing/bans For the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Citing Commissioner Warnings carry the same weight as a yellow card.http://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/test/worldrugby/document/2015/09/11/eca6a6cf-d82e-4336-bf51-9877534164af/150723_WC15_Disciplinary_Process.pdf Tournament Disciplinary Process RWC2015 7 October 2015 PlayerOppositionCite dateLaw breachedResultNoteRefFIJ Dominiko WaqaniburotuENG21 September10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackle1-week ban–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/96315 Fiji's Dominiko Waqaniburotu suspended for one week after admitting foul play Rugby World Cup 21 September 2015 6 October 2015FIJ Campese Ma'afuENG21 September10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackleCiting Commissioner Warning–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/108106 Disciplinary update: Campese Ma'afu (Fiji) Rugby World Cup 8 October 2015 14 October 2015ARG Mariano GalarzaNZL23 September10.4(M) – Making contact with or around the eye area9-week banAppeal failedhttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/97598 Argentina's Mariano Galarza suspended for nine weeks Rugby World Cup 23 September 2015 6 October 2015http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/101215 Disciplinary update – Galarza appeal Rugby World Cup 27 September 2015 6 October 2015ROM Valentin UrsacheFRA25 September10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle1-week ban–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/99015 Disciplinary update: Romania's Valentin Ursache suspended for one week Rugby World Cup 25 September 2015 6 October 2015ENG Tom WoodWAL28 September10.4(A) – Striking an opponentCiting Commissioner Warning–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/101781 Disciplinary update - Tom Wood (England) Rugby World Cup 28 September 2015 6 October 2015FIJ Nemani NadoloAUS28 September10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackle1-week ban–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/101908 Disciplinary update - Nemani Nadolo (Fiji) Rugby World Cup 28 September 2015 6 October 2015TON Tevita MailauNAM2 October10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle2-week ban–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/103858 Disciplinary update: Tevita Mailau (Tonga) Rugby World Cup 2 October 2015 6 October 2015FIJ Manasa SauloWAL4 October10.4(B) – Stamping10-week ban–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/105943 Disciplinary update - Manasa Saulo (Fiji) Rugby World Cup 4 October 2015 6 October 2015SAM Alesana TuilagiJPN6 October10.4(A) – Striking an opponent5-week banReduced to 2 weeksAppeal approvedhttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/107238 Disciplinary update - Alesana Tuilagi (Samoa) Rugby World Cup 6 October 2015 6 October 2015AUS Michael HooperENG6 October10.4(H) – Dangerous clean out at ruck1-week ban–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/106902 Disciplinary update: Michael Hooper (Australia) Rugby World Cup 6 October 2015 6 October 2015ENG Sam BurgessAUS6 October10.4(E) – Dangerous tackleCiting Commissioner Warning–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/106514 Disciplinary update: Citings and Citing Commissioner Warnings Rugby World Cup 5 October 2015 6 October 2015SAM Ofisa TreviranusJPN6 October10.4(E) – Dangerous tackleCiting Commissioner Warning–SAM Faifili LevaveJPN7 October10.4(F) – Playing an opponent without the ballNo further action–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/107540 Disciplinary update - Faifili Levave (Samoa) Rugby World Cup 7 October 2015 6 October 2015FIJ Campese Ma'afuURU8 OctoberAccumulation of yellow cardsNo further action–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/108106 Disciplinary update: Campese Ma'afu (Fiji) Rugby World Cup 8 October 2015 8 October 2015URU Agustín OrmaecheaFIJ8 October10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle10.4(F) – Playing an opponent without the ballRed cardNo further action–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/108073 Disciplinary update: Agustín Ormaechea (Uruguay) Rugby World Cup 8 October 2015 8 October 2015ROM Mihai MacoveiCAN8 October10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle2-week banAppeal failedhttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/108577 Disciplinary update: Mihai Macovei (Romania) Rugby World Cup 8 October 2015 9 October 2015http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/109552 Disciplinary - Mihai Macovei (Romania) appeal decision Rugby World Cup 10 October 2015 10 October 2015NAM Renaldo BothmaGEO9 October10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle2-week ban–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/108824 Disciplinary update - Renaldo Bothma (Namibia) Rugby World Cup 9 October 2015 9 October 2015CAN Nick BlevinsROM9 October10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle5-week ban–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/109031 Disciplinary update: Nick Blevins (Canada) Rugby World Cup 9 October 2015 9 October 2015AUS David PocockWAL12 October10.4(A) – Striking an opponentCiting Commissioner Warning–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/111671 Disciplinary update - Citings and Citing Commissioner Warnings Rugby World Cup 12 October 2015 12 October 2015TON Paul NgauamoNZL12 October10.4(J) – Dangerous tip tackle3-week ban–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/111744 Disciplinary update - Paula Ngauamo (Tonga) Rugby World Cup 12 October 2015 12 October 2015IRE rugby union Seán O'BrienFRA13 October10.4(A) – Striking an opponent1-week ban–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/112205 Disciplinary update - Seán O'Brien (Ireland) Rugby World Cup 13 October 2015 13 October 2015SCO Ross FordSAM13 October10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle3-week banBan rescindedAppeal approvedhttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/112209 Disciplinary update - Ross Ford and Jonny Gray (Scotland) Rugby World Cup 13 October 2015 13 October 2015http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/113695 Disciplinary update - Ross Ford and Jonny Gray (Scotland) appeal Rugby World Cup 17 October 2015 17 October 2015SCO Jonny GraySAM13 October10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle3-week banBan rescindedAppeal approvedARG Marcelo BoschNAM13 October10.4(E) – Dangerous tackle1-week ban–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/112211 Disciplinary update - Marcelo Bosch (Argentina) Rugby World Cup 13 October 2015 13 October 2015ARG Tomás LavaniniRSA1 November10.4(H) – Dangerous clean out at ruck1-week banPost World Cup–http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/121987 Disciplinary update: Tomás Lavanini (Argentina) Rugby World Cup 2 November 2015 13 October 2015 Stadiums Attendances 89,267 – Ireland vs Romania, Wembley Stadium 89,019 – New Zealand vs Argentina, Wembley Stadium 81,129 – England vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium 81,010 – England vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium 80,863 – Australia vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium 80,125 – New Zealand vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium 80,090 – New Zealand vs South Africa, Twickenham Stadium 80,025 – Argentina vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium 80,015 – England vs Fiji, Twickenham Stadium 79,572 – South Africa vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium 77,110 – Australia vs Scotland, Twickenham Stadium 76,232 – France vs Italy, Twickenham Stadium 72,163 – Ireland vs Argentina, Millennium Stadium 72,163 – France vs Ireland, Millennium Stadium 71,887 – Wales vs Uruguay, Millennium Stadium 71,887 – New Zealand vs France, Millennium Stadium 71,576 – Wales vs Fiji, Millennium Stadium 69,187 – New Zealand vs Georgia, Millennium Stadium 68,523 – Ireland vs Canada, Millennium Stadium 67,253 – Australia vs Fiji, Millennium Stadium Lowest attendance: 10,103 – Tonga vs Namibia, Sandy Park See also 2019 Rugby World Cup statistics Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup List of Rugby World Cup hat-tricks List of Rugby World Cup red cards External links Rugby World Cup Stats https://web.archive.org/web/20191113164907/https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/stats 2019-11-13 Disciplinary Decisions Rugby World Cup 2015 Tournament statistics References 30em Statistics Category:Rugby World Cup records and statistics