1991 Rugby World Cup statistics

Last updated November 09, 2023

This article documents statistics from the 1991 Rugby World Cup, jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France from 3 October to 2 November.

Team statistics

The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.^[1]

Team statistics
Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points difference	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop goals
Australia	6	6	0	71	17	11	12	0
New Zealand	6	5	1	69	19	11	15	0
England	6	4	2	58	11	9	17	2
Scotland	6	4	2	98	20	14	16	2
France	4	3	1	48	13	5	10	0
Canada	4	2	2	−4	6	2	8	2
Ireland	4	2	2	50	13	7	16	2
Western Samoa	4	2	2	−2	8	5	5	1
Italy	3	1	2	−19	7	7	5	0
Japan	3	1	2	−10	13	8	2	1
Romania	3	1	2	−33	5	1	3	0
Wales	3	1	2	−29	3	1	6	0
Argentina	3	0	3	−45	4	2	4	2
Fiji	3	0	3	−36	1	1	3	4
United States	3	0	3	−89	2	2	4	0
Zimbabwe	3	0	3	−127	6	2	1	0

Source: ESPNscrum.com

Top point scorers

Top 10 point scorers^[2]^[3]
Player	Team	Position	Played	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop goals	Total points
Ralph Keyes	Ireland	Fly-half	4	0	7	16	2	68
Michael Lynagh	Australia	Fly-half	6	2	11	12	0	66
Gavin Hastings	Scotland	Fullback	5	1	9	13	0	61
Jonathan Webb	England	Fullback	5	1	5	14	0	56
Grant Fox	New Zealand	First five-eighth	4	0	7	10	0	44
Didier Camberabero	France	Fly-half	3	1	5	6	0	32
Diego Dominguez	Italy	Fly-half	3	0	7	5	0	29
Takahiro Hosokawa	Japan	Fullback	3	1	8	2	1	29
Mathew Vaea	Western Samoa	Scrum-half	4	0	5	5	0	25
David Campese	Australia	Wing	6	6	0	0	0	24

Top try scorers

Top 10 try scorers^[4]^[5]
Player	Team	Position	Played	Tries	Total points
David Campese	Australia	Wing	6	6	24
Jean-Baptiste Lafond	France	Wing	4	6	24
Brian Robinson	Ireland	Flanker	4	4	16
Iwan Tukalo	Scotland	Wing	6	4	16
Rory Underwood	England	Wing	6	4	16
Tim Horan	Australia	Centre	6	4	16
John Timu	New Zealand	Fullback	4	3	12
Martín Terán	Argentina	Wing	3	3	12
Terry Wright	New Zealand	Wing	4	3	12
Tony Stanger	Scotland	Wing	6	3	12

Hat-tricks

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

No.	Player	For	Against	Stage	Result	Venue	Date
1	Brian Robinson ^T4	Ireland	Zimbabwe	Pool	55–11	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6 October 1991
2	Terry Wright	New Zealand	United States	Pool	46–6	Kingsholm, Gloucester	8 October 1991
3	Jean-Baptiste Lafond	France	Fiji	Pool	33–9	Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble	8 October 1991
4	Iwan Tukalo	Scotland	Zimbabwe	Pool	51–12	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	9 October 1991

Key
^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
Twickenham Stadium	London	75,000	4	188,208	47,052	62.74%	13	3.25	136	34.00
Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	67,800	5	237,000	47,400	69.91%	23	4.60	207	41.40
Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	53,000	4	181,000	45,250	85.38%	13	3.25	112	28.00
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	49,250	4	178,500	44,625	90.61%	23	5.75	173	43.25
Parc des Princes	Paris	48,712	1	48,500	48,500	99.56%	3	3.00	29	29.00
Stade Ernest-Wallon	Toulouse	19,000	1	10,000	10,000	52.63%	4	4.00	30	30.00
Stade Lesdiguières	Grenoble	18,548	1	18,548	18,548	100.00%	7	7.00	42	42.00
Stadium Lille-Metropole	Villeneuve d'Ascq	18,185	1	30,360	30,360	166.95%	7	7.00	42	42.00
Stade de la Méditerranée	Béziers	18,000	1	22,000	22,000	122.22%	4	4.00	33	33.00
Welford Road	Leicester	16,815	1	15,711	15,711	93.43%	6	6.00	52	52.00
Parc Municipal des Sports	Brive	16,000	1	8,500	8,500	53.13%	3	3.00	32	32.00
Stade Armandie	Agen	14,000	1	15,000	15,000	107.14%	3	3.00	32	32.00
Pontypool Park	Pontypool	14,000	1	15,000	15,000	107.14%	0	0.00	12	12.00
Stade Jean Dauger	Bayonne	13,500	1	5,000	5,000	37.04%	1	1.00	16	16.00
Kingsholm	Gloucester	12,500	1	12,000	12,000	96.00%	8	8.00	52	52.00
Ravenhill	Belfast	12,500	1	9,500	9,500	76.00%	11	11.00	60	60.00
Stradey Park	Llanelli	10,800	1	11,000	11,000	101.85%	7	7.00	51	51.00
Sardis Road	Pontypridd	6,000	1	8,500	8,500	141.67%	7	7.00	47	47.00
Cross Green	Otley	5,000	1	7,500	7,500	150.00%	5	5.00	39	39.00
Total		1,291,560	32	1,021,827	31,932	79.12%	148	4.63	1,197	37.41

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References

↑ "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.

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[1] "Team Records". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

[Point-scorers-2] "Stats Hub". World Rugby . Retrieved 9 October 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[Most-points-3] "Most individual points". ESPN Scrum . Retrieved 9 October 2019.

[Try-scorers-4] "Stats_Hub". World Rugby . Retrieved 9 October 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[Most-tries-5] "Most individual tries". ESPN Scrum . Retrieved 9 October 2019.

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v t e 1991 Rugby World Cup
Stages	Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 Pool 4 Knockout stage Final
General	Qualifying Squads Statistics

v t e 1991 Rugby World Cup finalists
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	England
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Scotland
Quarter-finals	Western Samoa, France, Canada, Ireland
Pool stage	Italy, United States, Japan, Zimbabwe, Wales, Argentina, Romania, Fiji

v t e Rugby World Cup
Tournaments	Australia / New Zealand 1987 England / France / Ireland / Scotland / Wales 1991 South Africa 1995 Wales 1999 Australia 2003 France 2007 New Zealand 2011 England 2015 Japan 2019 France 2023 Australia 2027 United States 2031
Qualifying	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Knockout stages	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Finals	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Squads	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Statistics	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Overview	History Hosts Qualification Theme song Trophy
Overall records	All-time table Hat-tricks Multiple winners Records and statistics Red cards Team appearances Try scorers
Notes: There was no qualification for the 1987 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.