2007 Rugby World Cup statistics

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This article documents statistics from the 2007 Rugby World Cup, held in France from 7 September to 20 October.

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Team statistics

The following table shows the team's results in some categories. Two red cards were issued during the tournament. [1]

PointsTeamMatchesTriesConPenDrop Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
327Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 548365020
278Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7332521030
227Flag of France.svg  France 7271918020
225Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 531208220
209Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7231418430
168Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 423167000
140Flag of England.svg  England 712717510
134Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 5161210030
129Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 515158010
89Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 49710031
85Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48611030
69Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 45412010
64IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 4952120
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4747000
61Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4746040
51Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4635010
50Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 4555020
40Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4533010
38Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4433110
30Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 4332101

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 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa FB 7222170
91 Felipe Contepomi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina CE 7311180
67 Jonny Wilkinson Flag of England.svg  England FH 505145
50 Nick Evans Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand FH/FB 422000
47 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Flag of France.svg  France SH 711260
46 Chris Paterson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland WG/FH 511070
44 Pierre Hola Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga FH 407100
43 Lionel Beauxis Flag of France.svg  France FH 61780
42 Nicky Little Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji FH 30980
40 Dan Carter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand FH 311050
40 Matt Giteau Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia CE 43830
40 Bryan Habana Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa WG 78000

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

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

Most tries

Top 10 try scorers [4] [5]
RankNameTeamPosAppsTries
1 Bryan Habana Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa WG 78
2 Drew Mitchell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia WG 57
3 Doug Howlett Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand WG 36
Shane Williams Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales WG 46
5 Joe Rokocoko Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand WG 35
Vincent Clerc Flag of France.svg  France WG 55
Chris Latham Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia FB 55
8 Rory Lamont Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FB 44
Sitiveni Sivivatu Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand WG 44
Jaque Fourie Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa CE 64
Paul Sackey Flag of England.svg  England WG 64
JP Pietersen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa WG 74
Juan Smith Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa FL 74

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)		PlayerNationOpponentOffence
7 Otar Eloshvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia France spear tackle [9]
5 Paul Emerick Flag of the United States.svg  United States Englandspear tackle [10]
4 Juan Severino Somoza Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Scotlandhead-butting [11]
3 Brian Lima Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Englandhigh tackle [12]
2 Schalk Burger Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Samoadangerous play [13] [14]
2 Phil Vickery Flag of England.svg  England United Statestripping [15]
2 Mirco Bergamasco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Scotlandtripping [16]
1 Hale T-Pole Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga Samoastriking [17]
1 Jacques Nieuwenhuis Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Francehigh tackle [18]
1 Alfie Vaeluaga Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa South Africahigh tackle [19]
1 Seremaia Bai Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji South Africadangerous tackle [20]
cleared François Steyn Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Tongafoul play [21]
cleared Sione Lauaki Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Romaniadangerous tackle [22] [23]

Hat-tricks

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

No.PlayerForAgainstStageResultVenueDate
1 Doug Howlett Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pool 76–14 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 8 September 2007
2 Rocky Elsom Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Pool 91–3 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 8 September 2007
3 Bryan Habana T4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Pool 59–7 Parc des Princes, Paris 9 September 2007
4 Vincent Clerc Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Pool 87–10 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse 16 September 2007
5 Ally Hogg Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Pool 42–0 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 18 September 2007
6 Drew Mitchell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Pool 55–12 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier 23 September 2007
7 Joe Rokocoko Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Pool 85–8 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse 29 September 2007
8 Juan Martín Hernández D3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Pool 30–15 Parc des Princes, Paris 30 September 2007
Key
D3Scored hat-trick of drop goals
T4Scored four tries

Stadiums

StadiumCityCapacityMatches playedOverall
attendance		Average
attendance
per match		Average
attendance
as % of capacity		Tries scoredAvg. tries
scored / match		Overall
points scored		Avg. points
scored / match
Stade de France Saint-Denis 80,0007551,73678,81998.52%142.0021931.29
Millennium Stadium Cardiff 74,5004222,93655,73474.81%287.0022556.25
Murrayfield Edinburgh 67,144295,78047,89071.32%126.008241.00
Stade Vélodrome Marseille 59,5006331,66055,27792.90%447.3334858.00
Parc des Princes Paris 47,8705228,54445,70995.49%295.8024749.40
Stade Félix-Bollaert Lens 41,4003109,37336,45888.06%144.6712341.00
Stade de Gerland Lyon 41,1003121,01240,33798.14%3411.3325183.67
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes 38,1003111,60237,20197.64%227.3319765.67
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse 35,7004140,97335,24398.72%389.5028070.00
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne 35,6503102,98734,32996.29%155.0014648.67
Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux 34,4404136,51134,12899.09%205.0014035.00
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier 33,9004110,10927,52781.20%266.5022055.00
Total2,473,548482,263,22347,15091.50%2966.172,47851.63

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