This article documents the statistics of the 2023 Rugby World Cup that was held in France from 8 September to 28 October.[1][2]
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 | ||
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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
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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 |
Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.
Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Stage | Result | Venue | Date |
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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 | |
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D3 | Scored hat-trick of drop goals |
T4 | Scored 4 tries |
T5 | Scored 5 tries |
Key | |
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PM | Pool match |
QF | Quarter-final |
SF | Semi-final |
BF | Bronze final |
F | Final |
Each team named a squad made up of 33 players, two more than the previous World Cup.[51][52]
A record equaling eight red cards for a Rugby World Cup was issued, same as in 2019.
Player | Opposition | Cite date | Law breached | Result | Note | Ref |
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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] |
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 |
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 |