2003 Rugby World Cup statistics

This article documents statistics from the 2003 Rugby World Cup, held in Australia from 10 October to 22 November.

## Team statistics

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The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.[1] No teams were shown a red card during the tournament.[2]

Team statistics  Team  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | Points
difference  | Tries  | Conv­ersions  | Penalties  | Drop goals  |

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England | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 36 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 1
Australia | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 267 | 43 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 1
New Zealand | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 260 | 52 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 1
France | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 5
South Africa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1
Ireland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1
Wales | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2
Scotland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −12 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1
Argentina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1
Fiji | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −16 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 3
Samoa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1
Italy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −46 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2
United States | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −39 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1
Canada | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −81 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1
Romania | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −127 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1
Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −199 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0
Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −84 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0
Tonga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −132 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4
Georgia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −154 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2
Namibia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −282 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

## Top point scorers

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Top 10 point scorers[3][4] Player  | Team  | Position  | Played  | Tries  | Conv­ersions  | Penal­ties  | Drop goals  | Total points  | Yellow cards

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Jonny Wilkinson |  England | Fly-half | 6 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 113 | 0
Frédéric Michalak |  France | Fly-half | 6 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 101 | 0
Elton Flatley |  Australia | Centre | 6 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 100 | 0
Leon MacDonald |  New Zealand | Centre | 7 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 0
Chris Paterson |  Scotland | Fly-half | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 71 | 0
Mat Rogers |  Australia | Full-back | 7 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1
Mike Hercus |  United States | Fly-half | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0
Rima Wakarua |  Italy | Fly-half | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 50 | 0
Earl Va'a |  Samoa | Fly-half | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 0
Dan Carter |  New Zealand | Fly-half | 5 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

## Top try scorers

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Top 10 try scorers[5][6] Player  | Team  | Position  | Played  | Tries  | Conv | Penalties  | Drop goals  | Total points  | Yellow cards  | Red cards

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Doug Howlett |  New Zealand | Wing | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0
Mils Muliaina |  New Zealand | Full-back | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0
Joe Rokocoko |  New Zealand | Wing | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0
Will Greenwood |  England | Centre | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0
Chris Latham |  Australia | Full-back | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0
Josh Lewsey |  England | Full-back | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0
Mat Rogers |  Australia | Full-back | 7 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0
Lote Tuqiri |  Australia | Wing | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0
Pablo Bouza |  Argentina | Number 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0
Christophe Dominici |  France | Wing | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0
Caleb Ralph |  New Zealand | Wing | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

## Hat-tricks

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

No.  | Player  | For  | Against  | Stage  | Result  | Venue  | Date

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1  | Yannick Jauzion |  France |  Fiji | Pool | 61–18 | Lang Park, Brisbane | 11 October 2003
2  | Joost van der Westhuizen |  South Africa |  Uruguay | Pool | 72–6 | Subiaco Oval, Perth | 11 October 2003
3  | Martín Gaitán |  Argentina |  Namibia | Pool | 67–14 | Central Coast Stadium, Gosford | 14 October 2003
4  | Mils MuliainaT4 |  New Zealand |  Canada | Pool | 68–6 | Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | 17 October 2003
5  | Mat Rogers |  Australia |  Romania | Pool | 90–8 | Lang Park, Brisbane | 18 October 2003
6  | Matt Giteau |  Australia |  Namibia | Pool | 142–0 | Adelaide Oval | 25 October 2003
7  | Chris LathamT5 |  Australia |  Namibia | Pool | 142–0 | Adelaide Oval | 25 October 2003
8  | Lote Tuqiri |  Australia |  Namibia | Pool | 142–0 | Adelaide Oval | 25 October 2003
9  | Brian Liebenberg |  France |  United States | Pool | 41–14 | Wollongong Showground | 31 October 2003
10  | Josh LewseyT5 |  England |  Uruguay | Pool | 111–13 | Lang Park, Brisbane | 2 November 2003
11  | Jonny WilkinsonD3 |  England |  France | Semi-final | 24–7 | Telstra Stadium, Sydney | 16 November 2003
Key

D3 | Scored hat-trick of drop goals
T4 | Scored four tries
T5 | Scored five tries

## Stadiums

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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

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Stadium Australia | Sydney | 83,500 | 7 | 550,895 | 78,699 | 94.25% | 32 | 4.57 | 335 | 47.86
Docklands Stadium | Melbourne | 56,347 | 7 | 284,209 | 40,601 | 72.06% | 45 | 6.43 | 394 | 56.29
Lang Park | Brisbane | 52,500 | 9 | 406,340 | 45,149 | 86.00% | 80 | 8.89 | 654 | 72.67
Subiaco Oval | Perth | 42,922 | 5 | 124,768 | 24,954 | 58.14% | 43 | 8.60 | 327 | 65.40
Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney | 42,500 | 5 | 169,076 | 33,815 | 79.56% | 32 | 6.40 | 267 | 53.40
Adelaide Oval | Adelaide | 33,597 | 2 | 56,999 | 28,500 | 84.83% | 23 | 11.50 | 173 | 86.50
Willows Sports Complex | Townsville | 26,500 | 3 | 57,748 | 19,249 | 72.64% | 20 | 6.67 | 177 | 59.00
Canberra Stadium | Canberra | 25,011 | 4 | 81,929 | 20,482 | 77.29% | 15 | 3.75 | 170 | 42.50
Central Coast Stadium | Gosford | 20,059 | 3 | 56,663 | 18,888 | 94.16% | 26 | 8.67 | 208 | 69.33
York Park | Launceston | 19,891 | 1 | 15,457 | 15,457 | 77.71% | 6 | 6.00 | 44 | 44.00
Wollongong Showground | Wollongong | 18,484 | 2 | 33,463 | 16,732 | 90.52% | 10 | 5.00 | 86 | 43.00
Total | 2,242,313 | 48 | 1,837,547 | 38,282 | 81.95% | 332 | 6.92 | 2,835 | 59.06

### Attendances

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Top 10 highest attendances.

Rank | Attendance | Match | Venue | City | Date

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1  | 82,957 |  Australia vs  England | Stadium Australia | Sydney | 22 November 2003
2  | 82,444 |  New Zealand vs  Australia | Stadium Australia | Sydney | 15 November 2003
3  | 82,346 |  England vs  France | Stadium Australia | Sydney | 16 November 2003
4  | 81,350 |  Australia vs  Argentina | Stadium Australia | Sydney | 10 October 2003
5  | 80,112 |  New Zealand vs  Wales | Stadium Australia | Sydney | 2 November 2003
6  | 78,974 |  France vs  Scotland | Stadium Australia | Sydney | 25 October 2003
7  | 62,712 |  France vs  New Zealand | Stadium Australia | Sydney | 20 November 2003
8  | 54,206 |  Australia vs  Ireland | Docklands Stadium | Melbourne | 1 November 2003
9  | 50,647 |  England vs  Samoa | Docklands Stadium | Melbourne | 26 October 2003
10  | 48,778 |  Australia vs  Romania | Lang Park | Brisbane | 18 October 2003
Last updated: 22 November 2003[7]

* Lowest attendance: 15,457 –  Namibia vs  Romania, York Park, Launceston, 30 October 2003

## See also

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* 2007 Rugby World Cup statistics
* Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup
* List of Rugby World Cup hat-tricks

## External links

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* 2003 Rugby World Cup Official site (Archived)
* Rugby World Cup 2003 Tournament statistics
* 2003 Rugby World Cup Reports and Statistics

## References

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1. ^ "Team Records". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
2. ^ "RWC 2003 Statistical Review and Match Analysis" (PDF). RWC2003. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
3. ^ "Stats Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
4. ^ "Most individual points". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
5. ^ "Stats_Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
6. ^ "Most individual tries". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
7. ^ "Rugby World Cup, 2003 Highest attendance". ESPN. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

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