2003_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics

2003 Rugby World Cup statistics

Add article description

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

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2003_Rugby_World_Cup_statistics, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

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

Player	Team	Position	Played	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop goals	Total points	Yellow cards
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

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

No.	Player	For	Against	Stage	Result	Venue	Date
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 Muliaina^T4	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 Latham^T5	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 Lewsey^T5	England	Uruguay	Pool	111–13	Lang Park, Brisbane	2 November 2003
11	Jonny Wilkinson^D3	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

2003 Rugby World Cup statistics

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
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

Rank	Attendance	Match	Venue	City	Date
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]