This article documents statistics from the 1987 Rugby World Cup, hosted by New Zealand and Australia from 22 May to 20 June.

Team statistics

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

Team statistics
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points
difference 		Tries Conv­ersions Penalties Drop goals
 New Zealand 6 6 0 0 246 43 30 21 1
 Wales 6 5 0 1 22 20 11 5 3
 Australia 6 4 0 2 78 26 20 12 2
 France 6 4 1 1 102 34 26 8 1
 England 4 2 0 2 55 15 11 7 0
 Ireland 4 2 0 2 25 13 10 7 2
 Scotland 4 2 1 1 39 22 16 6 0
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 −41 4 3 9 0
 Canada 3 1 0 2 −25 8 3 8 1
 Fiji 4 1 0 3 −60 8 5 9 1
 Italy 3 1 0 2 −70 5 1 4 2
 Romania 3 1 0 2 −69 6 2 11 0
 United States 3 1 0 2 −60 5 5 2 1
 Japan 3 0 0 3 −75 7 1 5 1
 Tonga 3 0 0 3 −69 3 1 5 0
 Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 −98 5 3 9 0

Source: ESPNscrum.com

Top point scorers

Top 10 point scorers[2][3]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv­ersions Penal­ties Drop goals Total points
Grant Fox  New Zealand First five-eighth 6 0 30 21 1 126
Michael Lynagh  Australia Fly-half 6 0 20 12 2 82
Gavin Hastings  Scotland Fullback 4 3 16 6 0 62
Didier Camberabero  France Fly-half 5 4 14 3 0 53
Jonathan Webb  England Fullback 4 0 11 7 0 43
Guy Laporte  France Fly-half 3 2 11 3 1 42
Paul Thorburn  Wales Fullback 6 0 11 5 0 37
Mike Kiernan  Ireland Centre 3 1 7 5 1 36
Severo Koroduadua  Fiji Fullback 4 0 4 9 0 35
Hugo Porta  Argentina Fly-half 3 0 3 9 0 33

Top try scorers

Top 10 try scorers[4][5]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv Penalties Drop goals Total points
Craig Green  New Zealand Wing 5 6 0 0 0 24
John Kirwan  New Zealand Wing 6 6 0 0 0 24
Alan Whetton  New Zealand Flanker 6 5 0 0 0 20
David Kirk  New Zealand Half-back 6 5 0 0 0 20
John Gallagher  New Zealand Fullback 5 5 0 0 0 20
Matthew Burke  Australia Wing 5 5 0 0 0 20
Mike Harrison  England Wing 4 5 0 0 0 20
Alan Tait  Scotland Centre 4 4 0 0 0 16
David Campese  Australia Wing 6 4 0 0 0 16
Denis Charvet  France Wing 6 4 0 0 0 16

Hat-tricks

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

No. Player For Against Stage Result Venue Date
1 Craig GreenT4  New Zealand  Fiji Pool 74–13 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 27 May 1987
2 John GallagherT4  New Zealand  Fiji Pool 74–13 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 27 May 1987
3 Glen Webbe  Wales  Tonga Pool 29–16 FMG Stadium, Palmerston North 29 May 1987
4 Mike Harrison  England  Japan Pool 60–7 Concord Oval, Sydney 30 May 1987
5 John Jeffrey  Scotland  Romania Pool 55–28 Carisbrook, Dunedin 2 June 1987
6 Didier Camberabero  France  Zimbabwe Pool 70–12 Eden Park, Auckland 2 June 1987
7 Rodolphe Modin  France  Zimbabwe Pool 70–12 Eden Park, Auckland 2 June 1987
8 Ieuan EvansT4  Wales  Canada Pool 40–9 Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill 3 June 1987
9 Brendan Mullin  Ireland  Tonga Pool 32–9 Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 3 June 1987
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
Eden Park Auckland 48,000 5 92,535 18,507 38.56% 42 8.40 284 56.80
Athletic Park Wellington 39,000 4 64,000 16,000 41.03% 29 7.25 228 57.00
Lancaster Park Christchurch 36,500 4 75,000 18,750 51.37% 24 6.00 201 50.25
Carisbrook Dunedin 35,000 3 36,000 12,000 34.29% 23 7.67 181 60.33
Rotorua International Stadium Rotorua 35,000 1 29,000 29,000 82.86% 5 5.00 43 43.00
McLean Park Napier 30,000 1 7,000 7,000 23.33% 8 8.00 41 41.00
Rugby Park Hamilton 30,000 1 13,000 13,000 43.33% 5 5.00 37 37.00
Rugby Park Stadium Invercargill 30,000 1 14,000 14,000 46.67% 8 8.00 49 49.00
Ballymore Stadium Brisbane 24,000 5 48,855 9,771 40.71% 32 6.40 213 42.60
Concord Oval Sydney 20,000 6 72,483 12,081 60.41% 42 7.00 299 49.83
Showgrounds Oval Palmerston North 20,000 1 19,000 19,000 95.00% 6 6.00 45 45.00
Total 1,032,000 32 478,449 14,952 46.36% 224 7.00 1,621 50.66

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "Team Records". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Stats Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Most individual points". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Stats_Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Most individual tries". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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