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

Team statistics

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
 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

Top 10 point scorers[3][4]
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

Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

Top try scorers

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

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

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 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

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

Attendances

Top 10 highest attendances.

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]

See also

External links

References

  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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