This article documents statistics from the 1995 Rugby World Cup, hosted in South Africa from 25 May to 24 June.
Team statistics[edit]
The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.[1]
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points difference |
Tries | Conversions | Penalties | Drop goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Africa
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 3 |
 France
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 1 |
 New Zealand
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 208 | 41 | 34 | 14 | 4 |
 England
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 4 |
 Australia
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 |
 Ireland
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −25 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
 Western Samoa
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −20 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
 Scotland
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 0 |
 Canada
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
 Italy
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −25 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
 Tonga
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −46 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
 Wales
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
 Argentina
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −18 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
 Ivory Coast
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −143 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
 Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −197 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
 Romania
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −83 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Source: ESPNscrum.com
Top point scorers[edit]
| Player | Team | Position | Played | Tries | Conversions | Penalties | Drop goals | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thierry Lacroix | France
|
Fly-half | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 112 |
| Gavin Hastings | Scotland
|
Full-back | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 104 |
| Andrew Mehrtens | New Zealand
|
First five-eighth | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 84 |
| Rob Andrew | England
|
Fly-half | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 79 |
| Joel Stransky | South Africa
|
Fly-half | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 61 |
| Michael Lynagh | Australia
|
Fly-half | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 47 |
| Simon Culhane | New Zealand
|
First five-eighth | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Neil Jenkins | Wales
|
Fly-half | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 41 |
| Diego Domínguez | Italy
|
Fly-half | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 39 |
| Marc Ellis | New Zealand
|
Wing | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Jonah Lomu | New Zealand
|
Wing | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Top try scorers[edit]
| Player | Team | Position | Played | Tries | Conv | Penalties | Drop goals | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonah Lomu | New Zealand
|
Wing | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Marc Ellis | New Zealand
|
Wing | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Gavin Hastings | Scotland
|
Fullback | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 104 |
| Rory Underwood | England
|
Wing | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Adriaan Richter | South Africa
|
Number 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Chester Williams | South Africa
|
Wing | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Thierry Lacroix | France
|
Fly-half | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 112 |
| Émile Ntamack | France
|
Wing | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Eric Rush | New Zealand
|
Wing | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Gareth Thomas | Wales
|
Centre | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Hat-tricks[edit]
Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.
| No. | Player | For | Against | Stage | Result | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gavin HastingsT4 | Scotland
|
Ivory Coast
|
Pool | 89–0 | Olympia Park, Rustenburg | 26 May 1995 |
| 2 | Gareth Thomas | Wales
|
Japan
|
Pool | 57–10 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | 27 May 1995 |
| 3 | Marc EllisT6 | New Zealand
|
Japan
|
Pool | 145–17 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | 4 June 1995 |
| 4 | Eric Rush | New Zealand
|
Japan
|
Pool | 145–17 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | 4 June 1995 |
| 5 | Jeff Wilson | New Zealand
|
Japan
|
Pool | 145–17 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | 4 June 1995 |
| 6 | Chester WilliamsT4 | South Africa
|
Samoa
|
Quarter-final | 42–14 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 10 June 1995 |
| 7 | Jonah LomuT4 | New Zealand
|
England
|
Semi-final | 45–29 | Newlands, Cape Town | 18 June 1995 |
| Key | |
|---|---|
| T4 | Scored four tries |
| T6 | Scored six tries |
Stadiums[edit]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Park | Johannesburg | 60,000 | 5 | 237,039 | 47,408 | 79.01% | 24 | 4.80 | 235 | 47.00 |
| Loftus Versfeld | Pretoria | 50,000 | 5 | 154,000 | 30,800 | 61.60% | 22 | 4.40 | 241 | 48.20 |
| Newlands | Cape Town | 50,000 | 4 | 168,640 | 42,160 | 84.32% | 19 | 4.75 | 195 | 48.75 |
| Kings Park Stadium | Durban | 50,000 | 5 | 184,866 | 36,973 | 73.95% | 16 | 3.20 | 237 | 47.40 |
| Free State Stadium | Bloemfontein | 40,000 | 3 | 55,000 | 18,333 | 45.83% | 43 | 14.33 | 307 | 102.33 |
| Boet Erasmus Stadium | Port Elizabeth | 38,950 | 3 | 55,000 | 18,333 | 47.07% | 9 | 3.00 | 95 | 31.67 |
| Olympia Park | Rustenburg | 30,000 | 3 | 45,000 | 15,000 | 50.00% | 28 | 9.33 | 201 | 67.00 |
| Basil Kenyon Stadium | East London | 22,000 | 3 | 23,399 | 7,800 | 35.45% | 20 | 6.67 | 174 | 58.00 |
| Danie Craven Stadium | Stellenbosch | 16,000 | 1 | 15,542 | 15,542 | 97.14% | 6 | 6.00 | 45 | 45.00 |
| Total | 1,408,850 | 32 | 938,486 | 29,328 | 66.61% | 187 | 5.84 | 1,730 | 54.06 | |
See also[edit]
- 1999 Rugby World Cup statistics
- Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup
- List of Rugby World Cup hat-tricks
External links[edit]
- Rugby World Cup 1995 Tournament statistics
- Rugby World Cup 1995 Team Stats Archived 2020-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
References[edit]
- ^ "Team Records". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Stats Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Most individual points". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Stats_Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Most individual tries". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
1995 Rugby World Cup finalists | |
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| Champions | |
| Runner-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Quarter-finals | |
| Pool stage | |