# 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

The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories. No teams were shown a red card during the tournament.
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 :
| 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 :
| 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 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 |

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