# 2007 Rugby World Cup statistics

This article documents statistics from the 2007 Rugby World Cup, held in France from 7 September to 20 October.

## Team statistics

The following table shows the team's results in some categories. Two red cards were issued during the tournament.
| Points | Team | Matches | Tries | Con | Pen | Drop | | |
| 327 | New Zealand | 5 | 48 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 278 | South Africa | 7 | 33 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 227 | France | 7 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 225 | Australia | 5 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 209 | Argentina | 7 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 168 | Wales | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 140 | England | 7 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 134 | Fiji | 5 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 129 | Scotland | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Tonga | 4 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 85 | Italy | 4 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 69 | Samoa | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | Ireland | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | Japan | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | United States | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 51 | Canada | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Georgia | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Romania | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Portugal | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Namibia | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

## Player records
### Most points

    Note: ranked according to points then number of appearances
Top 10 point scorers :
| Points | Name | Team | Pos | Apps | Tries | Con | Pen | Drop |
| 105 | Percy Montgomery | South Africa | FB | 7 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 0 |
| 91 | Felipe Contepomi | Argentina | CE | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 0 |
| 67 | Jonny Wilkinson | England | FH | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
| 50 | Nick Evans | New Zealand | FH/FB | 4 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Jean-Baptiste Élissalde | France | SH | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 46 | Chris Paterson | Scotland | WG/FH | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 44 | Pierre Hola | Tonga | FH | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 43 | Lionel Beauxis | France | FH | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 42 | Nicky Little | Fiji | FH | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 40 | Dan Carter | New Zealand | FH | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | Matt Giteau | Australia | CE | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Bryan Habana | South Africa | WG | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Key: Pos = position; Apps = appearances; Con = conversions; Pen = penalties; Drop = drop goals
Source: RugbyWorldCup.com

### Most tries

Top 10 try scorers :
| Rank | Name | Team | Pos | Apps | Tries |
| 1 | Bryan Habana | South Africa | WG | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Drew Mitchell | Australia | WG | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Doug Howlett | New Zealand | WG | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Shane Williams | Wales | WG | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Joe Rokocoko | New Zealand | WG | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Vincent Clerc | France | WG | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Chris Latham | Australia | FB | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Rory Lamont | Scotland | FB | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Sitiveni Sivivatu | New Zealand | WG | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Jaque Fourie | South Africa | CE | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | Paul Sackey | England | WG | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | JP Pietersen | South Africa | WG | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | Juan Smith | South Africa | FL | 7 | 4 |
Key: Pos = position; Apps = appearances

## Discipline
### Citing/bans

There was some controversy over post-match citings by IRB Citing Commissioners because of apparent inconsistencies between disciplinary sanctions.
List of citings :
| Ban (weeks) | Player | Nation | Opponent | Offence |
| 7 | Otar Eloshvili | Georgia | France | spear tackle |
| 5 | Paul Emerick | United States | England | spear tackle |
| 4 | Juan Severino Somoza | Portugal | Scotland | head-butting |
| 3 | Brian Lima | Samoa | England | high tackle |
| 2 | Schalk Burger | South Africa | Samoa | dangerous play |
| 2 | Phil Vickery | England | United States | tripping |
| 2 | Mirco Bergamasco | Italy | Scotland | tripping |
| 1 | Hale T-Pole | Tonga | Samoa | striking |
| 1 | Jacques Nieuwenhuis | Namibia | France | high tackle |
| 1 | Alfie Vaeluaga | Samoa | South Africa | high tackle |
| 1 | Seremaia Bai | Fiji | South Africa | dangerous tackle |
| cleared | François Steyn | South Africa | Tonga | foul play |
| cleared | Sione Lauaki | New Zealand | Romania | dangerous tackle |

## Hat-tricks

Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.
| No. | Player | For | Against | Stage | Result | Venue | Date |
| 1 | Doug Howlett | New Zealand | Italy | Pool | 76–14 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille | 8 September 2007 |
| 2 | Rocky Elsom | Australia | Japan | Pool | 91–3 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | 8 September 2007 |
| 3 | Bryan Habana$^{T4}$ | South Africa | Samoa | Pool | 59–7 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 9 September 2007 |
| 4 | Vincent Clerc | France | Namibia | Pool | 87–10 | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse | 16 September 2007 |
| 5 | Ally Hogg | Scotland | Romania | Pool | 42–0 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 18 September 2007 |
| 6 | Drew Mitchell | Australia | Fiji | Pool | 55–12 | Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier | 23 September 2007 |
| 7 | Joe Rokocoko | New Zealand | Romania | Pool | 85–8 | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse | 29 September 2007 |
| 8 | Juan Martín Hernández$^{D3}$ | Argentina | Ireland | Pool | 30–15 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 30 September 2007 |
Key :
| $^{D3}$ | Scored hat-trick of drop goals |
| $^{T4}$ | 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 |
| Stade de France | Saint-Denis | 80,000 | 7 | 551,736 | 78,819 | 98.52% | 14 | 2.00 | 219 | 31.29 |
| Millennium Stadium | Cardiff | 74,500 | 4 | 222,936 | 55,734 | 74.81% | 28 | 7.00 | 225 | 56.25 |
| Murrayfield | Edinburgh | 67,144 | 2 | 95,780 | 47,890 | 71.32% | 12 | 6.00 | 82 | 41.00 |
| Stade Vélodrome | Marseille | 59,500 | 6 | 331,660 | 55,277 | 92.90% | 44 | 7.33 | 348 | 58.00 |
| Parc des Princes | Paris | 47,870 | 5 | 228,544 | 45,709 | 95.49% | 29 | 5.80 | 247 | 49.40 |
| Stade Félix-Bollaert | Lens | 41,400 | 3 | 109,373 | 36,458 | 88.06% | 14 | 4.67 | 123 | 41.00 |
| Stade de Gerland | Lyon | 41,100 | 3 | 121,012 | 40,337 | 98.14% | 34 | 11.33 | 251 | 83.67 |
| Stade de la Beaujoire | Nantes | 38,100 | 3 | 111,602 | 37,201 | 97.64% | 22 | 7.33 | 197 | 65.67 |
| Stadium de Toulouse | Toulouse | 35,700 | 4 | 140,973 | 35,243 | 98.72% | 38 | 9.50 | 280 | 70.00 |
| Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | Saint-Étienne | 35,650 | 3 | 102,987 | 34,329 | 96.29% | 15 | 5.00 | 146 | 48.67 |
| Stade Chaban-Delmas | Bordeaux | 34,440 | 4 | 136,511 | 34,128 | 99.09% | 20 | 5.00 | 140 | 35.00 |
| Stade de la Mosson | Montpellier | 33,900 | 4 | 110,109 | 27,527 | 81.20% | 26 | 6.50 | 220 | 55.00 |
| Total | Total | 2,473,548 | 48 | 2,263,223 | 47,150 | 91.50% | 296 | 6.17 | 2,478 | 51.63 |