# 1995 Rugby World Cup statistics

This article documents statistics from the 1995 Rugby World Cup, hosted in South Africa from 25 May to 24 June.

## Team statistics

The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.
Team statistics :
| 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

Top 10 point scorers :
| 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

Top 10 try scorers :
| 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

Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.
| No. | Player | For | Against | Stage | Result | Venue | Date |
| 1 | Gavin Hastings$^{T4}$ | 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 Ellis$^{T6}$ | 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 Williams$^{T4}$ | South Africa | Samoa | Quarter-final | 42–14 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 10 June 1995 |
| 7 | Jonah Lomu$^{T4}$ | New Zealand | England | Semi-final | 45–29 | Newlands, Cape Town | 18 June 1995 |
Key :
| $^{T4}$ | Scored four tries |
| $^{T6}$ | Scored six 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 |
| 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 | Total | 1,408,850 | 32 | 938,486 | 29,328 | 66.61% | 187 | 5.84 | 1,730 | 54.06 |