1991 Rugby World Cup statistics

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This article documents statistics from the 1991 Rugby World Cup, jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France from 3 October to 2 November.

Team statistics

The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.[1]

Team statistics
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points
difference 		Tries Conv­ersions Penalties Drop goals
 Australia 6 6 0 0 71 17 11 12 0
 New Zealand 6 5 0 1 69 19 11 15 0
 England 6 4 0 2 58 11 9 17 2
 Scotland 6 4 0 2 98 20 14 16 2
 France 4 3 0 1 48 13 5 10 0
 Canada 4 2 0 2 −4 6 2 8 2
 Ireland 4 2 0 2 50 13 7 16 2
 Western Samoa 4 2 0 2 −2 8 5 5 1
 Italy 3 1 0 2 −19 7 7 5 0
 Japan 3 1 0 2 −10 13 8 2 1
 Romania 3 1 0 2 −33 5 1 3 0
 Wales 3 1 0 2 −29 3 1 6 0
 Argentina 3 0 0 3 −45 4 2 4 2
 Fiji 3 0 0 3 −36 1 1 3 4
 United States 3 0 0 3 −89 2 2 4 0
 Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 −127 6 2 1 0

Source: ESPNscrum.com

Top point scorers

Top 10 point scorers[2][3]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv­ersions Penal­ties Drop goals Total points
Ralph Keyes  Ireland Fly-half 4 0 7 16 2 68
Michael Lynagh  Australia Fly-half 6 2 11 12 0 66
Gavin Hastings  Scotland Fullback 5 1 9 13 0 61
Jonathan Webb  England Fullback 5 1 5 14 0 56
Grant Fox  New Zealand First five-eighth 4 0 7 10 0 44
Didier Camberabero  France Fly-half 3 1 5 6 0 32
Diego Dominguez  Italy Fly-half 3 0 7 5 0 29
Takahiro Hosokawa  Japan Fullback 3 1 8 2 1 29
Mathew Vaea  Western Samoa Scrum-half 4 0 5 5 0 25
David Campese  Australia Wing 6 6 0 0 0 24

Top try scorers

Top 10 try scorers[4][5]
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv Penalties Drop goals Total points
David Campese  Australia Wing 6 6 0 0 0 24
Jean-Baptiste Lafond  France Wing 4 6 0 0 0 24
Brian Robinson  Ireland Flanker 4 4 0 0 0 16
Iwan Tukalo  Scotland Wing 6 4 0 0 0 16
Rory Underwood  England Wing 6 4 0 0 0 16
Tim Horan  Australia Centre 6 4 0 0 0 16
John Timu  New Zealand Fullback 4 3 0 0 0 12
Martín Terán  Argentina Wing 3 3 0 0 0 12
Terry Wright  New Zealand Wing 4 3 0 0 0 12
Tony Stanger  Scotland Wing 6 3 0 0 0 12

Hat-tricks

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

No. Player For Against Stage Result Venue Date
1 Brian RobinsonT4  Ireland  Zimbabwe Pool 55–11 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 6 October 1991
2 Terry Wright  New Zealand  United States Pool 46–6 Kingsholm, Gloucester 8 October 1991
3 Jean-Baptiste Lafond  France  Fiji Pool 33–9 Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble 8 October 1991
4 Iwan Tukalo  Scotland  Zimbabwe Pool 51–12 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 9 October 1991
Key
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
Twickenham Stadium London 75,000 4 188,208 47,052 62.74% 13 3.25 136 34.00
Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh 67,800 5 237,000 47,400 69.91% 23 4.60 207 41.40
Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff 53,000 4 181,000 45,250 85.38% 13 3.25 112 28.00
Lansdowne Road Dublin 49,250 4 178,500 44,625 90.61% 23 5.75 173 43.25
Parc des Princes Paris 48,712 1 48,500 48,500 99.56% 3 3.00 29 29.00
Stade Ernest-Wallon Toulouse 19,000 1 10,000 10,000 52.63% 4 4.00 30 30.00
Stade Lesdiguières Grenoble 18,548 1 18,548 18,548 100.00% 7 7.00 42 42.00
Stadium Lille-Metropole Villeneuve d'Ascq 18,185 1 30,360 30,360 166.95% 7 7.00 42 42.00
Stade de la Méditerranée Béziers 18,000 1 22,000 22,000 122.22% 4 4.00 33 33.00
Welford Road Leicester 16,815 1 15,711 15,711 93.43% 6 6.00 52 52.00
Parc Municipal des Sports Brive 16,000 1 8,500 8,500 53.13% 3 3.00 32 32.00
Stade Armandie Agen 14,000 1 15,000 15,000 107.14% 3 3.00 32 32.00
Pontypool Park Pontypool 14,000 1 15,000 15,000 107.14% 0 0.00 12 12.00
Stade Jean Dauger Bayonne 13,500 1 5,000 5,000 37.04% 1 1.00 16 16.00
Kingsholm Gloucester 12,500 1 12,000 12,000 96.00% 8 8.00 52 52.00
Ravenhill Belfast 12,500 1 9,500 9,500 76.00% 11 11.00 60 60.00
Stradey Park Llanelli 10,800 1 11,000 11,000 101.85% 7 7.00 51 51.00
Sardis Road Pontypridd 6,000 1 8,500 8,500 141.67% 7 7.00 47 47.00
Cross Green Otley 5,000 1 7,500 7,500 150.00% 5 5.00 39 39.00
Total 1,291,560 32 1,021,827 31,932 79.12% 148 4.63 1,197 37.41

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "Team Records". ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Stats Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Most individual points". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Stats_Hub". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Most individual tries". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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