This article documents statistics from the 2007 Rugby World Cup, held in France from 7 September to 20 October.
The following table shows the team's results in some categories. Two red cards were issued during the tournament.[1]
| Points | Team | Matches | Tries | Con | Pen | Drop | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327 | 5 | 48 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 278 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 227 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 225 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 209 | 7 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 168 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 140 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 134 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 129 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 89 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 85 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 69 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 64 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 61 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 51 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 50 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 40 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Note: ranked according to points then number of appearances
| Points | Name | Team | Pos | Apps | Tries | Con | Pen | Drop | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Montgomery | FB | 7 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Felipe Contepomi | CE | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Jonny Wilkinson | FH | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 5 | |||
| Nick Evans | FH/FB | 4 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jean-Baptiste Élissalde | SH | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Chris Paterson | WG/FH | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Pierre Hola | FH | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Lionel Beauxis | FH | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Nicky Little | FH | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Dan Carter | FH | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Matt Giteau | CE | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Bryan Habana | WG | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: RugbyWorldCup.com
| Rank | Name | Team | Pos | Apps | Tries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryan Habana | WG | 7 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 8 | |
| 2 | Drew Mitchell | WG | 5 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 7 | |
| 3 | Doug Howlett | WG | 3 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 6 | |
| Shane Williams | WG | 4 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 6 | ||
| 5 | Joe Rokocoko | WG | 3 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 5 | |
| Vincent Clerc | WG | 5 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 5 | ||
| Chris Latham | FB | 5 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 5 | ||
| 8 | Rory Lamont | FB | 4 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 4 | |
| Sitiveni Sivivatu | WG | 4 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 4 | ||
| Jaque Fourie | CE | 6 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 4 | ||
| Paul Sackey | WG | 6 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 4 | ||
| JP Pietersen | WG | 7 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 4 | ||
| Juan Smith | FL | 7 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc" | 4 |
There was some controversy over post-match citings by IRB Citing Commissioners because of apparent inconsistencies between disciplinary sanctions.[6] [7] [8]
| 7 | Otar Eloshvili | France | spear tackle[9] | ||
| 5 | Paul Emerick | England | spear tackle[10] | ||
| 4 | Juan Severino Somoza | Scotland | head-butting[11] | ||
| 3 | Brian Lima | England | high tackle[12] | ||
| 2 | Schalk Burger | Samoa | dangerous play[13] [14] | ||
| 2 | Phil Vickery | United States | tripping[15] | ||
| 2 | Mirco Bergamasco | Scotland | tripping[16] | ||
| 1 | Hale T-Pole | Samoa | striking[17] | ||
| 1 | Jacques Nieuwenhuis | France | high tackle[18] | ||
| 1 | Alfie Vaeluaga | South Africa | high tackle[19] | ||
| 1 | Seremaia Bai | South Africa | dangerous tackle[20] | ||
| cleared | François Steyn | Tonga | foul play[21] | ||
| cleared | Sione Lauaki | Romania | dangerous tackle[22] [23] |
Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.
| scope=col | No. | scope=col | Player | scope=col | For | scope=col | Against | scope=col | Stage | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scope=row | 76–14 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | scope=row | 91–3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | scope=row | T4 | 59–7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | scope=row | 87–10 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | scope=row | 42–0 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | scope=row | 55–12 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | scope=row | 85–8 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | scope=row style="background-color:#FBCEB1" | D3 | Pool | 30–15 | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| D3 | Scored hat-trick of drop goals | |
| T4 | Scored four tries | |